Question that'll probably get me banned...

[Sick of the GOP]

Not that I care, I'm southern and not wanted here anyways...

But I want to know - why does the Gender & Orientation category have FIVE, count them FIVE groups related solely to feminism, but only one for men? ANY opposing view in any of those groups gets your post deleted, but people like trumad, redqueen, and seabeyond are not only allowed in the Men's Group, but can say whatever they want?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. seabeyond get a lot of hidden posts and so does trumad. and Hey - Welcome to DU -- its OK --

I'm southern, too ....

never posted in here before ... Hey Guys, how are ya?

[Swede]

3. Get out!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Hi Ya Swede

nice place y'all got here

[Warren DeMontague]

9. I'm looking at myself, reflecting on my mind. It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind.

In other words, good. Welcome.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Heya and Thanks

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. I would disagree that any opposing view gets you deleted in some of those groups

You have to know, that others were formed because some people thought the originals were too welcoming of some, and not so welcoming of others.

Also, trumad was banned from here. Basically all he wanted to do was name call and use profanity.

[Swede]

4. Don't worry about it,it's a work in progress.

Be nice,and get used to the place,you may stick around and like it.

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. +1 n/t

[MadrasT]

6. Actually

Two of the women's groups have nothing to do with feminism and they want to keep them that way.

The three feminist groups exist because different flavors of feminism seem to be highly incompatible.

I would like to see one women's group and one feminist group but I don't see that happening. It's like protestantism, it keeps subdividing to pacify different sects.

If anyone decided more men's groups were needed, I am pretty sure Skinner would whip them right up (if there was sufficient user demand).

P.S. Southerners are A-OK in my book.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. We enjoy shouting at each other.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. You're asking in the wrong place, but that won't get you banned from this group, at least-

If you search the meta archives you can find out more than you'd ever want to know of the backstory on some of it.

[ElboRuum]

11. I'll try to answer your questions.

1. The backstory of why there are 5 women's group is pretty interesting and like Will DeM said, a perusal of the Meta archives might prove as interesting. I'll refrain from detail here because, well, I just don't have that kind of time. There is a LOT of it.

2. The Men's Group is not an echo chamber. Debate, discussion, and logically supported discourse is open to anyone who wishes to contribute in a positive and constructive manner. And no they can't "say whatever they want". They CAN say whatever they want, but they have to accept consequences for violations against SOP for the group, just like anyone else who posts here.

[4th law of robotics]

13. I think part of the reason opposing views get banned

(at least in the HoF, others don't seem as authoritarian) is that the accepted views are often so bizarre they cannot stand up to earnest debate. Hence they must rely on censorship. The claim that all porn is rape (with fundamentalists as their main source of info) is not a claim that would do well if subject to honest debate.

Here views don't seem to be neither A) monolithic nor B) so off the wall that it's impossible to argue rationally in their favor.