techstepgenr8tion wrote:
You filibustered the thread with the argument (overall against the threads existence or in substance against peoples right to say what they see or feel if its something that would upset you personally).
I agree that WE took over the thread with the argument. But you're wrong about my motive for continuing. I simply wasn't going to let BS get away with what he'd said to me.
I have no objection to people expressing their opinions as long as it doesn't cross over into hate speech. But if someone tries to belittle what I'm saying, I'm within my rights to fight back.
juliekitty wrote:
Second, please explain why you defend the rights of others to express their opinions, but then you say I ought to keep mine to myself.
techstepgenr8tion wrote:
Arridar and Blue did have a short back and forth but they didn't keep going and going and going. Other than that, the thread was running smooth and the blip was a page or so off the radar already.
Actually, my understanding was that you objected to my stating my opinions in the first place. Sorry if I got that wrong.
juliekitty wrote:
Then ToadofSteel complained about women only being motivated by money, at which I reasonably surmised he was having woman trouble and looking for something to blame it on.
techstepgenr8tion wrote:
Hmm, I may not be the best reader - can you highlight and bold the 'only' in here?
The exact quote was "Of course... women find men of any size attractive, so long as he has 4 mansions and a personal value of at least 50 million dollars... A private jet helps too..."
You're correct that the word "only" doesn't appear in that quote; but if you think I summarized TOS' statement inaccurately, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
juliekitty wrote:
BS' response was: "Men are a**holes. I'm thinking that's what you're meaning to say?"
techstepgenr8tion wrote:
Ok, so he finished the first lap a bit later than you did...
What he was doing, was trying to invalidate what I was saying by painting it as "feminist rage" and overall man-hating.
techstepgenr8tion wrote:
you did initiate the combat here and pushed it past threshold into an argument - pretty much on your own.
No, what I did was just not let it lie.
techstepgenr8tion wrote:
You guys should have taken it to PM immediately. Then again, I think (unless the PM was something perverse) someone tried that didn't they....
It wasn't perverse. What it was, was BS trying to make nice in private while simultaneously continuing the argument in public. I wasn't having any.