Do you find it amazing?

Question

That people really care about being blocked by another person they don't even know?
Seems like a waste of energy to me. It must be a man thing.

Answer 1

It is a very trivial issue to be generating such uproar. I am blocked by one person, and I take it as a compliment because I have never threatened anyone. If one is so distraught that one has been blocked, it is often because this person wishes to continue a malicious personal battle. Those of us who do not make it a custom to abuse others know that we are only blocked out of fear.

I have great respect for you. Your Q&A always is so balanced and fair. However, I must say that the "man thing" comment is inaccurate and very uncharacteristic of you, as is my opinion. There are several women in this forum who complain about being blocked, too. I wouldn't want to fuel the lies of the trolls that perpetuate the myth that all feminists are man-haters.

Cheers.

Answer 2

Strangely enough I cared that someone else thought that He had the right to become antagonistic towards others because They chose to insulate Themselves against His Innuendo, verbal abuse and unmitigated temerity to countenance a retaliatory action of an identical nature in order to salve His injured pride.
No person, be they of either gender, would, or should stand still when the rights of others are being oppressed. Basic equality stems from this inalienable and incontrovertible statement of fact. I choose to stand up and be counted as an opponent of those who would try to intimidate others for Their own ends. And for this I make no apology.

Answer 3

i think its a man thing because they're the only ones being blocked MOST of the time. some women on here are driving me nuts with how emotional and sensitive they get! i'm a women but i'm not getting in a tiff about every little thing someone wants to say!

Answer 4

I think the only time it really has bothered me is when a user that i really respect and love her contributions and questions in this forum blocked me, but now i'm unblocked. As far as I know I'm only blocked from a few trolls and one particularly annoying poster, so to me it's all good lol.

PS your "it must be a man thing" quip is extremely ignorant, I respect you as an answerer, but why the need to result to harsh generalizations? How would you react to someone saying that about women?

Misandry is also a social disease.

Answer 5

Yes I do find it amazing, especially in light of the fact that they post questions/answers that are so despicable it appears they are begging to be blocked. If they truly did not want to be blocked they would not be so blatantly rude and offensive.

BTW, no I do not believe it is a man thing. Narcissism is equal opportunity.

Answer 6

I find it amazing anyone would waste 5 points on a question like this

Answer 7

Thanks for asking this question. I was thinking exactly about this.
There has been a lot of crying around here about the "blocking" or not "blocking". The funny thing is that the crying has come generally from trolls or nasty/aggressive individuals.

I have been blocked myself by others, should I cry about it? Of course not, it is their right to like me or not like me.

I just have blocked people that display violence, abusive language or multiple accounts. I would never block someone just because I don't agree with them. I have obviously blocked people that have answered to me with insults, funny that these same people have cried later about "Oh, but Oh...(sniff,sniff).. WHY have I been blocked (violins here) LOL

Edited to say: I care about you :-)

Answer 8

The truth hurts.

Answer 9

I find the male-bashing and anti-male/pro-female bias by women on Women's Studies to be amazing.

I also like how they changed it to "Gender & Women's Studies..." I guess Yahoo began to see the unfairness and hypocrisy of simply having a "Women's Studies." We still don't have a Men's Studies, but it's a start. Why not just call it "Gender Studies." To say "Gender & Women Studies" does include men, as they'd fall under "Gender" -- but so do women, and then it's still followed with "& Women's Studies", thereby still stressing more importance on women.

chevella: The "man thing" sexist comment made by Deidre isn't "uncharacteristic" of her at all. Deidre's style of male-bashing is more underhanded than say, a Baba Yaga, in which Baba's is more blatant and forthright. It's more of a conniving/manipulative and passive-aggressive style of bashing, while the basher can still maintain an air of self-righteousness and unbias. To me Deidre's style is just as bad as Baba Yaga's, but Deidre's style entails more cowardice in that it hopes to not receive a negative response as it is under the guise of being "neutral" and "unbiased". Both Deidre and Wendy G use this particular style of underhanded male-bashing. I recall the question being asked as to why women's lines are longer at restrooms than men's, and Deidre stated that men don't wash their hands. That was an underhanded form of male-bashing -- and it was also untrue as I always see men always washing their hands, and the time it takes to wash hands has nothing to do with the difference between long lines at a restroom; and she was asked how she'd know what goes on in a men's restroom, and what she was doing in a men's restroom, but she couldn't answer.

And I don't feel that all feminists are man-haters. Just a significant portion. Feminism is not man-hating. But man-haters commonly adopt the guise of "feminism" as their label. Many feminists are unwilling to admit that there are many man-hating women that call themselves "feminists".

Answer 10

I understand the tongue in cheek comment at the end because it has only been the blokes who have been whining. The same ones who insult the ladies. Girly I don't find her comment misandric since she is only saying the truth. Think about it. I care about you D.