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History of Feminism

Tuesday Afternoon

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4. Thing is Baines ... People are not recognzing the patronizing/condscending tone that

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 01:50 PM

Dec 2013

starts the whole process. They are willing to take a post at face value and are absolutely refusing/unwilling to see the snide tone that starts it all.

There is tone on both sides of the issue.

Tone is How something is said along with What is being said. (this is for the benefit of others who may be reading this group)

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Don't mean to intrude, but I posted a thread in GD that may be of interest... [View all] nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 OP

I replied ... in the thread. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #1

You raised a very good point. cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #2

Too many have conflated tone with civility and community standards BainsBane Dec 2013 #3

Thing is Baines ... People are not recognzing the patronizing/condscending tone that Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #4

ya. i do not buy it. i went into the thread for discussion. what i found was a thread seabeyond Dec 2013 #5

yes, sea ... it has finally devolved to that. Yes. I was just trying to explain how the path Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #6

ah tuesday... seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

oh- sea- my heart is really hurting today - Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #10

ya. reading trumad. listening to the posters in his OP. yardwork. a safe haven for these seabeyond Dec 2013 #11

*sigh* Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #12

Nice ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #7

hey ism... like, seabeyond Dec 2013 #9