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Permalink Reply by TByte on June 9, 2011 at 7:20am

Perhaps you could explain to me how "And of course, anything men do is their wife's fault." was meant in some way other than to suggest that men blame women for their own actions?  You seem to think your reading comprehension is superior to mine, so enlighten me.

And by the way, my reading comprehension test scores on my SAT, ACT, and GMAT were in the top 5%.   Your insult is rather silly. 

Permalink Reply by Rob van Senten on June 9, 2011 at 7:44am

TByte, 

 

Obviously sarcasm and irony are lost on you, therefor it would perhaps be best not to jump to conclusions and then follow up by demanding an explanation. Maybe, just maybe you are missing something that other people do get.

Permalink Reply by TByte on June 9, 2011 at 9:54pm

Obviously you are unable to answer my question.

Now, you need to step back a pace and consider why....

Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on June 9, 2011 at 7:51am

Then how the mighty have fallen.  You took that line out of context.  Again PRG was referring to the Obedient Wives Club.  Which is obvious to anyone who actually bothers to READ the post.

Permalink Reply by TByte on June 9, 2011 at 9:56pm

Uhm...how much was there to read?

Indeed, had the post been longer and indicated that she was referring only to Muslim men, maybe it would not have been so offensive.  But she didn't, because she wasn't.

So, YOU read it again.  But read it critically.  And try reversing the genders involved.

Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on June 9, 2011 at 10:29pm

Translation: pretend you have never heard of sarcasm or irony or context.

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on June 9, 2011 at 8:34am

It was pretty obvious I'm talking about the mentality of the people who started the Obedient Wives' Club and think it is women's faults that men cheat. It's also common in Islamic societies for women to be punished for "inciting" rape.

 

You know what Bruce? You're a little on the hysterical/histrionic side.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on June 9, 2011 at 5:38pm

You're a little on the hysterical/histrionic side.

 

Impressive how he pulled that off without having the necessary biological bits for it, huh?

Permalink Reply by TByte on June 9, 2011 at 10:04pm

You SAID "And of course, anything men do is their wife's fault."

That is another blanket statement about men.

If someone posted a story about prostitution and I responded with a comment like "Women are such whores.", would you grant me that I was speaking only of prostitutes?

No.

I guess I am partly at fault for assuming you put any thought whatsoever into what you write.  I'd expected a higher level of discourse and greater consideration on an Atheists Forum, but truly most of you are not fundamentally different from religious zealots.  You are equally intolerant, equally irrational, and equally unable to consider someone else's viewpoint.

Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on June 9, 2011 at 10:32pm

Actually, the only person who fits the description of a religious zealot is you.  They cherry pick out of context quotes and them claim it means thw opposite of what it says.

Permalink Reply by Dustin Williams on June 9, 2011 at 10:37pm

Let's look at the inverse of that statement. "Anything women do is their husband's fault." That sounds more like a blanket statement about men than the statement (which in the context was obvious tongue-in-cheek) you quoted.

Permalink Reply by TByte on June 9, 2011 at 10:43pm

Dustin, if you think the phrase "Anything women do is their husband's fault." is somehow more of a blanket statement than "Anything men do is their wife's fault.", then your blindness to double standards is beyond redemption.
The phrases are exactly the same, except for the reversal of gender.

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