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In reply to the discussion: What happened when I confronted my cruellest troll [View all]SunSeeker
(54,573 posts)25. Exactly right. Mere criticism of misogyny is not censorship.
Yet, ironically, mysogynists try and often succeed in suppressing feminist speech by accusing feminists of calling for censorship.
I'll never forget the onslaught of taunting, ridicule and charges of censorship I got hit with in a thread here on DU for simply pointing out that the way Spiderwoman was drawn on the cover of a comic was sexist. You'd think I had attacked the Constition instead of a comic book peddled to 13 year olds (and those who think like them).
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This: "...it doesn't negate their responsibility for the culture they are fostering."
CrispyQ
Feb 2015
#18
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