tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20650052.post7529484952411249530..comments2023-04-05T08:10:02.296-07:00Comments on The True Confessions of an Hourly Bookseller: Forgive Me If This is a Stupid QuestionMicklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634363950848962653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20650052.post-26840709771361012622008-08-28T22:10:00.000-07:002008-08-28T22:10:00.000-07:00".. ignoring that SOMEBODY WAS KILLED and not...".. ignoring that SOMEBODY WAS KILLED and not even caring that they were and seeing it only from how it could affect them, not the victims. >:|"<BR/><BR/>Totally.<BR/><BR/>whether it's transpeople, gays, or anyone else that was murdered bc someone freaked out over the victims lack of conformity, that shit is just beyond wrongMicklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634363950848962653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20650052.post-51824436314594679672008-08-28T12:46:00.000-07:002008-08-28T12:46:00.000-07:002) they think that women in particular are hysteri...<I>2) they think that women in particular are hysterical and overreact - or else , as you point out, they'd be all up in arms about all the other kinds of lies that people have the ability to tell</I><BR/><BR/>This seems rly true :o It's the whole "omg girls are so sensitive and illogical and vengeful and etc etc" thing, and immediately all they can think about is all the ways thatAmi Angelwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263018434610100226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20650052.post-26024720061358263642008-08-26T22:04:00.000-07:002008-08-26T22:04:00.000-07:00oh, yes.And it cracks me up (and makes me both rea...oh, yes.<BR/><BR/>And it cracks me up (and makes me both really sad and really mad) when guys ask how you are going to protect some poor sop who said something truely innocent that just happened to piss someone off. ("you mean we can't even ask girls out anymore?" etc.)<BR/><BR/>To me, it shows several things that aren't very flattering about the question asker:<BR/><BR/>1) either they are very Micklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634363950848962653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20650052.post-45340033815509805542008-08-26T13:46:00.000-07:002008-08-26T13:46:00.000-07:00I'm of the mind that a lot of the pushback (at lea...I'm of the mind that a lot of the pushback (at least from what I've seen) comes from the tendency of male privilege to blind folks to its own existence. A lot of the comments I've seen are from men who are terrified that this will be used as a weapon against them - ignoring the fact that there are already a million lies which can be told about someone to get them ejected from a convention and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com