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In reply to the discussion: Misogyny should not be tolerated on DU [View all]Major Nikon
(36,828 posts)But no, I don't agree that just because it isn't alerted on, then it means it wasn't given a free pass. The fact that far worse exists for whatever reason should be telling you something. For one thing it tells you that nobody cared about it enough to alert, and/or even if they did those alerts weren't successful. And there is no parity between sexism directed at women and sexism that gets directed at men. There just isn't. So one of those two reactions may be correct, but certainly not both.
If we can reduce Rush Limbaugh to his genitals, including making disparaging remarks on their operation, then we should be able to call Ann Coulter a word that rhymes with 4th and long.
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If we can't call Ann Coulter a word that rhymes with 4th and long, then we shouldn't be able to reduce Rush Limbaugh to his genitals.
I'm not the alert police and I'm not going to go around alerting on all this stuff. I'm just pointing out that for whatever reason, two different sets of community standards exist and this just isn't confined to DU although a progressive site like DU makes for an excellent example because if we can't get it right then there's little hope for anywhere else.
For those that want to go around cleaning up one side of this, I could really care less whether they do or not. When I'm on a jury I vote to hide it regardless of which direction it goes so that I'm not part of the problem. I don't participate or encourage either side of it here or anywhere else. I just don't see the point in only cleaning up one side of it because inevitably someone is going to point out that what's good for the goose is good for the gander, and they will be right. As far as those who want to make half-fast "poor menz" arguments, I just wonder what they think they are accomplishing. Equality can and only will exist when there is parity and that should always be the goal. One set of standards applied equally in all things. If we can't manage that, then there will never be gender equality because we will always be trading privilege for privilege and using one to justify the other. Many feminists get this and I respect them for it. Some don't.