History of Feminism

Lizzie Poppet

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28. It's an internet thing, IMO.

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 04:34 PM

Feb 2014

Very few popular forums online are as closely moderated in terms of the use of such language as DU is. Not all are as over-the-top as, say, 4chan, but you still read words like those quite commonly. I think that's produced a degree of desensitization in a lot of people, and that leads to greater use of those terms.

An inevitable downside to the increase in freedom of expression that our ever-increasing immersion in the online world creates? I hope not...but I think only time will tell.

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'Harpies', 'shrews', 'hags', 'prudes'... (HOF THREAD) [View all] redqueen Feb 2014 OP

sluts. the B word. The C word. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #1

Is it me or does it seem more in-your-face now? redqueen Feb 2014 #3

hard for me to say, rq Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #5

It's an internet thing, IMO. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #28

You know, it is the minority of women defending this crap that upsets me more than anything else... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #39

It always goes like this BainsBane Feb 2014 #42

Another example just today, in GD. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #46

Yes--sluts. If you aren't a prude, you're a slut eridani Feb 2014 #58

I see that seab took another one for the team. DURHAM D Feb 2014 #2

I wonder who she called out this time. nt redqueen Feb 2014 #6

Does that mean she's banned again TDale313 Feb 2014 #32

Yes,if you go read her transparency page, sufrommich Feb 2014 #34

Wow, that's just ridiculous. TDale313 Feb 2014 #35

Yep, no alert stalking here. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #61

Wow, every one of those hides is absolute garbage Scootaloo Feb 2014 #53

The hypocrisy of our alert stalking fans: sufrommich Feb 2014 #4

"Why is it so many of the alerts I'm called on to judge involve seabeyond?" redqueen Feb 2014 #8

Yeah,I noticed that too. nt sufrommich Feb 2014 #11

Oh suuuuure. There's no alert stalking going on. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #21

and why is it that NONE of the alerts I am called on to judge involve sea??? niyad Feb 2014 #80

I dunno. redqueen Feb 2014 #81

wow, I missed all of those. amazing what gets left, and what gets alerted--but no real surprise. niyad Feb 2014 #82

I don't know, I see someone here less than 90 days with 2 hidden posts and I used to seaglass Feb 2014 #23

n00bs get a free pass on insults? Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #40

Frigid, hysterical, incoherent ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #7

Or claiming that they are drunk. Or telling them all they need is a dick. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #9

LOL yes, 'shrill' is popular indeed. redqueen Feb 2014 #12

Earlier I saw the old See You Next Tuesday phrase used to describe a woman. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #10

Wow. "See You Next Tuesday"? ... amazing. redqueen Feb 2014 #14

I expressed my disappointment, and he countered with the old argument Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #18

It's a play on the old racist standby sufrommich Feb 2014 #19

Yep. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #20

Growing up in Texas, I can't even count the number of times I heard that very thing. redqueen Feb 2014 #22

Heard the same thing in Pennsylvania. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #24

Heard it all my life here in Michigan too. If only sufrommich Feb 2014 #25

Actually they do use the N word BainsBane Feb 2014 #43

Do you know if it was alerted on, and hidden? Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #44

One I alerted on, and it was hidden BainsBane Feb 2014 #45

I never thought that any of those words, socially acceptable or not, Aristus Feb 2014 #13

Elucidate please. ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #15

'Harpies', 'shrews', 'hags', etc. Aristus Feb 2014 #17

So? This thread isn't about objectification. redqueen Feb 2014 #26

Well we have a difference of opinion there ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #27

They're about keeping women in their place. TDale313 Feb 2014 #30

Because it's all about being sexually alluring RBStevens Feb 2014 #33

WTF? nt redqueen Feb 2014 #16

And now you have the lounge in a nutshell. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #36

+1 n/t Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #41

If I write anything on this thread JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #29

Bless you... redqueen Feb 2014 #31

check out bettyellen's posts JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #37

Finally managed to find those... redqueen Feb 2014 #60

I've been alerted on JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #38

But there's no gaspee Feb 2014 #48

Well the jury let it stand JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #50

don't forget "man-hater" geek tragedy Feb 2014 #47

I'm still laughing about that! JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #49

Yes, the old man-hating male thing RBStevens Feb 2014 #54

because obviously only a man-hating woman would object to a hostile geek tragedy Feb 2014 #55

Right. Besides that RBStevens Feb 2014 #56

Sadly, I haven't caught an accusation of white-knighting yet. Scootaloo Feb 2014 #51

Yeah, that or "mangina." nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #52

"Purity brigade". MadrasT Feb 2014 #57

Feminazi, thanks Rush. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #59

"Puritans". n/t MadrasT Feb 2014 #62

oh. and the irony of being called a "Net Nanny" by a "Net Bully" has not escaped me either. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #63

Yup... But two juries knocked him back down a peg. hlthe2b Feb 2014 #64

and that sends a loud and clear message, doesn't it? Actions speak Louder than words sometimes. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #66

+100000000000000000 redqueen Feb 2014 #72

I'm not exactly sure what this means but RBStevens Feb 2014 #70

yep. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #73

Pretty much... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #75

Okay thank you for the explanation :) RBStevens Feb 2014 #78

I got called that yesterday for telling sufrommich Feb 2014 #65

I am -so- tempted ... the next time a DUer asks for money and states their plight to DU ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #67

Reminds me of homophobic assholes claiming they're being 'bullied' when people tell them redqueen Feb 2014 #74

also, the old victim gambit, when exposing someone to the truth of their actions Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #68

How old is a person that has to come into a Political Message Board and ask permission Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #69

When people start using right wing talking points, I stop taking them seriously. redqueen Feb 2014 #76

and calling themselves victims and allowing their White knights to come to their rescue Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #77

OMG - the 'you're just jealous' one!! RBStevens Feb 2014 #79

and the talk about dumping steaming piles of bullshit. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #71