I'm starting to become ashamed of this community

I'm glad to see you back and in a better place, too <3

 

Wow. My jaw dropped slightly when I saw your posts. You decide it's a good idea to revive a thread that finally died, especially this thread in particular, one that had a rather peaceful end to it, attempting to add spark back into the what was once dead fire. Then you dismiss what's been presented as "never having seen anything of the sort"... no shit, of course you haven't. You've only been here six days. Between moderator action and users deleting threads, of course you haven't seen anything.



I hope this thread gets locked. It'll only attract more individuals like you who actively seek out a fight.

 

Because this rests on whether or not you're not actually new here and this is just a new account of yours (making me wonder why the previous account was left), this being information I do not have access to nor do I have any reason to trust you, I'll ignore this.

However, you are very clearly attempting to revive a nasty debate that went on for far too long.

"Simply asking questions". "I'm not seeking any fight." Okay. Then what are these?

Pretty sure these are fightin' words and the posts you've replied to aren't even directed at you, further making wonder what the hell you're trying to accomplish. I've also noticed you said this in another thread:

You don't seem very good at following your own advice. You argue that if you don't like what somebody is saying, you ignore them. Yet here you are, obviously bothered by what somebody is saying, and very clearly trying to revive forum drama. In fact, that's the majority of your recent posts so far, having a problem with the words of somebody else. This will be my (hopefully) last post in this thread, but (I'm going to go by what you seem to like) for the love of Trump, just let it die, man. You don't pick at a scab, it just makes it worse. Not every battle needs to be won, certainly not one in a forum most people don't know about, and certainly not one that ended peacefully weeks ago.

 

"Guys who are different."

Guys who are misogynistic and sexist get banned for being misogynistic and sexist. And for repeatedly breaking forum rules. Nobody is getting banned for "being different." There is a vast array of different people here with very, very different views. Literally nobody is being banned or silenced for "being different."

 

Where dat popcorn thou?

 

I referenced a lot of things. It's not my job to show you every instance of misogyny here. I have zero interest in convincing you of anything. I have much better things to do with my time than gather up evidence of misogyny, so some dude on the internet will believe me when I share my experiences. If you don't believe me or care or haven't seen any misogyny here, cool. That's not my problem, and I don't care. You're perfectly capable of looking into this yourself. Or, you know, believing all of the personal experience women here have shared. If you chose not to, that's your problem, not mine, and it's not my job to change you.

 

I literally freaking did. Tons of people here were in the other thread, for example, which I believe has been removed. I can't show it to you, because it no longer exists. So idk what to tell you. There have been tons of personal stories shared here, and again, it is NOT my job to hold your hand and walk you through each one, providing evidence. If you don't believe them or just don't care, then whatever. I'm not going to go dig through literally years of crappy misogynistic crap to convince you that what I'm saying is true and matters. Plenty of people who have been paying attention already see the problem. I don't really care if you don't see it. If you actually want to, you are perfectly capable of doing all that digging yourself. But you probably won't, and I don't expect you to, because where do you even freaking start? That's exactly why I am not going to spend all my free time compiling a list of times people have been misogynistic here, for you, rand on stranger on the internet. Especially because I can already tell by your disgusting attitude, calling me mentally challenged and shit, that even if I DID do that, you would still find a way to dismiss it. Why would I waste my time when you are perfectly capable of doing this yourself, but choose not to?

 

Honestly, I'm really sick of entitled people coming in, acting like huge jerks and being super rude, and then acting like I need to spend my entire day explaining my position to them. Why on earth would I do that when you've already made it blatantly clear that you think I'm a piece of shit and you don't want to hear what I have to say? If you actually gave a crap and genuinely wanted to understand, I would probably take time out of my day to explain and have a discussion. I just cannot fathom how stupid you must think I am to expect me to spend all my time walking you through my thoughts and position and evidence, after coming in saying I'm a big whiney, mentally challenged child who needs to re-evaluate my life and should be banned from this site. How on earth do you expect someone to do anything for you when that's how you talk to them? That's like walking up to someone and spitting in their face, and then demanding that they explain to you all the reasons why you should respect them. You're absolutely delusional if you think you deserve my time, or that I give a crap whether or not you support my opinion on this subject. You don't, and I don't.

 

And I love how you conveniently flip from "men are being banned for being different!" to "some girl complained about something a man said!" As if those are even close to the same thing at all.

I personally thought that thread was kind of dumb and a major overreaction, in my opinion. But so what. People overreact to stuff.

Trying to equate that to addressing the misogyny here is absolutely absurd. I'm not talking about one dude calling me sweetie. I don't go around posting threads about every little thing that annoys me. This is a huge problem that has been ongoing for a LONG time, with many, many instances -- mamy of which were directly mentioned, but you seem to have glossed right over all of those. And if you actually gave a crap and cared to listen to how the women have been treated here for years, you would understand that. Everyone has already said their piece on this subject a while ago. If you care, go back and read and actually listen. If you don't care, fine. Go about your day, then.