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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
12. It didn't
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:31 AM
Jun 2012

was just a random group I used ,which is easy to confirm it exists, which posts all and sundry - mainly sexist.

Geeks, you have a problem [View all] redqueen Jun 2012 OP
By going around do you mean that Geek Culture is a FB group dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #1
Maybe I am misunderstanding you, polmaven Jun 2012 #2
No dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #3
I see... polmaven Jun 2012 #7
i dont. i am still totally clueless. lol. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #8
Huh? redqueen Jun 2012 #4
You had said dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #11
That is part of the excerpt. nt redqueen Jun 2012 #13
thanks for the explanation. i think seabeyond Jun 2012 #15
It would help if you would explain what that sufrommich Jun 2012 #9
I agree. polmaven Jun 2012 #10
I don't know, I'm completely flummoxed sufrommich Jun 2012 #14
except seabeyond Jun 2012 #17
It didn't dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #12
OK. I think what confused everybody was sufrommich Jun 2012 #16
Yes but more from the point of re-posted successively dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #19
I don't think you offended anyone, just sufrommich Jun 2012 #21
The pushback does seem to be growing among women sufrommich Jun 2012 #5
i am having to sit in this and do some thinking seabeyond Jun 2012 #6
I like that blog. redqueen Jun 2012 #18
Yeah, it's pretty interesting. I sufrommich Jun 2012 #20
i dont think it is just the women either. i think there are a lot of men woken up, with the extreme seabeyond Jun 2012 #22
Ha, a lot? I like the sound of that... redqueen Jun 2012 #23
the woman making the video really got a lot of people to self reflect and be made aware seabeyond Jun 2012 #24
For me, 'geek' has come to mean 'misogynist with marketable tech skills.' BlueIris Jun 2012 #25
Hahahahaha... it does seem to keep blowing up... redqueen Jun 2012 #26
permission denied to see the vidoe. YOU are not talking nice enough to ME seabeyond Jun 2012 #27
Kane nailed it here: MadrasT Jun 2012 #29
It is what we deal with every damn day on DU. seabeyond Jun 2012 #30
+1 .nt sufrommich Jun 2012 #32
More like any place feminist concerns aren't framed with the recommended daily allowance of coddling redqueen Jun 2012 #36
OK that was great. MadrasT Jun 2012 #28
I'm so glad someone looped him in... redqueen Jun 2012 #34
Her:"please take it down,it's fucking gross" sufrommich Jun 2012 #31
LOL, yes... tone... that's a new one! redqueen Jun 2012 #33
I notice he also finds it necessary to mention sufrommich Jun 2012 #35
Yeah, that was extra sleazy. redqueen Jun 2012 #37
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