Yes cut it with the looks comments (Reply #92)

In the discussion thread: Can we stop slut-shaming and attacking the looks of women that we disagree with? [View all]

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Sat Sep 5, 2015, 10:05 AM

libodem (19,288 posts)

92. Yes cut it with the looks comments

The ugly is on the inside.

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111 replies	Author	Time	Post
Can we stop slut-shaming and attacking the looks of women that we disagree with? [View all]	arcane1	Sep 2015	OP
Thx for posting this n/t	PasadenaTrudy	Sep 2015	#1
To answer the question asked in the photo	OhWiseOne	Sep 2015	#39
Also I haven't seen pics of the husbands so	Person 2713	Sep 2015	#45
He's not really bad looking, actually.	BlueCaliDem	Sep 2015	#80
A better answer is beauty is in the eye of the beholder. eom	uppityperson	Sep 2015	#104
My religion requires that I point out ...	JoePhilly	Sep 2015	#2
I pray that picture was not posted on DU till now.	randys1	Sep 2015	#3
Fortunately, I had never seen the picture until I ran across that blog post	arcane1	Sep 2015	#8
Seen some gnarly shit lobbed at Bristol	Scootaloo	Sep 2015	#10
Same, and it bothers the hell out of me.	Lizzie Poppet	Sep 2015	#33
Not one of DU's feminists	840high	Sep 2015	#43
many of those	mercuryblues	Sep 2015	#55
For your info - i don't really	840high	Sep 2015	#68
DU's feminists are pure hypocrites for not policing misogyny closely enough on this board?	prayin4rain	Sep 2015	#72
I have not seen even one feminist	840high	Sep 2015	#75
BS there were SEVERAL posts arguing about not slut shaming Bristol with others arguing	prayin4rain	Sep 2015	#78
I'm glad there were posts about	840high	Sep 2015	#79
You're forgiven for accidentally misremembering. n/t	prayin4rain	Sep 2015	#81
Hey - I'm pushing 80 - I don't	840high	Sep 2015	#82
Pushing 80?! Well, heck, I can only hope I'm doing as well by then...	prayin4rain	Sep 2015	#83
I don't see anything wrong with calling out gross hypocrisy	hifiguy	Sep 2015	#4
So you agree as her looks have absolutely nothing to do with anything.	randys1	Sep 2015	#5
looks should have nothing to do with it	passiveporcupine	Sep 2015	#42
Agreed.	hifiguy	Sep 2015	#46
Bristol was out preaching about abstinence	treestar	Sep 2015	#88
Couldn't care less what she looks like	truebluegreen	Sep 2015	#6
Enough already with the ugly comments. That is a form of discrimination.	Dont call me Shirley	Sep 2015	#7
This goes for both genders	Xipe Totec	Sep 2015	#9
Thank you! Also	LiberalElite	Sep 2015	#11
Yes, her features are the kind that make-up would transform.	WinkyDink	Sep 2015	#16
She is Pentecostal (Probably a Holiness variation) No makeup, no cutting of hair (except split ends)	LiberalArkie	Sep 2015	#32
Yes. Women have to be unattractive to be godly in such churches	Maeve	Sep 2015	#49
I think (if I remember correctly) so that the men in the church are not tempted.	LiberalArkie	Sep 2015	#58
Men in such viewpoints are such weak little things	Maeve	Sep 2015	#77
That explains the birth-control clothing... n/t	backscatter712	Sep 2015	#102
yes, she has the Duggar look - long hair, no make up.	Liberal_in_LA	Sep 2015	#71
Given the current situation, I think it's fine to point out the absurdity	Vinca	Sep 2015	#12
The hypocrisy itself is fair game, IMO. n/t	arcane1	Sep 2015	#14
Of course! Cheers! nt	wolfie001	Sep 2015	#38
Right or wrong, it's human nature. See Chaucer's "Prologue," in particular the Summoner and the Par-	WinkyDink	Sep 2015	#13
Yup. History of literature and art would be dead if it had to be "politically correct"	delrem	Sep 2015	#37
Yes it is human nature to laugh at and mock people we disagree with.	Chemisse	Sep 2015	#64
The mockery is of the behaviors. Not of the individuals as such.	delrem	Sep 2015	#84
We can - and often should - criticize objectionable behaviors.	Chemisse	Sep 2015	#86
That picture is deplorable. But...	Glassunion	Sep 2015	#15
Ha! Good one.	jalan48	Sep 2015	#48
Never have, never will.	Rex	Sep 2015	#17
This message was self-deleted by its author	Iggo	Sep 2015	#18
Thanks for posting this. (though I could have done without the pic example)	cwydro	Sep 2015	#19
I was on the fence about including the pic, but since it's referenced in the post...	arcane1	Sep 2015	#21
I don't care what she looks like. But I'll say she is a hypocrite. She ignores the bible on divorce	AlinPA	Sep 2015	#20
Many posters on the DU are as rude as any freeper.....	Logical	Sep 2015	#22
internet messageboard anyone is free to register and post. Even people who like to make DU look like	Sunlei	Sep 2015	#24
Prison rape is another fun one. nt	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2015	#60
So true! Disgusting. nt	Logical	Sep 2015	#61
Sure enough	Bobbie Jo	Sep 2015	#70
I agree with you. Public political Twitter is like the old chatrooms, a cesspool of society.	Sunlei	Sep 2015	#23
What a gross abuse of the term "slut-shaming". Defending such hypocracy	KittyWampus	Sep 2015	#25
I'm not "defending hypocrisy" in any sense whatsoever.	arcane1	Sep 2015	#26
Then you'd have to make a case for actual SLUT-SHAMING since you used it in your OP-	KittyWampus	Sep 2015	#29
I didn't write the blog. I merely posted it.	arcane1	Sep 2015	#30
+1. nt	MADem	Sep 2015	#107
BTW, the graphic you chose to use does NOT necessarily refer to her looks.	KittyWampus	Sep 2015	#27
I didn't choose the graphic. It's part of the blog post I linked to.	arcane1	Sep 2015	#28
How is arcane in any way defending her?	uppityperson	Sep 2015	#105
She is claiming religious superiority based in the bible	WDIM	Sep 2015	#31
No, they are making fun of her looks. And you know it. nt	Logical	Sep 2015	#41
That image - wtf?	Oneironaut	Sep 2015	#34
dunno. because if it also means I can't cut up about	elehhhhna	Sep 2015	#35
her ugliness is on the inside	restorefreedom	Sep 2015	#36
I don't give a damn how she looks.	longship	Sep 2015	#40
if you're gonna scream about the morality of others	Skittles	Sep 2015	#44
This isn't "Progressives" or even "Liberals"....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2015	#47
Can we say anything about Trump' s hair on this board?	Person 2713	Sep 2015	#50
i thought of that too	treestar	Sep 2015	#91
But we can continue slut-shaming those with whom we agree?	closeupready	Sep 2015	#51
I guess her inner ugliness shows on the outside...	Helen Borg	Sep 2015	#52
No slut-shaming of women but yes to zipper-shaming of men ("Bill can't keep his zipper up")	progree	Sep 2015	#53
He was also in a position of power...	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2015	#62
I wasn't talking about THAT Bill, just a generic male name.	progree	Sep 2015	#65
Ah- I heard "Bill" and "zipper"	awoke_in_2003	Sep 2015	#66
This Bill :-)	progree	Sep 2015	#67
Men have traditionally been applauded for it	treestar	Sep 2015	#89
In high school and college, especially among boys and men, yes, putting notches in ones belt	progree	Sep 2015	#94
I think it's still a bit a part of gender oppression	treestar	Sep 2015	#97
I'm not in much of a position to oppress and control	progree	Sep 2015	#98
Are 'knotches' Koch notches? : ) nt	MADem	Sep 2015	#108
So you know this is a "real" progressive how? Another attempt to smear progressives.	Skwmom	Sep 2015	#54
The blogger? I don't know. But I agree with their point.	arcane1	Sep 2015	#57
I agree- attacking people for looks and assumed desirability is pretty low	Hydra	Sep 2015	#56
I don't know who "we" is. I've never said anything about her looks. However, I have and will	Chakab	Sep 2015	#59
I'm guilty. I often made disparaging comments about Reagan's shoe polish hair	japple	Sep 2015	#63
Making fun of Trump's hair might fall into this	treestar	Sep 2015	#90
Good and fair point...	Mike Nelson	Sep 2015	#69
She could be a 10 on the outside but she's ugly as sin on the inside.	hobbit709	Sep 2015	#73
I'm not going to be considerate to someone	romanic	Sep 2015	#74
That pictorial content is nasty. However...	herding cats	Sep 2015	#76
Let me know when the fat cheetos stained neckbeard jokes stop.	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Sep 2015	#85
She was younger at one time	treestar	Sep 2015	#87
Yes cut it with the looks comments	libodem	Sep 2015	#92
Well, there goes my good night's sleep	arcane1	Sep 2015	#101
I know, I know	libodem	Sep 2015	#103
I know I'm bad but it is kind of true	damnedifIknow	Sep 2015	#93
I agree that this is way wrong	dsc	Sep 2015	#95
The hatred and vitriol aimed at this woman is the kind of thing that makes me a little sick	CBGLuthier	Sep 2015	#96
Can you stop broadbrushing with your shame on you crap?	lunatica	Sep 2015	#99
I agree with the post-please just stop	peasant one	Sep 2015	#100
And the way we do this is to pass the insults on?	MADem	Sep 2015	#106
I just want to kick this thread again	Tipperary	Sep 2015	#109
Agreed!	Z_California	Sep 2015	#110
Thanks for posting this. Let's talk about their ugly ideas	nilram	Sep 2015	#111

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