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In reply to the discussion: sexism, lets play. [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Don't have a link to the other thread but it was posted as a stand alone op, mine was a reply to someone about the rw idiots on FB.
I don't trivialize the threats against her, but those are a separate issue.
I can condemn those, and do. I can also say I think she went a little overboard in how she handled the situation and reacted.
That does not mean I don't care about women's issues - and that is the real point here. Folks getting told they are sexist, don't care, want to keep women down when they don't agree on every little thing.
Those same folks, like myself, can spend hours day finding stories to post, researching things, all in hopes of helping us all out and then have people slam us for not agreeing over the reaction to a joke.
They want to define people over a few simple posts or reactions - all the while staying silent when they post other things that help their cause.
How about a 'hey, awesome thread, thanks for exposing how women are treated'? Nope. Cause that does not involve drama.
It is always about beating down your fellow posters for not being outraged as much as you are about things.
I am outraged over the drones in yemen and them covering up for the US when we killed civilians. And the continuing contracts for military stuff in Afghanistan past 2018 which I researched and posted on.That my friend is going back to Afghanistan for a year.
But I don't think people who don't agree at the same level I do are haters and don't care.
When a group spends more time attacking people here and complaining folks don't care enough than they do actually focusing on the issue and ways to solve it and exposing the problem one has to wonder about their true motivations.