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In reply to the discussion: The Bitter Mind of Bernard [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)5. When men talk in this manner, they do not get it. We try to explain, but they do not want to get it.
Bernard continues his pseudo-intellectual scribbling. After plumbing the depths of his consciousness, he arrives at the-all-too-common shift away from the victims issue (sexism) and onto the oppressor.
And Men. Men are in pain too. They are thinking. Wondering. What is it they want from a woman? Are they at fault? Are they perpetuating this man-woman situation? Are they oppressors?
The sheer simplicity of this mind called Bernard is staggering. What thoughts have passed through it to produce such rhetoric? Very little, when it comes to perceiving that males are at the core of sexism. But Bernard goes on, engaging in a conversation which may or may not be imaginary.
The man is bitter.
You lied to me, he said. (She did)
You said that you loved me, that you wanted me, that you needed me. Those are your words. (They are.)
You lied to me, he said. (She did)
You said that you loved me, that you wanted me, that you needed me. Those are your words. (They are.)
Bernard opens the door to victimhood, that self-aggrandizing, egocentric trip, and falls into its hole of absurdity.
You hated me just as you have hated every man in your entire life
You hated me before you ever saw me, even though I was not your father or your teacher, or your sex friend when you were 13 years old
And they never again made love together (which they had each liked to do more than anything), or never ever saw each other one more time.
Never EvAH had sex again. Never. Ever. Lol.
Ya... No issues with Feminists here. Like we have not totally heard this forever. Even today> How many times have we argued this with men on DU.
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Women don't much care that you label them "establishment" when discussing white hetero mens behavior
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#2
When men talk in this manner, they do not get it. We try to explain, but they do not want to get it.
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#5
No. He did not. He ignored it, dismissed it, patted us on the head and told us to hush.
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#9
Lol. Yes, it is one voice. And many other voices agree. Hey... How about going to insults?
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#13
we are ONE PLANET. but, never mind. I have put the OP on ignore, dropped HOF from my
Hiraeth
Mar 2016
#16
Instead of telling women we are not allowed the conversation, like they tell AA they are not
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#21
You can keep saying that, as does Sanders, and all his supporters, until you are blue in the face.
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#24
Don't bother - this is a link to someone's blog. Someone on the computer wrote it.
jillan
Mar 2016
#47
THAT face. Yes. Lol. I didnt read it for a couple days, having already processed this.
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#32
Lol... Oh, I did. Hence, bringing it here. You are right. This is not a "excerpt" read.
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#39
Kinda how a lot of us women are seeing it, having experienced this guy. Yup. Too funny.
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#31
You are about a decade younger than me. Sanders a couple decades older. I was at the tail end of
seabeyond
Mar 2016
#34
I need to read the whole story....I'll comment on it after that but for the record, staying with
AuntPatsy
Mar 2016
#48
Strange but the most I could find were incerpts and opinion pieces, regardless Snopes
AuntPatsy
Mar 2016
#49
I think a reasonable person could read Sanders' writing and understand that he is
Francis Booth
Apr 2016
#50
There "summer home was a shack with a dirt floor. Or that was the one when a woman had his
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#57
'After graduating from college, Sanders returned to New York City, where he initially worked
elleng
Apr 2016
#59
I do not buy that one either. I know the ones that sleep on the couch, has job after
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#60
I disagree with you. I think if you listen to a lot of his rambling, the obvious is not that it is
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#56
The man was an adult. He was in his 30's. It isn't a big deal. It does tell us something.
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#58