NihilusZero
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ORIGINAL: Elisabella Yes well you are much more open minded than I am, in fact I'd almost say you take openmindedness to a place where its status as a virtue is questioned. I have never claimed to be virtuous!  quote:
ORIGINAL: Elisabella If his posts are an honest reflection of who he is, then everyone else's posts showing disgust are an honest reflection of who they are - they can either insult and show their honest reaction or they can feign acceptance (the same 'lie' as you would say he would be living to temper his posts.) Exactly. Fighting fire with fire still means both participants are using fire. quote:
ORIGINAL: Elisabella I'm not attempting to excuse either form of bias (or rather I'm attempting to justify them both) because it's totally up to osf if he wants to post about how he hates women...and then it's totally up to women if they want to post about how they hate osf. Kind of. The first is a non-specific, broad personal assessment. Frankly, I think it's more of a front in this case. One good woman in his life and he'll likely be singing a different tune. The retaliative hate, though, is specific and (largely) unmerited. I think it's a bit exaggerated for me to get uppity about a hypothetical woman who talks about how all men are pigs to where I feel I have to defend my gender's honor by shooting her down when it's obvious her views are an illogical projection of personal experiences onto every male in existence. quote:
ORIGINAL: Elisabella See how that works? Kinda. The "hate all women" comment is a pretty borderline thing that can easily be taken in a more derogatory way (if the word "women" was replaced, say, with an ethnic group). I'm just used to seeing the pronounced dislike of a gender as more of a reflection of personal history rather than nurtured bigotry. I guess it could be either.
< Message edited by NihilusZero -- 12/20/2009 12:14:28 AM >
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