Apparently men who don't subscribe to the modern, bastardized version of feminism aren't allowed to be in the Democratic Party/progressive/liberal camp any more. With what one might see as more than a little presumption, feminist blogger Melissa McEwan declared this yesterday in her Important Announcement:
 
"Feminism is an integral part of progressivism. If you're not a feminist, you're not a progressive. No matter how much you hate Bush. No matter how much you hate the Iraq war. No matter how much you hate our current torture policy. No matter how much you want to restore habeas corpus. No matter how much you're totally going to vote for the Democrat in November. If you're not a feminist, you're not a progressive. You're a fauxgressive."

This is particularly wrong when one considers fathers who are politically on the left. These dads are essentially being told that the price of their political beliefs is to support the same feminist political forces which have made it so difficult for divorced dads to have shared custody of their children and remain a part of their kids' lives. It's a good example of how the left drives men away.

[Late note: A feminist blogger pointed out that apparently the "open wide" and "shut up" that I originally quoted at the end of McEwan's piece are actually part of her blog's software and are not part of the post. I've deleted them--my mistake.]

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