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[frelling_tralk]

I'm kind of over this "tone argument" tbh. I was always brought up to believe that, however angry or upset someone makes you, the way you choose to speak to them in response does matter

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[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

And in a comm about feminism you would think that it would matter more to be inclusive and women feel they are being given a voice, instead of many members recently admitting that they feel afraid to contribute anything in case they make a slip-up in not understanding the correct jargon to use.

In the example that frustrated me, the poster (who was only 16 no less) used the word skank in another comm, apologised when it was pointed out to her that it's a misogynistic insult, and joined ontd_feminism to learn more. After being met with this attack in the welcome post (http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_feminism/516113.html?thread=36021521#t36021521) she ended up leaving the comm in the end. So if the ultimate goal is to drive away any woman that doesn't have a college education and is well-versed in women's studies, then job well done I guess?

[sum1-different.livejournal.com]

I just visited that feminism comm's info page and I was disgusted. Some of the stuff there looked like bigotry to me and it seemed to me that there was a general bullshit attitude. "Feminism" of that sort isn't helping.

[sum1-different.livejournal.com]

["After being met with this attack in the welcome post (http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_feminism/516113.html?thread=36021521#t36021521)"]

I can't see the post. Can you tell me the gist of it?

Was she given out to over ways apologizing on the feminist comm or elsewhere?

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Oh they posted to say hi and they've just joined the comm, and someone immediately responded with "Hopefully you've learned why it's bad to call women skanks". And then it started this huuuuge discussion with multiple people berating her for it. I don't know why it was even brought up to be honest, because the whole thing happened in another comm completely, and she'd already said that she wouldn't be using that insult again

And sorry, I was sure that it was unlocked when I linked it. Perhaps it's been locked since