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Establishing some ground rules
Aug. 30th, 2008 06:19 pmI've been reading a lot of commentary about Sarah Palin and, based on some trends I'm seeing elsewhere, I wanted to make sure to establish ground rules for the overall discussion in my journal.
Misogyny sucks for all women. Misogynistic attacks do not become acceptable simply because we disagree with a woman's viewpoints.
There is plenty to talk about with regards to Gov. Palin on a political level. There is absolutely no reason to attack her simply because she is female. It wasn't appopropriate aimed at Sen. Clinton, it's not appropriate aimed at Michelle Obama, it's still not appropriate aimed at Gov. Palin.
Obviously I can't control what people do elsewhere, but here in my journal misogyny is not allowed. If I see misogynistic comments crop up in any of the posts I will warn/screen and/or ban as necessary.
(Note: As of me posting this, so far it hasn't happened. There was one comment I wasn't comfortable with, I said so, and the poster clarified. So I don't want anyone thinking I'm slamming someone in particular. I'm just making a pre-emptive stand against what I'm seeing creep into the overall discussion already.)
If you're against misogyny you're against it for all women, not just the ones you like. It's not welcome in my journal, and hopefully it's not welcome in yours either.
Thanks.
Misogyny sucks for all women. Misogynistic attacks do not become acceptable simply because we disagree with a woman's viewpoints.
There is plenty to talk about with regards to Gov. Palin on a political level. There is absolutely no reason to attack her simply because she is female. It wasn't appopropriate aimed at Sen. Clinton, it's not appropriate aimed at Michelle Obama, it's still not appropriate aimed at Gov. Palin.
Obviously I can't control what people do elsewhere, but here in my journal misogyny is not allowed. If I see misogynistic comments crop up in any of the posts I will warn/screen and/or ban as necessary.
(Note: As of me posting this, so far it hasn't happened. There was one comment I wasn't comfortable with, I said so, and the poster clarified. So I don't want anyone thinking I'm slamming someone in particular. I'm just making a pre-emptive stand against what I'm seeing creep into the overall discussion already.)
If you're against misogyny you're against it for all women, not just the ones you like. It's not welcome in my journal, and hopefully it's not welcome in yours either.
Thanks.
