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In reply to the discussion: I'm done, too. [View all]BainsBane
(53,032 posts)This place is in outrage over one thing or another all the time. The difference is the popular outrage is dictated by what is on cable TV. Redqueen's is not. Gaza, once the burning issue. is now entirely forgotten. Concern for Ferguson has been replaced by jury hides based on concern about the oppression of white men. Redqueen's posting didn't follow Cable TV programming, and you don't like the fact she has the nerve to care about issues you think unimportant. Just because someone posts an opinion doesn't mean you are required to agree with it. Yet you are outraged that she dared to post about issues that don't pass your approval.
This load of excuses about "perpetual outrage" is transparent. We get the point. You don't want to hear about anything as inconsequential as misogyny. There is a lot of stuff I don't like hearing about either, like fantasy presidential politics. I trash the threads. You, however, are OUTRAGED that someone has the nerve to interrogate cultural images. What you call "pop culture drivel' has been the subject of academic analysis for decades. The rest of the site is not going to bow to your refusal to acquaint yourself with intellectual developments of the past thirty years. You don't want to be exposed to such ideas. That is your choice. But don't for a second think your little pretense about outrage is even mildly convincing. You are plenty outraged. You're outraged at challenges to power and patriarchy. As irritating as you find it, not everyone feels compelled to promote capital over human rights.