Comments on: To all incoming Feministe readers… http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/ All the people's mouths are moving all I hear are car alarms Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:37:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: annaoverseas http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1129 annaoverseas Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:21:08 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1129 Sorry, Lottie & Mike - I hadn't read as carefully as I should have, and I missed that part. Sorry, Lottie & Mike – I hadn’t read as carefully as I should have, and I missed that part.

]]> By: Lottie http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1128 Lottie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:09:42 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1128 <blockquote>Yeah, that compassion for my mother, father, and grandmother for their experiences with abuse is completely feigned.</blockquote>Yeah, because clearly I was referring to every person on the entire planet who has ever expressed concerned for victims of domestic violence. Way to miss the entire fucking point! You're obviously one of those who doesn't read (or comprehend) all the material. If you had, you'd realize just how fucking stupid and off-base your comment actually is. One final word: context.

Yeah, that compassion for my mother, father, and grandmother for their experiences with abuse is completely feigned.

Yeah, because clearly I was referring to every person on the entire planet who has ever expressed concerned for victims of domestic violence.

Way to miss the entire fucking point! You’re obviously one of those who doesn’t read (or comprehend) all the material. If you had, you’d realize just how fucking stupid and off-base your comment actually is.

One final word: context.

]]> By: snowe http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1127 snowe Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:42:46 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1127 "And they can shove their feigned compassion for victims and survivors of domestic violence up their arses." Yeah, that compassion for my mother, father, and grandmother for their experiences with abuse is completely feigned. “And they can shove their feigned compassion for victims and survivors of domestic violence up their arses.”

Yeah, that compassion for my mother, father, and grandmother for their experiences with abuse is completely feigned.

]]> By: Lottie http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1125 Lottie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:24:50 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1125 Thing is, they're skipping over the link in the middle of the argument <em>and</em> in the very post that's being critiqued. They're not interested. It's not about them, so they don't give a shit. And they can shove their feigned compassion for victims and survivors of domestic violence up their arses. The only ones they care about are the ones who do as they say. Thing is, they’re skipping over the link in the middle of the argument and in the very post that’s being critiqued. They’re not interested. It’s not about them, so they don’t give a shit. And they can shove their feigned compassion for victims and survivors of domestic violence up their arses. The only ones they care about are the ones who do as they say.

]]> By: annaoverseas http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1124 annaoverseas Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:05:43 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1124 I wonder if that has more to do with how little traffic "Shameless Self Promotion Sundays" actually generate. I don't mean to say that having Lottie linked in what's amounting to an argument isn't going to redirect traffic in a certain way, but the lack of traffic coming from the SSS thread is probably for the same reasons I don't get a lot of traffic or comments from them - a lot of folks leave their comment and then never come back. I wonder if that has more to do with how little traffic “Shameless Self Promotion Sundays” actually generate.

I don’t mean to say that having Lottie linked in what’s amounting to an argument isn’t going to redirect traffic in a certain way, but the lack of traffic coming from the SSS thread is probably for the same reasons I don’t get a lot of traffic or comments from them – a lot of folks leave their comment and then never come back.

]]> By: Lottie http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1123 Lottie Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:36:20 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1123 Another thing that just occurred to me is that all their antics today have served to confirm and validate every point I've made, just as I predicted. Wonder if they'll ever be able to work that out? Nah... Another thing that just occurred to me is that all their antics today have served to confirm and validate every point I’ve made, just as I predicted.

Wonder if they’ll ever be able to work that out?

Nah…

]]> By: Lottie http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1122 Lottie Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:56:30 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1122 <blockquote>You’re my wife [...]</blockquote> Careful, they'll say you're trying to own me, that you're part of the almighty patriarchy. And I'm sure I've internalized misogyny. Again, if it doesn't line up with their preconceived notions... They just can't stand to have their ideas challenged. For a bunch of people who claim to value self-examination and introspection, they certainly are lacking in the critical thinking department. Or it could be that they only value self-examination <i>in others</i>. They seem to think that they're already as good as they're going to get. Sadly, they're probably right.

You’re my wife [...]

Careful, they’ll say you’re trying to own me, that you’re part of the almighty patriarchy. And I’m sure I’ve internalized misogyny. Again, if it doesn’t line up with their preconceived notions…

They just can’t stand to have their ideas challenged. For a bunch of people who claim to value self-examination and introspection, they certainly are lacking in the critical thinking department. Or it could be that they only value self-examination in others. They seem to think that they’re already as good as they’re going to get. Sadly, they’re probably right.

]]> By: Mike http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1120 Mike Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:50:21 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1120 You're my wife and I love you. You have my support no matter what. But especially when you're right :) You’re my wife and I love you. You have my support no matter what. But especially when you’re right :)

]]> By: Lottie http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/to-all-incoming-feministe-readers/#comment-1119 Lottie Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:43:07 +0000 http://mek1980.wordpress.com/?p=238#comment-1119 It's like they see that someone dared to ask why it's an inherently harmful question (or question their theory and ideology at all) and then they stop reading. They don't hear the argument or the reasoning behind it, they just hear something that makes them squirm a little and so they attack like a pack of fucking wolves. It's sickening. Yeah, that one post has more hits today than I usually get for <i>all posts combined</i> in a day. But are they interested in the story about me, as a survivor of more than thirty years of abuse? Judging by my numbers it doesn't look like it. For the hundreds of people who have either insulted me or read my posts and flat out ignored them, one - <i><b>one</b></i> - has acknowledged what happened to me and expressed an understanding of how it might affect my perspective. Why? Because, you see, <i>my</i> story and <i>my</i> perspective don't line up with popular opinion or their ideology, therefore, my abuse either didn't happen or doesn't fucking count. They're more interested in the stuff that has their own fucking names in it. Stories like mine might throw off their statistics. Some advocates, huh? Thanks for this, Michael. Your support means a lot to me. I love you! It’s like they see that someone dared to ask why it’s an inherently harmful question (or question their theory and ideology at all) and then they stop reading. They don’t hear the argument or the reasoning behind it, they just hear something that makes them squirm a little and so they attack like a pack of fucking wolves.

It’s sickening.

Yeah, that one post has more hits today than I usually get for all posts combined in a day. But are they interested in the story about me, as a survivor of more than thirty years of abuse? Judging by my numbers it doesn’t look like it. For the hundreds of people who have either insulted me or read my posts and flat out ignored them, one – one – has acknowledged what happened to me and expressed an understanding of how it might affect my perspective.

Why? Because, you see, my story and my perspective don’t line up with popular opinion or their ideology, therefore, my abuse either didn’t happen or doesn’t fucking count. They’re more interested in the stuff that has their own fucking names in it. Stories like mine might throw off their statistics.

Some advocates, huh?

Thanks for this, Michael. Your support means a lot to me. I love you!

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