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maybe i'll just live down here (Original Post) unreadierLizard May 2013 OP
Yep..unfortunately, opiate69 May 2013 #1
I was getting a little worried, actually. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #12
No doubt! opiate69 May 2013 #13
Someone is sure trying to Warren DeMontague May 2013 #14
I'm sure they'd think it was just duckie if DU was "alk outrage, all the time" opiate69 May 2013 #15
Im not really sure what the point is, honestly Warren DeMontague May 2013 #16
Meh... opiate69 May 2013 #18
Reacting as you do is just feeding the frenzy ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2013 #2
I don't know why you give a shit about what they think. MrSlayer May 2013 #3
meh, they got nothin' of substance galileoreloaded May 2013 #4
We're "up here" by the way. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #5
My advice? Pay no attention to the weekly gratuitous "silly whacks". Warren DeMontague May 2013 #6
meh, its sport galileoreloaded May 2013 #7
knock yourself out Warren DeMontague May 2013 #8
it IS my time :) i appreciate both your view galileoreloaded May 2013 #9
It's a futile effort to try and debate someone when their ideology trumps reason Major Nikon May 2013 #17
Listen, they are so so so so FAAAAR beyond SICK of it all.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2013 #10
Perpetual outrage indeed. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #11
There's nothing inherently wrong with outrage Major Nikon May 2013 #20
I guess the crux of the issue is the difference between justified or justifiable outrage Warren DeMontague May 2013 #21
That's part and parcel to it Major Nikon May 2013 #22
What always cracks me up... is the almost mathematical predictability of how any and every horrible Warren DeMontague May 2013 #23
Well if *you* aren't pushing for child soldier diamond-mining conscripts, then it's not about you! lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #24
I was wrong, in this post. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #25
Conflating together totally unrelated phenomena, is one of the hallmarks of nearly all extremists. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #26
That was kind of what I was getting at, here: Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #27
Bashing the male gender is a sport for some here at DU Upton May 2013 #19
 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
1. Yep..unfortunately,
Tue May 14, 2013, 09:05 PM
May 2013

That's what passes for critical thought in some corners around here. Best not to get sucked into the trap.
Dare I call it a Fallacy Culture?

 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
13. No doubt!
Wed May 15, 2013, 04:33 PM
May 2013

It has been Really Quiet around here lately. But, Boy, today's Spike in boob-rage is really bringing back memories. Of course, given the Twitter idiots responses to Angelina, the moral brigade has some good low-hanging fruit to swing at.. kinda like Teeball... it's hard to Miss!

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
16. Im not really sure what the point is, honestly
Wed May 15, 2013, 04:41 PM
May 2013

I've had 4 hour phone conversations with drunk alcoholic relatives that were more productive.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
3. I don't know why you give a shit about what they think.
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:01 PM
May 2013

I read maybe three or four lines of that nonsense you were responding to before clicking off of it. It's ridiculous nonproductive bullshit and it's almost always by some guy looking to score points by calling out his fellow men for being the "uncivilized barbarians" they are.

Hell, I know some guys that act like wussified eunuchs around certain groups as a ploy to get laid.

The point is, fuck that dude, his stupid post, the idiots in his story, Jolie, her tits and Brad Pitt.

There isn't a damn thing anyone on an anonymous message board can say that's going to make me feel bad for being a man or for feeling as a man feels.

DU is in no way indicative of the real world nor would I want to live in the ultra homogenized, politically correct world that many on the site would like to see.

I couldn't imagine a world less fun except maybe a Mormon world.

 

galileoreloaded

(2,571 posts)
4. meh, they got nothin' of substance
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:12 PM
May 2013

and look at em swarm at me.

its the same players, 5-10 misandrists tops, and another 10-15 males who think that by going along with....i have no idea what to call it....they curry favor. practicing for "nice guy" and "white knight" roles.

who cares....they can kill ya, but they cant eat ya

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
6. My advice? Pay no attention to the weekly gratuitous "silly whacks".
Wed May 15, 2013, 02:25 PM
May 2013

they are specifically designed to elicit responses of that sort, which can be used as further evidence of the necessity of additional "silly whackage".

 

galileoreloaded

(2,571 posts)
7. meh, its sport
Wed May 15, 2013, 02:41 PM
May 2013

to dispel misandry and sexism in a public space is not only warranted, by looking around, its needed.

 

galileoreloaded

(2,571 posts)
9. it IS my time :) i appreciate both your view
Wed May 15, 2013, 02:46 PM
May 2013

and the minute group that seems to be the muckrakers, but its entertaining to watch them backpedal and reframe when faced with a logical argument.

so far its worth my efforts to dispel that garbage.

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)
17. It's a futile effort to try and debate someone when their ideology trumps reason
Wed May 15, 2013, 04:42 PM
May 2013

Whack a mole is fun for a while, but it gets old quickly.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
10. Listen, they are so so so so FAAAAR beyond SICK of it all....
Wed May 15, 2013, 03:18 PM
May 2013

....that you better start recognizing the problem.....because there is no further beyond they can go in how tired they are of it all!

This is important stuff, Warren!

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)
20. There's nothing inherently wrong with outrage
Wed May 15, 2013, 10:16 PM
May 2013

Outrage can get a lot done. However, one should choose wisely when choosing whether outrage or reason gets to be in the drivers seat.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
21. I guess the crux of the issue is the difference between justified or justifiable outrage
Wed May 15, 2013, 11:42 PM
May 2013

and free-floating outrage on a constant search for any and all justification.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
23. What always cracks me up... is the almost mathematical predictability of how any and every horrible
Thu May 16, 2013, 02:01 PM
May 2013

thing in the world- no matter what it is- can, in fact inevitably will be linked back to, you know, "those people and attitudes on DU" in a series of incredibly predictable 2 or 3 posts.

Oh, yes, "Child Soldiers Conscripted to Mine Diamonds in the Congo"? Well, tsk, tsk, we see those same attitudes regularly on display from some here on DU yes we do

(really? people on DU support child soldiers being forced to mine diamonds? Oh, okay. Please, proceed)

Yes, yes, it's a shame that our supposedly progressive men refuse to see how their attitudes are complicit with the same sort of subjugation oppression mindset that laughs heedlessly at a dongle joke, which also sends children as young as 4 into diamond mines yes yes

indeed. it's disgusting tsk tsk quack.




At first, I was like

and then I was a bit

but at this point I'm just like

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
24. Well if *you* aren't pushing for child soldier diamond-mining conscripts, then it's not about you!
Thu May 16, 2013, 06:50 PM
May 2013

Why so defensive? I wonder... hmmm.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
25. I was wrong, in this post.
Fri May 24, 2013, 06:56 PM
May 2013

there's nothing "almost" about the mathematical predictability of certain things around here. It's a done deal.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
26. Conflating together totally unrelated phenomena, is one of the hallmarks of nearly all extremists.
Fri May 31, 2013, 09:41 PM
May 2013

It's one way that - for instance - the MRA's, the really far-out ones I mean, feed off of their own paranoia. And I suppose much the same could be said for their radfem counterparts.

Upton

(9,709 posts)
19. Bashing the male gender is a sport for some here at DU
Wed May 15, 2013, 04:54 PM
May 2013

it's almost always the same players...just consider the source and move on..

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