Anti-Intellectual Lobbying

If thats what you believe a soccer mom to be that is your own thaught so i cant help you there.

What does "thaught" mean?

~Ulrika~

Would middle-class white woman in the suburbs be a better term?

Soccer Mom is not an insult unless; well someone is ashamed of being a Soccer Mom. I think being called Mom or Dad is probably the largest insult of all, period. Give birth, lose your personal identity.

People are labeled everyday; it is one of the things that makes humans comfortable. You don’t hear the NASCAR Dads complaining. Yet, Women have to bitch about every damn thing and wonder why they can get no respect. You can’t ask for equality then whine about every thing gender based and ask for preferential treatment. Women complain non-stop about PMS and Menopause but they want to be treat equally in society (like that dumbass joke in off topic). I’m special! I’m different! I have cramps, so I get a free pass.

Feminism is a failure; you can’t have it both ways ladies.

More importantly - are soccer moms anti-intellectual and what are they lobbying?

more misogynistic tripe

Feminism is a failure; you can’t have it both ways ladies.

Sorry. As a woman raised in a major multi-cultural family with strong feminist ties. Yet an extreamly "loose" person, who is now a Libertarian/Independent. I don't call out PC terms lightly. I stand by what I stated. "Soccer Mom' is a deragatory term these days. Spewed more by Conservatives than liberals. It *is* an offensive term. Do with it what you will.


EDIT TO ADD: And the person who first used it, used it as a "put down" in the grand scheme. If you go back and read his post.

more misogynistic tripe

I did read his post, and again, while soccer mom can be used in a derogatory way, I am saying that to use the phrase is not misogynistic.

If everyone is so pissed about being labeled then why do you join groups? By joining a group you automatically label yourself.

I'll remember that the next time someone cries *ism of any time in the forums Cris.

And I am the first person to say that not every mention of race is racism, so yes, please do remember that.

I'll remember that the next time someone cries *ism of any type in the forums Cris.

If you will try to argue logic around here you will lose every time. Emotions rule around here.

If everyone is so pissed about being labeled then why do you join groups? By joining a group you automatically label yourself.

There is never racism in SL, only Parody.

So you are all telling me to make a story up instead of telling the real story to prove my point because it could offend someone...ok?

Labels in and of themsevles are not bad. Neither are words. It is the context and intent behind them. And the way society starts to use them that matters.

What's more telling to me is that instead of addressing the point you were making, Ulrika and Kendra chose to nit pick.

I see that as a common misdirection tactic.

Don't fall for it.

It means you know you have no rebuttle so you decide to try and show me up as a better speller. Ok you win you are a better speller than I.

lol i am too "intellegent" for that. lol

That is equally the problem with labelling someone's motives as something as well. You being insulted by "soccer mom" made sense to me after you explaining it. However, Kendra/Ulrika labelling it misogyny does not. That speaks to motivation. His example may have been poor - he could have used other examples to get the point across - but blanket labelling something as misogynistic, like calling something racist, speaks to the person's motivations and labels the person at the same time. Poor choice? Yeah. Misogynistic, nope.