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  • #1892
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    You are aware that women have a head start when it comes to opportunities in life. The education system across the west benefits females affording them better opportunities and career options.

    Don't get me wrong, I believe men are well capable of toxic behaviour, but women are just as capable, I can't see how this wave of feminism is not yet considered toxic? Is feminism capable of toxic group think?

    I get a little annoyed over the use of the term "equality", when it seems to be just "equality" for a particular class or demographic of women? It seems to be driven by the educated class of women who don't give a monkeys about women outside of that class/demographic.

    You’re redefining the meaning of feminism to suit yourself. The definition is fairly clear.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #1893
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,625 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Brian? wrote: »
    You’re redefining the meaning of feminism to suit yourself. The definition is fairly clear.

    I haven't redefined anything.

    You have posted a definition of Feminism. It is vague.

    You have identified as a feminist, you have done nothing to clear up that vagueness.

    You pointed to an image problem that feminism suffers from, do you not think, for one second, that the vagueness of the definition is the problem, if so how could you have any issue with people like me and a lot of other posters in this thread who are obviously confused by the vagueness of the definition.

    Do you think that you are capable of redefining the meaning of feminism to suit yourself?


  • #1894
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    I haven't redefined anything.

    You have posted a definition of Feminism. It is vague.

    You have identified as a feminist, you have done nothing to clear up that vagueness.

    You pointed to an image problem that feminism suffers from, do you not think, for one second, that the vagueness of the definition is the problem, if so how could you have any issue with people like me and a lot of other posters in this thread who are obviously confused by the vagueness of the definition.

    Do you think that you are capable of redefining the meaning of feminism to suit yourself?

    I didn’t post a vague definition of feminism. I posted the correct dictionary definition of it. If you can’t understand that, I can’t help you.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #1895
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    listermint wrote: »
    White males like you.....

    What sort of ugly divisive stuff have you as an Irish white man had to put up with ?

    I'd garner like me an Irish white male.

    Nothing!


    Because I don't spend my time on alt right American websites.


    I'd laugh at you in the pub if you came out with this sort of ****e.

    America has alot to answer for .

    Your opinion is pretty decisive stuff. Disagree with you and your alt right. Especially if your white.

    I'd laugh at you if came up to me in a pub with this sort of ****.

    America does have a lot to answer for when people like you try to bring their race war here.


  • #1896
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,625 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Brian? wrote: »
    I didn’t post a vague definition of feminism. I posted the correct dictionary definition of it. If you can’t understand that, I can’t help you.

    I know exactly what you posted.

    You posted the dictionary definition of Feminism.

    That definition is vague. "the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes".

    Does that include all the inequalities men suffer from? Because if it does not include the inequalities men suffer from, then how can it be defined as "equality of the sexes"

    If women were concerned with the inequalities men suffer from then can they be considered feminists?


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  • #1897
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,269 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    Your opinion is pretty decisive stuff. Disagree with you and your alt right. Especially if your white.

    I'd laugh at you if came up to me in a pub with this sort of ****.

    America does have a lot to answer for when people like you try to bring their race war here.

    Ha.

    Did you even read the post I replied to ?

    I didn't bring up white male that poster did
    I asked them a question on it.

    I guess you get bonus points for not reading posts in full?


    Feeling kinda silly now? No guess not rare to get an apology on boards


  • #1898
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    listermint wrote: »
    Ha.

    Did you even read the post I replied to ?

    I didn't bring up white male that poster did
    I asked them a question on it.

    I guess you get bonus points for not reading posts in full?


    Feeling kinda silly now? No guess not rare to get an apology on boards


    I read the post and also your rehearsed nonsense response.

    Not feeling silly at all. You should though.


  • #1899
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,269 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    I read the post and also your rehearsed nonsense response.

    Not feeling silly at all. You should though.

    Rehearsed ?

    How can someone rehearse a response.

    Look horse, I know it's nearly 1am and that but reading doesn't get tiring if you slow it down a tad.

    Id suggest reading in full before lashing away at the keyboard in future.

    So I'll go over it again for you , a poster gave a woe be me I'm a white male comment. I replied with I'm also a white male in Ireland tell me more about this woeness you suffer from here.

    I've yet to get a response on it.

    Well except from you who didn't even read the comments and now has egg on your face but sure look it's late ok let it slide happens to the best of us


  • #1900
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,269 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Lash Into The Pints wrote: »
    I’m a feminist. My wife is a feminist. All of my female friends are feminist. The vast majority of my male friends are feminist. My mother is a feminist. My sister is a feminist. My Da is a feminist.

    None of them hate men. Some of them may be harridans.

    What about your wife's son, is he a feminist too?[/quote]

    It's the witching hour , I see


  • #1901
    SnazzyPig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭SnazzyPig


    listermint wrote: »
    White males like you.....

    What sort of ugly divisive stuff have you as an Irish white man had to put up with ?

    I'd garner like me an Irish white male.

    Nothing!


    Because I don't spend my time on alt right American websites.


    I'd laugh at you in the pub if you came out with this sort of ****e.

    America has alot to answer for .

    An excellent example of educating stupid people; 'A little education is a dangerous thing'


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  • #1902
    Lash Into The Pints
    Site Banned Posts: 120 ✭✭Lash Into The Pints


    Brian? wrote: »
    What % of feminists are man-hating harridans?

    I’m a feminist. My wife is a feminist. All of my female friends are feminist. The vast majority of my male friends are feminist. My mother is a feminist. My sister is a feminist. My Da is a feminist.

    None of them hate men. Some of them may be harridans.

    What about your wife's son, is he a feminist too?


  • #1903
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,269 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Excellent, drawing out the multi accounts.


    Only certain subjects do it, but it's guaranteed


  • #1904
    SecretsOfEarth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 973 ✭✭✭SecretsOfEarth


    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025069781253283841

    For someone who's meant to be advocating for and promoting Limerick, he'd want to be fairly clueless not to know this.


  • #1905
    Lash Into The Pints
    Site Banned Posts: 120 ✭✭Lash Into The Pints


    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025069781253283841

    For someone who's meant to be advocating for and promoting Limerick, he'd want to be fairly clueless not to know this.

    He probably considers hurling to be an expression of white supremacy.


  • #1906
    SecretsOfEarth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 973 ✭✭✭SecretsOfEarth


    Lash Into The Pints wrote: »
    He probably considers hurling to be an expression of white supremacy.

    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025073664981647365

    His reply to someone who questioned his apathy was equally bizarre. He seems to wear his lack of interest and disconnect from the event as a badge of honour. Bit embarrassing to not know of your county's biggest sporting event in over a decade, possibly verging on history and winning a national title after 45 years.

    Maybe he deems himself above something as common and rudimentary as hurling :o:rolleyes:


  • #1907
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,560 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Dunno about that. That reads like a pretty straight up answer to why he didn't know about the game, it's an honest response, nothing bizarre in it at all. Seems like you're reaching there to nit pick and find fault. Seems like he can't win in many people's eyes.

    There's plenty of people out there that have zero interest in sport, believe it or not they do exist, and you can be an advocate for where you're from without having to jump on the GAA bandwagon just because they're currently successful; it'd be worse for him to suddenly declare a mad love for Limerick hurling. At least he's honest about not caring and not pandering to people over it.


  • #1908
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Lash Into The Pints wrote: »
    What about your wife's son, is he a feminist too?

    He's a bit young to have formed an opinion.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #1909
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025073664981647365

    His reply to someone who questioned his apathy was equally bizarre. He seems to wear his lack of interest and disconnect from the event as a badge of honour. Bit embarrassing to not know of your county's biggest sporting event in over a decade, possibly verging on history and winning a national title after 45 years.

    Maybe he deems himself above something as common and rudimentary as hurling :o:rolleyes:

    I guarantee if he was supporting Limerick at this stage he'd be accused of jumping on the bandwagon. The chap can't win.

    Some people don't like sport. I find it weird, but I don't accuse them of snobbery. I just think they're weird.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #1910
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    I know exactly what you posted.

    You posted the dictionary definition of Feminism.

    That definition is vague. "the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes".

    Does that include all the inequalities men suffer from? Because if it does not include the inequalities men suffer from, then how can it be defined as "equality of the sexes"

    If women were concerned with the inequalities men suffer from then can they be considered feminists?


    The definition isn't vague. It's pretty clear.

    Idiot fringes like to twist the meaning.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #1911
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025069781253283841

    For someone who's meant to be advocating for and promoting Limerick, he'd want to be fairly clueless not to know this.

    I'm from limerick and had no clue limerick or Clare were playing in the semi final.
    The mother text me asking was I watching and that was the first I heard about it.

    I was at the limerick and bohs game last night and im sure a lot of limerick people didnt know that was on. When you have no interest in a sport it's fairly easy to avoid.


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  • #1912
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    He's winding people up. And it's working :)


  • #1913
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,625 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Brian? wrote: »
    The definition isn't vague. It's pretty clear.

    Idiot fringes like to twist the meaning.

    You're resorting to that, ok fair enough...

    This is how the dictionary defines Feminism.

    "The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes"

    I think the following is a more definitive description

    "The advocacy of women's rights"

    Do you see the difference? Leave equality out of it because equality is causing the confusion.

    I believe in Equality of class and gender, that is equal opportunity for all genders and class in the pursuit of Education, Opportunity, Health and Justice, I'd be horrified if that made me a feminist!

    There is a huge difference, can you at least see that?


  • #1914
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    You're resorting to that, ok fair enough...

    This is how the dictionary defines Feminism.

    "The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes"

    I think the following is a more definitive description

    "The advocacy of women's rights"

    Do you see the difference? Leave equality out of it because equality is causing the confusion.

    I believe in Equality of class and gender, that is equal opportunity for all genders and class in the pursuit of Education, Opportunity, Health and Justice, I'd be horrified if that made me a feminist!

    There is a huge difference, can you at least see that?

    There is a huge difference. Your definition gives precedence to women's rights. That's not acceptable to me.

    The important part is the "equality of the sexes", if you leave that out it's very easy to attack feminism. And rightly so. Advocating one groups rights over another is wrong.

    The correct definition of feminism is fine with me. Handy, as it is correct.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #1915
    Silentcorner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,625 ✭✭✭Silentcorner


    Brian? wrote: »
    There is a huge difference. Your definition gives precedence to women's rights. That's not acceptable to me.

    The important part is the "equality of the sexes", if you leave that out it's very easy to attack feminism. And rightly so. Advocating one groups rights over another is wrong.

    The correct definition of feminism is fine with me. Handy, as it is correct.

    But feminism is only concerned with women's rights! There is no confusion about that. It is quiet explicit in that.

    I believe in the equality of the sexes (and class), that is not feminism, by the definition you provided!!!

    That kind of makes Feminism the idiot fringe of the people who pursue Equality....does it not!!


  • #1916
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,298 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025073664981647365

    His reply to someone who questioned his apathy was equally bizarre. He seems to wear his lack of interest and disconnect from the event as a badge of honour. Bit embarrassing to not know of your county's biggest sporting event in over a decade, possibly verging on history and winning a national title after 45 years.

    Maybe he deems himself above something as common and rudimentary as hurling :o:rolleyes:

    The reply is weird, isnt tv and radio their 'art' and how they make/made their money? Surely they'd have some passing interest in it so.
    Also, the rubberbandits are a duo, why are all responses in the singular? Does the other lad get a word in at all?


  • #1917
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Silentcorner wrote: »
    But feminism is only concerned with women's rights! There is no confusion about that. It is quiet explicit in that.

    Feminism is concerned about equal rights for women. Not extra rights. Historically women did not have equal rights, are you going argue that ?
    I believe in the equality of the sexes (and class), that is not feminism, by the definition you provided!!!

    That kind of makes Feminism the idiot fringe of the people who pursue Equality....does it not!!

    If you believe in equal rights of men and women, you are completely aligned with the dictionary definition of feminism. I really don’t see the confusion.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #1918
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    retalivity wrote: »
    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025073664981647365

    His reply to someone who questioned his apathy was equally bizarre. He seems to wear his lack of interest and disconnect from the event as a badge of honour. Bit embarrassing to not know of your county's biggest sporting event in over a decade, possibly verging on history and winning a national title after 45 years.

    Maybe he deems himself above something as common and rudimentary as hurling :o:rolleyes:

    The reply is weird, isnt tv and radio their 'art' and how they make/made their money? Surely they'd have some passing interest in it so.
    Also, the rubberbandits are a duo, why are all responses in the singular? Does the other lad get a word in at all?
    I watch a lot of TV shows and whatnot, but the last time I watched actual TV was over a year ago, save for one six nations rugby game where the internet was acting wonky. It's fairly common for people to not actually watch the television anymore,and to go for the likes of netflix etc.


  • #1919
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    The reason the bag is an issue is that we don't know uf he practices what he preaches or is just a hypocrite.like he could be talking about feminism etc to flog books etc but in real life be carrying on like harvey weinstein.we have no idea how authentic he is.


  • #1920
    Dannyriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Dannyriver


    smurgen wrote: »
    The reason the bag is an issue is that we don't know uf he practices what he preaches or is just a hypocrite.like he could be talking about feminism etc to flog books etc but in real life be carrying on like harvey weinstein.we have no idea how authentic he is.

    This one s my favourite :)


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  • #1921
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    Brian? wrote: »
    SecretsOfEarth wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025073664981647365

    His reply to someone who questioned his apathy was equally bizarre. He seems to wear his lack of interest and disconnect from the event as a badge of honour. Bit embarrassing to not know of your county's biggest sporting event in over a decade, possibly verging on history and winning a national title after 45 years.

    Maybe he deems himself above something as common and rudimentary as hurling :o:rolleyes:

    I guarantee if he was supporting Limerick at this stage he'd be accused of jumping on the bandwagon. The chap can't win.

    Some people don't like sport. I find it weird, but I don't accuse them of snobbery. I just think they're weird.

    How can he tell the common man what they need if he cannot relate to ordinary people in his own county?


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