A Rant: I feel I can't trust any political entity, media platform

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[–]Comatoast 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

So calling someone a sexist in a woman-centric space isn't meant to be a personal attack? Yes, absolutely hilarious that I'm so hot under the collar about it, condescending air quotes and all.

The discussion was about feeling unable to trust politicians and media. I stated what I felt, firstly naming a male political figure that I didn't trust, then later a female political figure that I also don't trust. I'm not going to make an addendum that men are also power-seeking, because yeah.. no shit. To be honest, if you cared so little about it you wouldn't have replied yesterday, deleted it, then replied again today--but here we are. You're targeting me specifically out of this entire thread because I don't trust someone that you clearly do and I stated why. If you're not convinced that I'm not a sexist because of it, that sounds like a you problem.

[–]chrysthefeminist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I am not going to apologize for pointing out what looked like sexism to me, especially in a woman centric space. Hillary is the brunt of a huge amount of misogynist hatred in this country which I think she doesn't deserve, she is a fellow woman and I wanted to defend her. I am sorry you are so upset at what you see as a personal attack on you by me, but it really wasn't intended that way. Saying that I thought a specific comment of yours seemed sexist is not the same as calling you a sexist. As I said, I guess I shouldn't have said "reeked of sexism", that was a poor choice of words, and I am sorry for that. Anyway, I just don't care enough about you as an individual to "personally attack" and/or "specifically target" you, so why don't we just end this here?

[–]Comatoast 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My whole barfblog was about it not being sexist because I don't feel the way I do on the basis of her sex . All of us have dealt with sexism, and it fucking sucks to feel belittled over something that we can't even control. I get absolutely ass blasted about having things that I say be misconstrued, which has usually been tied right along with sexism itself and used against me for leverage.

If your apology is sincere, then I'll accept it.

[–]chrysthefeminist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am sorry only over my choice of words, but I STILL don't know that you do or don't feel the way you do on the basis of sex. Women can also be sexist, consciously OR unconsciously. Attacking a woman on the basis of her being power seeking is sexist. You attacked me first, basically telling me I wasn't getting women anywhere by trusting Hillary, but you didn't even notice your own fucking attack because it was on me, not you. However, I doubt that you consider me to be worth any apology from you. So fucking leave me alone, you make me sick.

I get absolutely ass blasted about having things that I say be misconstrued, which has usually been tied right along with sexism itself

Oh, so I'm not the only one who's perceived it.