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WCDT January 9-13, 2012 (2096-2100)
Vista:
So look. I saw the direction this was headed when I read accusations of sexism, and I really hate when the sexist label is applied readily/liberally. (Using the term when it isn't actually applicable defeats its importance and destroys the potential to teach, and I think it's a very important subject.)
So I decided to reread the entire thread and count some stuff.
In this thread there have been 3 legitimately sexist comments and 6 pseudo-generalizations about either a small subsection of the female population ("women who play games" or "some women who" by men) or even the entire population (by women). Two of the sexist comments are sexist because they refer use the term "bitch" without due consideration (i.e., the writers don't seem to understand that the language is stronger than an equivalent "bastard").
There have also been 8 groundless accusations of sexism or thread-wide sexism (generally by long-time forum members, strangely). By groundless I mean that while the 3 legitimately sexist comments should be called what they are, such weren't the targets of the majority of the criticism, and looking at the numbers the thread in general has been pretty darn sensitive.
Then, starting on page 7 there's this sudden argument about who's being sexist. Which is weird, because aside from one dude on the second page and the dude that responded to Jeph, there haven't been any directly sexist comments (unless they've been deleted and never quoted).
Instead, there have been stories about women in specific male posters' lives, always couched in very specific terms that avoid full generalizations. To deride such as sexism is both 1.) pointless, 2.) actually, worse than pointless, and 3.) assuming too much.
If you want to argue against people posting parallel anecdotes because combined they seem to indicate a critical generalization...that seems silly.
snubnose:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Jan 2012, 00:35 ---Things to bear in mind to help keep this place a decent one to visit.
(1) Blame culture.
[...]
(2) Projection
[...]
(3) Bigotry
[...]
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Thanks for this posting. I feel thats exactly what I should have posted instead of my grunting before (now deleted).
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 13 Jan 2012, 01:09 ---1.) Padma stopped her bad behavior when she called Marten up and wanted to see him
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Not at all. As others have pointed out long before your posting - she now leaves earlier than planned before. Thus she actually only continued what she started.
Wagimawr:
--- Quote from: truestatic on 13 Jan 2012, 01:38 ---
--- Quote from: Wagimawr on 13 Jan 2012, 01:37 ---Do we actually know that Padma is leaving sooner than she had initially planned on (after agreeing to stay a little longer for her and Marten), or have there been enough time skips that it's actually the appointed time for her to leave anyway?
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See today's strip. When Marten tells Faye Padma left, Faye says "I thought she was stickin' around a while longer." and Marten replies "Apparently not."
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Just did! Lesson #1: READ THE FUCKING STRIP, MORON. My bad. :-P
truestatic:
--- Quote from: Wagimawr on 13 Jan 2012, 01:39 ---Just did! Lesson #1: READ THE FUCKING STRIP, MORON. My bad. :-P
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It happens to the best of us. :lol:
Akima:
From a purely punchline point of view, I think Faye's line in the last panel should simply have been "NO!"
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