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(32,379 posts)Glad MIRT dealt with that hater and bigot, but also rise to express my dismay that so many here wanted it dealt with "backstage".
Because this isn't about one sick fucking dude, it's about an attitude that has been enabled on this forum.
That someone felt he could send that crazy sick bullshit to a woman here isn't a one-time occurrence--and since it needs to be spelled out to some here, women here can often sense when a poster is going to be "one of those" from the build-up of aggressive and passive-aggressive sexist comments over the course of weeks, months and even years.
It sucks to be a female member here and be hesitant to post a feminist viewpoint on gender-based subjects, because you know that a) threads will be full of people minimizing concerns b) after dealing with sexism in our off-DU lives, the anticipation of *knowing* you are going to get some fucking person replying to you with dog-whistlte micro-aggressive posts makes you wonder why you even bother.
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