Jack wrote:I have always treated Rad Fems/SJW's the same way as I have extremist Christians or Muslims. They both have unquestionable yet inconsistent dogma, cult like methologies, incoherent and unfalsifiable claims and a complete inability to express what they actually believe. They also treat anyone outside their group as immoral 'enemies', have no empathy or understanding of anyone who questions them and the ends justify the means, even if that leads to real life damage to people, such as attempting to lose them their job.
Like all extremists groups they water down concepts such as Misogyny and Patriarchy so the words become meaningless. That also means they have an amazing capacity to completely ignore or miss the times when such words are appropriate and useful. They pick on the wrong people.
Finally, they have such a feeling of righteousness and intellectual superiority they are make themselves immune from self criticism and examination.
I feel they do a lot of damage to equality and human rights the same as WBC do a lot of damage to Christianity. That is why I oppose them.
I agree in general, but I think it's a bit unfair to compare Rad Fems and SJWs to WBC though, or at least SJWs (depending on your definition of RadFems).
WBC is extremists that have little influence over anything but their own little sect, and they are in general pretty much hated and seen as loons by even almost all Christians. Their feminist counterpart would be the feminist separatists and extremists who are pondering gender revolution, extermination of all men, etc, who by most feminists are seen as bat-shit insane (if they even are aware of their existence).
Your average SJW/radfem aren't extremists though, they aren't despised and loathed by the feminist movement or seen as crazy nutjobs. Rather the opposite, the feminists who have power and influence, who have deep connections in politics, have money and resources, and get media space, are often of the radfem/sjw type. The radfem/SJW christian counterpart would rather be something like the religious right in the US. Unlike the extremist, they both have real political influence, and they have actual resources in the form of both money and a noticeable amount of organized activists willing to put in work and time for "the cause".