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I have no affection for the "woke" cancel culture and the radical misandry that argues that normal male biology and attraction inherently degrades and oppresses women.

However, I think that posting someone else's photographs in which they are identified by name without that person's permission is impolite and may be a form of doxxing. Due to facial recognition software, hacking and identity theft, many people, including myself, keep their photographs off of the internet. Internet privacy concerns are such a problem that there are also apps with which one can scramble one's images so subtly as to be recognizable to humans but not to facial recognition software.

Some of these images are public figures' press photos, which is fine, but reposting pictures downloaded from someone's personal social media page would be creepy, to say the least.

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Esquilax1 wrote:
btickler wrote: . . . . .

You are foaming at the mouth over nothing.  No one takes you seriously.  Get well soon.

Anyway, people, the correct answers are Alexandra Botez and Maria Florencia Fernandez.

 

 

You just posted a teenage photo of a now almost 25 year old women.  I'd consider someone like you to be a creepy pervert. 

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Gambitiodic wrote:

I have no affection for the "woke" cancel culture and the radical misandry that argues that normal male biology and attraction inherently degrades and oppresses women.

However, I think that posting someone else's photographs in which they are identified by name without that person's permission is impolite and may be a form of doxxing. Due to facial recognition software, hacking and identity theft, many people, including myself, keep their photographs off of the internet. Internet privacy concerns are such a problem that there are also apps with which one can scramble one's images so subtly as to be recognizable to humans but not to facial recognition software.

Some of these images are public figures' press photos, which is fine, but reposting pictures downloaded from someone's personal social media page would be creepy, to say the least.

I have no problem with your post, but I will springboard off your first comment.

First, cancel culture and "woke" are throwaway buzzwords, so I won't be using them.  Is there a level of misandry in today's world?  Yes.  Does it remotely compare to the "normal" level of misogyny worldwide...not even close.  A few men here are annoyed that they can't post photos of attractive young women without getting any flak for it.  Meanwhile, more than a quarter of the world's population (including many women) still believe that it is perfectly okay for a man to beat his wife.  So, perspective is called for.

Like any other cultural shift involving civil rights, there are always people that decide that their side deserves to beat up on the other side for past wrongs.  That's just how people are.  When the arguments leave the realm of awareness and solutions and turn primarily to recriminations and blame, that's a problem.

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First, cancel culture and "woke" are throwaway buzzwords, so I won't be using them. >>

You just did. You called them "throwaway buzzwords", which means you engaged with them.

The misandry versus misogyny polarisation is relative to cultural subgroups within society at large. In some situations, it seems that one rather than the other is dominant. To some extent, misandry is a natural reaction to millennia (presumably) of misogyny. However, there's probably no more potent force for the creation and perpetuation of misogyny than misandry.

Your final paragraph is quite correct and concise, however. Obviously, intelligence still remains and periodically attempts self-expression. What a pity about the lapses from that lauded ideal.

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I am not woke: I am waking up!

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I'm going to bed soon. It's ten to nine!

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Optimissed wrote:

First, cancel culture and "woke" are throwaway buzzwords, so I won't be using them. >>

You just did. You called them "throwaway buzzwords", which means you engaged with them.

The misandry versus misogyny polarisation is relative to cultural subgroups within society at large. In some situations, it seems that one rather than the other is dominant. To some extent, misandry is a natural reaction to millennia (presumably) of misogyny. However, there's probably no more potent force for the creation and perpetuation of misogyny than misandry.

Your final paragraph is quite correct and concise, however. Obviously, intelligence still remains and periodically attempts self-expression. What a pity about the lapses from that lauded ideal.

Does it matter if you agree with me?  You just wanted to express your usual "I'm brilliant and you are not" schtick.  It's like a broken record.  Shoo.

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btickler wrote:

I get that a lot of people can't see how creepy it is.  I mentioned Miss USA; same thing...sometimes you have to step way back to appreciate the travesties that society allows and pretends are okay ;).

I don't think anybody mentioned transvestites.

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btickler wrote:
Optimissed wrote:

First, cancel culture and "woke" are throwaway buzzwords, so I won't be using them. >>

You just did. You called them "throwaway buzzwords", which means you engaged with them.

The misandry versus misogyny polarisation is relative to cultural subgroups within society at large. In some situations, it seems that one rather than the other is dominant. To some extent, misandry is a natural reaction to millennia (presumably) of misogyny. However, there's probably no more potent force for the creation and perpetuation of misogyny than misandry.

Your final paragraph is quite correct and concise, however. Obviously, intelligence still remains and periodically attempts self-expression. What a pity about the lapses from that lauded ideal.

Does it matter if you agree with me?  You just wanted to express your usual "I'm brilliant and you are not" schtick.  It's like a broken record.  Shoo.

Just seeing how you would respond to being half agreed with. Paranoia, as usual. I can remember asking you to stop your trolling attacks on me and on others, a few years ago and your response was that these are public forums and you'd write what you want, how you want and where you want.

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I thought you were going to bed.

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Wife seems busy with stuff, sorry and all that. You can still talk to your friend though.

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Optimissed wrote:

Just seeing how you would respond to being half agreed with. Paranoia, as usual. I can remember asking you to stop your trolling attacks on me and on others, a few years ago and your response was that these are public forums and you'd write what you want, how you want and where you want.

Yes, I know...whenever you get caught being too invested in going after someone, you pretend it was a test of some sort.

If you can find any post where I ever said "I'll write what I want, how I want, and where I want", I'll happily apologize.  Good luck.

I don't know Maratiggan at all, by the way.  So, the paranoia is coming from elsewhere.

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Oh, do calm down. Just accept that you like to dish it out and to be in control.

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TheNameofNames wrote:

I want to post something really bad but im not going to

Wonderful self-control there! happy.png

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Optimissed wrote:

Oh, do calm down. Just accept that you like to dish it out and to be in control.

Go ahead and point out where my post seems be less than calm...or don't, since you'd be displaying your poorly feigned nonchalance several hours after saying you had to go...

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His wife's probably still doing something.

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Can we get back to ogling pretty chess players now... 

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I'm not sure I would qualify, I barely have been playing chess lately.

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btickler wrote:
Optimissed wrote:

Oh, do calm down. Just accept that you like to dish it out and to be in control.

Go ahead and point out where my post seems be less than calm...or don't, since you'd be displaying your poorly feigned nonchalance several hours after saying you had to go...

Sort of everywhere. Paranoia and a compulsion to be seen as right and in control exudes from your every virtual pore. You don't like people, do you.

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