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BainsBane

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15. That book has now taking on Biblical proportions

Mon Jul 28, 2014, 04:56 PM

Jul 2014

complete with Papal infallibility. It's unreal. All dissent must be silenced. They've got a talking point down they are repeatedly incessantly.

Regardless of the post:

"You can't critique a book if you don't read it."

I wasn't critiquing the book. I was talking about x, y and z.

"You can't critique a book if you don't read it."

I didn't. This thread is not about the book.

"You're trying to critique a book you didn't read."

on and on.

Imagine if they exercised that level of discipline while lobbying for a cause other than trying to make people they disagree with keep quiet?

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Have an issue with rape? [View all] BainsBane Jul 2014 OP

I think there's a cutoff point... Scootaloo Jul 2014 #1

Ultimately it doesn't matter BainsBane Jul 2014 #2

The interesting thing to me is that if you look at most of those threads, Squinch Jul 2014 #3

Makes sense BainsBane Jul 2014 #4

I think that is where the hatred of sea comes from. She doesn't hold back her opinion, and Squinch Jul 2014 #5

very astute observation of what is happening on this board in regards to seabeyond. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #27

Thanks for the compliment! Squinch Jul 2014 #32

Sad thing is, I'll bet her teenaged sons are more mature and self-aware nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #40

No question about that. Squinch Jul 2014 #41

I think there is a connection to the fact that this is a critique of an entertainment media el_bryanto Jul 2014 #6

I don't agree with those who say that this is a frivolous discussion, even if the subject book is Squinch Jul 2014 #7

I think I've identified a major area of contention. Obviously I haven't read all the posts Flatulo Jul 2014 #23

Yeah ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #25

I would actually disagree with you. I don't see much criticising of BDSM. What I am seeing on that Squinch Jul 2014 #31

I've seen the claims of consent vigorously debated. Again, I haven't read the book, so I Flatulo Jul 2014 #35

I have no interest in sex that hurts or humiliates either, but I understand that there are many Squinch Jul 2014 #37

We have reached a point, at least on DU that is, where ... dawg Jul 2014 #8

Yep. The sacred right to fresher and nastier wank material supersedes all. Sheldon Cooper Jul 2014 #36

Every one of those threads gets derailed. ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #9

Trashing those threads is like playing whak-a-mole. MadrasT Jul 2014 #10

It is. ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #11

Sometimes I deliberately don't use keyword trash... MadrasT Jul 2014 #12

LOL ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #13

That book has now taking on Biblical proportions BainsBane Jul 2014 #15

+1, says Seabeyond BainsBane Jul 2014 #18

Well in that case ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #21

I have seen your point about Rush Limbaugh etc pointed out in some of these threads. No one Squinch Jul 2014 #33

No kidding. nt laundry_queen Jul 2014 #28

And those making the "you can't critique if you don't read it" comment haven't read it either. Squinch Jul 2014 #34

I was trying to stay out of them... Phentex Jul 2014 #14

Because of five hides? BainsBane Jul 2014 #16

PPRd Phentex Jul 2014 #20

What a lot of people don't seem to understand is that these are Libertarian arguments.... YoungDemCA Jul 2014 #17

Oh yes ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #19

Liberal and libertine are synonymous as far as they are concerned. BainsBane Jul 2014 #22

"reactionary right-wing bullshit masquerading as enlightened independent thinking" nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #38

Deriding the books as "shitty" is an excuse to not assign any importance to them. kickitup Jul 2014 #42

I was just told I want to censor a book Z_I_Peevey Jul 2014 #24

They can't deal with actual arguments BainsBane Jul 2014 #26

I see this "criticism = censorship" bullshit and I can't believe people are that simpleminded. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #39

That was some post, wasn't it. historylovr Jul 2014 #29

It took all the restraint I had BainsBane Jul 2014 #30