What I've learned on DU

[BainsBane]

56. You've gone beyond that

Last edited Mon Jan 21, 2013, 05:12 AM - Edit history (1)

It's one thing for you to refer to yourself and other women as bitches in your offline life. If those women can tolerate your presence, that is their choice. But you have gone beyond that. You have come to HOF in an effort to deligitimate the views of those who are offended by deliberate, misogynist insults. I'm not referring to a random use of the word. I'm talking about my and other women's being directly and personally insulted as a bitch if someone disagrees with me. You may enjoy being around men who behave that way. I do not, and I have every right to make that clear.

We obviously live different lives. People I know do not use such language to insult others. I work in a university and most of my friends are academics. They may write articles about bitch and the discourse of misogyny, but they don't offend their friends or colleagues that way.

This site has a clear TOS that requires members treat each other with civility. I have a right to be confronted based on the content of my ideas rather than insulted based on gender. I fully resent your attempts to deny me that right. I would never presume to tell you what should bother you in life. That you feel entitled to determine that for others is astounding.