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Fact. (Original Post) Soph0571 Sep 2019 OP
Hear, hear! Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 #1
Sing it, Sistah!!!! EOM TruckFump Sep 2019 #2
I hate the font ... aggiesal Sep 2019 #3
Each to their own Soph0571 Sep 2019 #5
I like it! It's different from what you normally see. lunatica Sep 2019 #10
I wouldn't want to have to read 500 pages in it at 12 point, soldierant Sep 2019 #25
10,000 years Cartaphelius Sep 2019 #4
DAMN. STRAIGHT. Males oughtta work to control THEMSELVES and STOP CousinIT Sep 2019 #6
No, opinion. malthaussen Sep 2019 #7
Ah but they are my FACTS! Soph0571 Sep 2019 #8
:) malthaussen Sep 2019 #11
The font choice is awful. GeorgeGist Sep 2019 #9
Well I like it. That is why I picked it. Soph0571 Sep 2019 #12
What font is that? crazytown Sep 2019 #14
It is called JustOldFashioned Soph0571 Sep 2019 #15
It's a great post.. any font you choose .. after all isn't that what you are saying Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #27
Amen to That! dlk Sep 2019 #13
Your statement is so important and yet some people focus on the font. Sheesh. Cousin Dupree Sep 2019 #16
So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #17
Not quite correct. SergeStorms Sep 2019 #20
True. Many men are enlightened and good. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #31
I agree 100%. SergeStorms Sep 2019 #34
But, but, but ... what if a teenage swimmer's wedgie makes my husband unfaithful!?!? knightmaar Sep 2019 #18
Of course! All the chapettes fault Soph0571 Sep 2019 #21
I agree with you but what can be done to change it? N/t Alwaysna Sep 2019 #19
Stand up and say no Soph0571 Sep 2019 #22
I meant in general terms. What kind of movement will it take for guys to be responsible for their Alwaysna Sep 2019 #24
Man was given enough blood to run their brains and their dicks lonely bird Sep 2019 #23
Yep! Aussie105 Sep 2019 #26
And yet 53% of white women voted for Trump. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #28
I will always be at a loss on that one! Soph0571 Sep 2019 #30
Men need to be holding each other accountable. (nt) ehrnst Sep 2019 #29
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2019 #32
k&r Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #33

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
10. I like it! It's different from what you normally see.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 01:10 PM
Sep 2019

But much more important I love, love!, the message! Men need to just shut up and watch, pay attention and learn for a change.

soldierant

(6,880 posts)
25. I wouldn't want to have to read 500 pages in it at 12 point,
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 01:05 AM
Sep 2019

but for a message of this length, and at this size, it seems just fine to me. I used to teach calligraphy (remember pens? Yeah, that long ago) and I certainly wouldn't flunk it.

 

Cartaphelius

(868 posts)
4. 10,000 years
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 12:02 PM
Sep 2019


to finally get here.

Shows just how the powers that be, are not serving humanities needs.

Will take at least another 10,000 years for men to get up to speed.

Probably longer.

Thekaspervote

(32,773 posts)
27. It's a great post.. any font you choose .. after all isn't that what you are saying
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 04:11 AM
Sep 2019

Subtleties lost on the... you fill in the blank

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,861 posts)
17. So true.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 02:11 PM
Sep 2019

There's a story, probably apocryphal, of some woman politician (I've forgotten the specifics of who or where) who instituted a curfew for men after a rise in rapes. "Why a curfew for men? Why not for women?" she was asked. "Because it's the men who are doing the raping of innocent women," she replied.

If mass shooters were profiled as they should be, white men would be rounded up regularly. Just saying.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,861 posts)
31. True. Many men are enlightened and good.
Sat Sep 21, 2019, 11:21 AM
Sep 2019

It's just that it's almost entirely men who rape, murder, start wars, and so on.

Besides, every time there's a mass shooting, often the knee-jerk reaction is to assume it's perpetrated by some "Muslim". Almost no such shooting in this country has been done by anyone other than a white male.

My essential point is that if all white men were to start experiencing the profiling and suspicion against them that certain other groups have experienced, maybe that start to understand that it is individuals who do such terrible things, not groups.

And I'm very frustrated that people keep on piously falling back on "mental health" and somehow monitoring that as a way to stop mass shootings. That's right up there with all the gun defenders who say they are safe, law-abiding, gun owners who would never do anything bad with their guns and so we can't put even the tiniest restriction on guns.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
34. I agree 100%.
Sat Sep 21, 2019, 06:16 PM
Sep 2019

Most men aren't worth a damn, and I are one. How these guys can live with themselves is beyond my understanding. It burns my butt even more when they perpetuate the stupidity by acting that way in front of their male children. Break the cycle of stupidity for Dog's sake!

knightmaar

(748 posts)
18. But, but, but ... what if a teenage swimmer's wedgie makes my husband unfaithful!?!?
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 03:09 PM
Sep 2019

<clutches pearls>

Shouldn't we punish her for not taking care of her bathing suit?

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
22. Stand up and say no
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:40 PM
Sep 2019

I quit my job in June because of this.... this kind of toxic bollocks is unacceptable

Alwaysna

(574 posts)
24. I meant in general terms. What kind of movement will it take for guys to be responsible for their
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 12:56 AM
Sep 2019

Own actions and emotions?

lonely bird

(1,685 posts)
23. Man was given enough blood to run their brains and their dicks
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:40 PM
Sep 2019

Just not at the same time.

One is tired of primarily the so-called Abrahamic “faiths” and their alleged “Word of God” justifying abusive, destructive, anti-social psychotic behavior. Yes, women can be stupid (paging Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Bachman) but men are far and away the worst actors.

Aussie105

(5,401 posts)
26. Yep!
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 03:51 AM
Sep 2019

As a male, I own my own actions and emotions.

If, as a female, you feel constrained by the males in your immediate environment, feel made to conform, made to moderate your behaviour, fine - do something about it!

There are plenty of male-female relationships and interactions where each party is aware of, and attentive to, the other person's feelings, opinions, concerns and desires. Be it in the workforce, a family relationship, a marriage.

If that is not your experience, look elsewhere.

BUT don't get into the mindset of . . . . you males are unrestrained, obscene animals. Stop it, don't make me do something drastic! I'm a victim! In my victimhood, I'm justified in doing anything!

Personally, I get sick of females who give me the evil eye. As a male, I'm capable of anything, apparently. One look at me, and you just know I'm a potential rapist, a murderer, an eater of new born babies. And no, I'm not going out of my way to convince you I'm OK, and can be trusted, because I can tell you are not OK. I'm going to smile, look the other way, and just avoid you as best as I can.




H2O Man

(73,558 posts)
32. Recommended.
Sat Sep 21, 2019, 11:23 AM
Sep 2019

Thank you for all you do here! I truly appreciate you and your wonderful contributions!

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