allieb87
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- Just to clarify my OP above, I work for a women's organization in Oklahoma and every time a debacle with Coburn or Inhofe (who once said that the Weather Channel was creating a panic over global warming... yes, seriously) makes
(posted to Sen. Tom Coburn's chief of staff reaches new level of crazy ) - I can't really express how much I don't want to be involved in this conversation but I think a few things really need to be noted here: 1. It's funny to me that some of the commenters here are saying
(posted to open letter to feministing) - Gular, I really hate to go into this with you in a public space but since I have no way to tell you this privately I'm just going to go for it. I've been gone from Feministing for a few
(posted to open letter to feministing) - And here is where I am so fucking done with this site. Not because of the editors but because of the commenters. I do not feel safe here. I do not like what is going on here but obviously for
(posted to open letter to feministing) - I see all caps as a pretty good indicator of a flame. Plus I read through all the comments, I knew what the argument was but you didn't respond to my argument. Instead, you just restated the argument that's already
(posted to open letter to feministing)
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- Ok, cool, thanks for clarifying. I thought from some of the posts here that people were saying we shouldn't use "invalid" as an adjective to mean "incorrect," and I was confused and trying to educate myself about that. Thanks to (posted to open letter to feministing)
- "Pussy" has acquired new connotations too. I'm still not OK with it. (posted to open letter to feministing)
- lame??/le?m/ –adjective 1. crippled or physically disabled, esp. in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty. 2. impaired or disabled through defect or injury: a lame arm. 3. weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy: a lame excuse. (posted to open letter to feministing)
- Ok Marc and Gopher. You've made your point: you're feminists, but expecting people to watch their language and educate themselves about ableism is absurd. Dozens of people have taken the time to try to educate you and to try to (posted to open letter to feministing)
- I'm closing comments on this thread (unless the OP emails me to request I open them back up) because the conversation has ceased to be productive. I'm leaving all comments up, because I don't want to erase the ugliness - (posted to open letter to feministing)
