Re: offensive post
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:27 pm
^ Post of the thread.
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I petition for the mods to retroactively lock the thread with this as the epic last post.SemperLegal wrote:I think I can mediate from the center. After all, I am half women, on my mothers side.
A few novel things occurred today:
An Berkeley Undergrad is offended by the white, patriarchal machine
Anonymous internet posters are crass to a woman.
A complaint about offensive memes about violence towards women is plastered with offensive memes about violence/
Random, low post count posters defend her.
No ones mind is changed.
Trust me. As an enlightened male 1L the sexism of law school is UNBEARABLE. Only 30% of my profs have been female.cbarlow1016 wrote:Nice summary. And thanks for all the insight, guys. Can't wait for the sexist law school culture awaiting me.
Do you really think that the posters in this thread have been sexist? Or they reacted poorly to you because you were standing up for women's rights?cbarlow1016 wrote:Nice summary. And thanks for all the insight, guys. Can't wait for the sexist law school culture awaiting me.SemperLegal wrote:I think I can mediate from the center. After all, I am half women, on my mothers side.
A few novel things occurred today:
An Berkeley Undergrad is offended by the white, patriarchal machine
Anonymous internet posters are crass to a woman.
A complaint about offensive memes about violence towards women is plastered with offensive memes about violence/
Random, low post count posters defend her.
No ones mind is changed.
You're calling this comment on your appearance sexist?cbarlow1016 wrote:A few have been sexist (in terms of commenting on my appearance or attacking me as opposed to addressing the actual issue), a few have been willing to have an actual conversation and I appreciate their insight and ability to use logic, and a few may have not intended to be offensive but their comments concern me because they're entirely dismiss me and minimize the issue I was trying to address.Richie Tenenbaum wrote:Do you really think that the posters in this thread have been sexist? Or they reacted poorly to you because you were standing up for women's rights?cbarlow1016 wrote: Nice summary. And thanks for all the insight, guys. Can't wait for the sexist law school culture awaiting me.
warandpeace wrote:OP, you're cute
Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:You're calling this comment on your appearance sexist?cbarlow1016 wrote:A few have been sexist (in terms of commenting on my appearance or attacking me as opposed to addressing the actual issue), a few have been willing to have an actual conversation and I appreciate their insight and ability to use logic, and a few may have not intended to be offensive but their comments concern me because they're entirely dismiss me and minimize the issue I was trying to address.Richie Tenenbaum wrote:Do you really think that the posters in this thread have been sexist? Or they reacted poorly to you because you were standing up for women's rights?cbarlow1016 wrote: Nice summary. And thanks for all the insight, guys. Can't wait for the sexist law school culture awaiting me.
warandpeace wrote:OP, you're cute
When I came in, the thread title was "." and you had outed your fb. The comment was directed at your fb photo album.cbarlow1016 wrote:Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.
Now run along and fetch me a sandwich, honey.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:When I came in, the thread title was "." and you had outed your fb. The comment was directed at your fb photo album.cbarlow1016 wrote:Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.
No. The male posters on TLS really are that thirsty for attention from any female at all times.cbarlow1016 wrote:
Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.
Fuck off honInGoodFaith wrote:Now run along and fetch me a sandwich, honey.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:When I came in, the thread title was "." and you had outed your fb. The comment was directed at your fb photo album.cbarlow1016 wrote:Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.
not sure if sarcastic....alwayssunnyinfl wrote:No. The male posters on TLS really are that thirsty for attention from any female at all times.cbarlow1016 wrote:
Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.
(I'm being 100% not-sarcastic)
That's completely understandable, but your posts had an undertone that went something like this: "This meme is literally objectively offensive, and if you disagree with me, you're against women's rights." It came across as insufferably self-righteous; it was almost as if you thought you're the only person here who's experienced domestic violence, or like you think more men being LSAT prep instructors somehow had something to do with that kind of meme, etc.cbarlow1016 wrote:Ok, yes I deleted the initial posts because of people's reactions. My point was just that as someone who has experienced domestic violence, I didn't think the argument was appropriate; everyone feels differently, but my background has taken me to the place where I can't take jokes about this.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:When I came in, the thread title was "." and you had outed your fb. The comment was directed at your fb photo album.cbarlow1016 wrote:Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.
Reading this sentence has been the highlight of my week so far.SemperLegal wrote:After all, I am half women, on my mothers side.
Ok, I get that, and I admit that I was perhaps overly emotional in my initial posts. I apologize if my emotions got the better of me. It's not objectively offensive, And I most certainly did not mean that I'm the only person who has experienced domestic violence--I have worked with so many domestic violence survivors, particularly children; again, this perhaps causes me to be overly emotional. I didn't mean to attack anyone, I just thought that it was inappropriate for a test prep company to post.Suralin wrote:That's completely understandable, but your posts had an undertone that went something like this: "This meme is literally objectively offensive, and if you disagree with me, you're against women's rights." It came across as insufferably self-righteous; it was almost as if you thought you're the only person here who's experienced domestic violence, or like you think more men being LSAT prep instructors somehow had something to do with that kind of meme, etc.cbarlow1016 wrote:Ok, yes I deleted the initial posts because of people's reactions. My point was just that as someone who has experienced domestic violence, I didn't think the argument was appropriate; everyone feels differently, but my background has taken me to the place where I can't take jokes about this.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:When I came in, the thread title was "." and you had outed your fb. The comment was directed at your fb photo album.cbarlow1016 wrote:Not necessarily sexist, but dismissing my thoughts because of my appearance. It's like, oh she's cute, who cares what she has to say.
Alright, that's reasonable. You've gotten enough flak that I'll refrain from more criticism.cbarlow1016 wrote:Ok, I get that, and I admit that I was perhaps overly emotional in my initial posts. I apologize if my emotions got the better of me. It's not objectively offensive, And I most certainly did not mean that I'm the only person who has experienced domestic violence--I have worked with so many domestic violence survivors, particularly children; again, this perhaps causes me to be overly emotional. I didn't mean to attack anyone, I just thought that it was inappropriate for a test prep company to post.Suralin wrote:That's completely understandable, but your posts had an undertone that went something like this: "This meme is literally objectively offensive, and if you disagree with me, you're against women's rights." It came across as insufferably self-righteous; it was almost as if you thought you're the only person here who's experienced domestic violence, or like you think more men being LSAT prep instructors somehow had something to do with that kind of meme, etc.cbarlow1016 wrote:Ok, yes I deleted the initial posts because of people's reactions. My point was just that as someone who has experienced domestic violence, I didn't think the argument was appropriate; everyone feels differently, but my background has taken me to the place where I can't take jokes about this.A → B ⊨ ¬B → ¬A wrote:
When I came in, the thread title was "." and you had outed your fb. The comment was directed at your fb photo album.
1) I would tend to agree with you some about comments that go to appearance, but, TBF, warandpeace is a female who I don't think was using cute to refer to your appearance (on p. 2 she says she isn't on FB, so I doubt she was looking through your pictures).cbarlow1016 wrote:A few have been sexist (in terms of commenting on my appearance or attacking me as opposed to addressing the actual issue), a few have been willing to have an actual conversation and I appreciate their insight and ability to use logic, and a few may have not intended to be offensive but their comments concern me because they're entirely dismiss me and minimize the issue I was trying to address.Richie Tenenbaum wrote:Do you really think that the posters in this thread have been sexist? Or they reacted poorly to you because you were standing up for women's rights?cbarlow1016 wrote:Nice summary. And thanks for all the insight, guys. Can't wait for the sexist law school culture awaiting me.SemperLegal wrote:I think I can mediate from the center. After all, I am half women, on my mothers side.
A few novel things occurred today:
An Berkeley Undergrad is offended by the white, patriarchal machine
Anonymous internet posters are crass to a woman.
A complaint about offensive memes about violence towards women is plastered with offensive memes about violence/
Random, low post count posters defend her.
No ones mind is changed.
Good point. I guess I assumed that while stalking through her fb photos. However, I did refrain from passing judgment regarding her looks because I wanted to know what she had to say and where she wanted the conversation to go before placing her appearance on a numerical scale.Richie Tenenbaum wrote: 1) I would tend to agree with you some about comments that go to appearance, but, TBF, warandpeace is a female who I don't think was using cute to refer to your appearance (on p. 2 she says she isn't on FB, so I doubt she was looking through your pictures).