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Tuesday Afternoon

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42. I use the term MEN loosely when I think of that group. -
Thu Dec 12, 2013, 01:50 PM
Dec 2013

the Demographics of the most prevalent posters would be interesting.

Other than that I am bored with that group and their antics. Their reading comprehension level leaves a lot to be desired. They evidently are not familiar with a common literary device known as a simile/metaphor/allegory. I pity them and their sad lot in life.

I agree with another poster when it was dubbed: The BOYS club.

The level of discourse there sinks to and continuously hovers at or about: The He Man Woman Haters Club.

What's next for DU? A "white power" group? duffyduff Dec 2013 #1
To my knowledge, there is not one MRA type... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #6
The people might not belong to an organized group, but the arguments duffyduff Dec 2013 #7
MRA's can't stand feminists. Many of the same posts you find boston bean Dec 2013 #12
I can hardly tell the difference with some of those posts/posters. duffyduff Dec 2013 #28
I'm going to disagree with that a bunch of them believe boston bean Dec 2013 #8
Speaking of dangerous ideologies... xulamaude Dec 2013 #23
Plus One. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #36
I took a quick peek as suggested thucythucy Dec 2013 #26
+ 1,000 Little Star Dec 2013 #30
Your suggestions are good BainsBane Dec 2013 #34
The sad irony is thucythucy Dec 2013 #38
good point and fro the record. it was us feminists that called the prison rape joke, much at our seabeyond Dec 2013 #40
I did a quick look also Gothmog Dec 2013 #80
They may not identify as such BainsBane Dec 2013 #29
I didn't even know we had a Men's Group. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #2
It's a group where they bash feminists. And they constantly call out HoF. boston bean Dec 2013 #3
"They constantly call out HoF"? Did you intend the irony? n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #45
not even close jeff. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #50
Slow day in Totally Hawt Celebs thread...? LanternWaste Dec 2013 #54
lol. warren will kick it for two years then exclaim what a success the thread is. lol seabeyond Dec 2013 #68
*hahaha...snort...hahaha* xulamaude Dec 2013 #75
ya. couldnt help myself. now the guys in that forum can say i actually lowered myself seabeyond Dec 2013 #76
oh, btw... he has a thing for brunettes... lol. seabeyond Dec 2013 #77
Hi seab. DURHAM D Dec 2013 #103
OH DURHAM... (oops) it is so good to see you. i love seeing your name in here. seabeyond Dec 2013 #104
Hey, it's political activism. Don't knock it. BainsBane Dec 2013 #114
Why not explore it and see just what it really is? TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #4
yeah, I suggest the poster do so as well. boston bean Dec 2013 #5
Yeah, that's a good idea. nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #24
We've all been there BainsBane Dec 2013 #27
I recently told someone to look at it, just once BainsBane Dec 2013 #32
I did. thucythucy Dec 2013 #83
You mean the concern trolling/whining about "misandry" and "radfems"? YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #111
Except it spills over quite frequently into GD. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #11
i think where the problem lies is it feeds the anger and disrespect and fabrications and it does seabeyond Dec 2013 #16
Again, spot on Sea :) nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #25
Hi SeaBee! thucythucy Dec 2013 #39
hi..... but, i have been enjoying you when you do pop in. love seeing you too. seabeyond Dec 2013 #43
I gotta say how I have admired... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #115
As opposed to the other group? BainsBane Dec 2013 #117
You forgot the sarcasm thingie xulamaude Dec 2013 #118
thank you treason. we have had to learn to walk this in grace. a fluid balance of soft tone, seabeyond Dec 2013 #119
You can trash the whole group libodem Dec 2013 #9
I could, but I won't. Why turn a blind eye to that? boston bean Dec 2013 #10
Because it's upsetting to you libodem Dec 2013 #20
who says having knowledge and being informed leave us powerless. i suggest otherwise. seabeyond Dec 2013 #21
That is your interpretation of how I feel. boston bean Dec 2013 #22
. libodem Dec 2013 #44
ya. we can all just be silent like we are told. wtf?? i know you are playing a game. i get it. seabeyond Dec 2013 #48
Yes, but leaving that kind of stuff up for others to see... Little Star Dec 2013 #19
That's exactly what I have done BainsBane Dec 2013 #33
I get it libodem Dec 2013 #35
Context please?.... Little Star Dec 2013 #46
Thank you for that. nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #49
excellent post. well said. thank you. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #53
Absolutely, and very well said BainsBane Dec 2013 #84
I agree if it's just too much for anyone to see or read some... Little Star Dec 2013 #91
"Also what misinformation they let stand around these parts" redqueen Dec 2013 #98
Or we women could just cover our eyes (trash group) & close our ears (let it go).... Little Star Dec 2013 #99
It is irritating in the extreme to see it called 'cruising for ammo' redqueen Dec 2013 #100
how young is too young for an old man to oogle. ya. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #102
i saw a post that said some rad fems had serious emotional problems. for a poster to falt out say seabeyond Dec 2013 #13
I did see that one BainsBane Dec 2013 #18
Well, according to community standards all of that is okay BainsBane Dec 2013 #14
Seems like this place could sometimes learn something.... Little Star Dec 2013 #15
btw.... seeing how i think there are so many areas men need to discuss honestly amongst themselves. seabeyond Dec 2013 #17
Sometimes that's where nice gets you.... Little Star Dec 2013 #31
I made that same mistake. redqueen Dec 2013 #57
yes. you did. and yes. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #69
I am hugely disappointed, dispirited even, at the Mens Group outcome. Like you, I went to CTyankee Dec 2013 #58
"a vibrant group of men here truly supporting other men was there for them" THIS. this is what seabeyond Dec 2013 #70
shit. i wanted to participate and have fun with it also. i LOVE this subject.... behavior. seabeyond Dec 2013 #71
What a loss to the truly progressive men here who also would have loved a welcoming, supportive CTyankee Dec 2013 #82
there have been times when some step up. and then join in the mayham. and then step up. there are seabeyond Dec 2013 #86
There is one constant poster who saddens me a lot. He seems to have nothing better to do than CTyankee Dec 2013 #88
It's so pathetic. smirkymonkey Dec 2013 #113
LOL BainsBane Dec 2013 #120
Hey! I had forgotten there was a "mens group" KansDem Dec 2013 #37
. boston bean Dec 2013 #41
Happy we could oblige BainsBane Dec 2013 #61
I use the term MEN loosely when I think of that group. - Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #42
I opt for menz BainsBane Dec 2013 #55
They don't know much about art either, evidently... CTyankee Dec 2013 #60
Ah, yes. The exposed nipple as porn BainsBane Dec 2013 #62
Gerrit van Honthurst, one of quite a few masters of the Golden Age of Dutch art of the 17th century. CTyankee Dec 2013 #64
Oh yeah ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #73
Thanks. I get it if someone doesn't care for art that much... CTyankee Dec 2013 #81
titty and nipple. that is what they brought to your thread on art. yea boys. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #72
yes, I saw your thread. Silly. Childish. Stupid stuff - Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #116
I have been looking at the TMG since its inception xulamaude Dec 2013 #47
Since I have that group in the trash ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #51
They insist we aren't real feminists BainsBane Dec 2013 #56
Well then ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #59
"Toxic masculinity" thucythucy Dec 2013 #87
Not original-- feel free ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #89
It does serve a useful function. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #52
maybe a few DU male feminists could create their own Group? zazen Dec 2013 #63
The Goodman project is a MRA group ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #65
I did read some stuff I thought was good there, boston bean Dec 2013 #67
I think DU's demographic, IIRC, is somewhat older and that might account for the tenor of the Mens CTyankee Dec 2013 #66
It goes beyond that BainsBane Dec 2013 #74
good post. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #78
Oh, I have often thought that a good deal of "recruitment" has gone on here with "old boys networks" CTyankee Dec 2013 #85
Since I pay some attention to TMG xulamaude Dec 2013 #92
but are the younger crowd also in TMG? I'm not sure I get what you mean... CTyankee Dec 2013 #94
Not so much. Mostly xulamaude Dec 2013 #96
I get that. I'm thinking about the 20 somethings that are up and coming NOW...they are CTyankee Dec 2013 #97
that is interesting. and point. yes. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #95
I see it as a safety valve for the lunacy that exists in every party Warpy Dec 2013 #79
I agree with the OP SCantiGOP Dec 2013 #90
If I might suggest BainsBane Dec 2013 #93
eh, they're like the gun humpers Skittles Dec 2013 #101
The gun folk do a lot of damage BainsBane Dec 2013 #105
What am I minced meat?? No offer of an ass kicking!!! boston bean Dec 2013 #106
lol lol. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #107
You can't blame her BainsBane Dec 2013 #108
I have found when I actually talk to these knuckle draggers Skittles Dec 2013 #109
The continued existence of that group-and the validation of their views in GD... YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #110
That really is the issue BainsBane Dec 2013 #112
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