Reply #186: What is it you found unclear about the examples I offered? [View All]

[Pamela Troy]

Which ones did you find baffling?

No, calling Bush a "dickhead" does not make you a misandrist, unless you constantly bring up the fact that he has a dick in lieu of more substantive criticism.

No, saying a woman is comely does not automatically make you a misogynist. Repeatedly bringing up women's "comely" appearance when you are supposed to be speaking as professionals or while discussing political issues does raise the suspicion, however.

What people say generally reflects what they believe. Sorry, but words like "racist" or "misogynist" or for that matter, "Communist," "Nazi," "conservative" or "liberal" were not coined on the assumption that they would only be used by psychics. For all I know, Michael Moore might, in spite of all he writes, films and says, be a flaming right-winger fooling us all. The likelihood, however, is so remote it's not going to stop me, or any other rational person, referring to him as a liberal.

What would have to happen before you would be willing to refer to someone as a "misogynist?"