Then would you go so far as to say then when certain of the FfTB crowd exclaim that 'cunt' is always insulting, they are wrong? As you said yourself, it requires a specific context.oolon, slimy turd wrote:Dick Strawkins wrote: Dick, you didn't understand a thing I said did you? I said in a specific context cunt is insulting FFS!
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Speak for yourself. If I bite someone, trust me, they'll notice.Scented Nectar wrote: Other people's barks about us are a lot worse than our bites. :)
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:)Scented Nectar wrote:Hello there NotDillahunty. The shame feeling will wear off soon. Other people's barks about us are a lot worse than our bites. :)Magritte wrote:I'm not Matt Dillahunty, I'm a very naughty boy.
(avatar inverted out of shame)
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I'm not worried about my 'd0x'... I posted my email address on here and that is apparently d0x'ing myself according to the slime rules. I was annoyed by your disingenuous way of getting it in - pretending it was to 'out' me as male where it was clearly meant as a veiled threat to shut me up. You only needed to ask as you well know. I spoke earlier about being at my in-laws and have mentioned my wife, so unless you are a total paranoid its a fair guess I've got a dick as well as being one.Magritte wrote:Well TBH I'm feeling shitty for my error of judgement. I trust Lsuoma to do what's best.bhoytony wrote:Hey Magritte, we can see you lurking. Why not explain yourself.
Sorry to all of you -- and especially oolon -- for my indiscretion.
I do hope oolon appreciates how those here who he doesn't show much respect for leapt to defend him. Would the same thing have happened at FtB and the tables had been turned?
Interesting I don't 'show respect' because I disagree with people on here...Spose that explains why you felt you needed to 'protect' the commenters here from my disrespectful disagreements!
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I understand perfectly what you said.oolon, slimy turd wrote:Ha! Fucking brilliant! Dick, you didn't understand a thing I said did you? I said in a specific context cunt is insulting FFS! Reading comprehension not your strong point. I suppose you cannot tell the difference from text in "quotes" and text not in quotes so I shouldn't be surprised.Dick Strawkins wrote: Did anyone else read the post oolon linked?
Not only does it fail to make the point he suggests, it makes the opposite point. We have a UK feminist saying that cunt shouldnt be seen as taboo!
By the way, nice try at shifting the goalposts. I'm not saying that NOBODY in the UK thinks like that - there's bound to be some as it seems to be an idea that many radical feminists hold (as opposed to mainstream UK feminists - like the one in your link)
Can't we get a better troll?
From that link.So yeah calling a man a dick is derogatory for the reasons she states, same reasons for cunt and a woman.Oolons Feminist Link wrote: Context is everything - to describe a penis as a dick is a statement of fact; to describe an entire human being as a dick is derogatory simply because it implies there is nothing more than that to them as a person. Why can't the same analysis apply to 'cunt'?
Is that simple enough for you to understand now? I'm happy to say this for example... Dick Strawkins is the stupidest cunt I've seen on this board. (Assuming you are male... Oops! Hence I rarely use this insult on the internet)
Even more than you do, by the looks of things - then again you never did have good recollection; all those misquotes and all.
Here's your exact words.
Your point is that insulting a woman by calling her a cunt is misogynistic.Say a female person is a c*nt in a context where that person is being disparaged then misogyny is a reasonable assumption
Most people here tend to disagree (whether we use the term or not - I personally don't happen to use it)
You tried to set up a strawman by stating that we, on this board, think that NOBODY in the UK thinks the use of "cunt", as an insult against any particular woman, is misogynistic.
Having set the bar to ankle height you proceeded to trip over it three stooges style, and whack yourself in the teeth, by linking to an old article about a UK feminist talking about the word cunt - but, pointedly, failing to give it the meaning you do.
F minus.
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Up the Rangers!Za-zen wrote:Bhoy, you celtic twat, how bout i scottish kiss the fuck hole on your face after my team rape yours.
Somebody role in the couches for all the yanks that are about to swoon.
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Yes I would. I also think rape jokes can be funny and 'certain' of the FtBs crown don't. Is it surprising that someone who likes FtBs does not agree with everything they say?Tigzy wrote:Then would you go so far as to say then when certain of the FfTB crowd exclaim that 'cunt' is always insulting, they are wrong? As you said yourself, it requires a specific context.oolon, slimy turd wrote:Dick Strawkins wrote: Dick, you didn't understand a thing I said did you? I said in a specific context cunt is insulting FFS!
However I would temper that with an admission that I would never use the word over there - as many are obviously offended by it. I don't want to offend people like that or I'd call Josh a f*ggot just for effect, Crommunist a n*gger etc. I'm happy to offend them by belittling their ideas - exactly the same way as I'm happy to offend Theists by laughing and ridiculing them if they say stupid things**
** Unless they are my in-laws as my wife will hit me. Although she did join in against my mother-in-law about gay-marriage, that was fun!
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Tell ya what Tuvok, that pic sure caught $urly Amy at a bad moment, cos it don't half remind me of this:
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It wasn't about "ground". It was about evidence. You claimed something was illegal when you had no knowledge of the legal process. I cited legal precedent and relevant judgements as evidence; you cited... nothing but uninformed opinion. You then flounced after bringing exactly zero evidence to the table. That's the full story of the debate.oolon, slimy turd wrote:I seem to remember it as we went round and round and round on the previous thread with no one giving ground.
You then resorted to insults, as I remember, which would have been fine if you had something to back it up, but you didn't.
Of course, you're welcome to "agree to disagree" after bringing zero evidence to the table, and being trounced with counter-evidence. You're entitled to ignore the pile of evidence on the table that shows you are wrong. Just like the creationists do.
But I will add "bad loser" to your resume as well. There is no other way to describe your strange ramblings above. Just because you couldn't bring anything intelligent to a debate. I thought you were going to at least stick the flounce, but you've proven here that you couldn't even do that.
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True.Spence wrote:For the record, I don't care if oolon is a "he" or a "she", they will be treated equally by me irrespective of gender. I also don't care for oolon's real name either, so cut out the doc dropping crap. As windy sez, that's FTB bullshit.Magritte wrote:For the record, Oolon is a "he". On FtB, he links his comments to his website: oolon.co.ukSpence wrote:Oolon is certainly most dishonest about how s/he goes about arguing.
If we want to know Oolon's real name we can simply ask Surly Amy to doc-drop it for us.
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Agreed.Tigzy wrote:Rather than ban, why not just replace the personal details of a doxxing post with asterisks - but keep the essential content (such as it is) of the post there? Seems a fair compromise to me.
I don't agree with banning people from here, but these things need to be censored if they come up. I also figure that some people don't really understand what doxing is or what doing something similar is - revealing people's RL identities. Unless you kinda live in the space you don't understand what is at stake.
Seriously Magritte, this isn't the place to do this kind of horrible shit. People's real lives are their own.
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I KNEW someone would say something like that. :)Rystefn wrote:Speak for yourself. If I bite someone, trust me, they'll notice.Scented Nectar wrote: Other people's barks about us are a lot worse than our bites. :)
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Sorry, I didn't read this post before posting - ignore what I said before!!! Welcome to the pit... lol.Magritte wrote:Well TBH I'm feeling shitty for my error of judgement. I trust Lsuoma to do what's best.bhoytony wrote:Hey Magritte, we can see you lurking. Why not explain yourself.
Sorry to all of you -- and especially oolon -- for my indiscretion.
I do hope oolon appreciates how those here who he doesn't show much respect for leapt to defend him. Would the same thing have happened at FtB and the tables had been turned?
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Interesting to hear the reports of A+ moderators having lots of conversations behind the scenes. Like their Baboon counterparts, they seem to spend most of their time scurrying around in their BACKCHANNELS.
No wonder they've got so much shit to fling!
No wonder they've got so much shit to fling!
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Nuff respect for that, then. :D I just hope you don't like FfTB that much, cos this statement could seriously blot your copybook.oolon, slimy turd wrote:Yes I would. I also think rape jokes can be funny and 'certain' of the FtBs crown don't. Is it surprising that someone who likes FtBs does not agree with everything they say?Tigzy wrote:Then would you go so far as to say then when certain of the FfTB crowd exclaim that 'cunt' is always insulting, they are wrong? As you said yourself, it requires a specific context.oolon, slimy turd wrote:Dick Strawkins wrote: Dick, you didn't understand a thing I said did you? I said in a specific context cunt is insulting FFS!
However I would temper that with an admission that I would never use the word over there - as many are obviously offended by it. I don't want to offend people like that or I'd call Josh a f*ggot just for effect, Crommunist a n*gger etc. I'm happy to offend them by belittling their ideas - exactly the same way as I'm happy to offend Theists by laughing and ridiculing them if they say stupid things**
** Unless they are my in-laws as my wife will hit me. Although she did join in against my mother-in-law about gay-marriage, that was fun!
BTW -
:lol: I love it when an FfTBer gets caught in the wild. Somehow, they just become even sillier.I'm not worried about my 'd0x'... I posted my email address on here and that is apparently d0x'ing myself according to the slime rules.
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No you didn't. As I showed that post quite clearly agreed with my point. Nice attempt to distract from your total failure to understand my point with the strawman thing. I'll accept you don't think 'no one' thinks it is misogynistic, you just happen to think the right number or right people don't think it is misogynistic.Dick Strawkins wrote:Not only does it fail to make the point he suggests, it makes the opposite point. We have a UK feminist saying that cunt shouldnt be seen as taboo!
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I understand perfectly what you said.
How many people in the UK thinking 'cunt' used in that context (Which you now know) is not misogynistic is needed to form a consensus? How do you propose to police this shifting and changing scope of misogyny - you could easily find yourself on the wrong side if in x years Rebecca's minions have changed public opinion.
Thinking sceptically don't you feel public opinion is a pretty crap way of deciding if a term used in a particular context is derogatory to the extent that it should not be used? If so then why is it even an issue how many people in country x,y or z think it is not misogynistic?
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Hehe Spence thinks that when he has 'won' an argument the loser needs to hide in a hole for all eternity and not sully his greatness with any more comments! :violin: My assessment of your ability to do anything other than repeat the same thing over and over was apparently correct.Spence wrote:It wasn't about "ground". It was about evidence. You claimed something was illegal when you had no knowledge of the legal process. I cited legal precedent and relevant judgements as evidence; you cited... nothing but uninformed opinion. You then flounced after bringing exactly zero evidence to the table. That's the full story of the debate.oolon, slimy turd wrote:I seem to remember it as we went round and round and round on the previous thread with no one giving ground.
You then resorted to insults, as I remember, which would have been fine if you had something to back it up, but you didn't.
Of course, you're welcome to "agree to disagree" after bringing zero evidence to the table, and being trounced with counter-evidence. You're entitled to ignore the pile of evidence on the table that shows you are wrong. Just like the creationists do.
But I will add "bad loser" to your resume as well. There is no other way to describe your strange ramblings above. Just because you couldn't bring anything intelligent to a debate. I thought you were going to at least stick the flounce, but you've proven here that you couldn't even do that.
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Is that just "oolon" or "oolon, slimy turd"? Or both? Seriously - not sure if I'm up to wading through so many pages. Think I'll just pick up from the last page or two :Dbhoytony wrote:Just put oolon on ignore and you'll lose about 60 pages of him asking exactly the same questions over and over again.
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Tfoot and Hendricks, hello. :)
Actually mentioned Renee earlier re: discussion about Laden and the fact my first reaction on seeing you talking about him in public was to begin a tweet that was like: BACK OFF THEY WILL COME FOR YOU!!! ARHHGHGHGHGHGH! before realising I'd become a paranoid.
After seeing what happened to the multiple people who've been doc-dropped, stalked, or bullied in their jobs by FtB... weeeell, allow me a leeeeetle paranoia.
I do have sympathy for the crying people from A+, by the way. A+ has attracted some genuinely fragile people who are clearly quite damanged and unable to cope in normal circles. I think in that way it's probably been quite successful - so props to them for that - I'm just really uncomfortable about how it treats them after they get there.
I've been on mental health issues boards before (I'm an occasional hypochondriac in a OH FUCK I HAS THE CANCER way) and the way they run them is very different from this. I do understand that it's positive to blerrrgh all your feelings about something and keep a journal of your feelings so you can get a grasp on how your mental health is affecting your life. But A+ is not the place to do this. The sooner these people realise it and leave is probably for the best.
Social justice is fine but you can't do it when you can't help yourself. :/
And again, I still think what they should do is raise some money for the poor people in their area who are having genuine troubles getting medication, etc. Regretsy is pretty good at organising that sort of stuff so I can't see why A+ can't manage some fundraisers.
Actually mentioned Renee earlier re: discussion about Laden and the fact my first reaction on seeing you talking about him in public was to begin a tweet that was like: BACK OFF THEY WILL COME FOR YOU!!! ARHHGHGHGHGHGH! before realising I'd become a paranoid.
After seeing what happened to the multiple people who've been doc-dropped, stalked, or bullied in their jobs by FtB... weeeell, allow me a leeeeetle paranoia.
I do have sympathy for the crying people from A+, by the way. A+ has attracted some genuinely fragile people who are clearly quite damanged and unable to cope in normal circles. I think in that way it's probably been quite successful - so props to them for that - I'm just really uncomfortable about how it treats them after they get there.
I've been on mental health issues boards before (I'm an occasional hypochondriac in a OH FUCK I HAS THE CANCER way) and the way they run them is very different from this. I do understand that it's positive to blerrrgh all your feelings about something and keep a journal of your feelings so you can get a grasp on how your mental health is affecting your life. But A+ is not the place to do this. The sooner these people realise it and leave is probably for the best.
Social justice is fine but you can't do it when you can't help yourself. :/
And again, I still think what they should do is raise some money for the poor people in their area who are having genuine troubles getting medication, etc. Regretsy is pretty good at organising that sort of stuff so I can't see why A+ can't manage some fundraisers.
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There are also thousands and thousands of slimepit posts at the archive (link in my sig), from back when the slimepit existed in blog article format, in case you ever find yourself with a HUGE, HUGE amount of extra time. :DReneeHendricks wrote:Is that just "oolon" or "oolon, slimy turd"? Or both? Seriously - not sure if I'm up to wading through so many pages. Think I'll just pick up from the last page or two :Dbhoytony wrote:Just put oolon on ignore and you'll lose about 60 pages of him asking exactly the same questions over and over again.
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Dude, please stick this in the artifacts thread too.CommanderTuvok wrote:http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/ ... 923890.jpg
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Someone here iirc mentioned that Dillahunty let slip that the name A+ was decided on the FTB backchannel. Is there a link for where this happened or a screencap?
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Welcome Renee.
You do realise that you are posting on a site that apparently "hates women"â„¢.
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You do realise that you are posting on a site that apparently "hates women"â„¢.
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Both might be best. oolon was his original registered name, but then he started posting as a guest, first anonymously, then after being called on that, identifying himself. He says he couldn't post from the original account, but many here - including me - don't believe that: posting as a guest makes it difficult (impossible?) to ignore him by putting him on the "foes" list.ReneeHendricks wrote:Is that just "oolon" or "oolon, slimy turd"? Or both? Seriously - not sure if I'm up to wading through so many pages. Think I'll just pick up from the last page or two :Dbhoytony wrote:Just put oolon on ignore and you'll lose about 60 pages of him asking exactly the same questions over and over again.
So, he has reregistered as oolon, slimy turd, and has agreed to only post from that from now on.
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On anyplace I post that has normal people, this would be the reply to such a comment:bhoytony wrote:When I first came here, I said that part of me thought that "[t]his will only end badly." And, not even a month later, it already has. The truth is, I'm crying as I write this. Maybe some of you will think that's silly or over dramatic. But online interactions are just as meaningful and important as offline interactions, and they have the same potential to bring joy... and pain.
So I'm doing the only thing that I can do. I'm picking up the pieces and retreating, away from forums and blogs and movements. Will I ever be back? I don't know. I'm not going to say "never" because none of us know what the future holds. But I think it's going to be a long time before I feel strong enough to put myself out there again, for any reason.
tekanji
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That probably would be called harassment on atheismplus, though.
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Here? Fucking hilarious...Butters wrote:
On anyplace I post that has normal people, this would be the reply to such a comment:
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That probably would be called harassment on atheismplus, though.
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Lets get things clear here.oolon, slimy turd wrote:No you didn't. As I showed that post quite clearly agreed with my point. Nice attempt to distract from your total failure to understand my point with the strawman thing. I'll accept you don't think 'no one' thinks it is misogynistic, you just happen to think the right number or right people don't think it is misogynistic.Dick Strawkins wrote:Not only does it fail to make the point he suggests, it makes the opposite point. We have a UK feminist saying that cunt shouldnt be seen as taboo!
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I understand perfectly what you said.
How many people in the UK thinking 'cunt' used in that context (Which you now know) is not misogynistic is needed to form a consensus? How do you propose to police this shifting and changing scope of misogyny - you could easily find yourself on the wrong side if in x years Rebecca's minions have changed public opinion.
Thinking sceptically don't you feel public opinion is a pretty crap way of deciding if a term used in a particular context is derogatory to the extent that it should not be used? If so then why is it even an issue how many people in country x,y or z think it is not misogynistic?
The writer of the article you linked, Kate Allen, completely disagreed with you and seemed to agree with the points that people on this forum have been making (that cunt is not much different than dick as an insult)
She did, however, mention that some people see the use of "cunt" as being misogynistic - although not in the way you describe.
The way Kate Allen described it, "cunt" is viewed as misogynistic because it was historically the most taboo swear word.
Therefore womens genitals are the worst thing you could be called - therefore misogyny.
It was nothing to do with some generalized pejorative for females, which is your entire point.
That's my reading of the article http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/200 ... oo_for_who
If you want to prove me wrong then you are free to post the specific quotes.
I'd be most interested to see them. :whistle:
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We wish. I'm hoping someone here could convince Dillahunty to puke up those screenshots though.Vigil wrote:Someone here iirc mentioned that Dillahunty let slip that the name A+ was decided on the FTB backchannel. Is there a link for where this happened or a screencap?
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Via the human rights girl...
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/victim-c ... 76112.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/victim-c ... 76112.html
The spread of a victim culture now means that more than seven out of ten people claim they are oppressed.
Huge chunks of the population have been racing to join the ranks of the officially disadvantaged, a report found.
Belonging to a victim group means the opportunity of financial gain and promotion at work, and the chance to denounce enemies to police or in the courts.
The ranks of those given special rights because of their victimhood have now swelled so that they outnumber their alleged oppressors.
The analysis by criminologist Dr David Green said that Government recognised victim groups now take in 73 per cent of the population.
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Think they're talking about where Chubba in a Car let it slip, which is a couple of pages back. (on mobile, cant link)rayshul wrote:We wish. I'm hoping someone here could convince Dillahunty to puke up those screenshots though.Vigil wrote:Someone here iirc mentioned that Dillahunty let slip that the name A+ was decided on the FTB backchannel. Is there a link for where this happened or a screencap?
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Yeah, but he knows A+ and the Baboons would accuse him of "cyberstalking", or "hyperskepticism", or some other faux made up dismissal.We wish. I'm hoping someone here could convince Dillahunty to puke up those screenshots though.
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That whole Laden thing just cracked me up. I didn't even tweet the asshat directly - he obviously is actively searching for mentions of his name on Twitter (as that's the *only* thing I did, mention his name). And to be honest, I don't give a flying fuck about people like Laden. I've dealt with some real nutjobs in my time on the Internet (back when it was all about the bbs) and little tiny flies like Laden do not intimidate me in the least.rayshul wrote:Tfoot and Hendricks, hello. :)
Actually mentioned Renee earlier re: discussion about Laden and the fact my first reaction on seeing you talking about him in public was to begin a tweet that was like: BACK OFF THEY WILL COME FOR YOU!!! ARHHGHGHGHGHGH! before realising I'd become a paranoid.
If you have taken precautions to not have your address/info out there on the 'net, I understand the paranoia. However, if you sell a product, put your actual name out there, or (as in my case) don't give a shit about people knowing where you live as you *dare* them to step foot on your property, you don't get to bitch when doc-dropping is done. MHO.rayshul wrote:After seeing what happened to the multiple people who've been doc-dropped, stalked, or bullied in their jobs by FtB... weeeell, allow me a leeeeetle paranoia.
Then they need to drop the pretense of being "atheism plus this or that". I've said this from day one. Atheism+ is nothing but a little group for special snowflakes to get together and complain about how horrible people on the Internet can be. MHO - grow a thicker fucking skin.rayshul wrote:I do have sympathy for the crying people from A+, by the way. A+ has attracted some genuinely fragile people who are clearly quite damanged and unable to cope in normal circles. I think in that way it's probably been quite successful - so props to them for that - I'm just really uncomfortable about how it treats them after they get there.
THIS.rayshul wrote:I've been on mental health issues boards before (I'm an occasional hypochondriac in a OH FUCK I HAS THE CANCER way) and the way they run them is very different from this. I do understand that it's positive to blerrrgh all your feelings about something and keep a journal of your feelings so you can get a grasp on how your mental health is affecting your life. But A+ is not the place to do this. The sooner these people realise it and leave is probably for the best.
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Totally OK with me. I've already been called a "chill girl", a "sister punisher", as well as many other nifty titles. The opposition is convinced I'm in league with MRAs ;)CommanderTuvok wrote:Welcome Renee.
You do realise that you are posting on a site that apparently "hates women"â„¢.
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Hmmm. I'd be aware that that data comes from Civitas, a well-known right-wing think-tank, so it's hardly an unbiased source. But then, pretty much anything by Civitas gets my inner-lefty spasming (oo-er) so maybe it's just me...rayshul wrote:Via the human rights girl...
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/victim-c ... 76112.html
The spread of a victim culture now means that more than seven out of ten people claim they are oppressed.
Huge chunks of the population have been racing to join the ranks of the officially disadvantaged, a report found.
Belonging to a victim group means the opportunity of financial gain and promotion at work, and the chance to denounce enemies to police or in the courts.
The ranks of those given special rights because of their victimhood have now swelled so that they outnumber their alleged oppressors.
The analysis by criminologist Dr David Green said that Government recognised victim groups now take in 73 per cent of the population.
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:/rayshul wrote:We wish. I'm hoping someone here could convince Dillahunty to puke up those screenshots though.Vigil wrote:Someone here iirc mentioned that Dillahunty let slip that the name A+ was decided on the FTB backchannel. Is there a link for where this happened or a screencap?
I was just reading that recent Salon article/A+ propaganda (http://www.salon.com/2012/10/06/atheisms_growing_pains/) where the author claims that A+ is a grassroots movement. I wish I had a piece of evidence to counter this silly claim.
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No, I think I've "won" a debate when I present clear evidence that you were wrong, and you presented no evidence at all. Simples. Same as creationists.oolon, slimy turd wrote:Hehe Spence thinks that when he has 'won' an argument the loser needs to hide in a hole for all eternity and not sully his greatness with any more comments!
Oh and referring to me in the third party as if you are talking to an audience - loserish. Especially since most of your audience have you on ignore for being retarded.
You seem to have a problem with this "evidence" thing, as in never doing it.
ROFLMAO. Yes, I focus on one topic until it is resolved. You, on the other hand, run off and change subject endlessly. What you do is known as the "gish gallop", named after a creationist. When losing, you change the subject repeatedly. When someone prevents you from doing so, you cry about it.oolon, slimy turd wrote:My assessment of your ability to do anything other than repeat the same thing over and over was apparently correct.
So, let's teach you a thing or two about evidence. You ducked both my main criticism and Strawkins on the cunt topic. You said this:
Which "UK'ers" (plural, mind) said NO-ONE in the UK sees the word this way, on this thread? Many (including me) said most don't see it that way, but I didn't see anyone saying NO-ONE sees it this way. You also put no-one in quotes, as if you were quoting someone.A citation for Dick and the Uk'ers who say 'no one' in the UK sees the word this way
Just this one question oolon, and answer with evidence please, of which people you are talking about on this thread making the claim that you think you are countering.
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Say what? Nope, I think that's not it.Munkhaus wrote:Think they're talking about where Chubba in a Car let it slip, which is a couple of pages back. (on mobile, cant link)rayshul wrote:We wish. I'm hoping someone here could convince Dillahunty to puke up those screenshots though.Vigil wrote:Someone here iirc mentioned that Dillahunty let slip that the name A+ was decided on the FTB backchannel. Is there a link for where this happened or a screencap?
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Yeah, if I hadn't been gone for so long, you probably would have been able to call who it was going to be, too.Scented Nectar wrote:I KNEW someone would say something like that. :)Rystefn wrote:Speak for yourself. If I bite someone, trust me, they'll notice.Scented Nectar wrote: Other people's barks about us are a lot worse than our bites. :)
What a coincidence... they are convinced I'm one of the MRAs. I guess the MRA is their boogeyman. Some things never change, I guess.ReneeHendricks wrote: The opposition is convinced I'm in league with MRAs ;)
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bhoytony wrote:
Oh. My. Fucking. God. They are fucking radio rental over there.
Radio rental = mental?
Oh. My. Fucking. God. They are fucking radio rental over there.
Radio rental = mental?
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Correct.Useless Guest wrote:bhoytony wrote:
Oh. My. Fucking. God. They are fucking radio rental over there.
Radio rental = mental?
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Ah, my mistake then. "Is there a link for where this happened " - I interpreted the "this" in your request as referring to where Dillahunty let it slip, rather than evidence of actual backchannel discussion as rayshul understood (correctly, it seems).Vigil wrote:Say what? Nope, I think that's not it.Munkhaus wrote:Think they're talking about where Chubba in a Car let it slip, which is a couple of pages back. (on mobile, cant link)rayshul wrote:We wish. I'm hoping someone here could convince Dillahunty to puke up those screenshots though.Vigil wrote:Someone here iirc mentioned that Dillahunty let slip that the name A+ was decided on the FTB backchannel. Is there a link for where this happened or a screencap?
Or maybe my calling Dillahunty Chubba in a Car confused things further. (I don't know who he is, I've just seen a couple of videos of him talking to the footwell in his car, chins quivering with tubbily imagined authority.)
Look, it's Saturday night, I've got a cold, and I've just administered a liberal dose of medicinal shiraz; I'm under no obligation to be coherent.
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The plussers sure need medication, so maybe some grass was involved at the root of the issue, that's about as close as it would get, though. It seemed a little too pat, with a logo and marketing already in place, to be a real grassroots effort, though.Vigil wrote::/rayshul wrote:We wish. I'm hoping someone here could convince Dillahunty to puke up those screenshots though.Vigil wrote:Someone here iirc mentioned that Dillahunty let slip that the name A+ was decided on the FTB backchannel. Is there a link for where this happened or a screencap?
I was just reading that recent Salon article/A+ propaganda (http://www.salon.com/2012/10/06/atheisms_growing_pains/) where the author claims that A+ is a grassroots movement. I wish I had a piece of evidence to counter this silly claim.
While mowing my lawn, I remembered an old phrase I haven't heard in a while. Some people call the A+ crowd "delicate flowers", but I remember the old phrase (something like) "hothouse flowers" - plants that were too delicate to survive outside of a greenhouse, or ones that required a lot of care. Normally tropical plants if my memory is correct (could be wrong). However, I think calling the damaged people at that forum (seek professional help, seriously) flowers is misleading, unless they are that one flower that smells like rotting meat.
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Rystefn said:
Rystefn also said:
By-the-by, hi, Rystefn. Good to see you spending a wee bit of time amongst the most evil wicked and truly nasty chthonic crowd here at the Pit.
That's good.I've said it many times. Copyright infringement is stealing like taking someone's photograph is kidnapping.
Rystefn also said:
Wait a minute ... I thought you were the guy who rapes his girlfriends? I mean, you know, according to Saints Skepchick and the Holy Rolling FfTB.... they are convinced I'm one of the MRAs. I guess the MRA is their boogeyman. Some things never change, I guess.
By-the-by, hi, Rystefn. Good to see you spending a wee bit of time amongst the most evil wicked and truly nasty chthonic crowd here at the Pit.
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YOU FUCKING CUNT!! I pissed myself! Did you make that? It's absolutely epic!Dick Strawkins wrote:http://i.imgur.com/dnpKR.jpgBTW people, my reason for taking oolon as he appears to be, is because I once visited his site and read some of his material there. Unless he is trolling even his own blog, he does appear to me to be exactly how he portrays himself here and in other places.
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Rhyming slang, although this one is not traditional cockney. In my neck of the woods it's usual "chicken oriental", as in "he's gone completely chicken oriental". Only in true rhyming slang, you don't use the second word, "he's gone completely chicken", the second word is supposed to be suggestive of the second word which rhymes with the one really meant...Useless Guest wrote:bhoytony wrote:
Oh. My. Fucking. God. They are fucking radio rental over there.
Radio rental = mental?
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Simon Bates a bit before my time, although assuming my internets research is correct, it certainly seems he started the trend; others (particularly on Radio 1, it seems) continued it afterwards...bhoytony wrote:Not Steve Wright, it's the awesome Simon Bates. He could have kept his show going for years just reading out those posts from the Large Moron Collider (love it). And coming up next it's the Golden Hour
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Shit, piss and onions, boy! I only just noticed that was PeeZed Lyers...Tony Parsehole wrote:YOU FUCKING CUNT!! I pissed myself! Did you make that? It's absolutely epic!Dick Strawkins wrote:BTW people, my reason for taking oolon as he appears to be, is because I once visited his site and read some of his material there. Unless he is trolling even his own blog, he does appear to me to be exactly how he portrays himself here and in other places.
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Is it true they have cameras in the atheism plus moderators 'safe room'?
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I'm in an odd position where my details are out there and I'm fine with it - but that's within the context of my job-which-I-can't-talk-about and the fact I also sell a product. This whole situation has put me in the odd position of trying to keep my online life separate from my online opinions on social justice warriors because, fuck me, they're a stalky bunch. Doc dropping isn't a super issue - having them contact/attack people in my real life is.ReneeHendricks wrote:If you have taken precautions to not have your address/info out there on the 'net, I understand the paranoia. However, if you sell a product, put your actual name out there, or (as in my case) don't give a shit about people knowing where you live as you *dare* them to step foot on your property, you don't get to bitch when doc-dropping is done. MHO.rayshul wrote:After seeing what happened to the multiple people who've been doc-dropped, stalked, or bullied in their jobs by FtB... weeeell, allow me a leeeeetle paranoia.
I think that's the position both ERV and JV are in - public figures, but still not interested in getting the shit stalked out of them or their job shit on by Laden and his ilk. Some whacko even wanted to contact JV's family, from memory.
THIS.[/quote]rayshul wrote:I've been on mental health issues boards before (I'm an occasional hypochondriac in a OH FUCK I HAS THE CANCER way) and the way they run them is very different from this. I do understand that it's positive to blerrrgh all your feelings about something and keep a journal of your feelings so you can get a grasp on how your mental health is affecting your life. But A+ is not the place to do this. The sooner these people realise it and leave is probably for the best.
Freedon from belief foundation is somewhere that combines social justice with atheism. So is non-believers giving aid. A+ isn't. :/ It's where people complain and don't get help for their problems.
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I said it already in the quote before. I agree with her that calling a man a dick should not be considered worse than calling a woman cunt in an ideal world but she also makes this point which has to be considered.Dick Strawkins wrote: Lets get things clear here.
The writer of the article you linked, Kate Allen, completely disagreed with you and seemed to agree with the points that people on this forum have been making (that cunt is not much different than dick as an insult)
She did, however, mention that some people see the use of "cunt" as being misogynistic - although not in the way you describe.
The way Kate Allen described it, "cunt" is viewed as misogynistic because it was historically the most taboo swear word.
Therefore womens genitals are the worst thing you could be called - therefore misogyny.
It was nothing to do with some generalized pejorative for females, which is your entire point.
That's my reading of the article http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/200 ... oo_for_who
If you want to prove me wrong then you are free to post the specific quotes.
I'd be most interested to see them. :whistle:
I know slimepitter=nutty MRA in FtBs-land but you may agree that women are still oppressed and this has an effect on the significance we give to insults directed at women by men, as we do to those applied to other oppressed groups by the oppressing group (I can't say the n-word or gay slur as Andrew will get his knickers in a twist about me being a racist homophobe)In a liberated world, with both sexes truly equal, perhaps this would not matter. Until then however, in a world where women are still oppressed and continue to fight against that, this imbalance in status surely has some relevance to what words we consider 'bad'?
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I'd just watched Two Towers today so Theoden was fresh in my mind. Yes, I am a sad twat.Lsuoma wrote:Shit, piss and onions, boy! I only just noticed that was PeeZed Lyers...Tony Parsehole wrote:YOU FUCKING CUNT!! I pissed myself! Did you make that? It's absolutely epic!Dick Strawkins wrote:BTW people, my reason for taking oolon as he appears to be, is because I once visited his site and read some of his material there. Unless he is trolling even his own blog, he does appear to me to be exactly how he portrays himself here and in other places.
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That is a keeper.Dick Strawkins wrote:Is it true they have cameras in the atheism plus moderators 'safe room'?
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There is no true rhyming slang. Everywhere has it's own version with different conventions. A lot of the slang where I'm from wouldn't even rhyme if a cockney said it . For instance tottie scones = hands, that's not going to work anywhere else.Spence wrote:Rhyming slang, although this one is not traditional cockney. In my neck of the woods it's usual "chicken oriental", as in "he's gone completely chicken oriental". Only in true rhyming slang, you don't use the second word, "he's gone completely chicken", the second word is supposed to be suggestive of the second word which rhymes with the one really meant...Useless Guest wrote:bhoytony wrote:
Oh. My. Fucking. God. They are fucking radio rental over there.
Radio rental = mental?
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Yeah I was asking for evidence of either he saying it or of the backchannel discussion.Munkhaus wrote:Ah, my mistake then. "Is there a link for where this happened " - I interpreted the "this" in your request as referring to where Dillahunty let it slip, rather than evidence of actual backchannel discussion as rayshul understood (correctly, it seems).
lol Indeeed, I didn't get the reference. I know him from watching hundreds of The Atheist Experience episodes, where he's the frequent host. It's a show where religious nutters call in to haver their "arguments" for god/religion destroyed on the air. That's why he's famous on the community. (The show is actually aired only in Austin TX area if I'm not mistaken, but Youtube gave it much wider reach)Munkhaus wrote: Or maybe my calling Dillahunty Chubba in a Car confused things further. (I don't know who he is, I've just seen a couple of videos of him talking to the footwell in his car, chins quivering with tubbily imagined authority.)
haha that's cool.Munkhaus wrote: Look, it's Saturday night, I've got a cold, and I've just administered a liberal dose of medicinal shiraz; I'm under no obligation to be coherent.
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bhoytony wrote:There is no true rhyming slang. Everywhere has it's own version with different conventions. A lot of the slang where I'm from wouldn't even rhyme if a cockney said it . For instance tottie scones = hands, that's not going to work anywhere else.
Yeah. I have noticed this too. Where I live, slimy turd= Oolon. Go figure.
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I didn't say cockney was the "true" rhyming slang. I said that in "true" rhyming slang, you don't say the second (rhyming) word. The point is that you are supposed to make the connection without it.bhoytony wrote:There is no true rhyming slang. Everywhere has it's own version with different conventions. A lot of the slang where I'm from wouldn't even rhyme if a cockney said it . For instance tottie scones = hands, that's not going to work anywhere else.Spence wrote:Rhyming slang, although this one is not traditional cockney. In my neck of the woods it's usual "chicken oriental", as in "he's gone completely chicken oriental". Only in true rhyming slang, you don't use the second word, "he's gone completely chicken", the second word is supposed to be suggestive of the second word which rhymes with the one really meant...
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Nice try at quotemining. :lol:oolon, slimy turd wrote:I said it already in the quote before. I agree with her that calling a man a dick should not be considered worse than calling a woman cunt in an ideal world but she also makes this point which has to be considered.Dick Strawkins wrote: Lets get things clear here.
The writer of the article you linked, Kate Allen, completely disagreed with you and seemed to agree with the points that people on this forum have been making (that cunt is not much different than dick as an insult)
She did, however, mention that some people see the use of "cunt" as being misogynistic - although not in the way you describe.
The way Kate Allen described it, "cunt" is viewed as misogynistic because it was historically the most taboo swear word.
Therefore womens genitals are the worst thing you could be called - therefore misogyny.
It was nothing to do with some generalized pejorative for females, which is your entire point.
That's my reading of the article http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/200 ... oo_for_who
If you want to prove me wrong then you are free to post the specific quotes.
I'd be most interested to see them. :whistle:
In a liberated world, with both sexes truly equal, perhaps this would not matter. Until then however, in a world where women are still oppressed and continue to fight against that, this imbalance in status surely has some relevance to what words we consider 'bad'?
She poses the question you've quoted and then answers it in complete contradiction to your views.
Is there any other part of this article that supports your view?Does that mean men can't use the word 'cunt' in an abusive way - that it should be reserved for women's use? Not necessarily. After all, if men can use it in a descriptive way, why not the other way too? The distinction seems facile. And distinguishing who can use a word on the basis of their sex seems unnecessarily discriminatory and separatist.
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That is quite possibly the funniest thing I have seen sine Elevatorgate first happened. A more perfect one-word summary of Animal Farm probably doesn't exist.decius wrote:I'm out of here, A+ forum is way more entertaining than you lot.
Here are a couple of random pearls. There's a poster called Equality+.