# I pit misogyny/sexism on Twitter **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 22, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978 "2014-05-22T01:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/121 "2014-05-24T22:35:08Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > Gumbercules? I love that guy! Oh yeah ? Well I think he’s an asshole ! I’ll fuck you up right quick, two times ! Who are we talking about ? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/122 "2014-05-24T23:14:56Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Whoa, wait a second here. YOU were the one who keeps bringing the whole thing up. Not us. Then, when we say, “hey, you know, maybe it might be a good idea to drop it,” WE’RE the trolls? Okay. Makes sense. Who’s “we”? He called you a troll - not anybody else. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/123 "2014-05-24T23:54:03Z")
Ooops, my bad. Okay, scratch that: > [@](#): > > Whoa, wait a second here. YOU were the one who keeps bringing the whole thing up. Not us. **Then, when I say, “hey, you know, maybe it might be a good idea to drop it,” I’M the troll?** Okay. Makes sense. 😉 (Note, mods, I’m correcting my OWN text. I think that’s allowed, isn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/124 "2014-05-25T06:01:08Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Oh yeah ? Well I think he’s an asshole ! I’ll fuck you up right quick, two times ! > > Who are we talking about ? A threat from a Frenchman, now that’s something that’ll strike fear into the heart of any man. Personally, I’ve always thought Spike Lee was an unintelligent hack with an inferiority complex who made way too many movies about how he desperately wishes he was Italian. To answer your question, we were talking about Gumbercules. I don’t see how that could have been any clearer from our posts. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/125 "2014-05-25T06:25:04Z")
“Gumbercules ?” I love that guy! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/126 "2014-05-25T08:05:00Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Whoa, wait a second here. YOU were the one who keeps bringing the whole thing up. Not us. Then, when we say, “hey, you know, maybe it might be a good idea to drop it,” WE’RE the trolls? Okay. Makes sense. Yes, you’re the troll. [Particular breed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29#Concern_troll), too. As for **Cesario** - I give a shit what people like **Giraffe** think about those posts - like I already said, they were a big mistake, but I’m not afraid to mention them. I’m not one to bury my mistakes. Anyone can read those threads and see I wasn’t defending paedophilia, far from it. Well, people who aren’t trolls, like **Giraffe** or **Steophan**. Or creative half-quoters like **monkey**. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/127 "2014-05-25T08:08:15Z")
And to answer a question: I bring **Cesario** up so stalker- **Fenris** doesn’t get to, the way he does with **BPC** ’s ex. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/128 "2014-05-25T08:16:59Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > And to answer a question: I bring **Cesario** up so stalker- **Fenris** doesn’t get to, the way he does with **BPC** ’s ex. What did **BPC** do to you? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/129 "2014-05-25T11:16:23Z")
You know what, if the Mods are going to gag me and yet allow this to go on, I’m done. Good luck on organizing that gangbang, **Guin**. I’m not going to be reading the Pit to see the results. ---
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/130 "2014-05-25T11:50:16Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > You know what, if the Mods are going to gag me and yet allow this to go on, I’m done. Good luck on organizing that gangbang, **Guin**. I’m not going to be reading the Pit to see the results. Boy that’s too bad. You almost had them! If I were you I’d be too embarrassed to keep reading. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/131 "2014-05-25T17:12:20Z")
> [@OurLordPeace](#): > > I was at the NYC Anarchist Book Fair last year Anarchy? You’ve just single-handedly brought the average IQ of the SDMB down just below the level of 2 lego blocks and a mold spore. ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/132 "2014-05-25T17:30:49Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Anarchy? > > You’ve just single-handedly brought the average IQ of the SDMB down just below the level of 2 lego blocks and a mold spore. Anarchism, yes. How so? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/133 "2014-05-25T17:44:24Z")
> [@OurLordPeace](#): > > Anarchism, yes. > > How so? Because anyone that thinks a vacuum of power won’t be filled by even worse narcissists and psychopaths than we have today is incredibly naive or extremely unintelligent. You want the planet to be run by anyone that can grab power? You don’t think that power would be quickly consolidated? ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/134 "2014-05-25T17:54:39Z")
> [@OurLordPeace](#): > > Anarchism, yes. > > How so? OLP, What was the woman’s username that caused you to react in such a way to her? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/135 "2014-05-25T17:57:59Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Because anyone that thinks a vacuum of power won’t be filled by even worse narcissists and psychopaths than we have today is incredibly naive or extremely unintelligent. > > You want the planet to be run by anyone that can grab power? > > You don’t think that power would be quickly consolidated? Not THAT kind of anarchy. He means the kind where nobody’s in charge, everything gets done, and everybody’s happy and taken care of. ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/136 "2014-05-25T17:58:34Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Because anyone that thinks a vacuum of power won’t be filled by even worse narcissists and psychopaths than we have today is incredibly naive or extremely unintelligent. > > You want the planet to be run by anyone that can grab power? > > You don’t think that power would be quickly consolidated? No, anarchists seek, and have always sought, to decentralize power as much as possible, thus devolving it away from the bosses and towards those who actually do the work, not to create a vacuum for anyone to fill. This applies to capitalism, the state, and human relations, such as, for example, relations between the sexes and genders. [“As anarchism is a political philosophy that opposes all relationships of power, it is inherently feminist.” -L. Susan Brown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcha-feminism) ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/137 "2014-05-25T18:00:16Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > OLP, > > What was the woman’s username that caused you to react in such a way to her? I would rather not get into that, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/138 "2014-05-25T18:04:43Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Not THAT kind of anarchy. He means the kind where nobody’s in charge, everything gets done, and everybody’s happy and taken care of. Yes, and the kind that drives those with power and privilege absolutely ballistic (literally, in that they usually respond violently). See the Ukraine Free Territory, the Spanish Revolution (especially in Barcelona and elsewhere in Catalonia), the Zapatistas, the Kibbutzim, the Hungarian Uprising, the Free Territory (Ukraine), and the Paris Commune, the recuperated businesses in Argentina, and many others. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/139 "2014-05-25T18:16:10Z")
Yeah, they worked out well. For about ten minutes. Certainly long enough to gauge their longterm success. And then the jackbooted thugs marched in to fill the power vacuum. Do you actually know any history? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978/140 "2014-05-25T18:19:45Z")
> [@OurLordPeace](#): > > No, anarchists seek, and have always sought, to decentralize power as much as possible, thus devolving it away from the bosses and towards those who actually do the work, not to create a vacuum for anyone to fill. This applies to capitalism, the state, and human relations, such as, for example, relations between the sexes and genders. [“As anarchism is a political philosophy that opposes all relationships of power, it is inherently feminist.” -L. Susan Brown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcha-feminism) You’re philosophy not only naively ignores human nature with respect to power, it also completely misunderstands “value” when it comes to work. When you say “those who actually do the work”, can you describe who is not doing work in an example corporation, for example a company like Target? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-misogyny-sexism-on-twitter/688978.md?page=8)