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In reply to the discussion: The chilling effect of misogynistic trolls [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)women who post in the History of Feminism forum regularly. But, I gather from posts that I have seen outside that forum now and again that an admin level decision has been made to let women defend themselves against the sexist crap, which is not the case if you make a racist or homophobic post. But, then, if that defense gets too vigorous, the female gets alerted on.
Although.....I have seen African American DUers posting that they suffer from a similar pattern.
Until now, I have tended to stay out of single issue forums. I tend to go straight to the Latest tab and start posting from there. The single issue forums tend to feel too intense to me and I usually feel as though I have walked into the theater 3/4 of the way into the film and can't catch up.
Literally, within the last few hours, I was thinking that I was being remiss and was thinking of changing my posting habits.
Then, I got to this thread from the Latest tab. Maybe it's a sign from the posting gods that I should indeed spend more time in some of the single issue forums. At least the ones focusing on minority groups and women. In the end, equal rights is my top issue yet my posting habits don't reflect that at all.