History of Feminism

ismnotwasm

(42,486 posts)

18. Great post

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #16)

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 11:34 AM

Jul 2014

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

45 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

"Quit Fucking Asking Me Questions: A Refresher Course" [View all] redqueen Jul 2014 OP

"But here's the thing: you're not." JTFrog Jul 2014 #1

it is easily recognized whent he person is actually given the info, chooses to ignore the info, to seabeyond Jul 2014 #2

This comment from the replies there spells it out well. redqueen Jul 2014 #4

what is relly the hoot is the demand of all women to educate adn the voicing crying feminists are seabeyond Jul 2014 #7

this^ so much^ this .... and especially this = Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #11

point. as they yell... i am a woman and i say, i feel sorry for men. lol. oh vey. lol. hear me seabeyond Jul 2014 #12

So tired of it all. And watching it happen in HoF is really just wearing me down. It can happen ALL Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #14

"Post-sexist world?" malthaussen Jul 2014 #8

An excellent observation nt redqueen Jul 2014 #9

Which stresses the need for education... malthaussen Jul 2014 #13

Well there's an assumption there that the ignorant want to learn. redqueen Jul 2014 #19

Mmm, I was thinking from the top-down rather than bottom-up. malthaussen Jul 2014 #22

And my view is that if they think so, they have not been listening to feminists. redqueen Jul 2014 #25

i have to tell my boys, i was raised in a time i could not get a credit card in my name. it was seabeyond Jul 2014 #10

Being a child of white-boy privilege... malthaussen Jul 2014 #16

Great post ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #18

Yeah, kind of ties in with yours downthread.:) malthaussen Jul 2014 #20

Aside from ass kissing or kicking though, there is listening... redqueen Jul 2014 #24

I'd say that goes without saying... malthaussen Jul 2014 #27

See, I am a member of the new younger generation. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #31

i have to believe that also. it is such in your face. everywhere. seabeyond Jul 2014 #32

A third alternative would wilfully ingenuous. malthaussen Jul 2014 #39

Being disingenuous is often the opening to a Socratic line... malthaussen Jul 2014 #3

Bingo! redqueen Jul 2014 #5

thats it. that is the different approach. those that are immediately trying to seabeyond Jul 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #15

Damn that was good ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #17

"They haven't learned because they haven't bothered to learn." redqueen Jul 2014 #44

The thing that struck me in a subthread conversation on that last thread was this: imagine saying Squinch Jul 2014 #21

I've often thought the same thing, Squinch. malthaussen Jul 2014 #26

What is shocking to me is that I have never quite put two and two together and thought that before. Squinch Jul 2014 #28

That's what makes epiphanies so much fun. malthaussen Jul 2014 #30

i would rather live ina kind of fake than the brutal reality. why? cause the more people show seabeyond Jul 2014 #33

A lot of the rules of common courtesy were designed to keep us from ripping each other's lungs out.. malthaussen Jul 2014 #40

And that is why it is insulting the way things Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #34

Well that I've always known. The fact that feminists here have to constantly justify their Squinch Jul 2014 #35

Amen Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #36

you are so right on. and you point there in the initial post. nt seabeyond Jul 2014 #37

... or you have something invested in not understanding it. nt redqueen Jul 2014 #45

Thank you for the "Derailing for Dummies." ancianita Jul 2014 #23

My pleasure redqueen Jul 2014 #43

This explains it well JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #29

I'm glad I went ahead and posted it. redqueen Jul 2014 #42

thank you for restating your concerns in this post awake Jul 2014 #38

I'm so glad to know it was helpful. redqueen Jul 2014 #41