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by rokosbasilisk 3432 days ago
This is reasoning is a great example why democrats have lost the working class.

We all know if men marched with dicks on ther heads in washington they would be laughed and imo rightfully so.

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"We all know if men marched with dicks on ther heads in washington they would be laughed and imo rightfully so."

And there would be cries about vulgarity and "what about the children?!" along with it.

And we are arguing that it's not relevant. Men are treated differently in our society, dicks have a different connotation, etc. This is a great example of how simple metaphors strip important nuance.
Yes, applying double standards when it suits your narrative, and arguing for equality when it doesn't is another example of why liberals lost.

Apparently the fly-over country is at least smart enough to notice the blatant hypocrisy, so props to them for that.

I am unsure what your argument is here. The liberal position here is, in a nutshell, that women's rights are treated poorly and should not be. It's a real stretch to say that means they should be treated as if they were men wearing dick hats because they think men are equal.
So you're argument is that because women are treated differently we should treat them diffently? You aren't advocating equeal treatment but for more unequal treatment.

And how exactly are women treated poorly?

Because "women's rights" are treated poorly, we should treat "women marching with pussy hats" differently than "men marching with dick hats".

Specifically women's rights around their reproductive organs, between access to abortion, classifying sanitary napkins or tampons as a necessary expense, or sexual assault of those organs.

If men had women in congress debating over making ejaculation without intent to conceive illegal, if men were payed less for the same work on average, if men had powerful people talking bragging about grabbing them by the dick whenever they wanted, etc, maybe then you would have a point.

But as it stands, you're twisting my words into a false equivalence.

Women's rights are treated poorly. Women should have equal rights and should be treated equally if you believe they are equals to men. Women marching with pussy hats represents a different phenomena than men in dick hats. For that to be equal treatment the context has to be equivalent. And it is not.