Political Memes

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I utterly disagree of course, as "anti-humanist" and "anti-democratic" opinions are, to say the least, very much in debate.

I don't think that, in this specific case, there is any debate on the anti-humanist and anti-democratic nature of that man's opinion. He himself, would almost certainly claim that he does not support women's equality which is inherently anti-humanist and anti-democratic since one of the cornerstone of democracy is equality amongst citizens and anti-humanist since humanism defends the equal rights of humans. Feminism is, after all, just an offshoot of humanism. That man's misogyny is not in question; only a fool would pretend it is. That there are a million shades of grey doesn't mean we can't collectively make the difference between light and darkness. A fear of setting any demarcation point and thus condemning people unjustly is perfectly reasonable, but it should not, in my opinion, paralyze us to a point when even blatant displays of anti-humanist, anti-democratic or other forms of hateful ideals are expressed and take root fail to meet an answer. That's basically falling into relativism which can be very dangerous.

I do not claim that physical violence against misogynists is a good thing though. It's sometime a necessary thing, but it should not be encouraged or legalized. If the man got punched, it certainly is wrong, but I certainly am not sad about it. I think it's fairly amusing, but it's certainly wrong and illegal and should remain so. I am being mean-spirited in this instance. That's how I feel about it; not how it should be. There is a key difference between the two. I don't think my raw feelings should be law or even taken as moral advices. But, morality, even my own sense of morality and code of ethics, or the law don't affect how I feel about things.