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06-28-2009, 07:10 AM

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This one. You say it's different, and imply that it is substantially so to warrant actions targeting male gamers over female gamers. I want to know your justification for saying so.
I said this statement two times, the first time backing away saying "a larger part of me says rape is rape."

I am not sure how you can say "substantially so to warrant actions against male gamers." What actions did I warrant? I think you are putting words in my mouth (but if I did say it, please show me).

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You earlier say that black entertainers can get away with jokes about white people that white entertainers can't as an example of the same sort of double-standard being acceptable.
Society accepts this standard. You can call it a double-standard, you can call it retributions. You can call it putting balance back into the force.

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As someone who has been in a situation where such commentary made me very, very uncomfortable (I was clearly a minority, and clearly suffered racism on a surprisingly, shockingly frequent basis... if I had it to do over, I would still do it, as it was a very disturbing, yet enriching experience), I question both your comparison AND the original issue.
I too, have lived in a society where I was the minority. The nice thing that I had, and you had, was the power to leave at the drop of a dime and return to the comforts of a situation where I was safely in the majority any time I wanted. Women don't have that power, and blacks in America don't have that power.

I am a little confused because it sounds like you wanted me to acknowledge the fact that women can have rape fantasies but not talk about the fact that women are the vast majority of rape victims.

Black people may have prejudices against whites, but they are the vast majority of victims of racism.

Both rape and racism are vulgar displays of power, so I think the comparison is legitimate.
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