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redqueen

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45. Goddess yes, the need for attention. For personal recognition.

Reply to Squinch (Reply #21)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 12:44 PM

Feb 2014

It's clearly not about discussing political ideas for some. Once again I'm reminded of what JAG said.

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"A small group" is responsible for all that ails DU [View all] BainsBane Feb 2014 OP

We refuse to watch GD become a boys' club gollygee Feb 2014 #1

+1 redqueen Feb 2014 #42

+1000 JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #59

I like boobs... shedevil69taz Feb 2014 #2

I've got boobs BainsBane Feb 2014 #4

... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #14

and your feet are blue... shedevil69taz Feb 2014 #15

It's a blue footed booby discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #94

What aggravates me is that a small handful in here use the term 'feminist' as a pejorative term Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #3

What bugs me more BainsBane Feb 2014 #5

When guys like that are going around 'explaining' feminism to women redqueen Feb 2014 #43

When I told one of them that his post was "mansplaining" he complained that I was hurling a gender CTyankee Feb 2014 #55

Yup, that's just outright lies. nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #54

Wow! Iggo Feb 2014 #6

Brava! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #7

No matter what goes down on DU3. The world is -so- much bigger. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #8

It's about the real estate of DU and which sufrommich Feb 2014 #9

so much the analogy of the Plantation House and The Slaves quarters going on with what you Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #10

I dont know,I just notice that the default setting sufrommich Feb 2014 #11

and those that cater to the straight, white, males. They are welcome. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #119

Looks like a troll found your post so fascinating BainsBane Aug 2014 #120

He was selling real estate - in Singapore. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #121

How funny BainsBane Aug 2014 #122

He was just one of many late night spammers Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #123

While I'm not a mind-reader, I certainly can't deny that these tendencies exist even among nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #13

Those strawmen are not that surprising, because they are an almost universal response Squinch Feb 2014 #21

....... sufrommich Feb 2014 #25

Goddess yes, the need for attention. For personal recognition. redqueen Feb 2014 #45

I blush to confess that I was tempted to post a "Feminist men are better lovers" thread here CTyankee Feb 2014 #56

Well... Squinch Feb 2014 #57

women have been burned at the stake for less... CTyankee Feb 2014 #58

Frightening, the way people often respond to perceived (even if falsely so) threats. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #95

Well JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #60

I know that and you know that and many, many feminists (male and female) know that but it doesn't CTyankee Feb 2014 #61

You are too nice JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #63

I think it is best to leave it where it is and keep on educating. Teachable moments... CTyankee Feb 2014 #64

Well I just taught on another thread JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #66

good for you! I can understand that very well... CTyankee Feb 2014 #67

Yes, the "Me! It's on Me!" posts are to pick at the scabs to see more festering piles of goo R B Garr Feb 2014 #86

Childish, self-absorbed, think they're steaming hot shit... And these folks are supposed to be nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #96

Personally I think a few have-- serious issues-- ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #16

very serious creeper issues if you ask me Whisp Feb 2014 #49

Shame on you uppity wiminz! Democracyinkind Feb 2014 #17

The new market being catered to, apparently, is the far, far right. From 1962. Squinch Feb 2014 #22

Yeah, for self-proclaimed progressives, some of these guys are awfully Archie Bunker-lite... n/t nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #98

"Frat culture. The new DU. Controversy sells, even if it's manufactured." nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #97

I strongly agree but there is one addition I would make: white frat culture, as we have Squinch Feb 2014 #109

Yeah, whether people realize it or not, it is about framing issues in a totally right-wing way. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #110

What the hell is going on?? Why do we have to fight right wing trolls to have a conversation about Squinch Feb 2014 #111

Unless they're big-time donors, I can't imagine the net value in letting them hang around spewing nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #112

Oy, that one! I don't know what the reasoning could possibly be, but it's really just as unpleasant Squinch Feb 2014 #115

BainsBane BellaKos Feb 2014 #18

Oh, it's you. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #19

Sheldon Cooper BellaKos Feb 2014 #26

I quit reading her posts BainsBane Feb 2014 #50

I tried education. I tried being reasonable, and polite. KitSileya Feb 2014 #20

KitSileya BellaKos Feb 2014 #28

Wow, this OP is in response to sweeping generalizations made boston bean Feb 2014 #29

I think telling people that when they are harassed, KitSileya Feb 2014 #34

KitSileya BellaKos Feb 2014 #38

After perusing the post you linked (OMG!), chervilant Feb 2014 #33

My ignore list is empty. Perhaps it shouldn't be. KitSileya Feb 2014 #35

My ignore list was empty, until I started adding the misogynists, chervilant Feb 2014 #37

Your last sentence is so true. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #40

I've read this morning chervilant Feb 2014 #71

I just started the other day ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #46

My boss had a confab chervilant Feb 2014 #53

No mind reading necessary when there is a history of words. n/t seaglass Feb 2014 #23

Are you an adult? Do you really think that "cultural indoctrination" still gives you a pass? Squinch Feb 2014 #24

Squinch BellaKos Feb 2014 #31

Is that your "cultural indoctrination" that isn't allowing you to see that you are Squinch Feb 2014 #32

Squinch BellaKos Feb 2014 #36

And you didn't consider for a second that it was an appropriate response to the Squinch Feb 2014 #39

Squinch BellaKos Feb 2014 #41

Oh, of course. I don't accept your idea that I need to approach Squinch Feb 2014 #44

especially when a number of those people have said they are not Democrats BainsBane Feb 2014 #51

What the hell did you just say? ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #47

What is in a name? DURHAM D Feb 2014 #62

"A personal attack"? I don't see one. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #65

Problem is, to a certain extent, your suggested approach has been tried and has failed. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #99

"The fact is we are dealing with some very angry people who hate progress more than anything else." MadrasT Feb 2014 #27

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #30

Very true. nt Democracyinkind Feb 2014 #48

Yes, people who have relatively little in life and are afraid of losing even that. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #100

as I said on another thread DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #52

Like those who seemingly pine for the (pre-Reagan) "good old days" when really nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #101

Bingo DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #102

FREE-DUMB !!! although the definition I just read, in GD, of freedom sounded more like Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #68

Is this more Ayn Rand freedom? BainsBane Feb 2014 #69

A thread inspired by your post, BainsBane hlthe2b Feb 2014 #70

I've been wondering, lately, LWolf Feb 2014 #72

I think it is quite likely... n/t hlthe2b Feb 2014 #73

One thing that surprises me.. KitSileya Feb 2014 #74

They also misunderstand (perhaps willfully) what objectification is. It's nothing inherently to do nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #103

Forgive me but I need to put this somewhere... RBStevens Feb 2014 #75

Who said that? KitSileya Feb 2014 #76

Here's the link pintobean Feb 2014 #81

Decided to swtich sides, did you? BainsBane Feb 2014 #83

Not at all. pintobean Feb 2014 #84

Someone said that? BainsBane Feb 2014 #77

not unexpected from that poster. n/t seaglass Feb 2014 #78

Would you please name that person? Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #79

Bennyboy. In the Dear Gentlemen of DU thread. nt DLevine Feb 2014 #80

Thanks. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #82

And the DU jury system votes 3-3 to leave it. DLevine Feb 2014 #85

I doubt that anyone who has been paying attention finds that at all surprising. redqueen Feb 2014 #88

No kidding. As I said over on the thread RBStevens Feb 2014 #89

Well the TOS covers 'gender' issues and that should be enough dammit! redqueen Feb 2014 #90

sadly, the TOS DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #106

Great post, BainsBane R B Garr Feb 2014 #87

well ... it -is- a small group but, Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #91

I don't think they all post in that group BainsBane Feb 2014 #92

as do I. -- I trashed it when I got banned from there and, then they started an OP Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #93

we saw this in 2008 DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #104

You nailed it. BainsBane Feb 2014 #105

Supremacist politics are very easily absorbed Recursion Feb 2014 #107

thank you for putting out this angle. excellent. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #108

Excellent ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #114

It's HOF's FAULT!!! Texasgal Feb 2014 #113

RUN! RUN for your lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!! too funny, huh? nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #116

The whole thing is becoming more Texasgal Feb 2014 #117

what do you mean. it already has, lol. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #118