Reply #97: Wow, does that comment resonate!

[kayell]

I am so frustrated by this. Sexism and heterosexism is rampant at DU, and the people who claim to be progressive just don't seem to get it any more than freepers some days. It often seems that some people deliberately fight against "getting it".

On days like this, I really don't know why I keep coming back here. The irony is, that as more true progressives and various minorities leave DU, it becomes less and less a progressive forum, and more like what it was designed to combat.

The irony is that if people here recognized how offensive the word "bitch" is and self-censored, just as we do other offensive and hurtful language, there would be no need for Skinner to propose banning it. The fact that so many here want to be able to use sexist put-downs says much about what DU has come to.