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pnwmom

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160. Why is it "acting like children" for women to question why a T & A photo lands on the front page
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 12:26 PM
Feb 2014

of a progressive political site?

Ignore and trash features 1000words Feb 2014 #1
They work great TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #118
I don't understand the aversion. 1000words Feb 2014 #119
Exactly.... TroglodyteScholar Feb 2014 #122
It would turn into a meta HappyMe Feb 2014 #2
HoF would be a great alternative. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #3
What is HoF? n/t FourScore Feb 2014 #6
. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #8
Interestingly ... 1000words Feb 2014 #12
Oh my In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #32
Actually, that's what I thought HoF really meant the first time I saw it. Silent3 Feb 2014 #67
I thought it was Hall Of Fame, but then I would probably be in it Doctor_J Feb 2014 #97
I wonder ... 1000words Feb 2014 #102
A safe haven feminist forum that drives certain people here nuts. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #18
lol! HappyMe Feb 2014 #117
Here's a thread with that question pintobean Feb 2014 #107
Why HoF, the Men's Group already has the gratuitous sexy thread. The SI cover thread could easily seaglass Feb 2014 #14
So what? HappyMe Feb 2014 #20
No shit. seaglass Feb 2014 #21
Okay then. HappyMe Feb 2014 #24
It's a no shit because your comment had nothing to do with what I posted and you didn't seaglass Feb 2014 #39
I dumped HOF in the trash can long ago. HappyMe Feb 2014 #40
I'm not sure why you keep saying these disjointed off-topic things to me but OK. seaglass Feb 2014 #41
I'm not sure what you are trying to say either. HappyMe Feb 2014 #45
Now I'm confused. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #61
As am I. HappyMe Feb 2014 #73
Have to admit it was the strangest interaction I've ever had on DU. n/t seaglass Feb 2014 #78
Really? HappyMe Feb 2014 #81
It might be a tie. seaglass Feb 2014 #83
Are you suggesting I wear ties??!11 HappyMe Feb 2014 #85
See post #18 pintobean Feb 2014 #101
Bizarre comment pulled out of thin air. No one said they couldn't. MadrasT Feb 2014 #47
... HappyMe Feb 2014 #48
Why would you assume that a "sexy" thread would be pictures of women? OilemFirchen Feb 2014 #86
I'm not assuming anything. My comment was based on what exists. The Men's Group already seaglass Feb 2014 #88
Huh. HappyMe Feb 2014 #121
yep libodem Feb 2014 #75
+1 BuddhaGirl Feb 2014 #89
All Hell breaks loose libodem Feb 2014 #94
Well said. polly7 Feb 2014 #104
Me too libodem Feb 2014 #108
+1 Marr Feb 2014 #114
Agreed. Feral Child Feb 2014 #155
I can't help but note how some get so much attention kcr Feb 2014 #112
No shit. And here is a sub thread with only intent to diss and insult dyers, YET seabeyond Feb 2014 #120
No. the problem is. invading another group HappyMe Feb 2014 #125
That us so over the top bullshit. seabeyond Feb 2014 #127
That is your opinion. HappyMe Feb 2014 #129
except i did not start a subthread of insulting duers. you and others did. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #130
Of course, dear. HappyMe Feb 2014 #133
So, you just throw out a jab at hof for no particular reason? Seems like you are the problem seabeyond Feb 2014 #123
Thing is, rules isolating certain topics and prohibiting them in GD are routinely ignored. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #4
Oh that is such a shame! Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #17
Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #23
Most meta threads stick around as well. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #29
Good point. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #35
Some of these issues are extremely important issues of our day etherealtruth Feb 2014 #77
I think there are treestar Feb 2014 #5
Not the way they are being handled. There is too much mud-slinging. FourScore Feb 2014 #9
Yes we need to get all contentious discussions out of GD. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #19
Just as long as it never devolved into cats *or* puppies petronius Feb 2014 #50
Good point. Obviously we need GD-Cats, GD-Puppies, and GD-Ferrets. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #51
If you have an issue, why did you stand by without saying anything when lumberjack started seabeyond Feb 2014 #124
Discussion would be good. HappyMe Feb 2014 #13
With you right there in the middle of em. JTFrog Feb 2014 #71
lol! HappyMe Feb 2014 #74
I am afraid that I am so sexy itsrobert Feb 2014 #7
Hmmm...I hadn't thought of that. n/t FourScore Feb 2014 #10
What about your shirt? HappyMe Feb 2014 #11
You're cracking me up, HappyMe. pacalo Feb 2014 #135
Itsrobert, the walking, talking sexy rumpus. No forum could contain you. Squinch Feb 2014 #27
That's not a natural rumpus Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #56
Ain't photoshopped. Itsrobert likes to wear his rumpus in the front... pacalo Feb 2014 #136
Well thank god there's a fire extinguisher Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #137
No kidding! pacalo Feb 2014 #139
As other have advised: liberal use of the trash can function during these outbreaks. LiberalAndProud Feb 2014 #15
Can we please have a "Can We Please Have" forum where all the Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #16
I envision a DU where each poster has their own forum to deal with the issues el_bryanto Feb 2014 #22
I think we should go to ATA with this RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!1!! Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #25
I love this thread... Squinch Feb 2014 #30
And it took 25 posts to come to that conclusion? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #66
Back in the old DU it would have been post #2. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #68
I think that's how the break up of Yugoslavia ended Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #144
You win the thread! (nt) LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #57
Right now I have a forum called "Trash Can" where I put them all. Iggo Feb 2014 #26
Fuck that. NCTraveler Feb 2014 #28
Please elaborate. What kind of post makes one an "enemy of women"? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #36
I think you can find one or two of them without my help. NCTraveler Feb 2014 #37
Any poster who thinks that all gender related posts should be sent to the dungeon is a candidate. n/ pnwmom Feb 2014 #91
It's the dismissiveness that's telling. And people need to be called on it, no argument from me. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #156
Make liberal use of the "trash thread" option. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #31
There are already such forums and groups for those Cleita Feb 2014 #33
Sounds like Humphrey-Hawkins for DU jurors BeyondGeography Feb 2014 #34
We need a Fight Club forum... TreasonousBastard Feb 2014 #38
We had one. They took it away. Now this is where silly goes to die. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #52
Meta had several fatal flaws... TreasonousBastard Feb 2014 #141
You may be the first person to ever utter the phrase Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #147
GenderCratic UnderWar! Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #42
GenderCraptic Underwear? Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #53
Metaspastic Craptastic Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #55
I have nothing to add 1000words Feb 2014 #58
Just remember Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #59
Youve been warrened about that before. Your post is unWarrented. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #60
Darn ... now, I'm surrounded. 1000words Feb 2014 #62
Don't mention underwear. HappyMe Feb 2014 #84
Want to cause GD to meltdown into a lava hot puddle of outrage? Post a magazine with 3 women in Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #109
Do it. HappyMe Feb 2014 #115
It seems I'm dickish, but cute. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #134
Well shit... opiate69 Feb 2014 #132
Someone did the same thing to me recently with Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #140
I would gladly offer this thread as the first to go in the "gender forum". n/t FourScore Feb 2014 #43
As said above, ignore and trash nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #44
No. Texasgal Feb 2014 #46
No. Sweeping sexism under the rug is not the answer any more Skidmore Feb 2014 #49
You feel what's been occurring ... 1000words Feb 2014 #54
There have been some comments that have been very insightful. Skidmore Feb 2014 #72
Dang, another gender thread to hide Coyotl Feb 2014 #63
It would be a waste of forum space. NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #64
K&R for the interesting mix of great humor and people going right off the rails, Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #65
Doesn't this post belong in the Complaint Forum? idendoit Feb 2014 #69
I Gotta Feeling... RiffRandell Feb 2014 #70
If you're sick of the "gender wars" in GD, complain in the right place. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #76
Ah! Good idea. Thanks Gormy Cuss. n/t FourScore Feb 2014 #79
WHY? Are gender bias's not as important as racial ones? VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #80
It would be nice, and K&R, but, alas, too many people are vested in acting like children TransitJohn Feb 2014 #82
Are you saying that when women want to discuss gender related issues they're acting like children? pnwmom Feb 2014 #92
Jesus Christ. TransitJohn Feb 2014 #98
First you agreed that there should be a separate forum where all OP's related to gender issues pnwmom Feb 2014 #158
No TransitJohn Feb 2014 #159
Why is it "acting like children" for women to question why a T & A photo lands on the front page pnwmom Feb 2014 #160
No, but MRA responses to feminists are often quite childish. Strawmen, ad hominems, etc. etc. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #157
This message was self-deleted by its author CFLDem Feb 2014 #87
Oh yes! We can't have women playing the gender card! pnwmom Feb 2014 #93
This message was self-deleted by its author CFLDem Feb 2014 #96
Disgusting. nt sufrommich Feb 2014 #100
I don't even know what he said, but... Iggo Feb 2014 #105
I wonder if you understand the historical significance sufrommich Feb 2014 #99
Harpies? Ya perusing this thread and reading the insults to us women... We are so friggin seabeyond Feb 2014 #126
Nope CFLDem Feb 2014 #142
and yet, there it is. posted by a woman. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #149
Oh right. Because we passed the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago and women are fully equal pnwmom Feb 2014 #90
Rec!! Doctor_J Feb 2014 #95
"Die, Gender Threads, Die!" Coming to your multi-plex soon! WinkyDink Feb 2014 #103
Maybe if everyone who posts shitty threads would get food poisoning... shenmue Feb 2014 #106
Okay. HappyMe Feb 2014 #116
Great idea. elfin Feb 2014 #110
Some of the discussion on gender war threads is really interesting! Vattel Feb 2014 #111
You are not alone in this wish. Marr Feb 2014 #113
Yup. HappyMe Feb 2014 #128
why did you even start this thread. all day it has died down. why would you start this thread seabeyond Feb 2014 #131
No. That's not who I am. I really wanted a solution. FourScore Feb 2014 #145
fourscore. thank you. thank you for taking the time to explain to me where you are coming from seabeyond Feb 2014 #146
this: if women dare to fight back, they are the ones to blame. and this: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #148
... CFLDem Feb 2014 #150
have fun ... here Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #151
Golly gee whiz CFLDem Feb 2014 #153
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #154
Don't we have six, not counting LGBT and abuse survivors? (nt) Recursion Feb 2014 #138
We clearly need a 7th titled CFLDem Feb 2014 #143
DU has this great function called "Hide Thread." CrispyQ Feb 2014 #152
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