So apparently we need to take classes on empathy now

[Major Nikon]

41. I'm convinced there are those on DU who will use whatever means at their disposal to crush dissent

This includes nefarious uses of the jury system, sock puppetry, and the endless public airing of grievances over the same issues which will never be resolved to their satisfaction.

Ironically the word sexism doesn't even appear in the TOS, yet there are places where it alludes to giving people the benefit of the doubt. There are those who pretend the first is explicitly included and completely ignore the second which actually is.

Another thing I've noticed is you have people who will complain incessantly about how DU has become a cesspool of misogyny which is a word they use interchangeably with sexism even though those two things have different meanings. When you point out to them if they really were concerned about sexism, a great place to start would be with all the sexsim directed at men which is far more prevelant, accepted, and ergregious. The inevitable answer is they want you to stomp out that campfire, even though you weren't the one worried about the forest fire. I don't think they realize most people understand the ideas behind "when in Rome..." and goose/gander far better than any sort of patriarchy conspiracy theories most have never heard about. So the culture becomes one in which sexism is accepted and even encouraged and they don't seem to understand why little has changed since DU's inception other than the complaining has gotten worse.