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[EnigmaticHat]

Take it to the thread.

Lord knows that thread has been going on for months with the same five people talking, they need some new blood.

[TamerVirus]

Point is that the new thread mysteriously CEASED TO EXIST

No lock

No nuthin'

[Sirus]

Perhaps Toady is tired of people making threads that he will inevitably have to lock anyway?

[Orange Wizard]

Wait, what thread? The Anita Sarkeesian thread is still there. Toady hasn't nuked it yet.

[Neonivek]

UGH!!! Feminism talking about Feminism is painful to watch >_<

Just reading that makes me think that ALL feminism hates all other forms of feminism and they are all in some sort of huge Feminist Mortal Kombat.

Which come to think of it makes me a moron because it isn't like Liberalism goes "Conservatives and us are all really on the same side, what people should do is take both our sides into consideration and chose what they think is the best course for the country. We of course believe that our beliefs are correct" NO! They go "Conservatives are EVIL!"

Wait, what thread? The Anita Sarkeesian thread is still there. Toady hasn't nuked it yet.

Yeah, and that topic has gone EVERYWHERE!

[Sirus]

Wait, what thread? The Anita Sarkeesian thread is still there. Toady hasn't nuked it yet.

It showed up earlier today and doesn't seem to exist anymore. #GamerGate or something along those lines.

[Orange Wizard]

Sounds like Toady took some pre-emptive measures. Can't say I blame him, if that's what happened.

[Neonivek]

That and I am somewhat suspicious that all those people are the same person >_>

Though what makes me smile is on another site someone is probably talking about how they got to Toady too

And that is all I'll say on that topic.

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In other news...

So I saw a cute kitty sleeping outside in a bookcase it was soo cute!

But what the heck was a book case doing outside? What? was it there for the outdoor cat?

[Morrigi]

It's kind of ridiculous that every thread about this mess gets shut down, one way or another. Can't we act like adults, without slinging shit at each other?

[Frumple]

Most folks involved did. Problem with the first set that basically poisoned the waters is the OP wasn't acting in good faith, which made the subsequent crashing and burning entirely understandable. And this latest one had an escaped lunatic (of four months, but still) with like a two-line starting post. Which lead people, again understandable, to assume it was going to happen again.

Thread with a decent maker and sensibly defined guidelines and whatnot might do alright. It's also pretty likely to draw in more of the rabid idiots surrounding the subject from outside the forum, though, which is probably reason enough to just squelch the subject. Not really worth the trouble.

[i2amroy]

It's kind of ridiculous that every thread about this mess gets shut down, one way or another. Can't we act like adults, without slinging shit at each other?

How dare you insinuate that I'm acting childish! Ad hominem!

But really all it takes is one person who holds an unpopular opinion and doesn't know when to quit (or two people on opposite sides) to get a thread nuked, as long as others chip in occasionally to make it seem like it's everyone losing their cool.

[Orange Wizard]

Don't forget the strawmen. We can't have a proper debate without going all Nazi on the strawmen.

[EnigmaticHat]

UGH!!! Feminism talking about Feminism is painful to watch >_<

Just reading that makes me think that ALL feminism hates all other forms of feminism and they are all in some sort of huge Feminist Mortal Kombat.

Which come to think of it makes me a moron because it isn't like Liberalism goes "Conservatives and us are all really on the same side, what people should do is take both our sides into consideration and chose what they think is the best course for the country. We of course believe that our beliefs are correct" NO! They go "Conservatives are EVIL!"

Wait, what thread? The Anita Sarkeesian thread is still there. Toady hasn't nuked it yet.

Yeah, and that topic has gone EVERYWHERE!

Spoiler: Spoiled for being mildly not chilly (click to show/hide)

Hearing the average Bay12er talk about feminism is painful to listen to.

Its not so much what they say, its confidence with which they say it.  Its like, just go read every Cracked article pertaining to gender, it'll bring you at least slightly up to speed.  That way you first post won't be "it shouldn't be about women it should be about equality" or something similarly uniformed.  Also most of them are written by men so you won't have to get angry.

[Orange Wizard]

Don't forget the strawmen. We can't have a proper debate without going all Nazi on the strawmen.

Well, we already have Godwin's law out of the way.

With all the genocide that goes on in the upper boards, Bay12 and Godwin's law are pretty much best buddies.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Godwin's Second Law: Whoever invokes Godwin's Law in an argument loses the argument.