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In reply to the discussion: Hey women [View all]AZCat
(8,339 posts)524. No, that's not what is happening.
I don't think it's very respectful to interpret other people's intentions for them.
I was hoping you and your fellow posters would recognize the falsity of your claim, correct it, and move on but apparently I was overly optimistic.
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it is off another thread. no challenging evo psych or you challenge evolution.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#572
if you challenge evo psych, you challenge evolution. (that was the statement made)
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#575
i am cooking. i will get back to finding the OP. bonobo posted it last night.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#579
i am talking the real issue, and do not give a shit what we call ourselves. but i do care about men
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#219
We are most definitely a species of great ape--not that there's anything wrong with that!
tblue37
Feb 2014
#205
bonobo, bonobo, bonobo, you must accept objectification because well... bonobo's.
boston bean
Feb 2014
#8
well see, no one said that either. time to go back and use the c word, cause you are pissed? nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#23
i mean your glee in throwing out the c word every chance you get. the most vulgar and vile word
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#27
??? by calling me one? really? and this is the man that you are, that we are suppose to respect?
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#32
of course you never said it. you might get a hide. just might. you did imply.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#39
not a cute little game. vile, vulgar word that you pull out often and dismiss with, didnt call
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#66
you, as a man, that created the insulting vileness of a word toward women, reject that they have any
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#75
and as each one of you men, that feign outrage over the word, has also expressed it bothers you not.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#88
I haven't. I haven't called anyone on DU a dick, nor have I applauded anyone being called a dick
seaglass
Feb 2014
#112
again. you make sure you throw the word out in a manner that will not get a hide, or might, to
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#123
it is a matter of staying on point, your go to word is the c word to be as vile as you can
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#154
While we're on the subject of the naughty word list, can I nominate the word 'ape' to be added?
Violet_Crumble
Feb 2014
#652
that would be silly violet, but you can surely do whatever the fuck you want. truly. nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#665
omg. so you use a highly vulgar, vile word toward women because men made sure that word was vile
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#160
you have used it often, and sometimes repetitively and have had hides because of it. you use it
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#168
i wouldnt waste the time of my day on you, in that regard bonobo. a man thats go to word
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#177
a year or more ago, you had two or three ops repeatedly using offensive words toward women.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#193
of course you do not. no skin off your knee to be called either, cause it is a slur against women.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#199
oh. so you get to decide to use the c word cause you have decided women are not, should not be
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#209
The handful of men here who insist on explaining to women how they know what women think amuse me.
redqueen
Feb 2014
#218
i believe he believes. and though that may sound complimentary, it is anything but sad. nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#224
i think it is fair for me to say, i really do not give a shit what you think. yup.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#565
you had no reason to use it yesterday but to puff out your chest to the men in the mens group.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#227
i have, its no biggie, personally fanny is worse to me. context etc matters.
loli phabay
Feb 2014
#415
says the man that doesnt know the difference between rape and not. i hardly take you seriously.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#212
skinner has repeatedly told us to "educate" over the last couple years. you have issue? talk to
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#291
when a person asks the board what is rape and what is not. i think there needs to be education.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#344
actually violet you absolutely validated what i said. and he uses it repeatedly in exactly the
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#666
"examples from animals always seem to mention the ones that "support" male supremacy."
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#92
gentically yes, but I'll tell you one thing, my life is nothing like the life of a bonobo.
boston bean
Feb 2014
#448
You do understand that "descended from" and "equivalent to" are not remotely the same thing?
MadrasT
Feb 2014
#13
yes, you are using evo psych like religion uses dominance over women. educate yourself. start here.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#19
Yes you're right our classification, if you will is basically that humans are apes
ismnotwasm
Feb 2014
#286
bonobo said... no challenging evo psych, that is challenging evolution. that is what started this.nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#335
yes. agreed. and tha tis what the issue of this thread is. DEMANDING we buy into the garbage
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#356
It is impossible to prove a negative. The burden is on the one making the claim to prove it's true.
redqueen
Feb 2014
#99
We are built the same, and the only thing we have is a brain almost as well developed as a dolphin,
Nika
Feb 2014
#110
I don't see anyone in this thread disputing that we're related to our cousins in category. nt
redqueen
Feb 2014
#127
I take umbrage to the notion we are not classified in a way our taxonomic nomenclature
Nika
Feb 2014
#142
We are animals too. And sometimes we do do things of a sexual nature that is irrational
Nika
Feb 2014
#170
free for all rape. just animals here. wtf boys. go at it. and this, is the issue. nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#180
We are animals too. And sometimes we do do things of a sexual nature that is irrational,
Nika
Feb 2014
#172
We are animals. We torture, kill and imprison dolphins which have culture, a language,
Nika
Feb 2014
#391
My understanding of proof is that it is impossible to prove a negative which is what you just asked.
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2014
#144
can you prove there is No God ... by the way 5 is not a negative number.
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2014
#244
If God exists, then God is an ice cream cone perched on my desk and plainly visible to all
Orrex
Feb 2014
#278
evo psych, which you base all of your manhood on, is. and science confirms. nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#43
exactly. stick three asses out on a mag cover and all of a sudden we have this shit. nt
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#96
it would be funny, if not so disgusting having bonobos saying it is innately there right to tap that
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#119
i love your voice, whisp. and i was in a totally opposite environment. my men say WTF.... lol.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#165
you left out the part, if you do not believe in evo psych, you do not believe in evolution or some
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#257
If that was your point, then why start by emphatically declaring that we aren't apes?
Silent3
Feb 2014
#120
or they do nto exist at all, merely want to use science to create a new religion by taking behavior
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#70
exactly nuclear. god forbid anyone actually read what scientists say is the fail of evo psych.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#104
"we're also inherently capable of higher reasoning and intelligence than most other species"
redqueen
Feb 2014
#101
Oh, so we are back to stating that our sex lives ought to be just like monkeys and apes.
boston bean
Feb 2014
#67
and you can ignore the issues with promoting evo psych cause it meets agenda and relegated to the
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#72
If humans had a similar mating strategy to bonobos, we would probably *be* bonobos.
dawg
Feb 2014
#15
it is stupid. that simple. and to insist if you call out faux science evo psych, you are
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#16
we assume. we look at today, and make it work from beginning of time. when they actually
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#202
this is why it does not work. they are finding women were hunting with the men, or hunting
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#243
soooo...on the ape spectrum, some men are more "apey" and have more...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2014
#37
ba ha ha ha ha. perfect. what is this, two years now, about the damn doors, in every damn post. lol
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#176
The only thing that makes the ape thing particulary offensive is the associated history.
Silent3
Feb 2014
#107
what is offensive is men using it as a new scientific approach to religion to storytell their way to
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#113
Please provide a link to a DU poster making the case in favor of male dominance over...
Silent3
Feb 2014
#134
here would be one, today, in this thread. an Op last night of bonobo. i am not
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#187
So you're saying that right here in this thread someone is calling for male dominance and...
Silent3
Feb 2014
#236
If someone is trying to be convincing, they've taken on some obligation to be convincing.
Silent3
Feb 2014
#294
Correct we are a different species of apes from other apes and would expect differences
aikoaiko
Feb 2014
#188
Isn't that what we have been saying all along? money. the economy. the driving force behind all this
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2014
#617
using a body without regard to being a person. that is ALWAYS damaging. that simple.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#667
one point. we do not disagree that people will make their choices and that is theirs to live.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#669
I really hope this doesn't mean we're going to have to deal with evo-psyc on this board.
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#109
already happened in this thread. i have scientist debunking evo psych in this thread, but no one is
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#196
it goes along with evo psych is the new religion in the name of science that allows male dominance
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#141
it does not hurt these mens feelings to see themselves as unevolved apes. it is their definition
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#217
They seem to think that comparing themselves to apes absolves them of responsibility
BainsBane
Feb 2014
#231
Well, it's false to think that it's womens destiny to be treated like and ape.
boston bean
Feb 2014
#266
I doesn't really matter to me the evolution of whether we are classified as an ape or not.
boston bean
Feb 2014
#382
what is wrong is assigning it to evo psych so you are all powerful in your sexuality and womens
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#289
this makes no sense, there is wide diversity in what physical attributes attract different men.
bettyellen
Feb 2014
#360
another fail of evo psych. of course those that preach it would assert that the reason. conditioned
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#274
and those guys are apes. Akin is an ape. Einstein was an ape. RW conservative women are apes
arely staircase
Feb 2014
#258
no. she is arguing bonobos OP that if you do not believe in evo psych, you do not believe in
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#310
i have not said shit about where we come from. i repeatedly talk the issue about men using evo psyc
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#300
i did not say shit where we came from so do not say i did. this is about bonobos thread telling as
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#326
which are supposedly noted for their use of tools, language and capacity for abstract thought
arely staircase
Feb 2014
#297
Am I the only one who hasn't seen a link to the post which has so knotted undergarments?
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2014
#316
My takeaway: lots of guys are defending the idea that humans are, sexually, just like apes.
Squinch
Feb 2014
#368
The OP, as everyone responding in this thread is aware, specified that the poster did not like
Squinch
Feb 2014
#413
"If the original assertion had been that she doesn't like being compared to a bonobo,
Squinch
Feb 2014
#441
It is and it isn't, and that's the simple truth...proof that we have not fully evolved...kind of sad
AuntPatsy
Feb 2014
#347
Then what is coming into the thread and arguing with her saying "We are apes!" doing?
kcr
Feb 2014
#422
Well even the best reply will fall flat when the other person won't listen.
LostOne4Ever
Feb 2014
#640
There are benefits to living on the West Coast. Like sleeping through this whole train wreck.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2014
#375
Does that mean you can employ whatever arguments you wish in support of your cause...
AZCat
Feb 2014
#469
No, the claim that you are " an anti evolutionary right wing religious nut bag."
AZCat
Feb 2014
#540
I don't think I agree with your conclusion that we are failures when it comes to context.
AZCat
Feb 2014
#473
No. I think people are playing games when they make wild, highly improbable claims
kcr
Feb 2014
#543
I'm not qualified to determine if I suffer from a rare neurological or personality disorder.
AZCat
Feb 2014
#548
You aren't expected to have a catalog of my posts memorized... (that'd be ridiculous!)
AZCat
Feb 2014
#554
That context should be ignored when it has nothing to do at all with what's being talked about
kcr
Feb 2014
#624
everyone knows what BB was saying and referring to. the jury that did not participate knew
seabeyond
Feb 2014
#507
I get a laugh out of the "we" and "us" that flows so liberally in your posts.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2014
#414
You're seeing the downside of your Sisters in the Army of God(dess) approach.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2014
#434
No, I don't think so. A subthread back and forth with you doesn't constitute a "doubling down"
kcr
Feb 2014
#457
I'm amused by what some people find to nitpick when they don't have an actual valid argument n/t
kcr
Feb 2014
#426
Hey boston, do me a favor...ban me the fuck from HoF. I know I've never posted
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#509
Yes..because there are posts so cringingly bad on this thread that right now, we have anti-vaxxers
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#516
You guys have done bans on people for posts they've made outside that forum. Ban me. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#593
Apparently you do give a shit who posts there...you have 45 people blocked. You apparently
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#605
Just dropping in to say I went straight from the OP to here without reading a single post.
rug
Feb 2014
#477
I was serious because I thought you were talking about content that some object to
seaglass
Feb 2014
#679