I think one of the reasons that MRA’s piss me off so much is the fact that their movement could have been so much more.

MRA’s as they are today are a hate group. They speak nothing about improving the rights and equality of men (especially given the fact the certain groups of men (Gay men, Black men, and Trans men, to list a few) desperately need help and assistance.) They are, as of today, a hate group against women that purports itself as a noble and righteous group of crusaders against “fem-nazi” oppression. They fight “oppressors” who are, in all actuality, the oppressed.

An ideal version of a men’s rights movement, to me, is a group that recognizes their inherent privilege and uses it as a means of supporting those without it. A group that defends black men (and women) from racism, and not a group that perpetuates that same racism against the people they claim to represent. A group that celebrates and fights for the gay community, rather than a group that demonizes and finds gay men repulsive and lesbians acceptable only as fetishized sex objects. A group that sees trans men being killed and assaulted and responds with outrage and horror, instead of either not caring, or thinking that something positive happened.

Basically I want a men’s rights movement that actually defends people, rather than a bunch of whiny, hateful, rape culture apologist pissbabies.