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Feminists

Jasana

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1. I think I have seen all of these derailing statements at least 100 times...

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 10:03 PM

Feb 2013

since I've been on the Internet. They all piss me off to no end but the one that's aggravating me more and more is the "educate me" one.

Like gee... I really want to explain for the 10,000th time why rape jokes are not funny.

Like gee... I really want to explain for the 10,000th time why I hate being catcalled for the 100,000th time since I first began to try walking down the street while female.

Like gee... I really want to explain for the 10,000th time why the 15,897th boob joke bored me to shit and made me wish I could flush you down a toilet.

Curious question: Why is this group not more active? Do they just prefer to constantly fight it out in GD?

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Derailing for Dummies, redux [View all] Starry Messenger Feb 2013 OP

I think I have seen all of these derailing statements at least 100 times... Jasana Feb 2013 #1

I tend to park in GD and Meta, I admit. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #2

Thanks for your reply... Jasana Mar 2013 #7

I think we have had individual threads where every one of those was trotted out. MadrasT Feb 2013 #3

We could fill up several cards at this point. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #4

Thanks for helping to restore my sanity too. Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #5

Good post over there, too. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #6