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Deborah - Pearl amongst Shellfish? no, something fishy about that one.
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Bishop-ette is classic, sure, but I prefer the longer-winded titles.
How about Deborah - The Sage of Parsley?!
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Just so you know Deborah, your Wu-Tang Name is:
TUFF DREAMER.
That's pretty cool, sort of, in a Byronesque kinda way, isn't it?
(someone back me up here!)
It also sounds like a kind of industrial-strength cleaner, so I dunno... -
I think to cheer up Deborah we should give her a suitable title.
My suggestion is: The Great Wise Wisdom-Bestower For All Time Who Can Write As The Rain Can Wet. or something.
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Deborah, I'm guilty of not stepping in too.
I read Craig's comments with ever-growing dismay, but I didn't want to get involved because I didn't want to be on the receiving end of his vitriole myself.
Sorry for being a coward.Craig - my two cents says Malcolm is right, you owe Deborah an apology.
She (quite correctly) pointed out the fallacy of your statement, and you went a bit burko.
I also didn't read your comment as sarcastic, and I like to think I have a fairly developed sense for the thing.
This doesn't mean I think you're a terrible person, we all have off days, but you were totally out of line. -
Manakura - just a wee note to say thanks for trying.
I don't think you shouldn't have spoken up.
As Riddley said, maybe you will have got through to some of them...either way, you know you did the right thing, and that's a good feeling even if the result wasn't what you wanted.
Making a commitment to showing one's opposition to sexism/racism/homophobia is a powerful action.
Of course you have to pick your battles, it's no good getting a broken face, but using humour and staying calm have worked for me in the past.
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Holy smokes, Deborah, you've said a mouthful!
There's a lot there I'll need to reread, but:" But as long as ordinary decent men and ordinary decent women turn the other way and ignore the attacks, then the hate mongers will feel they have a licence to persist. We really do need to stand up and call them out."
That's it, really.
I think, by Jove, you've got the answer.
It works online, it works when men are yelling out of cars, it works whenever someone is trying to make someone else feel scared.
By not addressing abhorent behaviour, we are all condoning it. -
Thanks for fixing my link, The Unseen Hand!
I'm still trying to learn tags and stuff. (Perhaps this is one reason I only ever comment on feminist and progressive sites: fear of ridicule when "they" work out I'm no computer whizz).Another reason would be that I don't really enjoy arguing with people with whom I have no common ground; if we can't agree on (what I see as) basic facts, then the discussion can't really go anywhere.
I'm glad you read that post, Russell, yes there are certainly some strange comments. It took me over an hour to get through them all.
I liked your story, next time I'm walking home after dark, I'll hope there's a Russell Brown-type about!
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Finn,
I'm sorry if you were offended by my use of internet slang.
My cases, however, are not mixed. I used capitals for proper nouns.
I think this thread was hijacked when it stopped being about online harrassment which disproportionately targets women, and possible solutions to that harrassment, and became about whether or not "white boys" is an offensive term.
I urge you to read the blog post I linked to , which is getting more pertinent with every post. -
I'll try that link again, otherwise try the ol' cut and paste.
[ [http://pandagon.net/2007/04/13/how-to-not-be-an-asshole-a-guide-for-men/] ]