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iverglas

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167. spit the mealies out of your mouth
Sun Feb 12, 2012, 01:24 PM
Feb 2012

I don't have a fucking clue who you are, but if you have something to say to or about me, say it, and say it to my face.

I have another account at DU. When I first joined, I used a name I had used on other discussion boards: bushwah. It is an expression of disgust and disbelief. When I started reading the boards, and we're talking 2001, I found lots of people with names that included "Bush" one way or another. In that sense, mine was inadvertently clever, and I was surprised no one else had chosen it.

However, I didn't want to have a name that identified me with that specific an era/focus, particularly since I am not even a USAmerican. There was no option for changing a username at the time; a name-change option was allowed a while later that was useful precisely for people with name like ihatebush.

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I have no idea even of how to sign into that account now.

So again: if you are here to participate in this forum, you feel free. If you want to say something to or about me, say it and take your false insinuations somewhere else.

I'm mainly off being busy with this broken leg business and don't have a lot of free time/energy for hosting duties in the next week or two, particularly if I do have to have surgery this coming week. Any decision the other hosts want to make in this instance will be fine with me.
Hello My Sisters! [View all] Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 OP
hey.... you. i am glad to see you back. seabeyond Feb 2012 #1
Hello Sea! Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #2
Welcome back. redqueen Feb 2012 #3
I don't understand this phrase Female Assigned At Birth. Why do you identify this way? yardwork Feb 2012 #4
Why not? Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #13
That was my experience too, but I don't identify as Female Assigned at Birth. That's why I'm asking. yardwork Feb 2012 #18
Hello again. Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #20
I don't understand. Other people have identified what for you? yardwork Feb 2012 #24
since we are expected to understand the termonology, and i am trying to learn seabeyond Feb 2012 #33
It's quoted in this thread. See the link here: yardwork Feb 2012 #36
Uh oh... is it because of me? redqueen Feb 2012 #38
ya. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #58
really? female assigned at birth? La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #5
Maybe Intersexed? nt justiceischeap Feb 2012 #6
Oh! Maybe that's it. I await an explanation. yardwork Feb 2012 #7
what is intersexed, please? nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #34
Google is your friend: yardwork Feb 2012 #39
hey... i googled cisgender. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #59
Intersex resource MadrasT Feb 2012 #46
thank you... nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #62
I found the following about the "faab" acronym justiceischeap Feb 2012 #8
hi Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #10
Hi back, just trying to understand. justiceischeap Feb 2012 #11
Ok great! Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #14
"Discussing leading to understanding is a grand idea." redqueen Feb 2012 #16
me too. i like discussing. i like understanding. good stuff. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #37
So, if you identify as female through and through why are you misusing faab? justiceischeap Feb 2012 #84
I was wondering that, too obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #85
Then you are not "FAAB" obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #45
Why Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #9
yes, but your partner basically blamed transpeople for misogyny and you are here La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #12
"congratulations on being cisgender. its nothing special. 99% of people are." redqueen Feb 2012 #15
Hello. Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #17
and in my opinion, your claiming to be FAAB and defending it La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #19
Hello again. Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #21
i am not placing words, i am at best placing intent La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #22
Hello. Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #23
no, not really. in the context of du, your identification cannot have bigotry at its root La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #26
I certainly have Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #30
its analogous to being proud about things in a bigoted way. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #31
What is a "born woman?" Transgender males to females are "born women" too. yardwork Feb 2012 #43
Not on DU. For instance, it is against the rules to identify as Republican here. yardwork Feb 2012 #27
Not really, and for two reasons obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #51
She didn't obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #48
Welcome back maddezmom Feb 2012 #25
Thank you. Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #28
do you consider women who were male at birth as women? La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #29
That is a good question. Thanks! Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #35
okay, let me ask you this. do you agree with your partners remarks? maddezmom Feb 2012 #32
Hello again. Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #40
then could you give me your interpretation? maddezmom Feb 2012 #49
You just did speak for your partner, in your OP. I quote: yardwork Feb 2012 #47
Gosh, excellent point, Yardie! obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #54
I know a way to resolve this. Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #57
hahaha obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #65
I don't see that happening. But could you offer your interpretation of her comments? maddezmom Feb 2012 #86
You were asked YOUR opinion obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #52
Does anybody see a pattern here? n/t TriMera Feb 2012 #41
yeah a pattern called transphobia. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #42
Yes, but there's more to it. n/t TriMera Feb 2012 #44
I see 2 + 2 + 2 = 6. yardwork Feb 2012 #50
Yes, it is that clear. TriMera Feb 2012 #55
really? is that a promise? n/t Scout Feb 2012 #149
? La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #156
"i am so done with this shit." Scout Feb 2012 #157
sorry to disappoint. wait, no i am not. glad, i am annoying you by staying. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #158
yes -- obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #53
What would that be? redqueen Feb 2012 #64
I see three patterns repeating themselves. My metaphor for this is 2 + 2 + 2 = 6. yardwork Feb 2012 #66
I see a pattern here iverglas Feb 2012 #164
Is that what you see? TriMera Feb 2012 #165
spit the mealies out of your mouth iverglas Feb 2012 #167
Most people are talking about Sera_Bellum, who was previously banned muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #168
and to be fair, in a thread in another forum they are stating, possibly implying only seabeyond Feb 2012 #169
they're stating it pretty fucking clearly iverglas Feb 2012 #170
ya, well, my memory thought so, but i didnt want to fabricate or misrepresent or LIE...... seabeyond Feb 2012 #171
muriel is right. This is not about you. TriMera Feb 2012 #173
you would break the rules by having a sock puppet doesn't surprise me seabeyond Feb 2012 #174
Read it again. I never accused her of having a sock puppet. TriMera Feb 2012 #177
no.... you jsut said no wonder people would think you have a sock puppet because of seabeyond Feb 2012 #179
They're not accusations if they are proven. TriMera Feb 2012 #180
there is no proof remember me is a sock puppet for iverglas. is there? did i miss something? nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #181
Yes, you did. I am not a part of that conversation. TriMera Feb 2012 #182
she added EDIT on the post. not like she was hiding it, or say, being sneaking and manipulative seabeyond Feb 2012 #183
Do you see my name in that thread? TriMera Feb 2012 #185
why are you here? iverglas Feb 2012 #184
I guess I would like to know why it is TriMera Feb 2012 #186
what "situation"? iverglas Feb 2012 #187
You know what? TriMera Feb 2012 #190
yup, I know what. iverglas Feb 2012 #191
start wherever you want iverglas Feb 2012 #175
In the spirit of Sera Bellum... +1 n/t justiceischeap Feb 2012 #176
Thank you for this excellent, pithy summary of the events. Well stated. yardwork Feb 2012 #178
made it thru half the thread pretty ok. made it thru the rest of the thread and getting seabeyond Feb 2012 #56
Hello Sea Sera_Bellum Feb 2012 #60
You're playing right into the pattern, seabeyond. No disrespect intended. n/t TriMera Feb 2012 #61
+1 obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #67
Thank you. I'm not trying to be cryptic... TriMera Feb 2012 #93
Yup obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #97
So you're saying that we shouldn't ask for clarity? We should just reach our own conclusions? yardwork Feb 2012 #63
Well... she used the term 'grilling'... which redqueen Feb 2012 #69
I can only speak for myself. I have been careful not to say that anything is offensive to me. yardwork Feb 2012 #76
You don't have to tell me... redqueen Feb 2012 #77
Thank you. yardwork Feb 2012 #80
Very well put, Yardwork obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #90
yeah, I've learned a lot on this subject recently as well maddezmom Feb 2012 #68
and there are lesbians and gays who are as well La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #70
agreed maddezmom Feb 2012 #73
Jesus Christ... really? redqueen Feb 2012 #75
Yes. In recent days I have received heartbreaking PMs from some transgender people. yardwork Feb 2012 #78
I know for a fact it's not well-understood. redqueen Feb 2012 #87
I was clueless, too. And so are many gay and lesbian people. Being gay doesn't mean we understand. yardwork Feb 2012 #89
Or how many transgendered posters there are obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #92
Yeah, I learned that just yesterday myself. redqueen Feb 2012 #72
I learned a few years ago that Gloria Steinem had achieved some long-lasting notoriety Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #82
Read your article. moriah Feb 2012 #160
i have a kid to get back to. i will come back to this subthread, later. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #71
You also kinda just really insulted MTF obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #74
everything can be discussed on DU.... steer friggin do do.... seabeyond Feb 2012 #79
I actually wrote you a very nice, well meaning post obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #94
I've started to write this, deleted, then started again several times. Please don't curse. yardwork Feb 2012 #103
no cursing either? last night i read a poster tell a host of feminist she couldnt use vampire seabeyond Feb 2012 #108
I think that there has been too much cursing AT people in this forum lately.That's all I'm saying. yardwork Feb 2012 #115
lol. gotcha. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #118
+10,000 La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #81
I've seen that claim before, that they are born with male privilege... redqueen Feb 2012 #83
this is probably fairly accurate. nt La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #88
Right, and an additional layer is they are despised by some straight men obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #95
Very well said. yardwork Feb 2012 #104
About that male privilege... here's the thing... redqueen Feb 2012 #91
And I'd like to point out... that those with male privilege can be staunch feminists justiceischeap Feb 2012 #96
good point La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #99
Good points obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #101
and there are feminist that are adament that a male cannot be a feminist. there are feminist that seabeyond Feb 2012 #102
are there really feminists who believe republicans dont treat their women well? La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #109
yes. i get that they are different. hence, me choosing the words i did. seabeyond Feb 2012 #111
Yes, there's a perception that some anti-woman behaviors only exist on *that* side of the aisle. redqueen Feb 2012 #113
redqueen. i am not advocating or suggesting or arguing anything. i am too unfamiliar with the seabeyond Feb 2012 #98
I would be disappointed if you dropped out of this conversation. yardwork Feb 2012 #106
i was not cursing... at her. i was cursing. steer friggin do do.... is saying no way. seabeyond Feb 2012 #112
Ok. That's cool. yardwork Feb 2012 #116
Yes, I see that side of it too... redqueen Feb 2012 #107
I like your thinking and I agree with your points. yardwork Feb 2012 #110
I agree completely. redqueen Feb 2012 #114
Exactly! yardwork Feb 2012 #117
I really urge people to read Jenny Boylan's book obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #100
The book Stone Butch Blues really opened my eyes. yardwork Feb 2012 #105
As usual Texasgal Feb 2012 #119
FAAB = female-assigned at birth redqueen Feb 2012 #120
I think the whole sexuality came up because of the FAAB acronym justiceischeap Feb 2012 #122
FAAB appears to be VERY rarely used obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #128
Yes, that's the only way I've seen it used before organically... redqueen Feb 2012 #153
lol texas seabeyond Feb 2012 #121
Just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention maddezmom Feb 2012 #123
Thanks for posting that. One of the posts that remains alludes to "born woman." yardwork Feb 2012 #124
Just to clarify that for everyone - Sera_Bellum also was "IttakesaVillage_People" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #125
correct, thanks for the clarification maddezmom Feb 2012 #127
This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond Feb 2012 #130
And was homophobic and transphobic and used an "FAAB"-type slur obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #129
I want to make sure that I understand this correctly: yardwork Feb 2012 #131
That's how I read it... TeeYiYi Feb 2012 #132
And, I bet, also Kitty Herding obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #133
Yes, I think so, plus TAPat was TakesAVillage_People's partner muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #134
OT (but not really): Check out the documentary "Catfish" justiceischeap Feb 2012 #135
That's how I'm reading this too. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #136
Well, there's the whole damn problem right there. I mean. Really. yardwork Feb 2012 #137
Yup... TeeYiYi Feb 2012 #140
Whoa obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #126
my head is spinning... boston bean Feb 2012 #138
I also find the first sentence in the OP odd obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #139
I know. The 3 faces of eve... TeeYiYi Feb 2012 #141
And Jimmy on "Seinfeld" obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #142
...and Jimmy... TeeYiYi Feb 2012 #144
Dick Nixon used to refer to himself as Dick Nixon. yardwork Feb 2012 #147
Oh yeah... TeeYiYi Feb 2012 #143
Don't forget, Sybil was recently exposed as a fake. justiceischeap Feb 2012 #145
I read the "expose" book obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #146
Something to read during your morning coffee break obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #148
i remember that. i stayed out of it. but, i kinda liked that argument. seabeyond Feb 2012 #150
Weird... TeeYiYi Feb 2012 #151
Is Feldspar claiming to be Weightlifting Lady in that thread? yardwork Feb 2012 #152
Unclear... TeeYiYi Feb 2012 #154
I don't know -- I just thought the thread was interesting obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #155
I share your interest. Very interested, I am. yardwork Feb 2012 #159
It is ironic, isn't it. :) nt justiceischeap Feb 2012 #161
no, i think they are saying they know weightlifting lady La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #162
I agree. If it's the weightlifting lady I know, then this poster is not her. yardwork Feb 2012 #163
Yes. Vanje Feb 2012 #166
did anybody happen to notice this bit? iverglas Feb 2012 #172
I have read this thread with Remember Me Feb 2012 #188
Hosts are limited in what we can do. laconicsax Feb 2012 #189
actually, hosts can ban users at whim iverglas Feb 2012 #192
There's a big difference between can and should. laconicsax Feb 2012 #193
And mine wasn't? Remember Me Feb 2012 #194
and now the OP has been PPR'd maddezmom Feb 2012 #195
Whoa obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #196
Glad to see that EarlG made the correct decision on this one. n/t justiceischeap Feb 2012 #197
This message was self-deleted by its author Remember Me Feb 2012 #198
the OP poster has been tos'ed. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #199
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