Well, I know it's not really newsworthy, but those left-wing media website purporting to be about 'conversations' publishes an article titled 'Why don't we speak up when we see signs of domestic violence' and, when the comments have people, including men, open up about their experiences of being abused and, surprise, surprise, most of the posts by men talking about their past experiences of being abused have been removed by the moderator.
Maybe it was because the posts questioned the fact that the article ignored pretty much all male victims of domestic violence.
Perhaps it was because the posts pointed out how the article implied that only women were victims of domestic violence.
A more likely cause for those post removals or, CENSORSHIP, is because they provide evidence that the site moderators don't want to acknowledge: that women aren't the only people who are victims.
I'd almost go so far as to point out that the moderator left the following comment up (which I'll paste because it may get taken down):
"Have you cringed when a friend was degraded by her partner in public? Or felt uncomfortable because your friend’s partner continually rings to check her whereabouts? Is your friend’s partner intimidating and rude to you?" Sure. In my case, both the friend, and her partner, are women.
So, if I'm reading this correctly, the Conversation, in an article about speaking up about domestic violence, silences posts when men post their personal experiences, but keeps up posts by women talking about their abuse, even when it's abuse in a lesbian relationship. It's a bit like writing an article about the experiences of immigrants in Australia, but deleting posts by Asians because "we don't want them posting their stories, we only want stories from Middle Eastern or European immigrants".
One could almost conclude that this website is not only anti-male, but also anti-lesbian. Are they allowed to go against the PC grain like that? I mean, surely they're only allowed to be anti-male!
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