Re: Should I stay or should I go?

On Thu, 08 May 2008 10:38:50 -0700, Serene
<serene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>[Ryk said, in the context of his being in sup****t of many feminist 
>issues, "Maybe I should just sit down and shut up when issues of 
>feminism or homophobia pop up. As a practical liberal, my opinions 
>will almost certainly piss everybody off. Broad as my shoulders may 
>be, maybe I should keep those opinions to myself."  That doesn't 
>read to me as "Maybe I'll pause and listen to women's points of view 
>on these matters" -- it reads as "Maybe when people are talking 
>about feminism, I won't lend my sup****t, and then won't you be sorry 
>you were mean to me."]

On the Gripping Hand, I did exactly what Ryk said he should do. I
shut up.  I don't know if I had anything valuable to say, but if
I did, I didn't say it, for just the reason Ryk gave.

It has nothing to do with sup****t or lack thereof.  It has to do
with not wanting to get beaten to death with the cluebat.  Been
there, done that, the sand is still wet where I used to be.
-- 
Doug Wickström
har fiol, vill resa