Comments on: Actions Should Match our Words (And Words Should Match our Actions)

by: Antigone

Sun, 11 May 2008 15:30:05 +0000

Let’s say that if you are a misgynistic asshat, you suck in bed (it’s already a flawed premise, as I very well know). But that still does not mean that all people who are bad in bed are misgynistic asshats. There can be any number of reasons that a person sucks at bed, and you are slurring them with the same brush, AND bringing up something that is completely unrelated to the topic at hand. I’m all about insulting their intelligence, and accusing them of them of being misgynistic asshats. But that does not have anything to do with their relative skills in bed.

by: KMTBERRY

Sun, 11 May 2008 07:17:41 +0000

I agree completely with the sentiment that disparaging someone’s BODY PART is a good tactic, no matter who the person or what the part.

I think there is very little difference between “She must have a big loose cunt” and “he must have a tiny penis”.

I mean, C’mon, Feminazis! We can do better than that! It is a terrible myopia, that we can FEEL the insult of….words that insult US, but think it is fine to make equally shallow insults against Myogynists. Ones that are as ridiculous as “gay” or “lame”. The size of a man’s penis has nothing to do with anything, and resembles insults like “fat cow” for pertinance (ie it is totally not pertinent).

It also sends the message that having a HUGE COCK is the greatest thing in the world, and having a small cock is the WORST thing in the WORLD. Is that a message we really want to send? Do we really want a world full of guys with Cock-size complexes? Because I thought that was part of the problem!

by: thebewilderness

Sat, 10 May 2008 02:16:29 +0000

It is frustrating enough when the subject of a thread is changed by a troll to all about the troll. When it degenerates to commenters talking like a troll to a troll the thread is dead.
I used to be a sucker for a troll almost every time, I am somewhat embarassed to admit. Now I just send a copy of their Fresh Manly Wizdum to trollbusterxtra, and the thread has a chance to survive.

by: junk science

Fri, 09 May 2008 20:21:42 +0000

Bringing up penis size is hypocritical (if irresistible considering how obsessed some wingnuts seem to be with it) because you’re insulting otherwise decent men with small dicks just as you would be insulting all gay people by making pronouncements on a troll’s sexual orientation. However, I don’t see anything wrong with suggesting that the reason some asshole hates women is that they won’t sleep with him. Being attractive to potential sex partners isn’t a patriarchally-imposed virtue, like avoiding sex so people won’t think you’re a slut. If you’re such a woman-hating asshole that you don’t even know why women can’t stand you, you should be mortified, and you deserve to hear about it. If all other sex-starved misogynists are being insulted by proxy, so much the better.

by: Quin

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:04:19 +0000

reticent, you know, “offensive” and “funny” aren’t mutually exclusive. Two great tastes that taste great together.

by: Quin

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:56:01 +0000

I am a firm believer that the Patriarchy is a cultural construct which can be weakened over time.

Virility-based put-downs, on the other hand– that’s a lost cause. That shit is hardwired into our DNA.

Besides, somehow all this taking the high road stuff seems a little bit– I don’t know– wrong, taking place as it does under the banner of a giant raised middle finger on a site called “Punkassblog”. (But maybe that’s just me.)

by: reticent

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:26:54 +0000

I have a friend who is choosing to make it a habit to say “Wow, that guy must have a huge penis!” whenever she sees someone’s “compensation” in the form of a Hummer, ridiculous sports car, oversized SUV, vehicle with souped up stereo that’s shaking the whole car… etc. She says it loudly too, even when the vehicle is parked with no owner/driver to be seen. I find I’m not opposed to the plan, in fact it sort of tickles me. Of course in these cases the person involved has chosen to display their… assets… in a way that is reminiscent of penis measurement contests - and their environmentally harmful and/or ridiculous choice of transportation is worthy of ridicule. I don’t know, am I just making excuses for something offensive that I personally find funny, or is this practice “not all that bad”?

by: Chris Bradley

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:15:53 +0000

Or, maybe, the problem is the insulting at all. To me that sorta seems to be buying into the culture of intimidation that defines patriarchy.

by: Kilgore Trout

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:22:07 +0000

I’m all for equality, but I’m also a huge fan of hurling insults. Thats how I was raised, thats how my friends are, we love to talk shit. It’s a sign of affection when we point out your flaws in the most humiliating ways we can think of. I realize there is a big difference between telling rude jokes with my friends and leaving comments on the internet, but I just hope we don’t get to a point where we don’t think we can tell a joke because it might offend someone.

Although yeah insulting trolls just makes the problem worse. But as far as insults and jokes in real life, ya gotta amuse yourself, if its at other peoples expense thats fine with me so long as you can laugh when the table is turned and its you turn to be laughed at.

by: MH

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:32:42 +0000

Also to take into consideration are men who are “on the fence,” so to speak. Men who are open to hearing more about feminism, but have heard a lot of bad things about it and could go either way. No idea how numerous they are but I was one. On the internet, we have more of an audience than we may realize…