A plea to ignore the flame bait

[BainsBane]

There are certain stories posted to GD for the clear purpose of inciting flame wars between feminists and anti-feminists. I encourage everyone in HOF and anyone else who is sick of that stuff to ignore the threads. Don't feed into the nonsense that serves no purpose other than to distract from the issues that most concern feminists and all DUers.

Now, I don't claim to be immune from having posted stuff that resulted in massive flame wars. In some cases I had a specific point to make and decided the ensuing flame was worth it. In others I had not anticipated the controversy. I am not especially good at telling in advance what will attract attention, but some members are. One thing I have learned is that it serves no good having the same discussions endlessly with people who do not care about how you feel. So let's not indulge them. Okay? Without us, those threads will fall like rocks because there is only so much the anti-feminists can do without our participation. If they talk shit about us, so what? Trash the thread and the shit becomes theirs alone.

Edited to add: I'm well aware I'm making a plea to myself here as much as anyone else.