Fuh-ged-about-it! It¹s the new breed.
We actually used to debate, smack and argue our opponents in class or the school yard. NOW it¹s about insulting people on the web, (which WE invented), as a sport. On 2/8/08 3:06 PM, "Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > You seem like a patronizing chap. >> > >> > Who taught you how to speak to women? Do you think you can you get your >> > money back? Your approach of nominally building community through >> > antagonism and alienation is unoriginal and ineffective. >> > >> > Oh well, I gave this list a try after being unsubscribed for a long >> > time, but the cost-benefit hasn't been much better than what I get on >> > myspace. See yaz around, and thanks for the recommendations on local >> > service providers. The archives are invaluable for that. Keep on! > > > In the above post, 99 wanted to take a shot at me. She wanted to take a shot > at free speech. But she invoked a stereotype of women along with her > ridiculous cost-benefit analysis. Now that she is gone back to the comfort of > upscale censorship, I'd like to address this very oppresive stereotype. > > I am a male feminist. I have worked with, argued with, solved problems with > women whose strength and intellect runs circles around our local civic > association leaders be they men or women. Women are different from men, but > don't need to be put on a pedestal protected by some dashing Mr. D'Arcy and > his way of talking to women. > > The stereotype 99 relies upon to take her shot must be confronted. > > Women are not weak minded dainty creatures- A gender which must be put upon a > pedestal and kept far beneath a glass ceiling, in a world that must be > controlled by strong men. Their emotions will not control their intellect > when the word, gal, is used to ridicule childishness. This stereotype is > insulting to the women I know and respect. This stereotype justifies > oppressing women as a gender emotionally and intellectually inferior. > > Women I know would not like to see this stereotype invoked because 99 is too > pathetic to muster more than a cheap shot. There are childish and pathetic > men, and there are childish and pathetic women. > > This stereotype 99 relies upon is one of the most dangerous insulting > stereotypes available to subvert the feminist cause. > > If women triunph or make mistakes they deserve the same praise or criticism as > men. Period. > > Glenn > > > >
