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see. and i thought du decided NOT to deal with the problem. i had to re read your title. nt
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#19
i think some should stick with admitting to being lost and not take a step further.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#41
last night, talking to a good looking, white 17 yr old telling me he was afraid to turn 18, cause of
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#293
the most ironic is there is no judgment about any behavior, by gosh, but... you get a hide if you
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#64
we live it. for a lifetime. it is easy to see. i do not get why it is suggested we are suppose to
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#396
If the intended audience cannot digest the message then what is it's value?
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#492
ain't that the 64 dollar question! why would/should we waste our time on a such a futile exercise?
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#451
One would think the teaching needs to take place outside the DU website. One would think
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#447
comity in the lounge? where two women told me I needed to get laid? yeah, that was real homey
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#454
this. every single post. like it is not there for us to see. i was using sabotage.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#341
Yes. And did you notice the Admins addressed the problem of trolls serving on juries?
CreekDog
Aug 2014
#372
I don't mean to overkill, either, though. As you can see, I am outspoken AND I have been here for a
merrily
Aug 2014
#247
You did nail it in your prior post. Posters with low post counts are squinted at, especially if
merrily
Aug 2014
#250
Again, I am still here, and that should say a lot about how I feel about this board.
merrily
Aug 2014
#257
For what it's worth, we've now hidden a post in which he insulted you
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#265
i have learned so much about so many social issues, listening to others. and it is the most informed
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#318
now you are teling us women there is nothing to see here? good thing you wear your feminist badge
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#28
truthfully, most of us that deal with the same posters daily, recognize quickly with key behaviors.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#49
totally, tbh, it is that good to see you also. and ya. cant really decide who is bottom of the
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#207
that dismissing, diminishing and flat out insulting is all thru this subthread as we are told there
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#79
Technically, there are no moderators. There is a board owner, aka Skinner. I am
merrily
Aug 2014
#244
except for Hillary Clinton, and they seem to hate her without reason.....
LovingA2andMI
Aug 2014
#395
and to be honest, in your view.... fuck what women say, there is really no issue here. i get it.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#51
Okay then. I would like to apologize for the misunderstanding on my end. nt
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#88
except the reality is, this man is telling us our experience. got it a bit twisted there. huh
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#84
No, you were talking about me. And it was a fabricated accusation. Hence, I corrected you.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#226
there are no personal insults. you started the "fight" accusing us of something the poster was
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#302
Well, unless you consider yourself to be a hypocrit bully, I wasn't talking about you.
Thor_MN
Aug 2014
#418
I did not accuse you. Haven't said a word to you, other than in response to your attacks
Thor_MN
Aug 2014
#419
I don't know what your problem is, but go find somewhere else to display your agression
Thor_MN
Aug 2014
#465
this was an interesting exchange with a totally unfamiliar poster. starts insulting all in 1st post
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#466
your first post was insulting people. isnt that the very definition of "picking a fight"?
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#305
They can post anything they wish. And I can choose to indicate that I don't wish to talk to bullies
Thor_MN
Aug 2014
#416
It's more bullying to say to someone you aren't including them in the conversation
treestar
Aug 2014
#483
How can you miss someone if they won't go away? Why choose to keep talking to those they say that
freshwest
Aug 2014
#468
i got sucked in like four times yesterday and the night before. ooops, five. lol. nt
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#474
The King Canute's of DU often get their feet wet as Vortex Kitteh circles them:
freshwest
Aug 2014
#479
They want it to be a big issue here. It doesnt matter is the troll quotient is small and get
Katashi_itto
Aug 2014
#297
it is a big issue here and across the net. sounds like you and a few others are working hard to
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#308
no twist. i thought i drew you a straght line. yes. it is a big issue on du. and yes...
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#389
oh. thank you so much for your permission. and i do not even have to worry about it.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#391
i cannot believe, you sit on du, and just told all these people in this thread, lefty....
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#393
Yes, 12 years and 20,000 posts. You should edit your post and apologize to seaglass.
smokey nj
Aug 2014
#397
Hey, It was your link I was following. But I will apologize. But one troll does not make the whole
Katashi_itto
Aug 2014
#408
Telling women who feel unwelcome to shut up for strategic reasons isn't okay and it isn't feminist.
LeftyMom
Aug 2014
#54
If that's truly what you thought, then you are sadly mistaken, and didn't get the whole picture.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#176
you know who pulled dems ass out of the fire in 2012, right? you get that repugs ALWAYS had voters
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#186
"Purity politics" isn't what killed us. Democrats legislating like Republicans is what killed us.
PassingFair
Aug 2014
#359
people have been asking you all evening/night to stop. please. stop. then you put on the feminist
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#148
a sentence to appease then the next sentence... you tell women they exaggerate. that is listening.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#55
You make it sound like I was attacking people, and women as a whole; neither is true.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#58
what is disingenious is your contiue insistence you are an ally/feminist yet, continually
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#70
sure. but do not do anything like, oh well.. what? listen. nah. do not do that. at all. ever.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#124
actually, this thread, and i hear you, i think this thread is more about exposure.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#450
are you really suggesting that talking about misogyny on DU might lose elections?
fishwax
Aug 2014
#129
" A friend left because she was getting PM'd rape threats, the PMer is still here. "
Wella
Aug 2014
#195
I will tell you my major beef: admin fully and totally allows spewing anti-choice rhetoric here.
PeaceNikki
Aug 2014
#42
so. because YOU, a man is opposed to anti abortion, that is a cause we can GENTLY discuss, SOMETIMES
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#77
honestly, tbh, i am so honestly sure you think i am off the rails. hysterical even.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#86
sea, Honestly, it looks like that poster is a fisherman. He likes to dangle his rod
R B Garr
Aug 2014
#180
tbh, a real feminist that sabatoges at every. single. point. in every. post. to be honest. thanks nt
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#183
but.. we cannot go too far, when talking others having control of OUR body. need to be careful
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#90
are YOU kidding me? you just said it. we are talking OUR body, not yours. we will go as far as WE
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#98
"we will go as far as WE choose, not how far you TELL US to go." Never said or implied otherwise....
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#108
"we can't go too far with things" yes. you said it. you replied to it. i copy and pasted YOUR words
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#117
we are to follow his lead. he will tell us what to fight. and he will tell us what to say. wtf is
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#110
Actually, to be honest, I can't wait til Admins look at your actual actions, to be fair and honest.
JTFrog
Aug 2014
#371
judging by your actions, you like to dismiss the concerns of people who are more knowledgable and
fishwax
Aug 2014
#438
Me neither. That is a horrible thing for someone to say to a woman. Any woman.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#145
There's a metric ton of misogyny, racism, etc. that is tolerated by juries.
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#156
we have had a poster like this in the past. the same rhythm. all for it and supportive and sabotaged
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#191
Sure, they don't have to lead the way or be cutting edge. they can take their time and just follow
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#11
Father's rights are Women's Rights. Both are subsets of Human Rights.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#14
Serious question: If somebody suggested DU needed a better rule regarding racist posts,
LeftyMom
Aug 2014
#21
Suppose someone said that the Ferguson cop's injuries explained his weird shooting pattern
Wella
Aug 2014
#201
or. you could look at it from a different perspective. we have been talking to each other
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#312
And some would say the tan suit criticism was part of a pattern of racist treatment of the POTUS
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#303
well, you have taken your feminist activism to a whole new level, havent you....
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#26
oh. you have slapped us upside the face with clue after clue after clue. not only is the puzzle
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#139
i imagine jury was busy al night long and will be thru out the day. i had lots of posts to alert on
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#319
they would get as much mileage out of... it is seabeyond, hide. meh. lol. nt
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#325
it was defined, explained, examples given and IMPLEMENTED on du2. it CAN be done.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#24
I wasn't standing there when they pulled the lever, but they were all long term users of DU. nt
LeftyMom
Aug 2014
#43
Stop being concerned everytime one of us posts that we should try to change things
CreekDog
Aug 2014
#351
The ones who Lefty Mom referenced were mostly trolls? How do you know that?
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#310
the point being, what women say, what women experience is irrelevant. average will tell us how it
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#328
i have read your posts, listen to your positions. i am sure. you see no problems.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#121
as i said, i have read your posts, listened to your position. i do not have faith, you would
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#146
"People who make assertions about anything have to provide the proof of it." THIS.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#155
To be fair, there are a few folks here who genuinely have had some bad experiences.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#160
so, what does the man do. tell me i am not being healthy. dangerously close to mentally damaged.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#168
well bully for you two boys, deciding there is no problem at all. women, we are all being silly and
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#162
a longtime poster told a feminist she need to get laid. mens group have said we are mentally damaged
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#159
And explained how to be a woman on DU to me. For ten years I haven't had any idea! nt
LeftyMom
Aug 2014
#104
You told me DU doesn't have a misogyny problem. I cited specific examples that have happened to me.
LeftyMom
Aug 2014
#113
Ripped apart? Really. It's not fair of you to expect an instant laundry list when you haven't made
ancianita
Aug 2014
#202
he really is not saying triggers, as in what pisses me off, like the sport commentator and others
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#132
"But a quick perusal of gd shows that a few posters prefer to post triggers" I've seen that myself.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#190
I think the problem is that DU on the whole has gotten away from it original purpose
Doctor_J
Aug 2014
#476
Baines answered a question asked her, not a call out. and no. probably not a lot of substance
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#478
and yet, here you are, along with average telling us feminist he will lead the way. ;)
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#31
"It's a silencing tactic, and it's powerful." and every one of us recognize, and reject.
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#18
i know he has bugged others, but i pretty much ignored him. but... all the posts tonight,
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#194
Nah, Sea. Don't lie: you tried baiting me all night, hoping I'd prove you right.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#203
It's obvious who's been doing the real baiting around here, and it sure as hell wasn't me.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#199
That could easily have been done when the doors of Discussionist were opened. Now there are two
seaglass
Aug 2014
#299
I cannot think of something that would be bigoted about sex without also being bigoted about gender
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#415
But I still can't think of something that is bigoted concerning sex that isn't also bigoted
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#426
You can't. You don't think there is hatred/bigotry of women just based upon them being female?
boston bean
Aug 2014
#427
That is my understanding of 'gender', yes. Hatred of someone because they're female
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#428
good to see you starry. i dunno. kinda like fox news women saying, let men be men. nt
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#324
omg. what would be the impact of a site not allowing men to be misogynist trolls creating a hostile
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#322
it was late, i was tired... maybe totally off on that one. ya. it hit me like that. nt
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#409
Having been at the receiving end of so much of that myself.....I can attest to that!
AverageJoe90
Aug 2014
#179
Agreed! We Can Do So Much Better United As Opposed To Divided & Disloyal!
Corey_Baker08
Aug 2014
#196
i have thought about this. i have spent time at disc, not a lot. for the same owner to be tied
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#329
I Agree But When A Thread About A Corrupt Republican is Posted, It gets maybe 5 replies...
Corey_Baker08
Aug 2014
#462
As one of them pointed out, we are trying to chase shadows. That one is a particularly evil one
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#321
yes, using passive aggressive behavior and insults, while positioning themselves as fair and
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#330
No,it's not Fark.Fark is open to all political persuasions unlike DU which has strict
sufrommich
Aug 2014
#301
it is never a FEW people, like with this thread. and a group continually tries to define it a FEW
seabeyond
Aug 2014
#342
"the same few posters label people who support feminist goals and equality as misogynistic trolls "
WCLinolVir
Aug 2014
#388
Perhaps if you did stand up, fewer blog posters would try to hurt your little feefee.
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#444