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Patronising or what?

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Thistledew · 12/04/2011 08:11

I can't quite work out why this annoys me so much. Thoughts?

There is the rather obvious use of past tense for starters ...

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BertieBotts · 12/04/2011 09:16

My mum posted this on facebook the other day. I was tempted to repost here and say WTF.

Knowing my Mum (and she is lovely :)) it will be about how female energy used to be all-powerful in the time of Atlantis and male energy has overpowered and crushed that female energy, but a time of balance is coming and other assorted wank...

EggyFucker · 12/04/2011 09:11

...they are beardy twats

claig · 12/04/2011 09:00

How come there are so many of them on their manufactured video? It looks like they have leaders, it looks organised, it looks like a movement. They quote all the BS you read and hear in right on political circles. It is political, it is right on, that is why it's a con.

Reality · 12/04/2011 08:50

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claig · 12/04/2011 08:49

It's another con. They are sensitive, they are caring, they are conscious, they read the Guardian and they will lead the new consciousness movement to create a 'global economics' and to create a 'new way of being'.

They 'mistakenly believed that expansion would protect them from encroachment and in the process they violated the sanctity of the earth and its natural rhythms'. They are snake oil salesmen, they want to make 'miracles', they are as green as they come, they are wolves in sheep's clothing, they are con men.

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Thistledew · 12/04/2011 08:48

That use of the past tense: "women have been oppressed", but never mind, we don't have to acknowledge they still are because we have made a smarmy video saying how we think women are such amazing goddesses (but not just average, flawed, human beings, because then they would not be special enough for us to make all these promises to).

Did this not occur to ANY of the men in the video? I despair.

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Reality · 12/04/2011 08:44

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dittany · 12/04/2011 08:38

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SardineQueen · 12/04/2011 08:36

Only watched the first min but seriously PMSL

Thank you Grin

claig · 12/04/2011 08:36

'I can't quite work out why this annoys me so much. Thoughts?'

Possibly because they read the Guardian, believe in global warming and the need to 'save the planet'.

ForkfulOfEasterEgg · 12/04/2011 08:27

Go Reality!

Reality · 12/04/2011 08:22

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Reality · 12/04/2011 08:15

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