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In reply to the discussion: Looking for examples of misandy on DU. [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)19. Chah!
        not only wouldn't it stand, but there would be calls from certain quarters for the poster to be banned..
Repeating solely because it bears repeating.
But this phenomenon doesn't require anything remotely approaching the violence advocacy of the post in question.
BTW; word to the wise, never use the word "haranguing".
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        every time I have seen - or said myself- "poor fella" was in response to men
        bettyellen
        Sep 2013
        #29
      
        
        I would describe a man who responds "every time" to women's problems with "I don't fucking care"
        lumberjack_jeff
        Sep 2013
        #30
      
        
        I'm not about to apologize for being fed up with bullshit derailing.  The men who do that ought to
        bettyellen
        Sep 2013
        #31
      
        
        the posts you brought up by Googling whatever were not all here- we were discussing
        bettyellen
        Sep 2013
        #33
      
        
        Nonsense. None of care about all things equally- and we all know of people who are full of
        bettyellen
        Sep 2013
        #35
      
        
        Unfortunately, most of the comments lauding the "brilliant Swiftian satire" of V. Solanas are gone.
        Warren DeMontague
        Aug 2013
        #3
      
        
        And real issues, as usual, take a backseat to personal beefs. No matter what "side" you're on.
        nomorenomore08
        Aug 2013
        #7
      
        
        "These male minds" doesn't mean "*all* male minds" though. I wasn't particularly offended by that
        nomorenomore08
        Aug 2013
        #13
      
        
        I'm sort of curious what OTHER group of humans (in ANY context) it would be acceptable to make a
        Warren DeMontague
        Sep 2013
        #14
      
        
        If someone came up with some concrete examples- like, ones that didn't come from 10 post trolls, or
        Warren DeMontague
        Sep 2013
        #25
      
        
        Certainly, anger is a justifiable reaction to the story in that OP. No question.
        Warren DeMontague
        Sep 2013
        #26
      
        
        I'd add to that, but try as I might, I can't think of a fitting noun that rhymes with "socks".
        lumberjack_jeff
        Oct 2013
        #40
      
        
        That poster is my age, actually several years younger, and I know how younger folks' worldview
        nomorenomore08
        Oct 2013
        #53
      
        
        Ah...a black flag op.  Could be plausible if we as a gender weren't so fucking stupid
        Doctor_J
        Oct 2013
        #54