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Old 07-21-2005, 04:25 PM   #162 (permalink)
shakran
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Good. God.

How the hell did you people find the time to post that much since this morning?

Look, you're both wrong here. This is not about respect. It's about learning not to be an asshole. If you go around calling people fugly, or butterface, or you go around saying people SHOULD do that, then you are being an asshole.

Let's call this one like it is. Yes, people have to earn respect. But they do not have to earn a lack of disrespect. We are not suggesting that Match bow to the woman, or kneel at her feet. We are suggesting that Match stop being a jerk. And we are suggesting that Menoman stop being a jerk by cheering people who are being jerks.

If you wouldn't say it to someone's face, you shouldn't be saying it behind their back. And if your attitude is such that only attractive women are worthy of respect, then you need to grow the hell up.

People wonder why society is so disrespectful, and we have the example right here. People think it's cool to run around doing things like calling women fugly. Well you (hopefully) wouldn't call black people niggers or chinese people chinks. Those terms were designed to be offensive, and they are. There's absolutely no reason to use them, and there's absolutely no reason why you have to call a woman a butterface rather than just saying "I'm not attracted to her."

I'm about as anti-PC as they come. I think all that "womyn" and "herstory" and having to say "his or her" all over the place is absurd, and I won't do it. But being anti-PC does not give me license to be a jackass.

People earn my respect, but that doesn't mean I get to start off being an asshole to them until they win my approval.
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