I think John Theron Wellington in the beknighted southern locality of Savannah,GA needs to have his meds checked (or refilled). That is one seriously deranged "letter".

That is some funny shit. "Woman, you don't have hanging gonads (yours are internal), so you can't possible come up with a cogent argument."

And homophobia too!

Georgia must be so proud.

whoa whoa whoa so let me get this straight (no pun intended): it's alright for gays to eat each other, they are not faggots, and they are not accepted, LOOK IN THE MIRROR!!!!

I"m confused. And laughing, hysterically.

This is Milby Daniel in teh beknighted borough locality of Brooklyn, peace out.

The beknighted southern locality of Savannah, GA? I have a few friends from Savannah who would talk about how pretty and nice it was, but that's really not making me want to go there.

So, I didn't know that having organs literally hanging outside of your body makes you capable of offering any feedback. Remind me to surgically attach my liver to my forearm.

So, was informing you that you don't have testicles supposed to be an insult, or does he honestly believe that you were unaware? And if it was supposed to be an insult, would reminding John Theron Wellington of the beknighted southern locality of Savannah,GA, that he is literally without a vagina be appropriate feedback?

I'm glad he thinks it's ok to be called "faggot" -- but has he ever been called one? He's obviously never been in a position where that word came with a fear of being violently attacked. Nor has he been in a position where he couldn't tell if that word was being used as a joke or a threat.

As for society "[saying] it is alright for women to EAT each other" -- well, maybe I'm just another dyke -- but in my experience, "accepting" would not be how I characterized society.

...and if his words are what characterize "having balls" -- then I'm damn glad I don't have any.

Ya'll do a great job. I hope you know that. And I hope you know there are so many people out here that support you -- whether they comment or not. You should put one of those counters on the page to show how many people actually visit it each day :).

I guess I need to call my brother, the gay, who is socially unacceptable and a pain in the ass and tell him not to go to Savannah.

The sad thing is I could call this guy a redneck or a bubba, or a homophobe, and he'd be proud...

Well, let me just say, if you're stretching the boundaries of decency by what you're printing... decency be damned!

I strongly suspect I want nothing to do with his version of decency, anyway.

Also, it's good to know that the standard for when it's okay to discriminate/denigrate a group of people is being "a complete pain in the ass in this society" and being "not fully accepted."

Finally, what does "You have not the balls to offer feedback, because you are literally without balls" even mean?

What I find particularly amusing is that the "literally without balls" insult(?) is actually plagiarized from an article that someone linked to in the comments of the video link you provided. Although, given the incoherence of the rest of the email, I guess the writer would have to resort to stealing someone else's insults, just to ensure they be recognized as such.
Even more amusingly, the original "literally without balls" statement was applied to Nancy Pelosi--which is a rather complimentary comparison, when you think about it...

Um. Is it just me or is his rambling totally incoherent? I can't quite figure out if he's trying to say gays and blacks are on the same social level, or if gays are worse because teh gays are gross (but, um, apparently only gay men?).

I mean, in all honesty and seriousness. I truly do not understand what this dude is trying to say.

But silly me, what do I know. I may make and analyze arguments for a living, but I don't have balls, so I'm an idiot.

Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

I continue to be bemused by men's clinging to their nuts as symbols of strength and power, when it's so easy to incapacitate a guy with a moderate thwack to the danglies. Shit, I'm glad I don't have balls; something that vulnerable is a liability rather than an asset in my eyes.

I think he's saying that Isiah Washington (not to mention John Theron Wellington) is allowed to use "faggot" because he's gay.

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00CX1G

here's another gem: "No woman needs to be President of the United States."

email address is there if anyone wants to sign him up for hardcore gay porn...

i think there should be some sort of protocol for writing an angry write. one that points out the use of the phrase "you people" is never effective in creating a strong argument.

having said that, my favorite part was "society says that it is alright for women to EAT each other." good to know girl-on-girl canabilism is socially sanctioned.

does no one remember the word "cunnilingus"? i mean, come on John Theron Wellington, it makes you sound smarter than "EAT" and it's SO fun to say.

First, because I just don't know, what does beknighted mean? Is it the same as benighted which means something like living in the dark or ignorant? I've lived in Savannah, and, though it could have been my association with people at the art school, I found it to be a place rich in culture and with quite a few intellectuals walking around.

Secondly, and this is just plain out wrong of me, but I couldn't help but to giggle and feel a little sick at the same time reading that it is alright for women to EAT each other after reading about the serial killer in Vancouver feeding the bodies of the women he killed to his pigs. I somehow got this really weird Armin Meiwes like story-line going through my brain. So, do you think that Mr. Wellington is just upset that no woman will let him eat her?

While I'm sure you've more than got the balls, I'd say this guy isn't worth the time it'd take to type up a response.

I sincerely doubt he can even spell "cunnilingus."
He couldn't manage "benighted" and it's 2 letters shorter.

I work at a psych hospital and my first thought when reading this was "schizophrenia!" The bizarre and convoluted arguments (if you can even call them that) lend themselves to some sort of serious confusion.

Good lord! Yes, he's definitely off his meds.

And I can say that, of course, only because I literally have balls. Unlike, say, a vagina, which I only figuratively have.

(*rolling eyes*)

Cheers,

TH

Unreasonably, irrationally angry people who cant express themselves are very successful at converting people to their cause!

Keep pissing them off in hopes that the stupidity of their arguments will help us. You all do a great job.

The fact that women's sex organs are located internally or sheathed seems more like an advantage to me.

Hilarious. Moron logic is cracking me up today. He's essentially saying that to have a valid opinion you have to *literally* talk with your penis and that he himself is doing so. Brains optional, I guess. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. I love it when bigots reveal their own stupidity.

Mary, just between us, I agree. The fact that my goodies can be lopped off by any stray weedwhacker is not something that I'd be inclined to go around bragging about.

Cheers,

TH

The translation is quite simple: It is unacceptable to object to verbal abuse. It is an outrage to take action against a person for verbal abuse. Because you do not have balls, you apparently do not know this. Now you do.
The sense of entitlement based on ballitude is the greatest of the patriarchial myths. Authoritarian asshats are always offended when anyone objects to their asshattery.

we realize that women speaking their minds does indeed still provoke hatred and fear

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. --Audre Lorde

I am not saying what he says is okay, but...after having worked with the mentally ill, he is obviously, as many of the other posters pointed out, mentally ill. While this letter may be frightening, he is probably writing it from a computer terminal in a public library. Feel sorry for the Librarians, people, they probably have to deal with this guy every day.

So you have to possess testes to "offer feedback," eh, noble Sir John? (I call him "Sir John" because as he says, he's been beknighted.) Now, if someone says something you happen to dispute, but you don't have testes, you can't argue back, is that what you're trying to say? And on which planet is this the case? This planet?! Gosh, that's news to me, and to each and every other married guy I ever met.

What the hell is this man talking about? From the be-knighted Southern locality of Lampasas, Texas, I am Jasmine Nicole Bruns, and I believe this man is chemically imbalanced.

And, no, it is never okay to use a slur regarding race or sexual orientation in an insulting manner. And you get held accountable for that sort of thing. So, whatever.

Well, he's right about three things:
1) Women don't have balls (bio-women, anyway)
2) No woman needs to be president. Neither does any man, for that matter. How could someone need to be president? What would that even mean?
3) Calling someone a faggot is not grounds for calling out the National Guard. There are cases in which is fun and playful and cases in which it is hate speech. But the latter case, while awful, is an issue for the police.

Can we discuss the whole women-eating-each-other thing? Something about the phrasing made me think of cannibalism and not lesbianism.