KevinSim wrote:I brought in the term bastard as an illustration that the term bitchy was inappropriate, not to imply that anybody had actually used the term bastard; the term bastard was like the term bitch, I said. And it is.
In what way is 'bitchy' inappropriate in the same way as calling someone a bastard?
I posted the definition of 'bitchy' which is a commonly accepted term of reference used to describe "malicious or spitefully critical" language. It is non gender related and the way I used it was completely non gender specific. The only person here who seems intent on making this about gender or parent-less children is you. You are completely projecting your own misplaced and prudish sense of self importance onto a dialogue between two consenting adult posters who have absolutely no qualms with each other. If you don't like the tone of interaction between Jersey Girl and I then...DON'T damned READ IT!
How was it misplaced? You think it's appropriate to go around calling women's actions bitchy? I would say that calling women's actions bitchy is the thing that's misplaced.
Once again, the only person thinking this is gender specific terminology is you.
It boggles my mind that you can call the actions of a woman like Jersey Girl bitchy, and I end up the person that needs to issue an apology. It seems rather that the person calling the actions bitchy should issue the apology, not the person who points out that using such terminology demonstrates bad taste.
It may boggle your mind but the malfunction is all yours. I didn't call the actions of a woman anything at all. I enquired of Jersey Girl whether or not said posters posts were going to continue to be "malicious or spitefully cruel". I get that you think you're being a chivalrous man, coming to the defence of a poor defenceless little woman who needs a Priesthood Holder to stand up for her. But you should realise that your whiny, prudish, chauvinistic, self important irrational little screen dumps are being far more derogatory towards the poster Jersey Girl than anything I posted. She is far more competent at understanding words and context and in handling acerbic posters, such as myself. She is twice the man you are.
It's now too late for you to apologise to me.
But you should consider apologising to the board for the blatant derailment, overt sense self-importance, and for introducing the disgusting term you used for children without parents (I cannot bring myself to repeat it).
You should also apologise to Jersey Girl for assuming that, as a woman, she was unable to stand up for herself and needed you to come to her rescue. I treat women and men equally, you obviously think women are somehow unable to handle robust discussion.
