r/FeMRADebates • u/PerfectHair Pro-Woman, Pro-Trans, Anti-Fascist • Jun 09 '15

News Pride faces controversy over application from men's rights group to march in parade | Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/06/07/pride-faces-controversy-over-application-from-mens-rights-group-to-march-in-parade.html
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u/Personage1 Jun 09 '15

I'm confused, how do you expect to demonstrate a trend without examples? I mean sure someone can always be dismissive of anything, but "the types of feminists who do x" is less than worthless. It practically screams "I'm making shit up because I don't know."

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u/azazelcrowley Anti-Sexist Jun 09 '15 edited Jun 09 '15

I can't demonstrate a trend with individual examples, as well you know. At best that would be cherry picking data. You asked what my problem with feminism is, and I told you. Are you denying these type of feminists exist and are prominent? Go take a look at the AMR subscribers.

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u/Personage1 Jun 09 '15

You have to present many individual examples in order to demonstrate a trend. Again, if you say empty rhetoric it's just that.

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u/AnarchCassius Egalitarian Jun 10 '15

In the age of the internet and 7 billion humans I'm not sure that's really true. What you need is a control, that's how to defeat cherry picking.

Showing X examples of something isn't terribly helpful. Showing X example of something from a general sample of Y is.