decisions Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 One comment made by one woman proves that modern feminism is stupid? Well, if you want to be reductive about it I guess you can put it that way. But the truth is that comment reflects a large part of modern feminism. Modern feminist often spin any gender-specific comment, even if (like in this case) they know that the comment was a joke, and act like the person who made said comment hates women and believes that men are superior. They make issues out of non-issues in order to act like their cause is still relevant in ways that it simply isn't. If modern feminism has a purpose, it certainly isn't in criticizing blink-182. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 And maybe it's worth considering who would really be insulted by the term "faggot". You insult straight men by using terms that call them gay or feminine (faggot, homo, bitch, cunt, etc.). Dick is pretty much the only exception. Yeah you're right. It was just the first example that came to mind. I don't think it's "okay" either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfbro16 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 god this topic just proves how gay this forum has become... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo69er Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Scott there is no need to attack the reviewer with gender based slurs. Tone it down please. seriously? you are all going to call scott on this one time hes called someone a slag?....he does it daily...please dont pick and choose when to get upset about the way he speaks that just seems silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo69er Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 yeah but the same people who are upset by it eg cookies, has spoken with him plenty of times and he talks the same way all the time. I understand feminism...but feminists dont pick and choose when to get upset about something im not saying its right, scott is always saying ridiculous shit (eg any of his football post topics for the last 2 years) but when one day they dont care and the next they do, thats when its silly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsov Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Hey, Blink headlines Reading Festival tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookies Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 There is literally a blink-182 lyric that says "your mom's a whore." If you're so nitpicky about word choice, why are you even a fan of blink?If a guy had written the review I'm sure people would be calling him a faggot. Again, not excusing the use of terms like that, but the author is absolutely not being singled out for being a woman. It's not just the words, it's the context and tone. Blink have lots of offensive lyrics about different things and anyone would be silly to be actually offended by any of it. In this context, a woman pissed people off so suddenly she's a slag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyCuomo Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 She's a faggot for writing that review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisions Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 It's not just the words, it's the context and tone. Blink have lots of offensive lyrics about different things and anyone would be silly to be actually offended by any of it. In this context, a woman pissed people off so suddenly she's a slag.That negates her argument, she wrote dumb things about lyrics and jokes Blink write/make that were never intended to be taken seriously.All this leaves is the way the board attacked her, and I agree with your stance on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knapppers Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Can you guys please take this too a new thread. I just scrolled through like 3 pages of this shit. No one fucking cares. So Reading is tomorow? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo69er Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 No that's the point Simone the people choosing to be offended here haven't been previously. Anyone taking anything Scott says seriously just wants to bicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookies Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Well, if you want to be reductive about it I guess you can put it that way. But the truth is that comment reflects a large part of modern feminism. Modern feminist often spin any gender-specific comment, even if (like in this case) they know that the comment was a joke, and act like the person who made said comment hates women and believes that men are superior. They make issues out of non-issues in order to act like their cause is still relevant in ways that it simply isn't. If modern feminism has a purpose, it certainly isn't in criticizing blink-182. Fuck no it doesn't. It represents a very small part which, for some reason, seems to receive the most attention. My friend went to a pro-choice rally here in Ireland today, because our abortion laws are bulshit, that is an example of what modern feminism is about. That negates her argument, she wrote dumb things about lyrics and jokes Blink write/make that were never intended to be taken seriously.All this leaves is the way the board attacked her, and I agree with your stance on that. I don't agree with her at all obviously, she's an asshat, my only issue is with the way people reacted. yeah but the same people who are upset by it eg cookies, has spoken with him plenty of times and he talks the same way all the time. I understand feminism...but feminists dont pick and choose when to get upset about something im not saying its right, scott is always saying ridiculous shit (eg any of his football post topics for the last 2 years) but when one day they dont care and the next they do, thats when its silly My real issue was that they were a few people saying that kind of thing and especially that when someone called them out on it he got a load of shit for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Can you guys please take this too a new thread. I just scrolled through like 3 pages of this shit. No one fucking cares. So Reading is tomorow? 3 pages=No one cares 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo69er Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I want to fuck a dog in the ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 If I decided to wear a dress tomorrow, there's no way I could walk the streets without people laughing at me or harassing me. I don't believe for a second that I'd be taken seriously, and that's something that would effect me as a dude and not women, but it is a feminist case as it shows that things that are feminine is something to make fun of and ridicule and something a dude shouldn't do. This is also shown in that masculine jobs are more appreciated than feminine ones even if the work is about the same, this is something that also effects dudes in feminine jobs as well as women, so it's not just a gender issue, but a gender role issue, I think we also need to recognize that there are fields were women have more benefits than men(I'd say), but this is something that obviously needs balance and we still have a long way too go. The moment we think we are "equal enough" is when we are screwed. A huge problem right now it's Political correct analysis of arts, it's the way someone expresses themselves, whether it's music or art or humor. If every,little thing in the arts is cherry picked and PC-fied we won't have any arts anymore, we'll be stuck with bullshit that doesn't offend anyone. This lady is part of this problem, and she also is part of why feminism get a bad reputation. But everyone time someone writes stupid shit like that even worse shit gets posted at those who write it, and that IS a huge problem! Last week that douche Earl Sweatshirt called Taylor Swift racist for making some stupid music video, and that idea is dumb as fuck, but could anyone really see themselves writing "Fucking anti racist nigger, he should go pick me some fucking cotton" if you think that's fine, go ahead, I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dildo69er Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 There's a dude in Queensland who walks around constantly in a pink tutu. Nobody questions it. Hes awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Hey guys the big surprise at Reading is that there is no big surprise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 The missus is in Austin tonight at her sister's. I had to make my own sandwich and get my own beer tonight. Ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisions Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 The missus is in Austin tonight at her sister's. I had to make my own sandwich and get my own beer tonight. Ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horchata Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 what the hell? I came here to see what the "surprise" was, and can only find people bitching about sexist remarks. What was the surprise for leeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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