*(in fact CJ Morgan was referred to as a "snag" on another thread)*

Sheesh Fractelle, that is really terrible! You mean that CJ
is not a Sensitive New Age Guy? What an insult to call him that!

I am deeply shocked :)

Cornflower I don't recall ever being told that "all men are abusers". I've got some strong views on the way that genderisation of family violence is misrepresented but that's not one of the claims that I've seen the gender warriors make or even hint at.

R0bert

Robert, whether or not someone made the claim that all me are abusers or not is not really the problem. The way I see it, it is more the implied impression that is the problem.

I use to read a wide range of books, but found the negative portrayal of men in feminist texts, extremely depressing.

Just recently I was asked to partake in a phone survey on community attitudes to violence, which I was looking forward too. But it quickly became clear that all the survey was interested in was community attitudes about violence towards women.

I told them that I was willingly to partake in a real survey, not a gender biased one.

Cornflower: << Asserting that all men are inherent abusers of women is a joke >>

I don't suppose you'd care to point out where in the article or discussion anybody has asserted that?

Yabby: << You mean that CJ is not a Sensitive New Age Guy? >>

And there I was thinking you'd called me a sausage. Never mind, just so long as you don't call me late for breakfast :)

CJ

Apologies for mentioning an insult that was directed at you instead of me. I simply wanted to highlight the difficulties Yabby has in accepting that people do not necessarily accept his POV all of the time.

It is entirely possible to have civil discussions where both sides hold opposing views as I have done so with people like Forrest Gump, Ludwig, R0bert, Bronwyn, Pelican and many others. However, as pointed out by yourself and others, there are some people who let their personal problems colour the way they see everyone. Which is unfortunate because we can all learn from each other provided we are open to communication and the fact that everyone has a differing opinion on a wide variety of subjects. Personal insult simply shuts down debate (in fact one poster has admitted that he does this on purpose), for this reason I am losing interest in participating as much as I used to on OLO.

*Apologies for mentioning an insult*

An insult Fractelle? You have got to be kidding! SNAG is an
anacronym that has been around for a while, I made the silly
mistake to think that you knew what it meant.

Now it is seemingly an insult. ROFL. Go and read some of the
posts written by you, insults galore. Luckily I have a great
sense of humour and brush this stuff off.

Rational, you certainly are not