'By the way, you ain't funny'

Nov 20, 2015 14:08

I just want to state that I'm not frightened or upset. I guess I'm quite indignant. I wanted to reply, and realised that's what people like this want ( Read more... )

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just_jenn November 21 2015, 21:46:25 UTC
1) I liked the poem

2)I absolutely DETEST/LOATHE men who throw around "rape" as some sort of tool of insult. Pig.

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call_me_katya November 21 2015, 22:41:25 UTC
Thank you!

And yes, he reached for the word so easily! Methinks it's not the first time he's reached for this word and thrown it at a woman he doesn't know, purely because he doesn't like what they're saying. So many other things he could have said, like "You're acting like someone ate all your cake" or "like someone stole your car". But no, he went for the rape comment. What an awesome person he is.

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tabular_rasa November 22 2015, 04:24:29 UTC
I thought it was clear the entire point of your poem was a humorously dramatized reaction to U2's album, likening it to something on the level of a physical assault-- and sure, not everyone has the same taste in humor so fair enough if he didn't care for it, but . . . if you can't say anything nice?? Especially since his indignation that you might use rape as a literary device just seems to suggest he's one of those fools who thinks women "cry rape" and exaggerate all the time.

I don't think there's much point in responding to him anyway, as if he's too dim to see the point in the poem anyway he's not likely to be effectively reasoned with, either.

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call_me_katya November 23 2015, 23:58:21 UTC
Honestly, for the first couple of minutes I was really tempted to reply. Then I realised that sharing the comment with friends would make me feel much better, and engaging with a troll would make me feel much worse, so I chose the sensible option.

I actually do have a poem that touches on rape. I wonder what he'd make of that? Anyone who brings that context into something that is miles away from it... He just has some very strange attitudes.

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zoefruitcake November 23 2015, 01:17:56 UTC
ignore the idiots, there are a lot out there :0(

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call_me_katya November 23 2015, 23:59:42 UTC
I have gotten a lot better at ignoring than I used to be! I used to engage in so many unnecessary arguments. Now I try my best to just leave them alone!

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found_world February 4 2016, 23:36:17 UTC
He is a jerk. I've seen the worst criticism on youtube like, there was a woman demonstrating an exercise called preacher curls and a man complained about how her technique was all wrong (which by itself isn't that bad) but additionally made some sexual remark.

... oh, this entry I'm replying to is pretty old. I wandered here from webgirluk's journal.

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call_me_katya February 4 2016, 23:50:46 UTC
That's okay, it's just a surprise as it's very rarely I have a public entry! I probably left this one public for 'publicity' purposes!

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