The college class on avoiding rape. Please move on, nothing to see here.

[ElboRuum]

72. Calm down?

I wasn't aware that I was getting upset. Thanks for the heads-up, I suppose.

I didn't shit on Tsiyu's post. I questioned it and offered some clarity towards the other side of the argument. Big difference. If having discussion about and shitting on have somehow come to mean one and the same thing, I must admit that I missed that particular memorandum. I have as much expertise in discussing issues as you or anyone else here. If a lack of "expertise" were a disqualifying factor in participating in conversations on DU, then DU would go from vibrant message board to abandoned web site in short step. Most people here have opinions which reflect their own personal experiences and exposure to various sources of information, and I don't really have a problem with them sharing them regardless if they have twin PhDs in Bilateral Cromulence and Ectoplasmic Marketecture or not.

Nevertheless appreciating your defense of Tsiyu, unnecessary though it was since I was not attacking, she was kind enough to respond to my post with what I perceived as a measure commensurate with the spirit of civil discourse below. Feel free to peruse that at your leisure, as I think it may illustrate what my original post was trying to accomplish, to whit, discover and if possible address the disconnect between those supporting the statement in that infamous picture and those finding issue with that statement.

I'm not going to further attempt to justify my right to participate in conversations about topics of interest to me here on DU. If the mere fact of my participation bothers you in any way, expressing this displeasure to me is not likely to result in resolution of any sort satisfactory to you. I vehemently assert my right of participation, whether you recognize and respect it as such is your prerogative but your choice in that matter does not diminish that right in any way.

Be well.