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boston bean

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11. For suggesting RP not use sexist/homophobic comments/stereotypes

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 02:54 PM

Jun 2014

Last edited Sat Jun 21, 2014, 04:38 PM - Edit history (1)

What I got out of your OP is that you're clearly in favor of controlling what other people write and

read.

Rude Pundit doesn't have to change a thing about how he writes as far as I'm concerned. The fact that you think he does means that not only do you want to control what he writes, you therefore also want to control what I can read.

So, yeah. Not all that different from book-burning when it comes down to it.

You'll notice no one denies RP uses sexist/homophobic comments in his writings that are directed at others, trying to insult individuals. He isn't using them as a play on words to show how how sexist and homophobic it is, he uses them as insults to attack others.

The umbrage is that I actually suggested (here on a liberal message board) he not do that because it wasn't necessary. My suggestion was the much greater offense. And spawned multiple book burning/censorship OP's and posts.

Hello people, a mild critique of someone's writing with a compliment + a suggestion, does not a book burner make....

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Shall we play a game? [View all] Squinch Jun 2014 OP

well, there is the complaint that we feminists are ruining things for somebody, everybody, CTyankee Jun 2014 #1

Yes. It's the ovaries. They give our opinions the magic power to inflict shrinkage upon the land. Squinch Jun 2014 #3

Shhhh, you'll ruin the secret! shenmue Jun 2014 #26

Yep, I noticed it BainsBane Jun 2014 #2

Somehow I missed that one. I just gave it a belated K and R. Squinch Jun 2014 #4

It's such circular logic, it makes my head spin. BainsBane Jun 2014 #9

Oh, I forgot one: I was told that free speech doesn't include objecting to how someone else Squinch Jun 2014 #5

can I give one that I liked, that was a great response and deserved kudos! boston bean Jun 2014 #6

. Squinch Jun 2014 #7

Fabulous BainsBane Jun 2014 #46

I wish that was an OP and I wish I had more than One Rec to give it. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #53

Daw shucks ma'am, tweren't nothin'. NuclearDem Jun 2014 #58

You're the bees knees, Nuclear Dem BainsBane Jun 2014 #60

Well, the latest one I just saw Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #8

Yeah, the prudet* (*sic LOL still makes me laugh) boston bean Jun 2014 #10

I noticed that! One of the biggest meta posters chastising people for meta! Squinch Jun 2014 #15

The idiotic whinging meta thread that started this shitfest has been kicked three times today, redqueen Jun 2014 #20

oh yeah, that's the other thing... boston bean Jun 2014 #22

You know why they use those words? BainsBane Jun 2014 #47

For suggesting RP not use sexist/homophobic comments/stereotypes boston bean Jun 2014 #11

You book burning hussy, you! And quit stealing their breath while they sleep, too! Squinch Jun 2014 #17

I really wish I were as powerful as some say I am. boston bean Jun 2014 #25

Fab 'do, Endora! Squinch Jun 2014 #30

Are the only words that can come out of your mouth boston bean Jun 2014 #36

Yeah, prudet that would be fine if there were any prudet toads around here. Prudet. Not funny! Squinch Jun 2014 #37

Are the toads saying prudet instead of ribbit? boston bean Jun 2014 #38

No, prudet that's ME! Squinch Jun 2014 #40

And of course your thread was alerted by one of those FREEDOM LOVING FREE SPEECH advocates redqueen Jun 2014 #27

You can't make this stuff up! Squinch Jun 2014 #39

I've missed most of these. Deliberately so. CrispyQ Jun 2014 #12

These, actually, were the milder aspect of the current tempest. There was another aspect of this Squinch Jun 2014 #18

I don't really have a favorite. The irony is so hot I can't touch it... jtuck004 Jun 2014 #13

What does the top line on the truck say? It's cut off in the photo. Squinch Jun 2014 #35

here ya go... jtuck004 Jun 2014 #44

Charming! Squinch Jun 2014 #45

Gives the word "pastor" a bad connotation. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2014 #52

Language is a tool smallcat88 Jun 2014 #14

It's the passive aggressive crap Gman Jun 2014 #16

Also, don't forget that those who disagree are prudets [sic]. Squinch Jun 2014 #19

I'm never gonna forget prudets, I chuckle just typing it out! LOL boston bean Jun 2014 #21

It makes me think of those little fake breaded chicken legs. Squinch Jun 2014 #23

I just googled "prudets" I got a weather report for boston bean Jun 2014 #24

Honeymoon location for those chaste couples... Squinch Jun 2014 #29

<3 ZombieHorde Jun 2014 #28

Thank you. Squinch Jun 2014 #33

Awesome! ZombieHorde Jun 2014 #34

I won't call any individuals out because that kind of sucks MadrasT Jun 2014 #31

You're not the one whinging, so you're good! Squinch Jun 2014 #32

I want to add another great post (not sarcasm), this one from Seaglass: Squinch Jun 2014 #41

yep that was a very astute posting by seaglass! boston bean Jun 2014 #43

Found another one: Squinch Jun 2014 #42

LOL BainsBane Jun 2014 #48

omg. is that a direct quote? will dumb wonders never cease? Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #54

Not a direct quote. It was a conversation about how a group was censoring DU and Squinch Jun 2014 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #56

Censor the thought crime!! BainsBane Jun 2014 #57

Well someone just started a fucking 'silent thread for the word "fuck" ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #49

I think the thread on the fuckety fucks had it right BainsBane Jun 2014 #50

They're trying to play, I guess ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #51

And if THAT ain't the defintion of stupid, I don't know what is... CTyankee Jun 2014 #66

Meanwhile, some of the same people are complaining we DIDN'T ALERT BainsBane Jun 2014 #59

I found the same. It appears neither the alerter nor the jury on the RP hide were HoF people. Squinch Jun 2014 #61

"Censorship by censure" BainsBane Jun 2014 #62

I have to say, Squinch Jun 2014 #63

I forgot to ask BainsBane Jun 2014 #64

Something less severe than murder by words. Not sure how censure can be construed as Squinch Jun 2014 #65