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rinx  ·  3421 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 15, 2015

Heh you're kinda assuming some things about me here. I do have sexist friends. Not many, but a couple. I keep them around because ignoring them means they go on being sexist. We have occasional debates about it, but more importantly they see the unfair things I struggle with. Even if we never see eye to eye, we learn from each other. If it gets to the point where knowing them is bad for me I'll happily cut them off, no problem. But for now, my goal is sharing and expanding each others worldview. To me, hubski seemed kinda about that too.

I'm not blaming hubski, although I do believe grendel is proof that the site probably has some kinks to work out. It's hard to invite my friends to the site.

"Hey check out hubski! It's different from reddit! Women are welcome!" "Um.. rinx... why is the 3rd post down about whipping feminists"

"Oh trolls are a very small minority, you can block them!"

"yeah... that's what people said about reddit"

For me personally he doesn't bother me. Like I said, I know people like him in person. Once you've met them it's impossible not to feel sorry for them. I would like to see him have less representation in #feminism, so that's why I suggested us consolidating on a tag to filter.