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(September 24, 2012 at 9:58 am)Red Celt Wrote:
(September 24, 2012 at 9:51 am)TaraJo Wrote: Now we just need to wait for her to find it, call it misogyny and spend an entire blog post bitching about it. Is it wrong that I look forward to that happening?

In the Atheism+ forum, if you try searching for the word "rape" it fails, because it gets too many hits.

And that has nothing to do with actual rape, with sincere sympathies & understanding. It's to do with Thought Crime taken to a whole new level... pre-Thought Crime. Yep, every man is a potential rapist. Even the "good guys".

Oh, I've seen it, or at least people like that if not the exact same forum. You'll get too many hits if you type in the term 'rape culture' too, for pretty much the same reason.

It's pretty awful if you ask me; they're more than willing to go into great detail on ways society and culture and environment impacts women's psychology, but they never stop and consider what impact it has on guys when they're seen as rapists at every turn. Their aversion to 'nice guys' is especially troubling, because it lets so many guys think they simply can't win..... so why try.

Quote:At the moment, they're busy telling men that they have no input when it comes to abortions. That is partly true, but the truer picture is that other women also have no input when it comes to a woman making that decision. But that's too messy and gets in the way of them just hating all men.

Yeah, it's a really frustrating circle to ever be in. I had an online social circle that started out cool but slowly but surely turned into that kind of feminism and that's when things got less than fun. I felt like I couldn't post anything without first having it looked over and approved by no less than two ACLU lawyers and a women's studies professor.

It's especially troubling for my boyfriend, which is really what made me realize how troublesome those people can be. He's a transman who hasn't transitioned yet, but how does it make him feel when these people keep going on and on about how evil men are.... and there's nothing he wants to be more than a man? How much is it going to hurt him to hear about the corruption of male privilege when he knows he's going to have that when he transitions (some will claim he already has it, even though the great majority of the world still sees him as a girl)? He's had real misogyny directed at him for years, largely the result of being raised in a fundamentalist household, and it's really trivializing to have the garbage he had to deal with grouped in with some of the trivial things they complain about. It's frustrating because he knows what he had to put up with was wrong and he doesn't want to perpetuate that, but he can't seem to go to places that will recognize that because they're also bashing him for being a guy. It's mind boggling and because it's hurting someone I love, yeah, it's personal. I need to find some more reasonable sites he can turn to and get him to talk about his experiences there.
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TaraJo, my mind just got blown.
You're a man trapped in a woman's body, dating a woman in a man's body!
Does rule 34 apply here?
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(September 24, 2012 at 11:21 am)pocaracas Wrote: TaraJo, my mind just got blown.
You're a man trapped in a woman's body, dating a woman in a man's body!
Does rule 34 apply here?

Did I just get called a man? I think I did. *TaraJo flashes her tits* You know many men that have these?

Kidding. Mostly. Most trans women would get into all kinds of a fit over that; you're lucky I'm laid back and easy going.

Actually, trans men dating trans women is a pretty common pairing. Heck, I have several trans friends who are specifically attracted to other trans people. Right now, in our local trans community, I think I've been told that Lee and I are 'the' cute couple, so yay.
I live on facebook. Come see me there. http://www.facebook.com/tara.rizzatto

"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
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Good thing you're laid back about this, because I didn't mean any disrespect (the kind that the muslims get)... It was just a comment out of entering a whole new world! Wink
Did I mix the genders back there? ooops that's just to show how my mind got blown by that.
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(September 24, 2012 at 11:41 am)TaraJo Wrote: *TaraJo flashes her tits* You know many men that have these?

Unfortunately too many. I have seen some huge moobs on some guys. Scary.. Tongue
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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(September 24, 2012 at 1:36 pm)Kayenneh Wrote:
(September 24, 2012 at 11:41 am)TaraJo Wrote: *TaraJo flashes her tits* You know many men that have these?

Unfortunately too many. I have seen some huge moobs on some guys. Scary.. Tongue

Yes, but mine aren't scary. Mine are a lot of fun to play with. And a lot of fun to look at, too.

I guess, technically, I have seen guys with boobs, but that's kinda what happens in the trans community, especially when you're dating a trans man (although, for all intent and purpose, what he has are not boobs; they're tumors).
I live on facebook. Come see me there. http://www.facebook.com/tara.rizzatto

"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
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(September 24, 2012 at 1:56 pm)TaraJo Wrote: Yes, but mine aren't scary. Mine are a lot of fun to play with. And a lot of fun to look at, too.

Indeed Smile
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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An amusing definition of Atheism+ on EncyclopediaDramatica.

"Atheism+ is a vanity project, marketing scheme, and colossal circlejerk that aims to be a social justice movement. The site itself was created by Jen McCreight and supported by the internet activists over at Freethought Blogs. Atheism+ is a forum where retards complain about homosexual issues, women's rights, and new enhanced ways to check one's privilege. Posters are all disenfranchised and opressed homosexual feminist activists."
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(September 24, 2012 at 10:42 pm)Red Celt Wrote: An amusing definition of Atheism+ on EncyclopediaDramatica.

"Atheism+ is a vanity project, marketing scheme, and colossal circlejerk that aims to be a social justice movement. The site itself was created by Jen McCreight and supported by the internet activists over at Freethought Blogs. Atheism+ is a forum where retards complain about homosexual issues, women's rights, and new enhanced ways to check one's privilege. Posters are all disenfranchised and opressed homosexual feminist activists."

My favorite quote:

"Ironically, in their overzealous crusade to the rid the world of bigotry the members of FreeThoughtBlogs became the biggest bigots of them all."

Now I want to troll them. I wish one of them had a radio call in show; I already know a group of experienced trolls who are just itching for a new, good target and they would be fucking perfect!
I live on facebook. Come see me there. http://www.facebook.com/tara.rizzatto

"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
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Holy shit. Check out this snapshot of their forum at the bottom of the EncyclopediaDramatica link...

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Now that is some extreme feminism.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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