

I think the reflex naturally makes sense, but from the people I personally know to be outspoken and definitionally feminist, it’s more like calling yourself a feminist says you explicitly side with the feminist cause. Sort of like saying you’re anti-racist rather than identifying as someone lacking racism, which is actually a farce when we’re all biased.
None of them do. They just edit things down to the very few moments that make them look like they’re winning a debate, and even those moments are superficial, construed, or they don’t know that they’re actually losing. If it’s live or in person, conflicting views and evidence are avoided or just ignored. They’re all snakes as if snakes were made of slime.