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In reply to the discussion: Why you'll never hear this Feminist use the word "Mansplain"... [View all]betsuni
(27,095 posts)Women are supposed to get angry at this post and comment about what they think and why. The reply is, "Oh, I just want to discuss this and you won't." Nothing has anything to do with gender. Nothing has anything to do with anything. We are all islands. There is no society, no culture, no history, only the individual. No humor allowed in describing human interaction if it mentions my group, which I simultaneously insist does not exist (because individual, me, me, me) and that if anyone says anything about some of the group it means every single one and I take it personally (or pretend to). You might tell me of your decades of experiences, but I will not listen. I am the center of the universe and all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. I will post things I know will vex you, I will revel in your annoyance. Vengeance is mine! I murmur and chuckle as I type the same words over and over and over.
"Pangloss gave instruction in metaphysico-theologico-cosmoloonigology. He proved admirably that there cannot possibly be an effort without a cause and that in this best of all possible worlds the Baron's castle was the best of all castles and his wife the best of all possible Baronesses. It is clear, said he, that things cannot be otherwise than they are, for since everything is made to serve an end, everything necessarily serves the best end. Observe noses were made to support spectacles, hence we have spectacles. Legs, as anyone can plainly see, were made to be breeched, and so we have breeches. ... Candide listened attentively and believed implicitly ... listening to Master Pangloss, the greatest philosopher in the province and consequently in the entire world."