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Bonobo

(29,257 posts) Sat May 11, 2013, 04:10 AM May 2013

Wow! Imagine being "booted" for this!! [View all]

"Furthermore, I was ganged up on for saying that masculinity was inherently violent. Which it is. The masculine ethos is one of aggression and physical confrontation as well as the repression of any sort of loving or vulnerable emotional displays."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1255&pid=21989

Fortunately there are places this OP can go to on DU and find some people who will agree.
I hope that the hosts of that forum do the right thing and castigate the person for such an offensive post. There is little that we, here, can do however since most of us have been blocked.

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Wow! Imagine being "booted" for this!! [View all] Bonobo May 2013 OP

eh, cut the kid some slack. galileoreloaded May 2013 #1

Well this is the opportunity to discuss it. Bonobo May 2013 #2

no the behavior is reprehensible, dont get me wrong galileoreloaded May 2013 #3

Well there is that. Bonobo May 2013 #4

To the extent that the prevailing local culture contributes to that social conditioning lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #9

i dont want to have the discussion frankly galileoreloaded May 2013 #10

why do those things merit consideration? mokawanis May 2013 #8

i think so. galileoreloaded May 2013 #11

For a thread obstensibly for "examples of X", there sure is a paucity of actual.... er, examples. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #5

yeah well misogyny is a word you toss out when you are losing an argument. nt galileoreloaded May 2013 #12

Howzit members of some extreme ideology or another rrneck May 2013 #6

Didn't seem to find much traction given the replies so far Major Nikon May 2013 #7

well, you did suggest in the thread he's talking about that fighting is masculine and fishwax May 2013 #13

"repression of any sort of loving or vulnerable emotional displays." Bonobo May 2013 #14

I agree that what you said is not the same as what he said fishwax May 2013 #15