stella40
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Joined: 1/11/2006 From: London, UK Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Faramir And men are sick of gender essentialized bitching. For every carp and bitch you have about men, for every complaint about how "men are this way," another person can come back with an equally gender essentialist 'women are this way" line of crap. I'm taking part in a forum, and through this presenting an opinion so as to provoke thought and further discussion. This, as far as I can see, can only happen if other people have different opinions. If you go back and reading my posting again, you'll see I qualified my generalisation with the word 'some'. I'm not carping or bitching, just putting across a perhaps controversial viewpoint. Yes of course someone can come back with an opposing or if you prefer 'gender essentialist' 'women are this way' viewpoint. That is partly my intention. It brings the problem out into the open so people can discuss it and add their own opinions, viewpoints and thoughts, which may or may not necessarily agree with mine. quote:
ORIGINAL: Faramir I think after your earlier thread comparing doms to sociopaths, you've made your man-hating evident. Have I? Go back and read what I wrote there. I was looking for information, not looking to express a viewpoint. However from your response on that thread I realised I might have touched upon a subject which is particularly sensitive to you. I'm sorry it's upset you so much, it wasn't my intention. quote:
ORIGINAL: Faramir Look, sorry you have a horrible, bitchy, hateful axe to grind against a gender. That puts you in the same category with other racist, genderist individuals who instead of seeing other human beings, sees a group to Other and deinigrate. Have I now? And is this your knowledge or your impression? Because the way you're presenting it, you appear to be presenting it as knowledge. You do not know me, I don't know you, and I'm sorry but personal attack is not a valid form of argument. quote:
ORIGINAL: Faramir We are human beings, each individual, and bitching about "men" is just that: ugly, ugly bitching. I agree with the 'we are human beings, each individual' bit that you wrote 100%. If you want to see what I wrote as bitching, fine, please feel free to do so. It's your opinion, you are an individual like me, your opinion is equally valid. However I maintain that I'm presenting a specific viewpoint in order to provoke thought and discussion through people not agreeing with me and posting different opinions. It's a forum on the Internet, something I do for amusement, nothing more than this. If you want to label me as a man-hater then do so, be my guest. But consider that your label says more about you than it does about me. I wish you well.
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I try to take one day at a time, but several days come and attack me at once. (Jennifer Unlimited) If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
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