[hacker789]

(I'm assuming you're using "anti-sexist" to mean "feminist" rather than its literal definition.)

A little over a year ago, there was a lot of third-wave feminist activism here after several "Atheism Plus" communities mentioned Hacker News. Gradually, people started standing up to them, and their activism is not nearly as prominent.

On a side note: If you're curious about "Atheism Plus", it's a set of communities that focus on its members vision of social justice. Interestingly, it's not really about atheism; it's almost never discussed. For example, here's a current snapshot of the front page of their subreddit: http://archive.is/CMcAy

[makomk]

Yeah, I'm actually surprised feminists aren't more unpopular at times, because they do this with essentially anything resembling activism that isn't feminism: they go in and insist that members of that group focus on their form of feminism to the exclusion of whatever the group's actually about. (Often making use of the fact they have far more contacts and influence in the media to portray any dissent as women-hating and abominable.)

Same's been happening with Russel Brand and opposition to the current political system here in the UK.

[duairc]

I don't think feminists have anywhere near as much social power as you seem to think they have. And the ones that do are white, liberal feminists. Most other feminists dislike them too (but not for the same reasons).