Gender neutral

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Originally Posted by cripesamighty

What I would consider respect for others has been hijacked in today’s day and age to have very narrow meanings, and if you don’t adhere to an ever changing social landscape you are vilified - especially white males.

When I was at uni I dealt with lots of indigenous students and the first thing I knocked out of them was to ‘stay a victim’. That mentality is totally corrosive to a culture. I learnt that from watching Dr Thomas Sowell more than 20 yeats ago. Rather than give someone a fish and feed them for a day, teach them to fish and transform their lives instead.

You are battling against the tide I’m afraid (not that you shouldn’t try of course), as the Uni’s are where a lot of this stupidity originates and then spills out and infests everyday life. When I said, welcome to this new paradigm, I was being entirely facetious! Personally, I haven’t given up but I do try to battle it with humour. Sometimes that doesn’t happen, but at least I’m giving it a red hot go.

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Many white males have been getting away with spouting thoughtless crap for aeons, 'bout time they got called out on it. "Please engage brain before putting mouth into gear" was a truism even when I was a little white boy. [biggrin]

I totally agree with you that it used to be, but you obviously haven’t been listening to the latest batch of feminists. It’s not about gender parity or equality anymore, but male bashing. Please tell me that getting #KillAllMen to trend on Twitter is in any way sensible or useful?

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Originally Posted by cripesamighty

I totally agree with you that it used to be, but you obviously haven’t been listening to the latest batch of feminists. It’s not about gender parity or equality anymore, but male bashing. Please tell me that getting #KillAllMen to trend on Twitter is in any way sensible or useful?

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A noisy minority on platforms promoting click bait, anyway who goes on twitface to find out anything useful? The feminists I read (on their own blogs) aren't deranged monsters looking to spill Innocent White Man blood.

Because the good guys (human right groups, social justice etc..) run out of enemies....And they are having a good thorough look at us hahhahaha

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I couldnt care less if someone is gay, It doesn't bother me at all.
I do however deeply care that those of us that are not gay are forced to change the way we use the English language because of the gay peoples lifestyle choices.
"It's a brave new World, Get aboard" What a load of old cobblers.
Freedom of speech is Far more important than ANYONE'S agenda and this "Censorship" being forced upon society by these PC zealots is just the thin edge of the wedge.

Millions of men and women have died defending our rights to free speech So I am buggered if I am going to support the ideologies of this PC brigade that are slowly erroding my, my kids and my grandkids rights to be able to say what they think without censorship.

How on earth can it be a brave new world when people are constantly being told what to think and what to say, I don't know about you But concept is verry Un Australian to Me.

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I look at moderate Feminists online too and desperately wish they could get their message out. Unfortunately, they are rarely given a platform and are vastly outnumbered online and at protests by people like Clementine Ford. Been to Sydney Uni lately?

There are lot's of normal regular feminists out there (I subscribe to a couple online) who want "equal opportunities for women", rather than treating women as victims, or giving them a free ride, or getting into sadistic male bashing - BUT, I bet you any money you like, most people couldn't name a single one.

We have never had free speech in Australia. Captain Phillip had the right to execute and every law passed since then has confirmed that the idea of free speech is a mirage.
Free speech doesn't mean we have to right to insult people and then claim it was just a joke either.
We don't have a Bill of Rights and numerous laws limit what we can say and do.
This has nothing to do with feminism or grumpy old white men either, it just is what it is.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that threads like this should go straight to CA?

1984 anyone?

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Originally Posted by auslizard

1984 anyone?

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It is getting that way Mate.

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Originally Posted by johntins

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that threads like this should go straight to CA?

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There is nothing stopping you starting a thread in CA.
Why not do it. That way you can go to town politically, something you cannot do here.