And Historically, that pushback is often terrifying

Yep. The results of #Gamergate show this very clearly. We pushed back, not even violently at all- and they completely fell apart. They had absolutely no idea how to deal with people willing to stand our ground and fight back.

When- not if- things ever come to the point where we finally decide that enough is enough, then there will not be any safe refuge to run to. And they will have no one to blame but themselves.

And Historically, that pushback is often terrifying. Europeople are slow to violence, but when they finally 'get around to it', they are really, really good at it…by far the best at it.
We invented the firearm, the guided missile, the nuke, the military aircraft. We pioneered many of the greatest scorched-earth and pyrrhic tactics, unflinchingly attempted or succeeded at genocide multiple times, and have toppled or irrevocably altered virtually every government on earth. We invented and propelled two world wars.

And each time, it was because we were pushed into it… we were provoked, repeatedly, egregiously, and viciously, and responded to the threat with brutal efficiency once we finally realized that it wasn't going away.

Isis, the femleft, South America, the rainbow tyranny, the Coates coalition… they are all poking at the sleeping Lion. Sooner or later that lion will wake up, and the only ones likely to survive are the femleft, after being beaten roundly for disturbing our sleep.