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In reply to the discussion: The latest "banning" (NYC_SKP) is an interesting lesson on REPUTATION. [View all]Prism
(5,815 posts)It's a pet peeve of mine on DU. If someone is part of a community, they claim to speak for the entire community. Disagreement with them means you disagree with the ENTIRE community. It's a cheap shielding tactic meant to silence opposition and evade criticism.
In another SKP thread yesterday, I saw a female poster get called a "useful tool" because she didn't agree with another one of these posters who think their individual opinion represents all women.
I thought that was a far more profound attack on someone's womanhood than SKP's ill-advised spoonerism.
But, of course, it is not only allowed, but approved of and encouraged. If people want to talk about attacks on women on DU, they could do a lot worse than look in the mirror and observe how women posters who don't agree are dismissed, belittled, denigrated, and attacked around here.
It's always the same posters doing it.
I just roll my eyes. You can't purchase self-awareness at a 7-11, unfortunately.