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In reply to the discussion: Is this blog post intolerant of the transgendered? [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)The duckies board started when iverglas was ppr'd. I don't know who, but someone found out about it at some point and posted it here.
And if you're a woman and don't see the world their way, whether you are lesbian or not (I'm not), you are called a faux feminist.
These are not the sort of people any actual feminist organization would want to speak on behalf of them, imo - whether it's here or anywhere else. If you post about issues, if you're not posting on a protected site, etc. - you are going to have people who disagree with you - even people who may be wrong and disagree with you. But here we have women saying others should shut up and let them tell us how to think.
Of course, I would likely imagine there are men here who troll, knowing they can get someone to "lose it," just like people on the duckies site talk about.
So - what would be the best thing to do if you think someone, whether male or female, is involved in such things? The best thing to do here is to use the "ignore" button if you can't interact with someone here without resorting to insults. There is so much bad blood here between some - unless they publicly talked it out or called a truce - it's nearly impossible for some to interact here b/c of a long history of disputes between them.
If someone is on your ignore list, but they constantly make statements that seem to goad - they'll lose interest after a while b/c they're not getting what they want out of doing so.
Others here, tho, do a lot of troll hunting because they've dealt with the same over time - so if you ignore people, the argument goes, you won't be able to see them. But if you can't keep your temper, it's better to ignore until you can.
I'm sure there are all kinds of personal spaces apart from DU where friends gather. Nothing wrong with that. It's the trolling that's the problem.