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Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

30. right, if you don't say anything you have nothing to offer except snark and "harmful images"

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #18)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 01:27 AM

Feb 2013

if you do say something, you're "mansplaining".

I tried to go through that, a while back- that yes if we're really interested in dealing with nasty gender based slurs, what the fuck is 'mansplaining'?

But it got nowhere. Maybe if I didn't try making the case with a y chromosome.

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Do any of the rest of you feel like this? [View all] Bonobo Feb 2013 OP

No. Scuba Feb 2013 #1

only one time ~ recently! In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #2

Yikes! Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #3

lucky for # 3 that I don't know who he is In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #4

Sometimes, no explanation is Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #5

oh and, in the wind has soooo many female friends In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #6

Exactly! Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #7

Gorp! NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #9

makes me sick In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #10

Gorp.... Has left the building. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #20

Indeed ~ with help from some very wonderful DUers. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #21

Only a matter of time... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #22

I had no idea. I'm so very sorry NYC_SKP ! In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #23

I am sorry for your loss MadrasT Feb 2013 #24

Thank you. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #25

Sorry to hear that, Skip. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #32

good grief. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #29

more good grief ~ A private message from Gorp to me: In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #34

yeah, still not cool. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #35

Right. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #36

Personal attacks are never cool IMHO. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #37

I can only take comfort in believing while Gorp was attacking me, another DUer was spared. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #38

Who cares? Upton Feb 2013 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2013 #11

I stay out of it. HappyMe Feb 2013 #12

Feels like a Meta thread to me ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #13

Most people figure me for a 'gungeoneer'. rrneck Feb 2013 #14

I agree with what you said except I don't think this is me: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #15

I'm not an MRA either. rrneck Feb 2013 #19

Here's the interesting thing Major Nikon Feb 2013 #16

Well, that's why the term "mansplain" is constantly given a pass by juries around here ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #17

There's not much purpose in alerting unless you just want to prove the double standard exists Major Nikon Feb 2013 #18

right, if you don't say anything you have nothing to offer except snark and "harmful images" Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #30

Not particularly... but then again... ElboRuum Feb 2013 #26

Very much so. Behind the Aegis Feb 2013 #27

I am not swayed by the opinion of people I neither like nor respect. Gore1FL Feb 2013 #28

Part of the reason I picked this particular username, is because I recognize that to some extent Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #31

Let me add this, directly on the whole Seth MacFarlane deal~ Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #33

Yes and it makes me wonder why I am still here NRA_SUCKS Mar 2013 #39

the old days? You signed up 3 months ago, right? Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #41

No, because I couldn't care less about what people think of me. MrSlayer Mar 2013 #40

Demolition Man is such a fucking good movie ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2013 #42