People use strawmen in arguments all the time. If everyone listened to what each other actually, literally said rather than trying to interpret it into something else entirely those debates would be much more productive.
You said that feminists use all these generalisations, but you were generalising yourself when you said that. I just thought I'd point that out. Yes, there are some feminists who are more dedicated to promoting their cause than rationally discussing it, but feminism is hardly unique in that regard - every group has those people (in fact I'm convinced that everyone behaves that way sometimes, myself on this site included. It takes conscious effort for people to be rational if they think they know more than someone else about an issue - that's a generalisation I'm not afraid to make :P).
EDIT: And yes, it is normal for irrational tactics to tire you, regardless of who deploys them.
Is it normal I'm tired of feminists putting words into others' mouths?
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People use strawmen in arguments all the time. If everyone listened to what each other actually, literally said rather than trying to interpret it into something else entirely those debates would be much more productive.
You said that feminists use all these generalisations, but you were generalising yourself when you said that. I just thought I'd point that out. Yes, there are some feminists who are more dedicated to promoting their cause than rationally discussing it, but feminism is hardly unique in that regard - every group has those people (in fact I'm convinced that everyone behaves that way sometimes, myself on this site included. It takes conscious effort for people to be rational if they think they know more than someone else about an issue - that's a generalisation I'm not afraid to make :P).
EDIT: And yes, it is normal for irrational tactics to tire you, regardless of who deploys them.