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[theweaselking]

What do you get when you cross gamers and furries? I don't know, but it's REALLY sad and should probably be euthanised on sight, for the good of the gene pool.

Also,
If you're going to yell "You ruined Star Wars!" at Hayden Christensen, you'd better be able to outrun him.

Also,
A demonstration of poor thinking skills: About.com's "paranormal" department take on their top ten most puzzling hoaxesancient artifacts.

Also,
Signs that the only side in the War On Christmas are getting a wee bit more deranged:

Joel Krupnik and Mildred Castellanos decked the front of their Manhattan mansion this year with a scene that includes a knife-wielding 5-foot-tall St. Nick and a tree full of decapitated Barbie dolls. Hidden partly behind a tree, the merry old elf grasps a disembodied doll's head with fake blood streaming from its eye sockets.

Krupnik told the New York Post it was a statement about the commercialization and secularization of Christmas."Christmas has religious origins," he said. "It's in the Bible. Santa is not in the Bible. He's not a religious symbol."

Also,
Creepy ocean news du jour: Nothing lives at the epicenter of the 2004 Tsunami.

Also,
Livejournal metahumour: feminist has posted its new rules, including the wonderful statement that racism is defined ONLY as white people hating anyone who isn't white, and sexism is defined ONLY as men degrading women. No other forms of racism or sexism exist, and anyone arguing this point, presenting evidence to the contrary, or even attempting to discuss the reasoning will be banned.

Comments

[jl-williams.livejournal.com]

<>"Should there be a different word for people who work to raise the status of women *regardless* of the status of men?"

The word you're looking for is "Ovaryan".

(Totally made that up.)

It's "sexist", plain and simple. If you fall into the trap of assigning new words to concepts that should apply regardless of what side of the fence you're on, it makes you no better than these anal-retentive bigots.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I believe you're looking for "misandrianist", actually, but, again, it's not quite the right word.

[jl-williams.livejournal.com]

I'd even go so far as to say "misanthrope", since they're deliberately demoralizing half of the species.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Misanthrope implies a hatred of EVERYONE, though. Misandrianist tells you that not only do they only hate half, it tells you which half they hate.

[jl-williams.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. So long as it's a word that can apply to *both* sides of the fence, I'm content.

[catlin.livejournal.com]

Men have misogynist.

[jl-williams.livejournal.com]

DO both words *mean* the same thing, only in opposing directions?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Yes. It's because they're from greek roots, same as "misanthrope" - Mis = hatred of. Anthropos = person. Gynos = female. Andros = male.

Of course, now that I've said that, somebody who ACTUALLY speaks Greek will correct me on the exact words and meaning, or tell me it's really Latin and I've gotten them confused again, or something. My gist is right, even if I wouldn't want to write my specifics on a job application.

[doug-palmer.livejournal.com]

I've just checked this in the OED and it agrees with you. So I think that you're on pretty safe ground.

"Misandrist" first makes an appearence in 1978 and is listed as a derivation of misogynist; "misandry" first appears in 1909. The first listed usage of "misogynist" is in 1640. Looking through the quotations both always seem to be used in a perjorative sense.

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

I've taken Latin and Greek. Your definitions are correct, and yes, Greek.

[jl-williams.livejournal.com]

Better yet, you'll have Greek people telling you that only *Latin* can be done incorrectly, because Greek has been used incorrectly for so long that there's really no way for them to be incorrect about anything anymore.

Or something.

[catlin.livejournal.com]

Yes

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

"Misandrianist" is "one who hates men."

A "misogynist" is someone who hates women.

[jl-williams.livejournal.com]

Hm. Okay. I can deal with that.