Re: [Marxism] In "battleground Virginia", desperate GOP plays variations on "vote white"

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shane Mage wrote: 
They are really, really, scared of seeing a pit bull bitch in power over
them.

Fred Feldman:
I think that the term "bitch" in reference to women should be formally
banned on the list, and that those who feel driven or duty-bound to throw
such terms around should pay the appropriate price. Suspensions, unsubbing,
moderation, whatever. 

Perhaps permanent moderation is the way to deal with Mage, since he
occasionally says useful things and also since he will probably regard it as
a matter of principle to violate the rule if it is established. At least
that is what his behavior to date seems to signal.

Some people just get a kick of upsetting people who are sensitive to certain
kinds of racist, sexist slurs. It makes them feel like oh-so-brave free
speechers defying the wicked "politically correct" people -- especially
women -- who get upset by such terms. Allowing them to do this delegitimizes
the list in the eyes of women, and not just women by any means.

Time to draw a line and enforce it. 



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