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childfree, defensiveness ahoy, flounce, sexism, still not funny, think of the children, unfunny_business, urge to kill rising, why otf_wank is depressing

Childfree Wank
Poor cf_ioan is having a bad day. Over at the Childfreez, she posts about how an "idiot moo cunt" she is acquainted with "fortunately...miscarried". She does not receive acclaim for this viewpoint.

Other posters express surprise at the vehemence of her viewpoint: " You don't need to bow down to the pity party. Just mind your business. Who cares if she is a moo bitch? She is experiencing a TRAUMA, and it's sad for HER."-Fishmama

She responds (as MerlynHerne): This bitch works for wal-mart--most people who work there are white trash. Glad you have time to carry on over this hillbilly. Just more breeder mooing and lowing. Maybe her fellow idiots can pray to Jay-sus! In my book white trash breeders and their melodramas don't rate ooing and lowing.

This, surprisingly, does not endear the OP to her fellow board members.

WeaverSong: "Showing compassion to someone who's experienced a loss it not breeder pleasing. It's being human."

Of course, this attitude is only because they're all women: " Fuck you. Go kiss breeder ass! You all suck. Just what I expected..I notice no men posted on here..mybe they're less ruled by their hormones."

There is a flounce followed by a graceless unflouncing. But only because she needs to tell everyone that she's found better friends to hang with:

" I don't have to. I found a more congenial group of CF'ers. I will also ask [SO] to check out this board. Leave the breeder pleasers to themseles."

So the whole story, bitterness and all, is transferred over to cf_hardcore. Second verse same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse because now, the OP has the drama from the first board to chew over as well:

"Apparently I am inhumane because I don't see how she SUFFERED losing both babies."

Cue the world's smallest violins as cf_hardcore's members sit down to the feast:

sleep_monger replies:
I'm in agreement that she shouldn't have had a child, absolutely. I also can't understand why people build their houses right next to a flood zone. That said, I feel sorry for both a grieving mother and a farmer who's lost his life's work.

z3ncat points out that since the CF community would like to have its choices respect, those who choose to have children should receive the same respect.

While cf_ioan is fending off the common sense and Earth Logic™ of the cf_hardcore crowd, another rabid poster shows up to complain about the lack of respect the childfree in general show parents.

There's a few calls of troll followed by a few users who believe their parents should never have had children. But most of the users seem content to point and laugh without throwing out any fresh meat. This is not the case over at Childfreez where they are still happily tearing cf_ioan apart.

ETA: The banhammer has fallen on cf_ioan. Woe.

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msmanna
2008-06-27 03:28 pm UTC (link)

I'd sooner say that people who largely define themselves by belonging to any kind of group, be it about doing something or not doing something, tend towards the crazy.

I agree to an extent, but I think not-doing generally has an edge. Possibly because it leaves a kind of philosophical vacuum which has to be filled with something, and that something is usually vitriol, hatred and craziness.

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	tree 2008-06-27 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know. I'm not saying you're wrong about the vacuum, but over the years I've got far more intellectual (and aural, heh) grief from the religious than the non-religious. This is RL though, I suppose it's different on the internet. (Reply to this)(Parent)

chikane
2008-06-27 08:49 pm UTC (link)

"That's why feminists are so crazy, because not obeying men leaves a kind of philosophical vacuum which has to be filled. That's why feminists are always so angry."

A familiar argument. It is very convincing, and devinitely proves who has the edge towards being crazy. The crazy ones are always those who it.
Of course, in reality, not-doing does not magically leave emptyness. It just means one is doing something else. Like baking cake or going out with friends.
Is this really such a novel concept?

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msmanna
2008-06-28 01:10 am UTC (link)

Of course, in reality, not-doing does not magically leave emptyness. It just means one is doing something else.

Not always. Sometimes it means spending an inordinate amount of time sitting around in a tightly-focused group with your childfree/atheist/feminist friends and focusing bitterly on the things you don't like, and going over and over how evil they are and how awful they make your life, and how unfair it is that everyone doesn't think the way that you do.

I completely agree that more cake-baking would lead to a better world.

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chibikaijuu
2008-06-29 03:28 am UTC (link)

It's the identifying yourself so extremely closely with Not Doing, and searching out other people with whom to discuss Not Doing that makes it crazy and gives it the edge over Doing. If you *do* something, it makes sense to form groups in which you can meet other people who also do it, and discuss it. It makes a lot less sense to define yourself by what you *aren't* doing and sitting around discussing how you aren't doing it than to just... get on with not doing it.

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