History of Feminism

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The word is used from time to time on this site, in its original untwisted form. Sometimes it's not even hidden. We had a week following the hiding of a post with the Rude Pundit blog entry where some were using it as often as they could and getting away with it. I remember being on MIRT when a new member used the word, and MIRT wouldn't vote to ban. That really pissed me off.

Evidence suggests there is more to the ban than the use of a misogynistic term. Was it because he used it toward Clinton? Was it in part to serve as an example that the anti-Hillary stuff has gotten way out of control? Clearly many in GD think so. There are, however, indications he may have been on the admins. radar before this since he wasn't selected to serve on the current MIRT, despite signing up early in the thread. I know from the time I was on MIRT, the admins rarely ban a long-time poster over a single act. It's usually an accumulation of things. I don't know all what was involved in this, and we only have EarlG's ban message.

I can see arguing he shouldn't have been banned. What troubles me is the numbers of people who insist he didn't do anything wrong, and some even follow it up by claiming there is something wrong with objecting to the word, that it doesn't bother "real women."