Jack_of_Words:
Second error: I have read everything in the thread, and responded to those who addressed me. As for ‘coherence’, I have had to explain metaphors to one poster - and I will grant that in the heat of a turbulent ‘debate’ the layered references of the whole ‘horse/duck’ thing might have whooshed over you, but my writing is both published and lapped up by live audiences so you’re certainly not convincing me when you claim I’m incoherent.
For the thousands of you that have been hanging on the edges of your seats waiting for some exposition of this episode, wherein MRA Salvatore here, professional writer of fantasy, gives a stupid idiot a taste of that old dictionary to the moneymaker, I present to you this devastating exchange:
You can either explain in your own words what you think feminism is, then I can determine whether or not I should convince you to be a feminist, or you want me to guess what you think and when I get it wrong you can point your finger at me and laugh?
Feminism is an equine quadruped. It quacks and lays eggs.
Now I’ve played your game, on my terms. Are you going to convince me to be a feminist?
…well obviously not. If you truly believe that Feminism is an equine quadruped, it quacks and lays eggs, then no, don’t be a feminist. I see no compelling reason why anyone should try to convince you.
See? That wasn’t very hard at all. And it would be silly for anyone else to waste their time trying to convince you to be a feminist as well, so you can stop asking now.
Well it was more in the manner of a metaphor , but again, I may have overestimated my audience. There are clues to it being a metaphor, not least my having previously explained literally what I think feminism is, and my never having mentioned ducks, horses, eggs or legs in this thread prior to that metaphor (although I accept that all that would also have whooshed past anyone who declined to read what I had read…but chose to argue anyway. Isn’t the internet fun :))
And no, it wasn’t hard at all. Whoever suggested otherwise? I expect it would be silly for someone who takes a metaphor as literal to try to convince me of anything, but I’m still open to persuasion. If it’s not too hard…
Lap it up, stupids!