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In reply to the discussion: The chilling effect of misogynistic trolls [View all]JTFrog
(14,274 posts)208. Not a fan of your own work I see.
If there was money to be made recycling words, you'd be rolling in dough.
Or you could get some of that free money that several people have offered you. Heck, put me down for $20.
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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