It’s a whole lot of cranky people saying that they aren’t sexist at all
Sexism is discrimination based on sex (generally accepted to exclude things like who you want to sleep with--no one would call a heterosexual male sexist, for example--and generally only applied to sexism against women). If you don't discriminate on the basis of sex, you're not a sexist. It's really that simple.
they just think it’s fine to call women “c- [rule 10]”
I didn't know that everyone did. In certain circles I'm fine with it--you get a bunch of people drinking and playing poker and things get said that are unthinkable outside of those conditions, by the men and women of the group--but generally I try to not refer to people by their sexual organs. Yet I still object to Atheism+.
that Jim Jeffries is a hilarious comedian when he riffs on his contempt for women
Not familiar with this guy, but in fairness I'm not a huge fan of comedians and stand-up comedy.
that they just hate feminists
This is nothing more than an attempt to poison the well regarding any criticisms of Feminism--something that a rabid anti-theist like Dr. Myers should know better than to do.
that we’re all just killjoys and cockblockers who want to interfere with their right to hit on women whenever they feel like it.
Again, this is nothing more than poisoning the well against any criticisms against Feminism.
As far as hitting on women goes, I acknowledge that women have an apparently greater risk of sexual assualt in our culture than men ("apparently greater" because no hard data on this exists, at least as far as I know--it's widely acknowledged that sexual assualts on males go largely unreported). However, there's a difference between a guy who's guilty of sexual assault and a guy who's guilty of being socially inept. A charge of sexual assualt can ruin a person's life--don't we owe it to them to make sure they're actually guilty before we convict them? If they are guilty, yeah, castrate 'em--but it's not sexist at all to argue that we should be sure they're guilty of an actual crime, rather than simply being inept, prior to doing that.
But oh, no, they’re not misogynists. How dare we challenge their masculine privilege?
I lose more and more respect for Dr. Myers every time he opens his mouth about sex. I guess looking at the other side in a rational manner, trying to understand what they're actually saying (because none of it is this bovine by-product straw-man he's set up), and responding to that is simply too "misogynistic" for him.
