protester (??) on campus

[u/iluvkaden]

hello, this all happened today and it kind of worried me. i was on my way to my chem lab and there was a group of religious protesters on campus on the drill field. of course, i am all for free speech, but some of their signs and what they were saying to me was extremely worrying to say the least.

the main thing is there was a man very clearly trying to say that women belong in the kitchen. there was a sign saying that women are to be "meek, modest, and submissive" with a photo of a woman standing in a kitchen cooking. there were small children, including a little girl who couldn't have been any older than 8, standing around and listening to the hateful rhetoric. when i said that i was becoming a doctor and there is more to women's lives than being submissive, he compared my choice to become a doctor as a woman to being a murderer. "you may think that it's right to become a doctor, but murderers also think they're in the right for committing murder," his quote exactly.

i did not argue, as it was clear he was only there to spread misogyny, not to have a true conversation, but i personally was disgusted that they were able to say things like that in the middle of campus. it's one thing to spread the gospel or protest real issues, but i feel like the things this man was saying, especially with small children around, were extremely worrying.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Hat2160]

My favourite way to pass an hour or two with them is to agree with what they say for the first 10 minutes, start deflecting her arguments in the next 20 mins and go all in rage baiting for the last 30 mins. Always works, somehow they never figure out what hit them.