Sure there are a lot of sexist jerks here but i wish that people would just let loose and tell everybody how they really felt about others opinions without being considered a troll or having others get their feelings hurt. Often time i just feel saying something mean or explicit (and i do sometimes). I dunno what do you guys think? I mean it's not nearly as ugly in here as politics.
2007-10-08 19:41:22 · 12 answers · asked by nobody 5 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
thanks ill be looking forward to it lol
2007-10-08 20:01:30 · update #1
Okay Richard I didn't post this question so that you could psycho analyze me okay. I know that you are in your own way trying to be helpful however it's coming off as if you think i need mental help which I really am not taking kind to :P
2007-10-08 20:50:08 · update #2
We should always try to be respectful toward one another. This is the only way to make an intelligent debate possible.
That said, I too often feel like letting loose and being explicit. I've done so several times in my responses to misogynistic and sexist questions. One particular misogynist (who I will not name) have repeatedly reported me simply because I don't agree with his sexist views and was very explicit about that. Hence, I try to "censor" my responses a bit. There's no free speech.
EDIT: Yes Lycra, it's true that that I was very explicit in responses. You obviously can't handle it when someone not only disagrees with your sexist remarks but fire-backs at them. You do this with other responders too, not just me.
2007-10-08 20:08:15 · answer #1 · answered by AAA 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋
There are ways of "telling someone off" without demeaning a particular individual. When People use derogatory or explicit remarks towards someone not of their liking, it only makes matters worst. It does not become a debate of the topic, it becomes a debate of who can demean and degrade the other person.
When someone challenges another to a shouting match, it will only continue for as long as you respond to it. Or until the person puts you on ignore, then that will end the match. But why waste your time with someone who you know will not come to any agreement? The best you can do is state your opinions and leave it at that, with class.
2007-10-09 02:52:30 · answer #2 · answered by Smahteepanties 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Though I admit I would sometimes like on an emotional level to let rip I know that it would be a mistake. I don't think descending to the level of people who use gutter language and insult in place of argument advances our argument or the atmosphere. I try to at least show respect to everyone, though I admit I don't always succeed, before anyone shouts hypocrite.
2007-10-09 03:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the “mutual respect” usually lines up trolls vs. feminists. I don’t think I’ll go to the other Forums if they show much less respect than this one.
However, I do think everyone says what they think because given the anonymous nature of this Forum, we have no need to lie to save face.
2007-10-09 11:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Rainbow 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Is GWS shorthand for Y!A ?
You can go through all my answers--please, do. I *always* type what I really think and believe.
And feel free to hit my few questions.
No one has called me a troll. The only people who seem to get their feelings hurt are the people who are talking about stuff they don't about and pretending they do--that's based on the one or two thumbs down I *always* score no matter what when I get in the astrology section.
If you feel like saying something mean to someone you don't know, is it because you feel like you're being hurt by people you *do* know personally, but whom you are either afraid to confront directly, or you somehow feel helpless to confront them for being hateful to you? Usually, *that* is the source of free-floating anger. A feeling of helplessness in one's day-today life. It could be a host of other things, including mild sociopathy, but the truth of the matter is, most of the people here are here to *help*. Most of the people here, even the idle bored people, choose to be here in order to be constructive.
People are mainly driven by a sense of mutual aid, not "every person for oneself." Throughout history, every major achievement has been the result of people working together, constructively. If humans were primarily motivated only by his/her own desires, you would *not* be reading these words I've typed.
It's hard to sound sincere and not come off as a wise-a s s when saying "check into the source of your free-floating anger," but I am sincere.
When I read some questions, I definitely think, "wtf?", but I find it feels better to skip those questions and focus on the ones that don't insult me in such a way I feel I need to lash out. The main reason for this is I really don't think my time is best spent belittling others. Perhaps I feel that way because I pretty much *do* say what I think and feel, and that includes confronting people directly whom I feel are being mean, rude, or unfair to me. I don't have any desire to direct that energy to anyone but the people who inspire it.
Perhaps those who want to spend their time belittling, insulting, or shocking others with mean or explicit remarks are better suited, as you alluded, to professional politics, and not this Yahoo! Answers forum...
P.S. Did you know describing, understanding, and determining the source of such behavior (choices) has been a question of neuroscientists since the beginning of the study of "neuroscience"? ...specifically, seeking answer(s) to the question "how does someone like (Hitler/Amin/Hussein/fill-in-the-villain) rise to power?" Not psychiatry. Neuroscience. The desire and drive to discover the physical, biochemical source of such phenomena. It's there. Just not an easy quality to quantify.
2007-10-09 03:34:45 · answer #5 · answered by Richard 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
My Dear 'Squeak',
What is it that You are accusing Me of doing now? Next thing You now You will be giving away free points just for answering questions! GRRRRRRRRRRR (sigh) grrrrrrrrr Sorry. I'm all out of gratuitous anger and hostility for today. Check back with Me tomorrow and I will be really nasty to You.
Cheers, Ashleigh.
2007-10-09 02:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I don't have to let loose here. I can do that away from the forum.
2007-10-09 12:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No problem with me doing that - all my views on all my posts on Yahoo answers are true to how I feel. And I would be interested in all views whether similar or different to mine. That's the way to learn and know - an open mind.
2007-10-09 02:47:09 · answer #8 · answered by Lighthouse 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I think that resorting to insult is an ultimately poor decision and leads to uncivilized discussions. Mmk, retard?
2007-10-09 02:49:08 · answer #9 · answered by Candice P 3 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Nothing wrong with respect, nor is it clever to show disrespect.
2007-10-09 02:47:49 · answer #10 · answered by joe 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋