Things I learned on Reddit today.
1) From a_weed_wizard in the Men’s Rights subreddit, I learned that feminists cannot be atheists:
GirlWritesWhat agrees:
I’m not sure where those downvotes came from, since everything GirlWritesWhat says is by definition true.
2) From AskHistorians, I learned that feminists trying to correctly translate ancient Greek are evil man-hating monsters. Check out the downvotes on EggyMc!
Obviously, she’s retranslating with malice aforethought!
In this case, it’s easy to tell where at least some of the downvotes are coming from: A link on the Men’s Rights subreddit.
MRAs: protecting ancient Greek history from MISANDRY since 2012!
ah, so we’re back to the sexualization of little girls. Same old predictable NWO.
Hey, Slavey, weren’t you going to post some pictures of what you think is appropriate clothing for women to wear? We’re still waiting.
I think he once said that the Amish dress okay.
“I dunno…. what is it about your parading around naked in front of a bunch of little girls that gives you a woody?”
Maybe it’s the warm sun, maybe it’s the breeze, maybe I just woke up from a nap and it’s morning wood. Does it really matter why? Shouldn’t we be celebrating male sexuality. Can’t we stop shaming men for getting a woody? It’s normal for men to get a woody. It’s antural. Don’t shame me for it.
Kendra, that puppy mill bill was what convinced me that Republicans had actually gone off the deep end, because seriously they voted for torturing puppies.
Blech… There are only two extremes in NWO’s world. One where everyone is chaste until entering a church-approved monogamous marriage and women are quiet and obedient and subservient to men, and the other where basically there’s a free-for-all orgy happening all the time and yet somehow men are being carted away by a big-brother-esque state on a woman’s tears.
Not only can you not be in between, but everything that isn’t the first must obviously be the second.
So…these Amish people weren’t actually raped…They were dressed right!
http://www.wksr.com/wksr.php?rfc=src/article.html&id=30647&txtlbl=News
Kathleen, your instincts are correct. That dog is the result of criminally irresponsible actions.
Pit bulls were bred in the late 19th/early 20th century to fight one another, which you probably know. The thing is, though, that in the English speaking world, which is where this was taking place, dog fights during this period were a great deal more humane than they are now–fights to the death, for instance, were almost unheard of, and when a fight ended, the loser would be asked to advance into the ring one final time so the handler could see that his/her spirit had not been broken. Stuff like that. There was a certain amount of care which went into all this.
Fighting pits were also regarded as family dogs–the dog from the old Little Rascals is a pit, as was the Poky Little Puppy. One of the reasons this could be possible is that, while pits were bred for aggression directed towards other dogs, aggression towards humans was bred out of them to the greatest possible extent. In fact, a pit that attacked a person would be killed. It would be impossible to be a handler at a dog fight otherwise, if your animal wants to kill you.
Mastiffs, on the other hand, since they were guard dogs, were bred for human aggression. That’s the point of a guard dog.
So imagine all the energy, all the single-minded tenacity, of a dog which was (and still is) bred to engage others of its kind in single combat…being turned on a person.
That breeder should have been jailed.
Clarification. When I typed this:
I didn’t mean to suggest that people who weren’t Anglos were down with animal cruelty. I mean that I don’t know anything about their dog-fighting customs and can’t discuss them.
True, but religion – especially authoritarian ones like Christianity – makes for fertile ground in which the seeds of sexism can take root.
“Compliments” from those with privilege to those without it, are often manipulative, not true compliments at all. “You have value now, because I have given it to you (as though such value were mine to give)”. And only a meanie wouldn’t accept a compliment. You don’t want to be a meanie, do you? Of course not, so be a good girl and accept the imbalance of power implied by the compliment.
A complimenter’s motives thus get called into question… including true compliments, which is the real tragedy. The MRA worldview punishes honest men and defends dishonest men.
I love Chows! They’re my favorite breed, and I’m sorry that dog’s owner looks mean. I hope the dog isn’t being mistreated.
@ VoIP
I hope so too. The owner has a very aggressive look about her that I tend to identify with people who buy big scary dogs in order to make themselves look tough, and people like that often encourage their dogs to be aggressive, so I hope she isn’t training the dog that way. Both for the dog’s sake and for everyone else’s. I always want to pet it because fluffy! But it’s probably not a good idea to even suggest that.
@Atlantas:
Not to mention the fact that erections are generally an automatic response. Soo…. the man isn’t “giving” anything. It’s just happening. If I’m wrong, then I’ve been complimenting my computer for years.
Also I’m a bit concerned about what the parent was crossbred with to produce a dog that looks like a Chow that’s that big.
viop: I really don’t think he was bred – all of their other animals are rescues or strays. And if he was a stray or feral, I’m really not surprised he’s paranoid about other humans. His humans are being irresponsible as hell, though – they know how he gets and they know he can break the fence, but they haven’t done anything more than nail plywood over the gaps. And when I try to talk to them, they just say ‘he’s fine, he just doesn’t know you’ or ‘he’s really not mean, I don’t where you’d get that idea!’ Makes me want to bang my head into something.
Cassandra:
It could be that’s just the way her face and body language look. I dunno, though, I’m not having your experiences.
You always have to be a little careful about that with the Asian breeds anyway, since they can be a little prickly and protective of their dignity. Think of them like big dog-cats.
ALL HAIL THE OVERDOG
One of our neighbors has a pitt named Princess. She is a gorgeous grey, and so sweet. One winter when she was a puppy, her humans brought her out to play with the kinds while they shoveled. The puppy decided that the shovel was more fun and/or interesting and started chasing it around, play bowing and trying to get it play along. SO. CUTE!
KathleenB:
Well fuck that noise then.
I always feel a little sorry for pits in the winter, though. They look like they’d be so cold with that thin fur.
http://images.funadvice.com/photo/17/photo-recognize_moods_irish_setter_large.jpg
The thing is, I’m usually very good at reading body language, and this woman looks hostile to me. Not just towards me, in general. Which is why I’m wary of the dog. Even if the dog was naturally friendly he’s not going to be if she’s getting pissed off, you know?
I actually love the slight aloofness of some breeds (I really love Akitas), but I can see why it makes some people uncomfortable. Chows are known to be a bit prone to biting, so what seems like a rather nasty person + dog that can be bitey = bad news, imo.
(Psst, Slavey! Observe – a feminist, calling another woman nasty and saying that she looks mean based on initial impressions alone.)
I used to be scared of pits, until I had a landlord who had a pit/Rott mix that used to bark at me like crazy when it was in the yard and I was in the kitchen. I decided to try to make friends with it so that if I ever had to go through the yard it would be less likely to try to kill me, so I bribed it by throwing it dog biscuits from the window and cooing at it. And then I ran into my landlord walking the dog one night and the dog stopped, wagged its tail, and rolled over for a belly rub. Ever since I’m only scared of pits if they’re actually demonstrating aggression in some way (body language, etc).
I’m not engaging in any body shaming, sugarbum. But don’t now pretend that it was women you were fantasizing about “complimenting”.
@Shadow
No, you sure WEREN’T!! Guess we’re both “body shaming prudes”.
Backpedal faster.
Did someone say…PIT PUPPIES?
http://www.funnycutestuff.com/2012/pit-bull-carries-puppies-on-backpack/
http://imgur.com/r/awww/0jmF2