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Thor_MN

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22. I haven't been talking about the OP. YOUR post was sexist.

Sun Mar 2, 2014, 12:53 AM

Mar 2014

No, I don't have a bee in my bonnet, I just don't happen to care for sexism and hypocrisy. You can deny and deflect all you want, your post was sexist. In the past, I've agreed with much of what you have posted, I was quite surprised at the tone of the post I initially responded to.

The topic of the OP has little to do with your choice of words. I agree with your "Grumpy Old" concept, but you decided to couch it in derisive terms and apply it only to males. I've heard racists attempt to explain use of the "N-word" similarly to how you tried to justify "precious little male egos" - neither seem very valid to me. Hopefully, you may be able to outgrow your upbringing, it's the only way we can effect change faster than letting "isms" die out with the generations.

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I read once that the "grumpy old men" phenomenon is a real phenomenon Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #12

Wow, hate men much? Thor_MN Mar 2014 #14

No, just the grumpy ones :-) Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #15

Did what you read include "precious little male egos"? Thor_MN Mar 2014 #16

Because the whole time I was growing up, I was told to honor and pamper the male ego Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #17

Ah, so you blame your sexism on your upbringing. Thor_MN Mar 2014 #18

No, it's not "sexisim." It's the way everyone was raised in those days Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #19

Your post was sexist and there is nothing that can change that. Thor_MN Mar 2014 #20

You really have a bee in your bonnet about this Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #21

I haven't been talking about the OP. YOUR post was sexist. Thor_MN Mar 2014 #22

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