DerStadtschutz wrote:
No it's not, and that wasn't a personal attack.
DerStadtschutz wrote:
Shut up and go make someone a sandwich already, for f**k's sake
Maybe it doesn't fit your definition of a "personal" attack, but it still sounds a bit rude (and sexist) to me.
For the record, I agree with your core argument. I don't think b*tch is
necessarily sexist language.
I say it depends on the context and the OP context was NOT sexist.
Furthermore, I don't think ValentineWiggin's self-appointed crusade against
gender-specific language helps to further gender equality . . . at all.
Maybe some anthropologists argue that language is tied inextricably to behavior, but I don't buy that.
I wish she would stop generalizing people who use supposedly "sexist" words as being "sexists" themselves,
because that stereotype would include about 80% of the people I know, including
both genders,
and all political affiliations and sexual orientations.
I just don't think cursing her out on it is an amiable method to get the point across.
And yeah, her attacking you for fake political views on wages was an unfair straw-man argument too.
I'm not a referee or a debate moderator. I can't notice/point-out
every unfair remark made in this thread, nor do I particularly care to,
nor am I qualified because I'm not completely neutral.
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