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Atman

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5. I find it particularly frustrating/annoying

Reply to Pretzel_Warrior (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 07:43 AM

Dec 2013

Because most of the participants have me on ignore anyway, and they've locked me out of HoF, so I couldn't respond to half of them if I wanted to. This, despite my having done work with NOW, NARAL and a bunch of women's advocacy groups. But I was "victim" to the Outrage Brigade when I used a street term in reference to a stripper once. It, too, generated multiple threads and hundreds of posts over days.

I don't think they even begin to realize how difficult they themselves make a dialog. I'm frankly afraid to say anything anymore. And I suppose that is the intended goal.

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Seeing rape thread after rape thread on DU is weird. [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 OP

Well, look at the context. Oakenshield Dec 2013 #1

well....rape awareness achieved. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #3

I did a google image search on ( rape thread ) snooper2 Dec 2013 #64

not really DonCoquixote Dec 2013 #2

understood. but there are a whole host of women's issues actually germane to the Dem side Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #4

Rape isn't "germane"? BainsBane Dec 2013 #7

Rape likened to conspiracies... and pit bulls. boston bean Dec 2013 #9

Doesn't it just BainsBane Dec 2013 #10

+1 redqueen Dec 2013 #31

Yep, only the nutters have anything to do with xulamaude Dec 2013 #54

You're plying your craft with subtlety today Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #19

Yeah, because rape isn't an "actual critical news and issues" worthy of discussion. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2013 #49

You must be a guy. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #58

Crimes committed against a group who are the majority of our population riqster Dec 2013 #67

I find it particularly frustrating/annoying Atman Dec 2013 #5

I think thats the whole point. Frankly, I am looking at women's issues on DU, Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #12

The self censorship is the worst... SomethingFishy Dec 2013 #47

I hear you. It is something to behold Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #50

I totally agree... FarPoint Dec 2013 #6

Meta forum is closed, this OP is meta. morningfog Dec 2013 #8

Meta is a group now pintobean Dec 2013 #11

Is it? I had no idea. LisaLynne Dec 2013 #14

Sure. Many know about it pintobean Dec 2013 #21

I saw that thread Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #23

Yeah, it doesn't seem like his style pintobean Dec 2013 #37

Well. That explains a lot. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #24

Well, that sadly explains some things. nt LisaLynne Dec 2013 #42

Wow. aikoaiko Dec 2013 #56

Lol. Interesting strategy on his part Union Scribe Dec 2013 #61

Indeed pintobean Dec 2013 #69

He'll be on forced vacation anyways, like Pretzel_Warrior said. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #65

PW is going on vacation too. Rex Dec 2013 #73

That list has been growing pintobean Dec 2013 #74

I've noticed, it shall be interesting to see how quiet this place gets with Rex Dec 2013 #76

So is another poster in this thread. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #78

+1 Waiting For Everyman Dec 2013 #17

Meta! Iggo Dec 2013 #13

It's not that weird at all; generally when someone posts something you'll see two or three or four el_bryanto Dec 2013 #15

I'm glad more people are noticing this. nt redqueen Dec 2013 #33

And those who claim to want the subject buried are the same ones who post the second and Squinch Dec 2013 #52

Yep. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #80

Indeed. JTFrog Dec 2013 #16

Then why do you post another one? CTyankee Dec 2013 #18

Pretzel has a sad. Oh well. Starry Messenger Dec 2013 #20

This is the only rape thread I see on the first page Oilwellian Dec 2013 #22

And it seems that they all get many, many responses, from the very people complaining about them. Squinch Dec 2013 #27

What's the point of this thread? Dash87 Dec 2013 #25

To continue the ruckus. Jester Messiah Dec 2013 #85

Probably because of this: Rape more common than smoking in the US etherealtruth Dec 2013 #26

That Is One Interesting Cite ProfessorGAC Dec 2013 #62

No guessing required. redqueen Dec 2013 #72

The article was very interesting. hughee99 Dec 2013 #83

So, how many threads gave you started in the last week? n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #28

The counter re-sets on Monday. Atman Dec 2013 #29

As long as only a few percent of rapists are successfully prosecuted... anti partisan Dec 2013 #30

i think it is weird, on a progressive board, for so many to have an issue with womens concerns seabeyond Dec 2013 #32

Well sea... redqueen Dec 2013 #34

if we took away all the OPs from men complaining about rape discussion, bet it would be at least seabeyond Dec 2013 #35

and ya, another man telling women what we need to discuss with womens issues. then on the other seabeyond Dec 2013 #36

Those would be the men who don't interpret discussions about rape culture and misogyny redqueen Dec 2013 #39

yes. it would be those men that can read a womans issue, and not take it personally. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #40

Reading about rape after rape in the real world is..... more than weird. /nt yardwork Dec 2013 #38

Why do you have such a problem with discussing it? NuclearDem Dec 2013 #41

I seem to be trashing threads daily....n/t PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #43

Its a serious issue. mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #44

Maybe we should discuss serious issues like recipes and fashion. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #45

In a world where rape is far too common, it's not weird at all. riqster Dec 2013 #46

Seeing thread after thread about people complaining about rape threads Sheldon Cooper Dec 2013 #48

+1 nt PassingFair Dec 2013 #51

What you said. riqster Dec 2013 #66

I invite you to use the trash function. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #53

Perhaps he could start with his own. nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #55

why? Texasgal Dec 2013 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #59

Seeing DUers haul out old canards about victims deserving it or making it up is even weirder. Gormy Cuss Dec 2013 #60

It's not weird, it's educational. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #63

Not weird. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #68

Much as seeing many, many threads in regards to surveillance, employment, racism, marijuana... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #70

Enjoy your vacation! Rex Dec 2013 #71

He's another victim of the alert stalking of feminists Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #75

Obviously, you are the captain Rex Dec 2013 #77

She was fed up with the patriarchy Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #79

Yes but I hear it is a forced leave of absence. Rex Dec 2013 #81

I like your use of quotes. pintobean Dec 2013 #82

It is like the Left Behind series of books! Rex Dec 2013 #84