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In reply to the discussion: I wonder if Scott Adams (Dilbert) reads DU? [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)of that context? "Bullying"? Good Christ, man, are you really claiming to be persecuted by "mean old feminists" or something? Have some sense of proportion here!
As I feel like I keep disclaiming over and over again, I myself am a man, so I don't know why you would interpret my posts as being part of some bullshit, mostly nonexistent "gender wars." Like it or not, people are trying to get an important fucking message across, and they can't always be delicate about it.
Think of the worst thing ever done to you by someone you loved, or who supposedly loved you. Now imagine if that act were treated almost as a normal, expected part of your existence. How would you react to people who insisted you be polite and civil as they want you to be in discussing the problem? Or who, worse yet, accused you of "bullying" when you didn't use the absolute gentlest, most coddling tone possible?