Re: Jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Shawn Boeser
Al wrote: > Mary: > Okay, now we're getting to the nub of it. I fully agree, women > have been treated like dirt for thousands of years, and have a > right to be mad as hell. And some of us males will actually help > you change things. (Other males are mad as

Re: jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Michael Yount
Whoaaa! Well, Al, you've done it again! This male PMS attack is really getting to be a LONG one (better check with your dr.)! I was thinking this might actually be FUNNY til I saw your last sentence on "biting the hand that feeds you." INDEED! Biting WHAT "hand" that "feeds" *ME* (???).

RE: jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Monte M Snellenberger
> Monte': > I DO realize that I'm the product of a sexist and racist society, > and I AM TRYING TO CHANGE. Is it really constructive for me to > accept _personal_ blame for what our culture did to me? That right there is the whole reason so many women on this list are

Re: jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Jaimie A. Carboy
Dear Al: Sorry guy, but I can't contain myself any longerDo you honestly consider Shawn's response a flame? I think the majority of women on this list have been MORE than patient with your insipid, ignorant, masturbatory posts regarding a subject you OBVIOUSLY know nothing about... if you

Re: Jerks

1995-06-28 Thread Jenny McIver
Shawn wrote in response to Al- "I appreciate the fact that you want to be an >allie in ending the oppression of women but statements such as this, > >> (Other males are mad as hell about reverse >> discrimination caused by Affirmative Action, and they have a right >> to

Re: jerks

1995-06-27 Thread bd27594
On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Al Rushanan TAL (904)487-1855 wrote: > Shawn: > I asked you not to flame, but you did anyway. Do you get off on > it? I don't think she was flaming at allonly expressing the fact that this is an ecoFEMINIST list. I too, am tired of postings trying to

Re: jerks

1995-07-02 Thread Kylie Matthews
>Mary: >Okay, now we're getting to the nub of it. I fully agree, women >have been treated like dirt for thousands of years, and have a >right to be mad as hell. And some of us males will actually help >you change things. Al, do you realize just how patronising th

Re: jerks

1995-07-03 Thread Kylie Matthews
> Let me ask you, do you think it's any less prejudiced to call >reverse discrimination a "myth" when it is not a myth? Go talk to >the folks who have lost work because of reverse discrimination. Is >it wrong to feel bad for them? >

Re: Jerks

1995-07-03 Thread Kylie Matthews
>Shawn wrote in response to Al- > >"I appreciate the fact that you want to be an >>allie in ending the oppression of women but statements such as this, >> >>> (Other males are mad as hell about reverse >>> discrimination caused by Affirmative Action, and they have a right >>>

Re: jerks

1995-07-06 Thread hae
dear Jill, me too I am a subscriber of this list only since very few weeks, and now I find that most postings are about Al Rushanan`s private problems he has with feminist women. Of what use is it for women to teach men feminism over and over again,not having time for the questions concerning us

Re: Jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Lorraine Pozzi
On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Shawn Boeser wrote: > > Al wrote: > > > Mary: > > Okay, now we're getting to the nub of it. I fully agree, women > > have been treated like dirt for thousands of years, and have a > > right to be mad as hell. And some of us males will actuall

RE: jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Al Rushanan TAL (904)487-1855
>To Shawn Boeser and Ecofem subscribers: > > Thank you! > > Al, bless your heart for whatever you are willing to do to >advance the cause of women in this day and age. I do however, understand >Ms. Boeser's reservations. I am a black woman and all my life many white >people who wo

RE: jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Lorraine Pozzi
On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Monte M Snellenberger wrote: > > It is not our responsibility to put you at ease. (If anything it's the > other way around!) > This group is called > Ecofeminist because that is who it is here to serve. I must agree with one of > the previous posts, we woman can

Re: jerks

1995-06-27 Thread Jill Estes
I am relatively new to this list ... and thus far have sat quietly at my computer watching the bickering on my screen. The responses to Al's message were simply too much. Anger is a very real and very justifiable response to the continued oppression of women. However, when this anger breeds

Re: jerks and questions

1995-07-01 Thread Leanne Smith
minator societies are deeply systemic and it is only in asking questions in a public forum that I gain the insight to try another way. It is the only way I see my own "dis-eased" thinking.L. Leanne Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jul 1 11:31:12 1995 Date: