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By "you", I take it you mean "a lot of you", as I never criticised you when you first joined; I welcomed you. Anyway, you can't see why these negative judgements were made? May have been their first few posts, but what if these posts were very revealing? If you were as concerned for our reputation as you say you are, there's no way you'd be drawing so much attention to the supposed misogyny around here; let alone actually criticising us to new members. You seem concerned only with women being criticised at all, and with feminism being criticised too much.

And then all of the profanity comes out...

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By "you", I take it you mean "a lot of you", as I never criticised you when you first joined; I welcomed you. Anyway, you can't see why these negative judgements were made? May have been their first few posts, but what if these posts were very revealing? If you were as concerned for our reputation as you say you are, there's no way you'd be drawing so much attention to the supposed misogyny around here; let alone actually criticising us to new members. You seem concerned only with women being criticised at all, and with feminism being criticised too much.

And that's exactly it. I used to think other people's mistrust of Tera was a bit much, but now I'm truly seeing where they have been coming from. I've been reading a lot of hypocricy coming out of Tera lately, and frankly I'm getting annoyed.

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And that's exactly it. I used to think other people's mistrust of Tera was a bit much, but now I'm truly seeing where they have been coming from. I've been reading a lot of hypocricy coming out of Tera lately, and frankly I'm getting annoyed.

Don't tell me....you're writing a song!!!

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Don't tell me....you're writing a song!!!

Oh, yes. Brace yourself for the new rap song about Tera. LOL!

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And that's exactly it. I used to think other people's mistrust of Tera was a bit much, but now I'm truly seeing where they have been coming from. I've been reading a lot of hypocricy coming out of Tera lately, and frankly I'm getting annoyed.

Ditto. I like TERA in some ways, but her posts over the last few weeks have really started to make me think. She makes constant accusations of misogyny, yet won't validate her claims, when challenged to do so. She is SO analytical, when it comes to the slightest of acts of supposed misogyny that supposedly could harm our movement in the slightest, yet then criticises us openly to certain new members (not to mention her mammoth threads, that highlight this supposed misogyny). She's supposedly not a feminist, yet seems to have a go at us when we criticise feminism too heavily (granted, it could be that one or two of us may blame feminism for one or two things, occasionally, unfairly, but why the need to attack us for this, even if we do? Does she honestly suppose that we need someone HERE, in this safe haven for venting, of all places, to criticise us for doing so?). She's supposedly, not a feminist, yet even though 'SeeC' screamed 'feminist troll!' from the onset of her joining, she BEFRIENDED her, thus welcoming her. She keeps calling for change to this place, even when it's been made clear several times that noone but her wants it.

Does this sound like MRA-type behaviour to anyone?

TERA: I don't wish to talk about you as if you're not around here, but surely you can see why people are starting to be suspicious as to your motives? You may well have posted much other than the sort of stuff I talk of above, but I can honestly say that any such stuff, if it exists, is being overshadowed by the above-mentioned areas. If we're wrong in our suspicions, simply stop posting in such a manner.

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Ditto. I like TERA in some ways, but her posts over the last few weeks have really started to make me think. She makes constant accusations of misogyny, yet won't validate her claims, when challenged to do so. She is SO analytical, when it comes to the slightest of acts of supposed misogyny that supposedly could harm our movement in the slightest, yet then criticises us openly to certain new members (not to mention her mammoth threads, that highlight this supposed misogyny). She's supposedly not a feminist, yet seems to have a go at us when we criticise feminism too heavily (granted, it could be that one or two of us may blame feminism for one or two things, occasionally, unfairly, but why the need to attack us for this, even if we do? Does she honestly suppose that we need someone HERE, in this safe haven for venting, of all places, to criticise us for doing so?). She's supposedly, not a feminist, yet even though 'SeeC' screamed 'feminist troll!' from the onset of her joining, she BEFRIENDED her, thus welcoming her. She keeps calling for change to this place, even when it's been made clear several times that noone but her wants it.

Does this sound like MRA-type behaviour to anyone?

I wholeheartedly agree, and I have noticed all those things that you've so meticulously described. I think a lot of people here are getting tired of the doublespeak coming out of her lately. The reason this site exists is so people like us, can vent our frustrations and ideas without censorship. And then Tera has the nerve to say that we're hurting the movement. And then we watch her try to play on both sides of the fence. And this is going to seem really HARSH, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't appreciate an ex-druggie telling me how I should go about spreading my message.

There, I said it.

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Oh, yes. Brace yourself for the new rap song about Tera. LOL!

Please don't.

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Please don't.

LOL! Don't worry, I have no intention of writing one.

Could I have this thread removed, possibly?