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who really takes up more space?

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Jim Dalling
Aug 27, 2023
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You’ve seen them. They’re in coffee shops on the big table taking up four seats. On public transit? The have a seat for their bags, a seat for them and a seat for their newspaper. Ask them to move and make room? The get pissed off.

You know who they are.

They are the manspreaders. Manspreaders seems to manifest destiny across any open public space. Progressive women hiss about them with derision, their moral superiority dripping with every word. He was just so entitled. He took up the entire table!

Ladies, y’all seem to routinely think that you are somehow better, more virtuous, more considerate, compassionate and therefore more morally superior than us men.

YOU COULD NOT BE LESS CORRECT

There, I just lost five subscribers.

Women are no better than men in any way.

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If the world were run by women, it would not be a better place. Things would not be cleaner, more orderly or compassionate. Things would look like the inside of your purse. Or that seat in yo…

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