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(don't think this is real, but the foodstamps had plethora of different pics)


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Here's a real Abe:

They paid a market price for the gold

Yep - newly printed paper for gold.


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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Ghazkuul wrote:
I am anti feminazi :-) thank you though for trying to paint me as a bigot.

Well, you are doing a fine job at this yourself. I mean, even using the word feminazi non-ironically paints you as a bigot…

Feminist are actually sexist - so being anti-feminist is being anti-sexist, which is a good thing.

 Xenomancers wrote:
Feminist are actually sexist

Saying this also paints you as a bigot, good sir .

If he calls you a feminist does that make you two equal?

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:
Feminist are actually sexist

Saying this also paints you as a bigot, good sir .

No, it doesn't.

Feminism is advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

Equal Pay for Equal Work, and so on.

Sexism is attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex or gender, as in restricted job opportunities, especially such discrimination directed against women.

How Feminism sexist?

Let me check : gross generalization about peoples that are trying to change the status quo for more equality. Yeah, I am pretty sure it does paint you as a bigot.

Maybe, maybe saying “Some people that proclaim to be feminists are sexist” would not paint you as a bigot. But “Feminists are sexist” definitely will.

 kronk wrote:
Feminism is advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

Equal Pay for Equal Work, and so on.

Sexism is attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex or gender, as in restricted job opportunities, especially such discrimination directed against women.

How Feminism sexist?

I'd say it's mostly because much of the vocal feminism in 2015 is very much interested in devaluation of a person's sex or gender. See: "mansplaining."

That sexism definition is awful, IMO.

 kronk wrote:
Feminism is advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

Equal Pay for Equal Work, and so on.

Sexism is attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex or gender, as in restricted job opportunities, especially such discrimination directed against women.

How Feminism sexist?

That used to be the case. There is a strong undercurrent now of what I would call "university feminism" not tied to real world or traditional feminism, that has moved beyond that to what we would traditionally call special interest politics (at best). read some of it, some of it gets pretty creepy.

As I have both a son and daughter, I have a vested interest in "traditional" feminism. Some of the new stuff though is balls to the wall wackjob-and you pretty much only find it in university settings.

Can we just skip past the 3 or so pages of "you're sexist" "no YOU'RE sexist"?

 curran12 wrote:
Can we just skip past the 3 or so pages of "you're sexist" "no YOU'RE sexist"?

Hey there's enough sexism for everyone! Don't be stingy.

So can I get s second for Miss Piggy on the $5 bill?

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:
Feminism is advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

Equal Pay for Equal Work, and so on.

Sexism is attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex or gender, as in restricted job opportunities, especially such discrimination directed against women.

How Feminism sexist?

That used to be the case. There is a strong undercurrent now of what I would call "university feminism" not tied to real world or traditional feminism, that has moved beyond that to what we would traditionally call special interest politics (at best). read some of it, some of it gets pretty creepy.

As I have both a son and daughter, I have a vested interest in "traditional" feminism. Some of the new stuff though is balls to the wall wackjob-and you pretty much only find it in university settings.

You get whack-jobs in every group.


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 Frazzled wrote:

 curran12 wrote:
Can we just skip past the 3 or so pages of "you're sexist" "no YOU'RE sexist"?

Hey there's enough sexism for everyone! Don't be stingy.

So can I get s second for Miss Piggy on the $5 bill?

If bacon costs $5 per pound, then this makes more sense that you realize!

 cincydooley wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Make a new bill and put someone new on it.

Are you even paying attention to this thread at all?

Multiple people have suggested multiple times that they create a new coin for situations just like this. It is, in fact, for what they were intended.

A coin is not a bill.

 Frazzled wrote:

 curran12 wrote:
Can we just skip past the 3 or so pages of "you're sexist" "no YOU'RE sexist"?

Hey there's enough sexism for everyone! Don't be stingy.

So can I get s second for Miss Piggy on the $5 bill?

Only if the rest of the Muppets get on currency too. Gonzo and Camilla on the $1, Bunsen and Honeydew on the $2, Swedish Chef on the $10, Fozzie on the $20 (with Statler and Waldorf on the reverse), Kermit on the $50 and Jim Henson on the $100!

 kronk wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 kronk wrote:
Feminism is advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

Equal Pay for Equal Work, and so on.

Sexism is attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles. discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex or gender, as in restricted job opportunities, especially such discrimination directed against women.

How Feminism sexist?

That used to be the case. There is a strong undercurrent now of what I would call "university feminism" not tied to real world or traditional feminism, that has moved beyond that to what we would traditionally call special interest politics (at best). read some of it, some of it gets pretty creepy.

As I have both a son and daughter, I have a vested interest in "traditional" feminism. Some of the new stuff though is balls to the wall wackjob-and you pretty much only find it in university settings.

You get whack-jobs in every group.

I am pretty sure the argument is that when you look at the places where feminism lives on a everyday day basis these "whack-jobs" are actually more common then you realize. These "whack-jobs" wear misandry like a badge of honor and aren't interested in equality, choice etc.

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 curran12 wrote:
Can we just skip past the 3 or so pages of "you're sexist" "no YOU'RE sexist"?

Hey there's enough sexism for everyone! Don't be stingy.

So can I get s second for Miss Piggy on the $5 bill?

Only if the rest of the Muppets get on currency too. Gonzo and Camilla on the $1, Bunsen and Honeydew on the $2, Swedish Chef on the $10, Fozzie on the $20 (with Statler and Waldorf on the reverse), Kermit on the $50 and Jim Henson on the $100!

Horse poop to that. Kermit should be on the $100 and Jim Henson should be on the $1,000.

 Frazzled wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 curran12 wrote:
Can we just skip past the 3 or so pages of "you're sexist" "no YOU'RE sexist"?

Hey there's enough sexism for everyone! Don't be stingy.

So can I get s second for Miss Piggy on the $5 bill?

Only if the rest of the Muppets get on currency too. Gonzo and Camilla on the $1, Bunsen and Honeydew on the $2, Swedish Chef on the $10, Fozzie on the $20 (with Statler and Waldorf on the reverse), Kermit on the $50 and Jim Henson on the $100!

Horse poop to that. Kermit should be on the $100 and Jim Henson should be on the $1,000.

Well if we're going that far then Henson for the $1Trillion!

YES!

With that in mind, I think Statler and Waldorf should get their own bill then.

 Xenomancers wrote:

They paid a market price for the gold

Yep - newly printed paper for gold.

You're assuming that gold has intrinsic value as a currency whereas dollars do not. Why?

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:
Feminist are actually sexist

Saying this also paints you as a bigot, good sir .

Please don't get me wrong - I am for all forms of equality - I just don't think feminism is for equality - it's essentially just anti male-ism at this point.

 Kilkrazy wrote:

So it has to be a bill? Why? Enlighten me, oh enlightened warrior for justice.

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

They paid a market price for the gold

Yep - newly printed paper for gold.

You're assuming that gold has intrinsic value as a currency whereas dollars do not. Why?

Gold certainly has intrinsic value - that is a fact isn't it? Dollar worth is tied to an economy, inflation, trust, over time your paper is worthless - golds value last forever and typical increases in value as it become more and more rare.

 Xenomancers wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

They paid a market price for the gold

Yep - newly printed paper for gold.

You're assuming that gold has intrinsic value as a currency whereas dollars do not. Why?

Gold certainly has intrinsic value - that is a fact isn't it? Dollar worth is tied to an economy, inflation, trust, over time your paper is worthless - golds value last forever and typical increases in value as it become more and more rare.

Gold has no value beyond what we attribute to it. "Value" is a social construct.

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

They paid a market price for the gold

Yep - newly printed paper for gold.

You're assuming that gold has intrinsic value as a currency whereas dollars do not. Why?

Gold certainly has intrinsic value - that is a fact isn't it? Dollar worth is tied to an economy, inflation, trust, over time your paper is worthless - golds value last forever and typical increases in value as it become more and more rare.

Gold has no value beyond what we attribute to it. "Value" is a social construct.

Is this about to get very existential? If so...prove to me that you exist and this whole world isnt actually a computer simulation inside your brain.

The whole world wants gold - it has value everywhere you go. I suppose marooned on an island, a pocket knife or a flint stone would have more value than a gold nugget, everywhere else - they'd prefer gold to paper. That's not an assumption that is analytically fact. Also the real issue with FDR is that he forced everyone to sell their gold to him. That's what tyrants do - force you to do things you don't want to do.

Wonder how outrage everyone becomes when this doesn't happen

If i was a conspiact nut I would say this is some sot of plan to out the govt as inherantly sexist.

 Xenomancers wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

They paid a market price for the gold

Yep - newly printed paper for gold.

You're assuming that gold has intrinsic value as a currency whereas dollars do not. Why?

Gold certainly has intrinsic value - that is a fact isn't it? Dollar worth is tied to an economy, inflation, trust, over time your paper is worthless - golds value last forever and typical increases in value as it become more and more rare.

Gold has no value beyond what we attribute to it. "Value" is a social construct.

Is this about to get very existential? If so...prove to me that you exist and this whole world isnt actually a computer simulation inside your brain.

The whole world wants gold - it has value everywhere you go. I suppose marooned on an island, a pocket knife or a flint stone would have more value than a gold nugget, everywhere else - they'd prefer gold to paper. That's not an assumption that is analytically fact. Also the real issue with FDR is that he forced everyone to sell their gold to him. That's what tyrants do - force you to do things you don't want to do.

You're a tyrant then, because you're forcing me to come up with a response to your post or concede the argument.

The whole world also wants the US Dollar, so I'm not really sure where you're going with your post. Further, the fact that gold is a valuable commodity does not prove that it has intrinsic value, only that people attribute value to it. Gold has value because we say and believe it does. Exactly the same as dollars, or Kreugerrands, or anything else.

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Xenomancers wrote:

They paid a market price for the gold

Yep - newly printed paper for gold.

You're assuming that gold has intrinsic value as a currency whereas dollars do not. Why?

Gold certainly has intrinsic value - that is a fact isn't it? Dollar worth is tied to an economy, inflation, trust, over time your paper is worthless - golds value last forever and typical increases in value as it become more and more rare.

Gold has no value beyond what we attribute to it. "Value" is a social construct.

Is this about to get very existential? If so...prove to me that you exist and this whole world isnt actually a computer simulation inside your brain.

The whole world wants gold - it has value everywhere you go. I suppose marooned on an island, a pocket knife or a flint stone would have more value than a gold nugget, everywhere else - they'd prefer gold to paper. That's not an assumption that is analytically fact. Also the real issue with FDR is that he forced everyone to sell their gold to him. That's what tyrants do - force you to do things you don't want to do.

You're a tyrant then, because you're forcing me to come up with a response to your post or concede the argument.

The whole world also wants the US Dollar, so I'm not really sure where you're going with your post. Further, the fact that gold is a valuable commodity does not prove that it has intrinsic value, only that people attribute value to it. Gold has value because we say and believe it does. Exactly the same as dollars, or Kreugerrands, or anything else.

If gold and bills are equal. If you burried an equal value of gold and USD in a time capsule and opened it up 50 years later - you would have the same value of each. This isn't the case though, you'd have significantly more value in your gold. Gold and paper money aren't equal in this respect. You are correct they only have the value we assign to it - exactly what FDR did. Forced everyone to sell their gold to him at his price - then the price of gold sky rocketed because it made artificially scarce and he had all of it. Your argument about gold having no intrinsic value made me think of existentialism - look it up if you want to bore yourself to death.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
If i was a conspiact nut I would say this is some sot of plan to out the govt as inherantly sexist.

...what?!?

Are you sure you're in college?!?