An Australian museum excluded men from an exhibit to highlight misogyny. A man sued for access and won.

An Australian museum excluded men from an exhibit to highlight misogyny. A man sued for access and won.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/mkwF8

  • ryathal
    3912·
    6 months ago

    You don’t need to know what it feels like. Trying to fight intolerance with intolerance isn’t successful.

    • rutellthesinful
      2924·
      6 months ago6 months ago

      You don’t need to know what it feels like.

      no, but it can help

      Trying to fight intolerance with intolerance isn’t successful.

      blanket statements like this are rarely helpful or true

      • Buddahriffic
        145·
        6 months ago

        I think downvoters have forgotten the paradox of tolerance. That said, intolerance should be applied at the individual level (ie don’t tolerate a nazi because they are a nazi), not by group (like the scenario this thread is about did).

        • OftenWrong
          38·
          6 months ago

          So a group of nazis is cool with you I guess?

          • Buddahriffic
            61·
            6 months ago

            More like if there’s a bunch of nazis in an area, don’t assume any white person is a member and request carpet bombings of neighborhoods.

    • PoliticalAgitator
      45·
      6 months ago

      If any approach had been genuinely successful, this conversation wouldn’t even be happening.