A few months ago I don't know if I would have agreed with you. Since Gamergate happened (gag) I'm getting more and more skeptical of the value of online anonymity. Watching countless nasty little misogynists spinning lies and slander and harassment campaigns with the deliberate goal of ruining women's lives and…

Here's the thing about that. The "Movement" as you call it, doesn't have membership cards. There is no test or qualifications for membership. It is just a frenzy of people who have been whipped up by vague and unsubstantiated reports of industry scandals, all of which are either false, exaggerated, not a scandal (just…

HOLY SHIT WOW THANKS RANDOM MAN FOR EXPLAINING THAT TO US! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, BEING WOMEN EXISTING IN A PUBLIC SPACE FOR OUR ADULT LIVES, OF JUST TELLING THE MAN TO LEAVE US ALONE? I AM SO GLAD A MAN CAME INTO OUR CONVERSATION AND EXPLAINED TO US HOW BEST TO BE A WOMAN IN PUBLIC BECAUSE IT WOULD NEVER HAVE…

TELL US MORE, WE HAVE NEVER HEARD SUCH THINGS. PLEASE EDUCATE US ON YOUR MASCULINE WAYS.

Dude on the internet called me a 'cuntmuncher' once, and I couldn't even get mad because the word had such a pleasing cadence. I mean, just from a pure aesthetic point of view, it just had a nice rhythm to it.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but that sounds GREAT to me. Do that, please.

Especially if you don't say anything — just fart, and look pointedly at him.

"Tralala!" he sings to himself as he skips gaily past all of our clearly stated points of view. "I so enjoy being the only one with a rational opinion! Here, let me explain!"

I get the feeling you lack the critical thinking skills to take what you are saying to its logical conclusion. Also that you take yourself so seriously that you actually believe anything you're saying is news to us.

And the total lack of self-awareness just keeps coming! Haa. Priceless.

Haha. I love mansplainy dudes. "I'm just trying to give you a little perspective! Without my help, how could you possibly have ever gotten a straight man's perspective on life? Where, I ask you!? Now, stop talking about your own frustrations in a feminist space, I have man-perspective to give you."

Now all you need is to take the dust jacket and put it over every book you read.

No, but I wish it was beneath you. You've been playing tone police this whole conversation. I'm annoyed with you, therefore my points must be coming from anger and not logic. It's ridiculous and self-aggrandizing, and the sarcastic "queen" applies very nicely. It's precisely the kind of tactic bigots use against…

I don't know this particular timeline, but I do know that I faced a lawsuit for stupid insurance reasons once, and we were in deliberation for five whole years before the case was dropped. I was never officially sued, my insurance company and their insurance company just sort of circled each other and growled for five…

I hope all those people ignorantly shrieking that these women were terrible people who should have their children taken away are back with well-deserved apologies. I'll wait.

I gotta give this guy points for creativity.

Oh, I'm sorry, do I detect a tone of annoyance? How shocking, from the queen of calm debate! I suppose I am to take your opinions less seriously now?

The way she was conceived was a mistake. The conduct of the clinic was in error. That does not mean she was a mistake. Her parents very much wanted her and claim to be…

Saying that parents are emotionally abusive IMPLIES (which is the word I used) that the child should be taken away, because THAT IS WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO HAPPEN IN CASES OF ABUSE. Jesus, think a little.

You literally JUST said, "in her parents eyes she is a mistake". You do not know that. That is a very personal…

Perhaps they mean, "got" in the Shakespearean sense?

I would say unequivocally calling a mother abusive based on nothing qualifies as weird vitriol. I would say implying that she should have her child taken from her is an unnecessarily cruel and nasty thing to do, regardless of how calm your wording is. And you STILL try to dictate how this woman feels about her child,…