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CrispyQ

(38,997 posts)
1. Kick, kick, kick.
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 07:59 AM
Jul 2014
"...For an instant you even consider rape.”






Weber writes of a friend who got angry at a female stranger who didn’t respond to his catcall on the street. He writes, “It got him so angry in fact that he ran after the girl who’d just snubbed him and began to berate her. ‘You know, all I did was say, hello … But you walk by as if l’m trying to rape you or mug you. What the hell’s the matter with you? Why are you being so damn suspicious? Don’t you have enough confidence and decency to return a fellow human being’s greeting?’”


So the jerk behaved exactly how we fear they will behave if we say don't say hi to them or if we do. We truly are damned if we do & damned if we don't.

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Kick, kick, kick. CrispyQ Jul 2014 #1
"Don’t you have enough confidence and decency to return a fellow human being’s greeting?’heard on DU seabeyond Jul 2014 #2
Eye-opening post. Thank you! riqster Jul 2014 #3
Gack. n/t DirkGently Jul 2014 #4
God how clueless can people be and manage to stay alive? MadrasT Jul 2014 #5
I totally agree with you. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #7
These men are seriously fucked up. redqueen Jul 2014 #6
Speaking as someone with social anxiety: Right on! WatermelonRat Jul 2014 #15
Dumbass chickenshits ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #9
Are you an expert on pickup artists? gollygee Jul 2014 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #13
...fish in a barrel cyberswede Jul 2014 #11
... redqueen Jul 2014 #14
damn straight. it is like texas cops sittin on the colorado border. seabeyond Jul 2014 #16
What you, bored? ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #12
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