Misogyny kills again

[freethinker44]

And what is it that makes them "douchebgs"? Is it because some of them well-built attractive sexually successful men who might be a little cocky in their attitude and do not bother to play the "Hey I am a Nice Guy™" game with women? Is that what makes them "**********"?

Lol, no, not even close. Just go to the gym for a while, you'll see. You'll know them when you see them because they'll be stalking you the whole time because you're a woman at the gym, just be careful they don't leave any spray tan residue on you while they're showing you how awesome they are by telling you the "correct" way to workout.

I don't know why you think I'm making this up, but I'm not. I know you're still probably upset because I called you out for ****-shaming but that's really not a good reason to disagree with everything I say. You don't have to believe me, just google it. There are tons of videos and articles calling out gym douche bags.

 

[Revoltingest]

I've been to different gyms in different states and even different countries. These people are in every one of them. You tend to see fewer of them at specialty gyms like boxing gyms or something, but they're all over weight lifting gyms.

Uh huh.....do I detect some envy, which manifests itself as grandiose feelings of imagined social superiority?
Strength can intimidate some.

 

[freethinker44]

Uh huh.....do I detect some envy, which manifests itself as grandiose feelings of imagined social superiority?
Strength can intimidate some.

I reject this diagnosis, sir. The feelings aren't imagined, I really am just that good.

 

[Revoltingest]

....just google it. There are tons of videos and articles calling out gym douche bags.

Well, if it's on the internet, it's gotta be true, eh?

I reject this diagnosis, sir. The feelings aren't imagined, I really am just that good.

Your protest is just too over the top.
I sense one who would generalize from a few bad experiences to all male lifters in gyms.
A real iron head wouldn't paint with such a broad brush.
One would know that many guys (& gals) just go there to lift.

 

[freethinker44]

This protest is just too over the top.
I sense one who would generalize from a few bad experiences to all male lifters in gyms.
A real iron head wouldn't paint with such a broad brush.
One would know that many guys (& gals) just go there to lift.

Oh no, I'm not generalizing at all, I'm talking about a very specific type of person.

 

[Nymphs]

Lesbians are women who don't care what men think.

Um, I think you'll find that not to be entirely true. Lesbians are women who are attracted to other women in a sexual and romantic way. That's it.

 

[freethinker44]

Well, if it's on the internet, it's gotta be true, eh?

Just go to the gym, you'll see. It won't take long, eventually an exact copy of these guys will show up with his tank top on, screaming as loud as he can, throwing weights around, dripping spray tan all over the place, not cleaning it up, telling you how to do your workout, taking up 10 freaking machines, not using them, and eye-raping every woman in the place.

 

[Revoltingest]

Just go to the gym, you'll see. It won't take long, eventually an exact copy of these guys will show up with his tank top on, screaming as loud as he can, throwing weights around, dripping spray tan all over the place, not cleaning it up, telling you how to do your workout, taking up 10 freaking machines, not using them, and eye-raping every woman in the place.

Machines?
There's your problem.
Free weights rule!

 

[dust1n]

Damn, my stomach just turned.

Yeah, mine did too.

For some reason, I have little faith in a 19-year-old, freshman college, to be capable of even knowing enough to make a decision like that, yet she in the film in Las Vegas, though she was at the University of Wisconsin, presumably because it was paid travel situation. Economics and all...

I've pretty much have become skilled at navigating the internet in such a way that escapes the presence of nearly all douchebaggery that I keep seeing mentioned. I really can't judge people for what they choose do, especially knowing virtually nothing about it, but I can assure most people that they will feel about their pursuits not listening to the majority of the people on the internet. But that's literally the space society occupies now for all personal relationships. Being personal with people and then seeing millions of words of verbal abuse must have immense psychological intensity, especially at such a scale.

 

[columbus]

Um, I think you'll find that not to be entirely true. Lesbians are women who are attracted to other women in a sexual and romantic way. That's it.

Pithy little generalizations are rarely entirely true. But the first time I heard this one I was struck by how much of gay culture suddenly made sense.

Tom

 

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[Gehennaite]

Heterosexual males are scary people in the West. Too many of them are voyeurs and have their head up their *** when it comes to morality.

I have no sympathy for that female, though, but that has more to do with my attitude towards pornographers and her reasons for committing suicide. If you're going to live controversially, expect criticism.

You're not entitled to respect; it is conditional. I learned this in the schoolyards of elementary school. Her head must have really been up in the clouds...

 

[Revoltingest]

Heterosexual males are scary people in the West. Too many of them are voyeurs and have their head up their *** when it comes to morality.
I have no sympathy for that female, though, but that has more to do with my attitude towards pornographers and her reasons for committing suicide. If you're going to live controversially, expect criticism.
You're not entitled to respect; it is conditional. I learned this in the schoolyards of elementary school. Her head must have really been up in the clouds...

Everyone's generally entitled to civility though....even scary hetero males & porn actors.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Heterosexual males are scary people in the West. Too many of them are voyeurs and have their head up their *** when it comes to morality.

I have no sympathy for that female, though, but that has more to do with my attitude towards pornographers and her reasons for committing suicide. If you're going to live controversially, expect criticism.

You're not entitled to respect; it is conditional. I learned this in the schoolyards of elementary school. Her head must have really been up in the clouds...

Everyone deserves basic respect. No one deserves the kind of bullying and harassment she was subjected to. That was inhuman, how they treated her. You would think she was a serial killer with the things they said about her. She committed no crime and hurt no one.

 

[Gehennaite]

Everyone's generally entitled to civility though....even scary hetero males & porn actors.

Everyone deserves basic respect. No one deserves the kind of bullying and harassment she was subjected to. That was inhuman, how they treated her. You would think she was a serial killer with the things they said about her. She committed no crime and hurt no one.

I don't think anyone is entitled to respect. Respect is a privilege, not a right. It shouldn't alarm you that people find sex workers to be immoral and are happy to vocalize their disapproval in the most ostentatious of voices.

#freewill #freespeech

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't think anyone is entitled to respect. Respect is a privilege, not a right. It shouldn't alarm you that people find sex workers to be immoral and are happy to vocalize their disapproval in the most ostentatious of voices.
#freewill #freespeech

I can understand your views on respect, which is more than civility.
But what say you of being civil with people who might not have earned our respect?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I don't think anyone is entitled to respect. Respect is a privilege, not a right. It shouldn't alarm you that people find sex workers to be immoral and are happy to vocalize their disapproval in the most ostentatious of voices.

#freewill #freespeech

I am alarmed when dozens of people send messages to a person telling them to kill themselves and dehumanizing them for making a sex video. Any ethical human being would be. She didn't deserve that kind of treatment. If you have a disagreement with porn, there are civil ways to express that. Duh!

Don't you dare bring up free speech in this. This degrades the very concept of it.

 

[Gehennaite]

I can understand your views on respect, which is more than civility.
But what say you of being civil with people who might not have earned our respect?

If my moral cognizance isn't being challenged, I will always be civil.

I am alarmed when dozens of people send messages to a person telling them to kill themselves and dehumanizing them for making a sex video. Any ethical human being would be. She didn't deserve that kind of treatment. If you have a disagreement with porn, there are civil ways to express that. Duh!

Don't you dare bring up free speech in this. This degrades the very concept of it.

Meh. Pornographers, like plenty of other sex workers, can be constituted as uncivil in the first place for many people. She's probably in a better place now anyways since the state of mind you have to be in to commit suicide is pretty sufferable.

I've been there & done that. It takes a ton of conscious volition to kill yourself and in the end it's your life, your decision.

She was clearly dealing with more issues than we know of. She could have overcame them with enough time & some willpower.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Meh. Pornographers, like plenty of other sex workers, can be constituted as uncivil in the first place for many people.

Oh, so it's okay to bully people because of any stupid reason you can come up with?

She's probably in a better place now anyways since the state of mind you have to be in to commit suicide is pretty sufferable.

I've been there & done that. It takes a ton of conscious volition to kill yourself and in the end it's your life, your decision.

She was clearly dealing with more issues than we know of. She could have overcame them with enough time & some willpower.

She probably wouldn't have wanted to kill herself in the first place if people hadn't been incessantly bullying and harassing her!

 

[Gehennaite]

Oh, so it's okay to bully people because of any stupid reason you can come up with?

Everyone has experienced insult growing up - whether it be family or friends. Everyone needs to learn how to deal with it. We are human beings for Christ's sake and are subconsciously competitive, vicious creatures.

Happy are those who can survive against all possible odds.

She probably wouldn't have wanted to kill herself in the first place if people hadn't been incessantly bullying and harassing her!

I don't know why anyone would take internet harassment personally. It seemed as if she was in subconscious agreement with what they were saying. I'd hate to be in that position, which is why I stay as morally clean as possible.

I said it before, don't get involved in controversial living if you're not tough enough to handle the criticism.