Allegory takes a little trip (was forum=28)Follow

That doesn't really make sense. Or, at least, I'm not sure I understand you. I mean, "there is a female gamer base (or so I'm told)" just seems rude and condescending to me.

It seems to me like people just sort of figure that racism is bad, but sexism, well, that's still perfectly socially acceptable.

Thank you.

And I think you're wrong about sexism vs. racism. I mean, didn't someone recently get pissy because some white guy was talking about a "black hole" and someone got offended...? Obviously that's about as racist as using the word "policeman" is sexist.

Unless you're emphasizing the "man" part in an effort to exclude any women from entering that profession, no, it's not sexist.

But it's interesting that you think sexism shouldn't be a big deal because "it's too broad."

Circular argument, much?

Edit: Yeah, I quoted some **** from the second page for the purpose of calling Alma stupid. Bite me.

Edited, Jul 28th 2010 11:03am by BrownDuck

Ya know, I was offered some grass the other day and I just said no. But then again, never been high or drunk so I'm not sure what I'm missing out on.

The other people in this building crack me up because they're always offering a hit to me. And we're all working. They all came back from stand up paddle boarding right now and now heading out again to the parking lot.

It is taught that using "man" to refer to human is sexist language. I remember in college, there was an entire chapter on "sexist language" and I had to change any words that referred to a sex. This is also supported in writing tutorials.

English, just like many other languages, uses the male sex as the default when talking in general. My point was not that sexism wasn't a "big deal", but it is easier to make a sexist comment because it can be very broad and some people wouldn't consider what they said as sexist. This is the opposite of racist comments, people consider everything in reference to race as racist even though it's definition is very narrow.



It made sense when I first thought it and even when I reread it, but I do see the circularity in that statement now. Let me rephrase that to what I meant.

I simply stated the fact that it was illegal as ammunition to support the negative effects of drugs. These negative effects are potentially the reason why they are illegal, but I'm not making that connection, because I don't know and nor does it matter.



Yes, because if you don't do something that just so happens to be against the law, it makes you a "proper goose stepping law abiding citizen who would never question the legality" of something.

It astounds me that there exist people who think drugs is just a "harmless recreation". LOL, oh kazham, you crack me up!

It's not that some people would consider it and others wouldn't, but by definition it is, but other people wouldn't consider it. I would not consider the word serviceman as sexist, but that is considered sexist language because it isolates a specific sex, even though the word "man" includes the definition of person as well as sex. So it literally has a broader definition.

Admittedly, you have a valid point that it isn't as broad as I originally claimed and perception does have a large role in the matter.



Although I admit that it isn't as broad as I originally claimed, I still support the belief that sexism contains more than racism. You are correct about the replacement of the "race" words will have an equivalent definition of sexism, but it is just that. It is only a definition, not all of the definitions or examples of it.

I took the liberty to look the both words up.

They both have the definition aforementioned followed by more definitions that basically say "anything that supports the above definition".

This is where the perception that you mentioned comes into play. Maybe its my own perception, but it appears to me that most activities that are done and considered "racists" are really not and that they are more forms of sexism, i.e. gender roles and sexist language that have valid arguments.

I will say that is my opinion and not a fact as implied earlier.



Because the statement implied otherwise. If we both agreed to the proper usage of drugs, then what was the purpose of the statement? It should have been worded where I acknowledged that fact, but instead, it was left out making it appear that I did not agree.



Edited, Jul 29th 2010 2:11am by Almalieque

ZOMG DONT BE RACIST

ZOMG HATE CRIME

Almalieque is an attention *****; if you stop responding to the things he says he'll go away, just as he always has.

I say this all of the time (minus the attention ***** part) and yet we still end up at 20 pages..... that's because others like the game as well...