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Originally Posted by Paloma
You are the one pushing for fat acceptance here, man. Why do you have to force someone to be okay with it if you're so comfortable with yourself?
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Because I'm a size activist and I don't do it in half measures. If I see someone engaging in sizeist behavior, I'm going to call them out on it. Being happy with myself for who I am doesn't mean I have to tolerate sizeism when I see it.
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Originally Posted by Unchained Ballad
You just assumed that I agreed with this thread just because I called you out on your obnoxious attitude.
Furthermore, if there's a thread on this forum about it, members shall post in this thread, and not in a porn site. You know, just like you're not supposed to please me, other members aren't supposed to please you.
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Nor do I expect them to. I'm not demanding that the mods close this thread and stop people from posting any kind of pics they want in it. What I did was post an alternative to the usual in this thread and when questioned about it, I defended my actions. I haven't demanded that anyone stop posting pics, but pointed out when Zaq's pics were unnecessary, and have pointed out sizeism when it appears in the hopes that people might re-think their actions.
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Originally Posted by Unchained Ballad
The mere linking of a woman's body to pornography completely baffled me there. Convervative much? Nude models are prostitutes in your little world as well?
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Whew, sounds like you need some education. The
point of porn is to objectify the people being photographed - mostly women - and to provide visual stimulation to those who like to view porn. If guys here are posting pics of women that they find physically attractive, they're objectifying those women - seeing them as nothing other than body parts and faces. If that's what they want to do, I think it would be better suited to a porn forum. Again, I can't stop people from posting any kind of pics they want, for whatever reason they want to post them. The mods maintain the posting rules here. But I
can present an alternative, which is what I did. And I should be able to do it just like anyone else here, without being questioned about what I've posted and why, and without having size hatred thrown in my face.
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Originally Posted by Unchained Ballad
I merely said I think you're being an utter arse to a few members, and you're not admitting you made a mistake.
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Your statement that I'm being "an utter arse to a few members" is your opinion. Why should I apologize for your opinion?
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Originally Posted by Unchained Ballad
Stop being so bloody paranoid. "Perfectly adequate" just meant that you were being civil, which is what's required in this forum, as in most. I hardly meant all women belong in the kitchen with that.
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I understand your intention behind your statement that I'm "perfectly adequate," Unchained, but it's apparent you didn't think about how those words might be taken. I know you didn't intend to insult, but it
is insulting because it plays into the long overused standard that women are here to please and win approval from men, to have everyone like them, etc. That's not what I'm about, as should be clear by now.