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In reply to the discussion: sexism, lets play. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)it disappeared. Blithely oblivious to the ironic fact that they were likely a big chunk of the iceberg that sunk the ship in the first place.
As, no doubt, was I. But I fully admit I wallowed in that stink-swamp. I thought airing this shit out was better than trying to pretend it didn't exist. I can see why admin got rid of it, but I'm not so disinenuous as to run around DU going "yay yippee thank god it's gone" while simultaneously starting endless threads trying to recreate it in GD.
But you're right. For some people, the main function of showing up seems to be
1) an endless effort to "educate" the rest of the place, followed by --->
2) surprise that people resent being continually told, like errant preschoolers, that they need education and correction... and finally --->
3) that resentment is used as further "evidence" of the widespread "problem" which must be, of course, "educated and corrected". ----> 1)
It's a beautiful, self-perpetuating cycle, and I'm fairly well convinced that it's NEVER going away, no matter what anyone does or doesn't do.