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nomorenomore08

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113. You know what? I didn't even rec the OP originally, but I went and did it just because of this...

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 11:11 PM

Feb 2014

I didn't alert because I'm not very fond of censorship, but this post is just egregiously stupid and wrongheaded.

Do you honestly believe that a request for courtesy and discretion - e.g. not posting cheesecake photos in GD - is comparable to lifelong oppression because of who you are? How did you even think to form such an analogy?

Do you think "reverse racism" is a big important issue as well? Because that's pretty much the same line of thinking that you're using here.

Look, I have no problem with suggestive imagery as such - witness the whole long "hot celebrity" thread in the Men's Group that even I participated in - but there's a time and place for that sort of thing. Or would you argue for your "right" to watch porn in the workplace as well?

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I see there's another one [View all] senseandsensibility Feb 2014 OP

Because someone told them they shouldn't. Iggo Feb 2014 #1

And it reminded them of Mommy or the nanny according to some.... bettyellen Feb 2014 #65

Well stated jehop61 Feb 2014 #2

You're welcome. senseandsensibility Feb 2014 #14

Fair point JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #3

I think in evolutionary terms it's called sufrommich Feb 2014 #4

i always picture them as the 12 year old boy scurrying to put the magazine geek tragedy Feb 2014 #8

Like bonobos awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #94

it's their way of marking their turf--posting nudie or semi-nudie pictures to show the women geek tragedy Feb 2014 #5

Spot on. n/t demmiblue Feb 2014 #7

+ad infinitum. Yes, exactly. It's basically controlling behavior, and little to do R B Garr Feb 2014 #16

Good summary, thanks. bettyellen Feb 2014 #67

Thanks, and yes, I've noticed the link games as another way to stymie R B Garr Feb 2014 #92

They'll ask you to link to water being wet.... bettyellen Feb 2014 #95

+1 redqueen Feb 2014 #19

+1! CrispyQ Feb 2014 #80

It is sadly beginning to appear that there is a concerted effort to make women unwelcome ... etherealtruth Feb 2014 #85

I agree. senseandsensibility Feb 2014 #86

not women in general, just those who talk back nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #87

Funny. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #6

And no guns. Lasher Feb 2014 #90

Wow, Gays can come out of the closet rustydog Feb 2014 #9

tell us, does it hurt to drive those nails through your own palms? geek tragedy Feb 2014 #18

Would you mind climbing down off the cross? Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #55

+2000 raven mad Feb 2014 #89

Let me know the next time you're beaten and attacked for liking scantily clad models, and maybe louslobbs Feb 2014 #59

Ouch! That stings! nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #112

Fuckin' A tea and oranges Feb 2014 #61

+1 n/t louslobbs Feb 2014 #63

Way to be offensive on multiple levels. JTFrog Feb 2014 #78

Some call being asked to act or speak in respectful ways censorship etherealtruth Feb 2014 #93

How about we draw the line at GD. intheflow Feb 2014 #98

You know what? I didn't even rec the OP originally, but I went and did it just because of this... nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #113

The SI thread was started by a woman. OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #10

so was the Eagle Forum. nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #21

Meh. OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #35

by that you must mean Phylis Shlafly, the anti-pornography activist, right? Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #96

Who started it? nt DURHAM D Feb 2014 #22

Here, post #26 tammywammy Feb 2014 #30

RiffRandell (n/t) OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #33

Are you talking about the Kate Upton thing? RBStevens Feb 2014 #11

I think this seems to be an "issue"... Agschmid Feb 2014 #12

I honestly think it's little more than a few broken people finding entertainment LanternWaste Feb 2014 #13

There petulance aplenty to go around on the DU, it's by no means limited to one group Fumesucker Feb 2014 #17

but, but, but (no pun intended) Kali Feb 2014 #15

You calling me out, Kali? RiffRandell Feb 2014 #29

actually I was calling out the individuals who keep saying that. (see at least one example above) Kali Feb 2014 #32

Thanks, me too! nt RiffRandell Feb 2014 #34

Take it up with the author of the OP. OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #37

challenging presumptions - yeah! and civil disobedience, man! Kali Feb 2014 #39

Da fuq? (n/t) OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2014 #20

Manners are not encouraged by the corporate media, I agree. senseandsensibility Feb 2014 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2014 #81

on this we are in agreement Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #23

The Christie fat jokes make me feel inadequate as a fat man. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #24

Good. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #45

But I certainly won't ovaryact to them. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #47

"ovaryact"? n/t tammywammy Feb 2014 #51

I was so hurt by his or her crassness that I made an unfortunate typo. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #52

So did you mean "ovary act"? tammywammy Feb 2014 #54

Thin allegation... LanternWaste Feb 2014 #83

why not use one of the other four options? hfojvt Feb 2014 #25

Much like addressing everything but the question asked in the OP. LanternWaste Feb 2014 #84

I just love being called irrelevant hfojvt Feb 2014 #97

You're slipping. redqueen Feb 2014 #107

well that's certainly a moronic and a$$holish response. hfojvt Feb 2014 #108

I'm the woman that posted it. RiffRandell Feb 2014 #26

Remember, Bikinis are oppressive, Burkas are liberating. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #36

Nope.. They're both bad... opiate69 Feb 2014 #53

No blame for me - in 840high Feb 2014 #70

There are several options if one doesn't like a thread or think its inappropriate quinnox Feb 2014 #27

I didn't see the threads you indicated. Feral Child Feb 2014 #28

LOL, that's cute. nt redqueen Feb 2014 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Feb 2014 #68

Admin apparently didn't find it appropriate as they locked it. JTFrog Feb 2014 #68

I'm not participating Feral Child Feb 2014 #75

Oh, you didn't really want any responses to your post I see. JTFrog Feb 2014 #77

Putting aside the issues the OP brings up, these threads are an amalgam of two subjects Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #38

I agree such topics don't belong in GD CFLDem Feb 2014 #40

It is not prudery treestar Feb 2014 #49

Six in one hand CFLDem Feb 2014 #56

It is very different treestar Feb 2014 #66

If by 'progressive' CFLDem Feb 2014 #72

How would women being equal be like returning to the Victorian Era? treestar Feb 2014 #73

And now women can have all sorts of careers CFLDem Feb 2014 #79

Thanks. senseandsensibility Feb 2014 #57

"manshaming"? redqueen Feb 2014 #62

I thought the 'manshaming' was a real hoot. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #76

Then why weren't those SI pictures posted in the men's group? See how that works? R B Garr Feb 2014 #100

... CFLDem Feb 2014 #101

"Not for the rest of the party." Your local Democratic office has T&A posted on the walls? Squinch Feb 2014 #103

It's not posted CFLDem Feb 2014 #104

T&A is not posted in the local Democratic office because a loud minority is being Victorian? Squinch Feb 2014 #105

Why yes. CFLDem Feb 2014 #106

Have you ever heard the phrase "hostile environment?" I suppose that's just silly Victorians, too? Squinch Feb 2014 #109

That was most likely push-back because of certain perpetually outraged members. RC Feb 2014 #41

I don't know if that thread was blow back, but I think you make a great point about quinnox Feb 2014 #60

I for one am long tired of it. RC Feb 2014 #64

And you aren't the only one. I have seen many posts complaining about the same thing quinnox Feb 2014 #71

Exactly! RC Feb 2014 #82

Because there is a small group of little boys that are massively insecure and act out, constantly. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #42

I miss Fight Club aka Meta. neverforget Feb 2014 #43

Me too, it seemed to me that it fulfilled its purpose of drawing off the fighters Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #111

DU should be better than the Fox "News" site. Scuba Feb 2014 #48

I'll get the tape measure MisterP Feb 2014 #50

I agree with your post. It doesn't belong on GD � to the Lounge with it. brush Feb 2014 #58

Well put. I agree totally. idendoit Feb 2014 #74

Thanks for your post RainDog Feb 2014 #88

Thank you for this post. RiffRandell Feb 2014 #99

Thank you for your post, too. RainDog Feb 2014 #110

Oh, FFS. It is a discussion board. Some people want to discuss that and some don't. Reply madinmaryland Feb 2014 #91

Lot of immature people on this site, I'm learning.... PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #102