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In reply to the discussion: What's a good substitute for "whore"? [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)61. Glibertarian horseshit. People who refer to women in public life
in the same way that wife-beaters talk about the women they beat up, that is very revealing about their psychological pathologies.
Maybe Duscussionist is more your speed. Or sub reddit's like "coontown" and "beatingwomen" where one is free from "prissy word jumpers."
And, yes, the very same inane glibertarian were used to defend hate speech at reddit.
http://www.dailydot.com/society/reddit-beatingwomen-misogyny-images/
Redditors sometimes spot this unsavory materialand use the site itself to highlight other redditors bad behavior, in a remarkable example of how Reddit polices itself. On Wednesday, one of these self-critiques made it to the homepage.
The post, titled These are real women. These are real crimes. Make this stop, reddit, linked to the /r/beatingwomen subreddit and an image of a partially clothed woman being brutally beaten by a larger man. The subreddit is a place where misogynistic and violent images are shared.
In just a few hours, the post collected 3,312 comments and almost an equal amount of upvotes and downvotes. (Its not clear what those votes mean. An upvote normally expresses agreement, interest, or approval, and a downvote the opposite; but in the context of a link like this, its not clear whether an upvote indicates agreement with the original posters opinion or a thumbs-up to the distasteful content the post highlighted.)
This is the other half of free speech, the kind people don't like to talk about, but that's the most effective, wrote Dawggoneit. The content on /r/beatingwomen is awful, but use it as an opportunity to do some good towards preventing violence, instead of an opportunity to censor and hide the awful truth of this reality.
People are always ready to fight against censorship until they see something they don't like. Then they become the ones wanting to censor it, onecomment wrote. You don't like it, neither do I, so don't go there, and don't be a hypocrite.
The person who posted the image to r/beatingwomen was violentacrez, a Reddit superuser who moderates more than 250 subreddits (including /r/beatingwomen and /r/picsofdeadkids), and loves getting people riled up.
The post, titled These are real women. These are real crimes. Make this stop, reddit, linked to the /r/beatingwomen subreddit and an image of a partially clothed woman being brutally beaten by a larger man. The subreddit is a place where misogynistic and violent images are shared.
In just a few hours, the post collected 3,312 comments and almost an equal amount of upvotes and downvotes. (Its not clear what those votes mean. An upvote normally expresses agreement, interest, or approval, and a downvote the opposite; but in the context of a link like this, its not clear whether an upvote indicates agreement with the original posters opinion or a thumbs-up to the distasteful content the post highlighted.)
This is the other half of free speech, the kind people don't like to talk about, but that's the most effective, wrote Dawggoneit. The content on /r/beatingwomen is awful, but use it as an opportunity to do some good towards preventing violence, instead of an opportunity to censor and hide the awful truth of this reality.
People are always ready to fight against censorship until they see something they don't like. Then they become the ones wanting to censor it, onecomment wrote. You don't like it, neither do I, so don't go there, and don't be a hypocrite.
The person who posted the image to r/beatingwomen was violentacrez, a Reddit superuser who moderates more than 250 subreddits (including /r/beatingwomen and /r/picsofdeadkids), and loves getting people riled up.
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Exactly. Like the time where I worked when the assistant manager said he didn't want to hear me
hobbit709
Jul 2015
#119
The fact the modifier "man" must be used tells you everything you need to know. nt
Adrahil
Jul 2015
#144
There are far fewer men in the trade, and those servicing women, at least, are called gigolos
whathehell
Jul 2015
#152
Anyone is allowed to call themselves a Democrat. Lieberman is a great example of one with
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#194
Maybe we should ditch all words and just use random letters to communicate
The Straight Story
Jul 2015
#19
Trying to have your language reflect your progressive values is not being "prissy."
SunSeeker
Jul 2015
#52
Anyone who can't express their opinions about Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
#70
Some think they are solving problems by censoring language. Language isn't the problem.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#149
You had it correct when you said it's an excuse to bully. Self-righteous bullies are the worst. nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#190
I think he might be looking for a "politically liberal" message board that
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#198
What is a good substitue for a word whose purpose is to demean all women?
Agnosticsherbet
Jul 2015
#69
The first definition I saw included a word with "boy" in it. That's why.
CharlotteVale
Jul 2015
#170
There are much better words for Trump--"racist buffoonish carnival barker" etc
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
#97
Thanks. It's time we took back our humanity and that is our language and languages.
Cleita
Jul 2015
#85
Personally, I think "venal" pretty much sums up someone who will do anything for money.
Tipperary
Jul 2015
#101
Lol, I do not know what a sand hog is I'm afraid, but that does seem unfair to golf caddies.
Tipperary
Jul 2015
#103
Yeah right, this is rocket science isn't it. Using that term when describing a female candidate
still_one
Jul 2015
#151
I call both male and female politicians shamelessly selling out the country "whores" but add...
polichick
Jul 2015
#180
Call a random DUer any substitute word you can think of; if it gets hidden, maybe it's a word to avo
LanternWaste
Jul 2015
#182