QUOTE(Xenomancer @ Jul 1 2010, 05:27 PM)
Anyhow, I am very amazed at how quickly the community here was able to dispel the stagnant negativity! (IMG:
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Amazing. Bravo. I am very impressed. (IMG:
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you spoke a couple years too soon, (IMG:
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lyah: the feminist movement does attract "man haters" to it, much like a celibate religious order attracts guilt-ridden pedophiles...
but...
faustus: saying that feminism is significantly driven by man hating, is like saying the catholic church is significantly driven by a desire to force sex on children.
I'll say this, for every one time I've actually heard a woman say something sincerely sexist about men, I've heard ten men sincerely decry the evils of all those sexist womenfolk.
and that does get old. really it does.
actually I have a sudden sympathy for the 99% of priests out there who would probably rather die than harm a child.
as far as my use of the word bitch to describe a woman... notice in the same sentence I describe a man being a "dickhead"? There's no side taking, or marginalization of any particular group involved.
I'm being a humanist quasi-misanthrope who's not too serious to poke a bit of fun at her own primate species. anyway, get over the scary words, and look at the content entire. what did I really say?
I was reading between the lines of this thread, to the underlying cause of distress for the OP, and recommending (in a kind and humorous way) that he try not to let unlikable people inspire him to become unlikeable.
by the way, technically, humans are animals. We're animals, we're just tenuously on the cusp of "sentience", which is to say somewhat more developed than the other animals. But still, no need to avoid calling a spade a spade. Also, 'bitch' used to be a term of respect and admiration for women. It was meant as a compliment, implying that she was strong, loyal, a natural leader (dogs are matriarchal) etc. The meaning of the compliment got twisted at some point between 1000 BCE and 0 CE, during what historians call the rise of chauvanism in the middle eastern region. Granted, I was talking about 'mean girls', so I was using it in the post-'chauvanized' context.
anyway, yes the whole thread is purile crap. all the posts in it too. that's a given, you can know that just reading the title. But we all clicked it anyway eh?
what? purile crap can be marginally amusing.
This post has been edited by Kath: Nov 8 2012, 11:57 AM