Fuck 'Meta' (Reply #82) - Democratic Underground

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 12:28 AM

82. Fuck 'Meta'

If I ever really had an issue with something on DU, the absolute last place I would bring it up is Meta.

They should cinch that bag and throw it into the sea. Stuff it in a bottle and send it out with the tide. Put a pillow over its face and give it the mercy it needs.

As stated, 11.5 years here...and Meta is, hands down no contest easy peasy one two threesy the biggest cesspoll shithole forum that has EVER existed on any iteration of DU, ever.

Fact. Period, end of file, turn out the lights when you leave.

I wouldn't piss on it if it was on fire right in front of me.

So.

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197 replies	Author	Time	Post
Y'know... [View all]	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	OP
Thank you.	myrna minx	Nov 2012	#1
I missed the first two threads. So let me say now. TRUTH. K&R	MotherPetrie	Nov 2012	#2
Thank you for getting it.	noamnety	Nov 2012	#3
That makes me want to vomit. nt	Tree-Hugger	Nov 2012	#157
Thanks for sticking up for women!	ananda	Nov 2012	#4
I don't know why every man isn't an ally in feminism	Victor_c3	Nov 2012	#34
Perfect sense. Right on.	gtar100	Nov 2012	#84
Great job Will!	Robyn66	Nov 2012	#5
K&R	Solly Mack	Nov 2012	#6
One of the hazards of an anonymous	sharp_stick	Nov 2012	#7
+1	patrice	Nov 2012	#164
Thank you, Will. Although this is supposed to be a "discussion" board,	NashvilleLefty	Nov 2012	#8
K&R nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#9
disrespect for women exists everywhere even in the democratic party and	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2012	#10
That sign is powerful. It says it all. Thanks, I didn't see the other thread.	LeftInTX	Nov 2012	#11
if one needs an explanation to this photo	G_j	Nov 2012	#12
I stand with you, Will.	longship	Nov 2012	#13
Speaking for myself as a man and as an athiest	OriginalGeek	Nov 2012	#29
we had quiet a few men that sided with dawson. nt	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#55
It's gotten worse	alarimer	Nov 2012	#63
I know. PZ Myers still posts about it regularly. nt	longship	Nov 2012	#75
I'm a guy and a Skeptic and I was shocked by that misogyny.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#187
Thank you. nt	redqueen	Nov 2012	#139
you sound shocked Mr. Pitt...	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#14
I'm a man	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#16
LOL....	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#18
(((hug)))	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#32
You're most certainly welcome....	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#46
So very sorry Will,	4 t 4	Nov 2012	#180
Thank you. n/t	MadrasT	Nov 2012	#15
I did not see the other threads	GitRDun	Nov 2012	#17
I'd say that was worth more than two cents. Very well said.	freshwest	Nov 2012	#19
You give good value for the money....	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#20
Some respect does not	FlaGranny	Nov 2012	#103
You are speaking in generalities....	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#116
I was	FlaGranny	Dec 2012	#193
'Semantics' rears it's ugly head once again....	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#194
Didn't find out who the kids were until later,	FlaGranny	Dec 2012	#197
Every woman, every day lives with the possibility of rape.	s-cubed	Nov 2012	#21
I really don't get it,	grantcart	Nov 2012	#22
i hear ya. this is what i have been saying. 80's we were going along fine. something happened in	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#56
Perhaps it was the Contract on America?	YoungDemCA	Nov 2012	#78
i think so. because i know with the gingrich was the start of the feel that i was getting.	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#111
You have a point regarding the 80s and 90s...	KansDem	Nov 2012	#114
exactly. 70's both genders were working to meld together in respect it seemed.	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#115
yep, left in 78 and it seemed settled.	grantcart	Nov 2012	#131
well the other thing that did happen was that pornography became much more ubiquitous	grantcart	Nov 2012	#128
yes... to those things also. and you have a two parent working home more often now	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#132
I find it saddening and frustrating	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#23
Will, I try to stay out of this, usually don't do Meta on it. If I do, I usually end up deleting it.	freshwest	Nov 2012	#24
I was in college and grad school for most of the 1980s.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#144
I was in college in the late sixties and early seventies. It was about liberation and equality.	freshwest	Nov 2012	#149
I'm a little older than those dates might indicate.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#153
How true.	kxs	Nov 2012	#25
Thank you, WilliamPitt ...	Jankyn	Nov 2012	#26
As always, thank you, for being a voice of reason	LisaLynne	Nov 2012	#27
Thank you, Will	1gobluedem	Nov 2012	#28
At this point very little is shocking to me.	NYC Liberal	Nov 2012	#30
I wish I could say I am surprised	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#31
Amen! K/R	Window	Nov 2012	#33
Okay, I read some of the comments in one of those threads	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#35
Don't rape is the right teaching	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#36
Too many at DU are not evolving	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#38
What should we do with them?	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#42
Read the threads for yourself.	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#45
Is educating them ok?	RobertEarl	Nov 2012	#48
Castration	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#49
Derp.	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#60
I hope you realize	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#69
Hence	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#73
I am continually amused	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#50
This message was self-deleted by its author	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#65
Education is tried over and over.	mzteris	Nov 2012	#76
Everything turns into a fight on DU these days, and whiners	gateley	Nov 2012	#37
Agreed.	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#89
I didn't bother to read all the posts in your original thread because I knew things would go	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2012	#39
Is this male or female?	pegasis	Nov 2012	#40
So, serious question. What on earth do you think is going on here?	nolabear	Nov 2012	#41
Rape and sexism are not bound by political ideology	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#44
I am not surprised...	CherokeeDem	Nov 2012	#43
I'm shocked!	Delmette	Nov 2012	#47
Now this, right here, is a great thread.	Permanut	Nov 2012	#51
LOL there are some real assclowns on those threads	leftstreet	Nov 2012	#52
I'm afraid I'm not surprised	gollygee	Nov 2012	#53
Need BOTH--lots of rapists arent college students.	ErikJ	Nov 2012	#54
I didn't see the other thread. But i will say right now.. Truth!	solara	Nov 2012	#57
Locking.	aikoaiko	Nov 2012	#58
Unlocking.	aikoaiko	Nov 2012	#59
Try it.	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#64
All is well.	aikoaiko	Nov 2012	#68
The north going Zax and the south going Zax.	tavernier	Nov 2012	#61
I hear ya...	greatauntoftriplets	Nov 2012	#62
I would hope that the explanation for this is that the university finds "Don't Rape" to be a	Dark n Stormy Knight	Nov 2012	#66
"Well, that was easy."	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#80
Facepalm because? The rambling tha led to my conclusion or the conclusion itself? Or door number	Dark n Stormy Knight	Nov 2012	#102
Third time I have seen it posted here. My take is women on that campus need more than feminism.	geckosfeet	Nov 2012	#67
Don't Rape ... WTH??? May I reframe just a bit ... No Means No. Repeat after me ...	libdem4life	Nov 2012	#70
Similar outrage going on here too.	Gregorian	Nov 2012	#71
Thank you n/t	ismnotwasm	Nov 2012	#72
Missed the other threads but have lately become VERY discouraged @ women's issues on DU	riderinthestorm	Nov 2012	#74
"once you become a (soon to be) parent of a daughter"	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#81
The problem is the "instead of"	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#77
Fuck 'Meta'	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#82
I enjoyed that.	Bonobo	Nov 2012	#86
:)	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#88
Took the words out of my mouth. eom	Fridays Child	Nov 2012	#90
Truth n/t	LadyHawkAZ	Nov 2012	#91
"I like little things hitting each other!"	Taverner	Nov 2012	#92
Completely agree	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#100
So Will I would appreciated it if you would stop prevaricating and give us	grantcart	Nov 2012	#129
Like it or not, this thread is CLASSIC meta.	Warren DeMontague	Dec 2012	#190
Some people are apologists...	YoungDemCA	Nov 2012	#79
Y'know Will...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#83
I, too, am surprised by that. nt	cry baby	Nov 2012	#85
Similarly appalling posts in another thread on this as well:	yardwork	Nov 2012	#87
This actually goes much deeper.	tonybgood	Nov 2012	#93
This assumes the incoming freshman are the rapists	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#94
Missed the point.	The Doctor.	Nov 2012	#99
As you state:	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#155
Well, you kinda suggested that	The Doctor.	Nov 2012	#181
I think we largely agree	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#185
Yeah, I like that.	The Doctor.	Dec 2012	#195
Someone posted some alarming statistics	BainsBane	Nov 2012	#101
I know rape happens on campus.	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#152
he one posted yesterday that I read had one stat that stood out for me...	LanternWaste	Nov 2012	#174
Perhaps a class is indeed warranted.	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#184
This is precisely the disconnection that Will is talking about in his OP.	Chorophyll	Nov 2012	#106
You assume they will be guilty of perpetrating it.	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#151
I assume nothing.	Chorophyll	Nov 2012	#162
that is too far out to even kinda believe. every experience, every bit of fact we know is	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#167
So, in the absence of a college guidance counselor informing you that raping is wrong...	lumberjack_jeff	Nov 2012	#95
If there must be education in "how to avoid getting raped" during freshman orientation,	Chorophyll	Nov 2012	#107
There are four major problems with the photo.	lumberjack_jeff	Nov 2012	#125
Point by point.	Gormy Cuss	Nov 2012	#143
thank you Gormy Cuss	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#145
Here's an idea: let's leave aside the word "feminism." Why not have ALL the incoming freshmen	Chorophyll	Nov 2012	#165
Fully agree.	lumberjack_jeff	Nov 2012	#166
Well that was easy.	Chorophyll	Nov 2012	#175
No, it means advocacy for women.	lumberjack_jeff	Nov 2012	#176
Teaching self-defense makes sense.	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#159
Ridiculous, unless your definition of rape is strictly "crazy stranger in the shadows."	Chorophyll	Nov 2012	#163
OK Fine. Give the how not to rape class.	Gore1FL	Nov 2012	#183
when I was FizzFuzz back on DU2, people REALLY didnt get it...and a lot of Feminists got banned	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#96
Thanks for your posts William Pitt.	JDPriestly	Nov 2012	#97
It's a sad commentary on society.	The Doctor.	Nov 2012	#98
I'm shocked that you're shocked	TorchTheWitch	Nov 2012	#104
when I posted this, I was making an oblique reference	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#146
Thank you for this.	Chorophyll	Nov 2012	#105
LOL WilliamPitt always gets his own thread	Eyes of the World	Nov 2012	#108
Wow, here less then a month and you say that with such confidence!	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#113
Nah, I'm just a dick.	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#117
rofl!	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#118
The poster simply has exceptional pattern response cognition.	grantcart	Nov 2012	#130
You obviously aren't new, because your post is spot on.	Dawgs	Nov 2012	#124
I have to agree.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#147
+1. I hereby announce the winner of "The most narcissistic thread ever" award.	lumberjack_jeff	Nov 2012	#126
Followed closely by the winner of the Most Petulant Response Ever Award	LanternWaste	Nov 2012	#177
Terrible shot. You totally missed the messenger.	Zorra	Nov 2012	#156
Put the blame where it belongs,the DU admins allow it.	sufrommich	Nov 2012	#109
Tell It, Sister!	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#148
exactly right. i could NEVER recommend DU to progressive friends because of this.	bettyellen	Dec 2012	#191
Whats contraversial about this? Its the truth everywhere. Why aren't we teaching empathy as well?	marble falls	Nov 2012	#110
5,000 years of "Law of the Jungle" conditioning vs. 4,000 days of DU? No contest.	TahitiNut	Nov 2012	#112
As Usual...	freebrew	Nov 2012	#119
So we need a third thread for a flame fest?	hootinholler	Nov 2012	#120
I agree that rape is bad and every effort should be made to stop it, teaching people not to rape	Dustlawyer	Nov 2012	#121
I disagree. I believe that many fewer date rapes would occur if there was better education.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#122
You have to teach the boys and girls before they even get to college	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#135
there are a few	plcdude	Nov 2012	#123
Absolutely right on Will, but personally	Still Sensible	Nov 2012	#127
My reaction is that it is a sad thing that any such course need be taught.	malthaussen	Nov 2012	#133
Missed the whole thing	salinen	Nov 2012	#134
word....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#136
Do you now understand why...	redqueen	Nov 2012	#137
Yup.	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#138
DU is not 4chan/b	The Traveler	Nov 2012	#140
This message was self-deleted by its author	redqueen	Nov 2012	#142
I missed that one, but I'm not surprised.	BlancheSplanchnik	Nov 2012	#150
Oh for fuck's sake.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#189
I think it would be good to teach both principles ... but	The Traveler	Nov 2012	#141
And we now have a DU poster defending his serial raping as a youthful rite of passage.	morningfog	Nov 2012	#154
Basically on the grounds that he was "mistaken" and now he knows better, so . . .	patrice	Nov 2012	#160
Yep. I avoid those kinds of power struggles like the plague, because they are Lose : Lose. nt	patrice	Nov 2012	#158
Yeah. Truth. Right on. Damn straight. The real deal. On point. Should be obvious to all. K&R nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#161
Until I started reading this board, I never knew there were so many	forestpath	Nov 2012	#168
I started reading the posts yesterday	Lilma	Nov 2012	#169
The only one I saw the one posted by NYC_SKP, and that one had no arguing.	ZombieHorde	Nov 2012	#170
wills was first then another poster posted same OP	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#171
Thanks. nt	ZombieHorde	Nov 2012	#179
Innocent misunderstandings	DaveJ	Nov 2012	#172
ya. good point. we really should be more gentle about this. some of us have been	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#178
I guess	femrap	Nov 2012	#173
I posted this on one of the other threads.	Butterbean	Nov 2012	#182
I was one of the idiots until a friend of mine got raped a few years ago.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#186
self	prete_nero	Dec 2012	#188
You stared a conversation	NashvilleLefty	Dec 2012	#192
Will, it is depressing. Very depressing....	VOX	Dec 2012	#196

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