Well, I thank all of you.
I guess I'll just say that I'm working on not overreacting as much as I used to, so if you disagree, then please, feel free to disagree.
I'll just note here that I was especially angry about the previous situation because I'm tired of dealing with people suggesting that I should be raped as a woman, or me specifically. That was not an instance where I was thinking clearly.
What really puts a bee in my bonnet is the (semi-frequent) statements that if it were a guy we were talking about, or something like that, I wouldn't say anything. Or that I think women are flawless and better. I really don't, folks. What I really care about is creating the freedom for people to see each other as they are.
I spend a lot of time thinking about genocide and abortion, for example, or potentially correct statements seen as sexism, or the difficult line between social growth and an inelegant reality. I don't know about any of those answers. I don't know how to fix the problems or find out what's "right," and that's one of the reasons why I set up my thread, and one of the reasons why I respect dissenters so much (provided that they have an original argument, heh). Because I know very well that I just ... don't know.
So... please don't take my early days with too much weight. I definitely went overboard. Please look at me as I am now, and I'll keep on trying to do the right thing. And in a while, I'll have a different idea of what the right thing is, and I'll do my best to do that. But it'll be easier if you bring out your ideas so that we can think about them, and I'll try to think through them, too, without getting overly upset. The progressive rage thread is for discussion, not propaganda. And usually, at this point, when I feel myself boiling over I just don't post and hope that calmer minds will prevail. I think things have changed at least a little.