This morning I posted a response to Eva Ellsworth’s comments, and in it I referred to an article in this morning’s paper, in the “Annie’s Mailbox” Advice column. Over the day I was thinking that I would post this for discussion in a few forums. So, come lunch, I cut and pasted and modified it, posting first at the Stand Your Ground forum. This included the line:

And I will note that not only is she not refuted, but not rebuked. How much you want to bet that if a man said this, words like “Kidnapping” and “Abuse” would be thrown around?

So I check a couple other things, get ready to go to the Colosseum to post it, check this list to see if I have missed anything, and lo and behold, in reference to the other line, Hachu/Maatkare (Posts under one name, refers to herself in the third person by the second) has posted this:

well its seems they made the obvious point that she will be harming her child rather than her intended target. Maybe ask Ann isn’t a platform to get into debates regarding the obnosiouxness of the court system or bring hell and highwater to “In Dispair”

Man, females are damned if we do and damned if we don’t do it how men want us to.

Lord, Give me STRENGTH.

So, I reply (And I repeat it solely because I think it’s funny and clever):

Ya know, Matakare, I have to give you an “A+” for taking a specific criticism directed at two specific women who in the past have demonstrated (Read their archives) a distinct pro-female over male bias, twisting it into and inferring a slam on “All women” and putting yourself under the umbrella of victimhood.

Edit: Never mind. There is. Five minutes. Kind of takes your breath away, doesn’t it, guys?

This is kind of what I deal with. I can’t even criticise TWO SPECIFIC WOMEN, let alone merely a subgroup of “feminists,” without hypersensitive women deciding that I am targeting “ALL WOMEN” and them in particular. And people wonder why I just tune out the complaints about it.

I swear to Christ, some days it just doesn’t pay to chew through the restraining straps.