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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Turpin" data-source="post: 1179626" data-attributes="member: 13794">That's #Toxicmasculinity for you!&nbsp; Every-time I hear a story about a man who died trying to save a total stranger I wonder at how easily people just pay lip service to it, then forget or dismiss it as something that men are 'just expected to do'.&nbsp; Yet some wizened old slut sells her story to the newspapers about having her knee touched inappropriately once in the 80's and she's lauded by the media as a heroine.&nbsp; Boils my piss, so it does.Back to the matter in hand, and there's no doubt in my mind that Diversity Kills.&nbsp; As individuals, people can get on with another individual no problem (if they want to).&nbsp; No matter the race, religion, politics, orientation etc.&nbsp; The problem comes when individuals become 'groups' and those groups start competing for resources and attention with other groups,&nbsp; then said individual suddenly finds that new in-group loyalties trump any previous relationships with individuals.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unfortunately, people like me have very little say in preventing the inevitable escalation of 'more of the same'.&nbsp; Our votes are more or less useless (Ukip being the only allotted escape valve within the UK), our voices are stifled on media and increasingly in the workplace.&nbsp; Our very history and culture is now being phased out and slyly re-written.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richard Turpin, post: 1179626, member: 13794"] That's #Toxicmasculinity for you! Every-time I hear a story about a man who died trying to save a total stranger I wonder at how easily people just pay lip service to it, then forget or dismiss it as something that men are 'just expected to do'. Yet some wizened old slut sells her story to the newspapers about having her knee touched inappropriately once in the 80's and she's lauded by the media as a heroine. Boils my piss, so it does. Back to the matter in hand, and there's no doubt in my mind that Diversity Kills. As individuals, people can get on with another individual no problem (if they want to). No matter the race, religion, politics, orientation etc. The problem comes when individuals become 'groups' and those groups start competing for resources and attention with other groups, then said individual suddenly finds that new in-group loyalties trump any previous relationships with individuals. Unfortunately, people like me have very little say in preventing the inevitable escalation of 'more of the same'. Our votes are more or less useless (Ukip being the only allotted escape valve within the UK), our voices are stifled on media and increasingly in the workplace. Our very history and culture is now being phased out and slyly re-written. [/QUOTE]

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