Rayvin 5223 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Haha I love how the 'end violence against women' placard is used to inflict violence. Nice bit of hypocrisy  Staged I presume? Edited October 29, 2015 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Greer often comes across as a bit of a dull attention-seeker. But when she's not trying too hard to shock she's usually spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4386 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Greer often comes across as a bit of a dull attention-seeker. But when she's not trying too hard to shock she's usually spot on.I can sort of see her argument that surgery and hormones don't necessarily make someone a "real" woman but I think it dismisses the fact it makes them "happy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Haha I love how the 'end violence against women' placard is used to inflict violence. Nice bit of hypocrisy  Staged I presume?   Was it used for violence against women though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 It makes me happy that these po faced ladies are carrying on their shrieking protests half way round the world. It's as tedious as listening to Alex Salmond whingeing on endlessly. Knock yourselves out sisters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Fwiw, I think HF is a good guy. I enjoy his articles that he posts on here non-stop.  HF: My original point was that criticism of ideas is a good thing, yet debate about sensitive topics is increasingly difficult to find. I feel like the expression of balanced opinion is being drowned out by 'social-justice warriors', who, in lieu of adopting a defensible position of their own, deflect and run interference with low-brow bullshit.  I'm not saying that's what you do/did in the Saudi thread. I was joking.  We cool? Always  I agree criticism of ideas is a good thing. And that debate is stifled by low brow, defensive bullshit. I just don't see that running interference like that is the remit of the 'social justice warrior' alone though.  In this instance a "feminazi" has set up a petition to ban a speech. University speechifying should never be banned, but calling for a ban has done more to stimulate actual debate of the issue for this lass than just taking to facebook and having a little moan among like-minded friends. You would hope that there's no chance in hell of the speech being cancelled, but Greer's cause has widespread popularity already, pointedly hitching your cause to her wagon and stifling her speech to amplify the little heard cause of transgender issues has been effective, if rude.  The primary example of an issue where free speech is stifled, where universities pull speakers and most lobbying money is spent on keeping facts away from the debate is Gaza where the Israel lobby have successfully limited the debate to either agreement with them or anti-semitism. They're hardly social justice warriors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44881 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Another peace deal brokered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17262 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Toontl attacks, is swatted aside by HF who frankly saw the colonial coming, then toontl starts grovelling. That's not what this forum is about toontl, time to up your game ya dirty great jessie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 She reckons men can't really be turned into women by surgery or summink... Â http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/23/petition-urges-cardiff-university-to-cancel-germain-greer-lecture Its completely ridiculous. If I was a man wanting to be a woman or vice versa I'd just top myself. Total waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Some sanity at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Its completely ridiculous. If I was a man wanting to be a woman or vice versa I'd just top myself. Total waste of time. Empathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2979 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Toontl attacks, is swatted aside by HF who frankly saw the colonial coming, then toontl starts grovelling. That's not what this forum is about toontl, time to up your game ya dirty great jessie  Interesting take away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 UK passport sexist apparently. Â http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/03/new-uk-passprt-sexist-seven-men-two-women-history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 This country's most famous woman is Margaret Thatcher. Â Does that say more about men than women? Should she have just topped herself as Stevie prescribes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 This country's most famous woman is Margaret Thatcher. Â Does that say more about men than women? Should she have just topped herself as Stevie prescribes? She's not like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15530 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Â that's the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Oh aye. Â She's not famous for owt she's done though. She's just famous because her famous parents fucked. And they were only famous for fucking too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35083 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Better than being famous for what Thatcher did though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Oh aye. Â She's not famous for owt she's done though. She's just famous because her famous parents fucked. And they were only famous for fucking too. It's been a long time since being famous required some kind of achievement. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Is this double irony or a whooshathon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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