[quote=harvey][quote=CA renter]ZK, we can go around and around on this because it’s unlikely we will ever see eye to eye if you believe that misogyny and sexism are things of the past. They are not.
Of course, it’s like a white person telling a black person that racism doesn’t exist. We’ll just have to agree to disagree on this.[/quote]
[quote=CA renter on October 1, 2015 – 5:07pm.]Brian, the “racist, xenophobic, bigoted, paranoid, nativist (as a negative)” labels are overused and worn out. They have been used as a means to censor those with dissenting opinions; therefore, they are 100% invalid. Name-calling doesn’t work; try arguing with facts and logic, instead.[/quote]
So these labels are only “100% invalid” when someone is applying them to you?[/quote]
In my post regarding the overuse of those terms, I was referring to the regular habit of people who use these terms as a means to shut down an opponent’s right to speak about an issue (which is often not directly related to race, ethnicity, etc.). Real racism DOES exist, but when people overuse this term to shut down their opponents because they don’t want to discuss some underlying issues, it takes away its meaning and impact.
In this thread, I never used the terms sexist or misogynistic as a means to shut people down. To the contrary, I want people to open up their eyes and minds to what’s going on around them so we can have a meaningful conversation about these issues.
The OP’s son made some remarks that were clearly sexist in nature, and multiple posters, both male and female, picked up on this right away.
