Respect of Femme Sensabilities

[Melissa]

Originally Posted by rlin

i didnt remember this... this makes me want to ask about double standards...
even then tho... i think that it is okay for a femme to say these things... i still think that we should refrain when possible... on principle...

It doesn't seem right to me that it is ok for a femme to say this but not a butch. I think we should take gender id out of the mix and just say that civil conversation seems to be on the wane in many places, not just here. I would like to see a rise in civiility and politeness and general respect for another person when online or face to face. We have lost that, and we lost it years ago.

I'm not placing blame on any person, group or generation. We have lost the art of conversation and debate. Conversation and debate were once considered arts. Now its just a free for all under the guise of freedom or individuality or personal rights or whatever you want to frame it as. I believe that trash talk, cursing etc in a public forum is not a right or appropriate. If you have to curse or scream to get your point across then people are going to tune you out.

Melissa