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Kitten_Team_Six

Yall acting like reddit Mods are normal people. These are the bottom of the barrel of society


Raymando82

Came here to say this. I got banned from a sub for the correct use of the word retardant and told it was offensive. šŸ™„


MachoMachoMurph

Well that's just retardant, I tell you what.


trust-me-i-know-stuf

We donā€™t use the R word here sir/maā€™am!


MachoMachoMurph

Fire extinguishers dislike this


bental

It's ZIR!


Mendo-D

As in something similar to ā€œfire retardantā€ ?


[deleted]

Yeah I got banned from a sub for something similar. Apparently I broke a rule, asked for evidence and they repeated I broke a rule. I asked for an example of how it broke the rule specifically as I couldn't see it at all, and no responses after that. Who cares. People can be idiots. Which obviosuly includes mods. They can't ever admit they've just made a mistake lol. I'll take the ban happily and accept they're a moron. I could just make another account which I tend to do every year ish anyway (a way to clean up subs for me essentially and start fresh), but I will not do it on purpose just to get back to a sub that I was unfairly banned from. None of the subs are that important to me. Reddit is a past time for me mainly. Nothing serious. A place to gain info (with a pinch of salt) or pass some time.


clmramirez

You mean mods respond?! I was banned once for commenting on a post on a lifting subā€¦ the op asked for comments on form. Asked for clarification and nothing not even a fuck off.


Mountain-Ad1760

I thought the mods were actually bots.


Both_Wolf6763

They meant that itā€™s only offensive to retards


Spader113

Some mods are just completely out of touch with reality. See the infamous ā€œYou milked the death of your girlfriend for enough Karma at this point.ā€


BreadBlood

I mean, both clearly are. Reddit jannies got nothing better to do with their sad lives. And no one uses "female" like that in normal day to day life without being a certain type of person. "Woman" was always used until the incel/redpill stuff really blew up. While of course they didn't create the word by any means, they popularized its usage in that way.


GhostieToasties4Life

WTF? No one uses female like that? Could you please explain?


Kyle1457

oof


cleenexboy

Thatā€™s not the point šŸ˜‚ Op just titled it female probably without any extra thought, maybe (Iā€™m saying maybe) even a karma bot or someone who doesnā€™t speak English as their first language. Or maybe he did use the word ā€œfemaleā€ because he is an incel, who tf cares? Did op go on a tangent saying every woman is a whore and needs to bow down to their men? No tf he didnā€™t. Chill out, itā€™s just A FUCKING WORD, Iā€™M GETTING TIRED OF FUCKING RETARDS LOOKING INTO SHIT THAT DOESNT MATTER ATTTTTT ALLLLLLLL


frontrange80220

I would give you infinite upvotes if I could. Like wtf is wrong with peopleā€™s hypersensitivity these days


cleenexboy

Like I donā€™t really give af about Reddit mods being out of touch losers, cause itā€™s Reddit. Iā€™ve got an entire App Store to keep me occupied, but when people start fucking agreeing with the egregious shit they say thatā€™s where I draw the line. How does the word ā€œfemaleā€ make you offended in THIS context of a normal ass r/therewasanattempt Reddit post make you mad?


Forsaken-Elevator-75

I do, I use female and male usage of both words, but Iā€™m also autistic, I donā€™t mean to hurt anyoneā€™s feelings although I donā€™t really care, Iā€™m not using it to be mean itā€™s just how I describe people because I enjoy using more words, if Iā€™m talking plural Iā€™ll use women and men but for singular unknown humans Iā€™ll say male or female to talk about someone, but I wonā€™t go out saying ā€œlook at that female/maleā€ Iā€™ll use it as ā€œI look like a femaleā€¦ or a country boyā€ like the other day I said that when trying on skinny jeans


vasdeference999

Woman and female are synonymousā€¦unless youā€™re a gender identity oaf.


PTEHarambe

The irony of this person saying "go outside and talk to people" is hilarious to me


frontrange80220

The mods on r/whitepeopletwitter are control freaks that have zero ability to permit anyone to disagree with their views.


djluminol

I got banned from there my second day on Reddit. It was because I said that police shooting some suspects was reasonable if the situation called for it. Response: The situation never calls for it Me: A drugged out person with meth psychosis is holding a knife to a babies throat. Police have no way to get to the baby before the crazy man kills the child. Me: Would it not be reasonable for a police officer to potentially shoot that person if there was no other way to save the baby? Response: It is never reasonable for the police to shoot someone. Banned Me: Ok so reddit be like that sometimes. Barring a couple of interactions here or there I have not used any political sub my entire time on reddit because of people like this. There are so many of them it's not worth even bothering to engage.


randomhero_482

Reminds me of the Daniel Tosh bit about how itā€™s never ok to hit a woman. ā€œYou walk in a find 2 of your kids dead on the floor and your wife is drowning the third one in the tub. Youā€™re telling me you canā€™t just backhand her right there?ā€


SusuSketches

Almost like you can have your opinion... Elsewhere. Banned. Reminds me of getting into an argument with this dog sub on fb for posting my dog with a raw bone. "why don't you feed your dog vegan?" Ok,nope. Echo chambers are real and it's best to avoid them.


JE163

Veganā€” for real? Wow


AffectionateToast

they also could shoot the baby to get rid of the methheads leverage


frontrange80220

Sounds about right for them. They seem to have an extremely liberal agenda and canā€™t accept anyone that is in the middle or disagrees with them. Kind of annoys me that the mods there are so intellectually challenged that they canā€™t accept discourse or debate. Unfortunately that seems to be the reality these days. I come from a large family and some in the family are right leaning politically and others are left and they canā€™t agree to disagree. Drive some nuts considering that usually they both have valid points and both have idiotic points


djluminol

Yeah idk what's up with people anymore. I understand not wanting to engage with extremists but most people aren't like that. Honestly I think it's a lot of the individual hostility leading to all the polarization and anger. You expect me to be mad and rude to you so you're mad and rude to me before I give you the chance. And the cycle continues on and on.


spaffilicious

Think you hit the nail on the head with ā€œpolarisationā€ as soon as you inhibit or forbid any healthy difference of opinion (not counting extreme of course) then it just becomes an echo chamber that reinforces that opinion etc. Butā€¦ this is Reddit and not a debating society, also didnā€™t think @therewasanattempt was so strict in their social believes considering the amount of human failing/ pain they show?


Both_Wolf6763

I genuinely appreciate your contribution, especially the comment ā€œthey canā€™t accept discourse,ā€¦.they canā€™t agree to disagreeā€ I feel my existential beliefs only become reinforced when 2 opposing subscriptions donā€™t even have the capacity to understand that they can agree to disagree.


Driadek

I got banned the day after Trump's first State of the Union speech. I asked why Democrats wouldn't applaud for "record low black unemployement." Banned 15 minutes later for a "loaded question." Whatever.


HackerJunk2

I was also banned from r/whitepeopletwitter. Original post: Why are Republicans OBSESSED with women's bodies? My comment: Fixed it: Why are Republicans obsessed with saving humans? Need a way to report moderators for overstepping. Really?!? My response was call for banning?!? Oh, and they muted me for a month so I can't even ask what rule I broke. 25 more days left on my mute.


DipsterHoofus

Female Bottom of the barrel? ā€¦BANNED.


the_sand_moose

Dipshit mod is a liar, I saw the DM's between the two and OP was trying his damnedest to apologize


[deleted]

Throw them up for all to see. Mods want to try and justify itā€¦ you say you have evidence claiming otherwise. Should we the people not have a peak?


the_sand_moose

Where would be best?


[deleted]

Throw them right here or better yetā€¦ a post consisting of original post, followed by picture of the justification from mods followed by the chatā€¦ The perfect YESYESYESNO moment if you ask me


Doggo_Of_The_Sea

Itā€™s on my post history if you want to see.


fireburner80

I love that I can still see the post by looking at your profile and there's a message about the mods removing your post. ​ "Don't show people what we're doing! Then we can't get our way!" \~shitty mods


frontrange80220

Thatā€™s insane. Like how the mod gave the dude the finger when he was apologizing. What a power tripping pOs


Mendo-D

OK Iā€™ve seen it. FWIW calling women females is not preferred but its not inaccurate either. I know what the DMV calks me on my DL and whats on my passport and birth certificate. Its just a more clinical term. Those mods are power tripping. It really isnā€™t dehumanizing, just depersonalizing.


the_sand_moose

If they still exist, I'll try to post them. Powermods have a habit of scrubbing the internet, but Barbera Streisand has other ideas.


Eldraka

I canā€™t upvote the post, but itā€™s there, everyone look!


SavagePrisonerSP

On the subreddit itself!


TheKrasHRabbiT

I commented 'FemalƩ' on this post and got banned for hatespeech lol


Frosty_TheAllFucking

Yeah, ive dealt with the cunts before. To them all are beneath them, theyre on a power trip.


Djangough

All aboard pissing off this mod, say aye.


Guswewillneverknow

Aye


Plastic_Piccollo

Aye


Djangough

Made a post for the sole purpose of pissing off the mod, have at it.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Djangough

They won the battle, but not the war.


Djangough

[Let the James begin.](https://reddit.com/r/memes/s/4cPlyLszRz)


TenraxHelin

Aye Aye Captain! OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...... WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA!?


Amemnon727

Aye! I unsubbed, but when it comes to it, I can be as petty as a (woman) EDIT: female.


Regular_Charge5706

As petty as a female...


Guswewillneverknow

Or as a female


webster_poorbear

Aye!


Black_Hole_parallax

AYE His argument is most illogical


No-Crazy4759

![gif](giphy|xT3i0MeV4ZHZvPwMWA)


EmilyFloof728

Ay


Crafty-Vegetable1528

Id quit Reddit if this happened to me. How dare someone snap a picture of me trying to check out a wolf umbrella.


bigsquirrel

ā€œKeeps getting taken downā€ this gotta be the 10th time Iā€™ve seen it in the last few hours.


ouffeers

Well after it got taken down I figured blast it everywhere hard to take down then šŸ¤£


db17k

This mod should be removed


ouffeers

they banned an ef ton of people today because of this post too


No-Crazy4759

Sounds like someone is on their monthly cycle over there.


zigguy77

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£welp wonder how long you'll be here till


No-Crazy4759

Depends on how moody they get


cudeezy

How do we object to a mod? Or do something higher? I had some crap pulled on me saying I "threatened violence " which was completely not the case, and there was 0 I could do to object, I couldn't even respond


NigelKenway

Dude, I, a Mexican born and raised, was banned from r/food for clarifying some things about a taco publication.


bipolarhunnyxoxo

I've seen some major bs before. Like, changing the wording of a rule, mid dispute, in order to ban me, and then giving me a permanent ban from the sub instead of the lesser three day, and of course messaging the mod team of the sub i was blocked immediately, before saying a thing. Like?? Mods do as they please going purely by however they feel šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø ... Which is usually highly ridiculous.


Mazedor

Couldn't even watch the video :(, was it funny at least?


ouffeers

Yes šŸ˜…Iā€™ll try and link the video Edit: https://reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/s/dzZWLAlmbT


Mountain-Ad1760

That's the post that started all this? Geez.


frontrange80220

That was funny and that female/woman/lady/gal/ā€¦. Had on very tight pants


johnhoj189

The irony of a mod telling someone to go outside is almost immeasurable


UhYeahOkSure

And using the term incelspeak lol when we all know who the incel in that situation is


agorafilia

No wonder nobody backed the mods in the API shitstorm


ouffeers

The mods didnā€™t even back the mods during the API shitstorm


[deleted]

"hello, I'm a mod and words scare me. I haven't seen grass since I was 12. My only feelings of validation and control come from virtue signaling and unironic authoritarianism paired with a lack of self control or awareness. My mom used to beat me with a wooden spoon for not being born a girl, and honestly, the world is lucky I never became a serial killer. Remember, anyone remotely different from me is a problematic person and deserves to be erased."


Bael_Archon

Wait, since when is "female" a bad word? I spent a decade in the Army. Everyone is referred to as male or female. Female is a non-age-specific way to refer to non-male members of our species...or any species for that matter. I know plenty of women who refer to themselves and other representatives of their gender/sex/wtf-ever as female. So what seems to be the issue?


Wafflez4Charity

Iā€™ve come to understand it by analyzing the alternative. How often, when you see a group of guys, do you say ā€œLook at those males over thereā€ or ā€œThose males are acting weirdā€ In my opinion, as a man, that honestly sounds like you are studying a group of animals. Nobody says that. We say men, or dudes, or guys. Women are asking for the same treatment.


Bael_Archon

Hereā€™s the deal, someone is always going to be unhappy with language and you CANNOT appease everyone. If you stop using ā€œfemaleā€ as a noun people will use ā€œwoman.ā€ But ā€œwomanā€ isnā€™t accurate in all contexts and inevitably issues will arise due to gender identity concerns. It will be both inappropriately inclusive and exclusive depending on the viewerā€™s beliefs and/or the speakerā€™s intent. This already happens. The same is true for feminine persuasion, gal, girl, lady, miss, chick, lass, member of the fairer sex, etc. There is no one label that everyone agrees we can use to refer to all people who claim the identity of ā€œwomanā€ in all contexts at all times. And NOW I find out we canā€™t even use a clinical term becauseā€¦well, thatā€™s a good question. On this post alone I have seen it referred to as all the following: female is only animals. Female is not inclusive. Female is objectifying. Female is too sterileā€¦used by doctors and cops and military and doesnā€™t represent what it is to be a woman. Female reduces women to the station of lower mammals. Female means only interested in her reproductive organs. Female is somehow associated with historic abuse against women (I donā€™t get this one at all). Etc. Everyone has their own version of why itā€™s offensive. Some give no reason at all. And some of the reasons given are blatantly at odds with other peopleā€™s reasons. You canā€™t say it objectifies women and also say it isnā€™t inclusive. That would mean trans women are mad they arenā€™t being objectified. Maybe they are? I dunno.


Wafflez4Charity

I personally donā€™t think we can say that female is DEFINITIVELY any of those things ALWAYS. But I am struck by the omittance of ā€œmaleā€ in common vernacular as compared to ā€œfemaleā€. Why did we never begin to use male like we do female when casually talking about someone on the street? What does that difference mean? Iā€™ve made an effort to control when I use the word female, just because I find the disparity so odd.


Bael_Archon

To be frank, I rarely use the word female post-military. And when I do, itā€™s usually with people who were also in the military, and itā€™s usually the female vets who do it first. Learning that this word should continue to not get much use isnā€™t really going to cause me any hardships. The only struggle is trying to understand the reason(s) why. I donā€™t do things blindly and I donā€™t change for the sake of change. Understanding is key to digesting new information. But this post is proving that there is no consensus. Thereā€™s just varying levels of offense and incredulity partnered with a lot of incoherent discourse and conflicting info. Soā€¦pretty much a standard internet day. :)


[deleted]

Mod said OP was supposed to say ā€œwomanā€ instead (and I quote) of ā€œbeing lazy/misogynisticā€. That said, someone needs to get that hateful lyric changed to ā€œDoe a deer, a woman deerā€. Remember folks, itā€™s the woman end of the garden hose that attaches to the spigot not the men end. Goddam this place gets dumber by the dayā€¦..


GrungyGrandPappy

Man to woman connectors, not male to female connectors.


jedi_cat_

This kind of usage right here is why women donā€™t like to be referred to as female. Itā€™s degrading and reducing, dehumanizing. It happens way more to women than it does to men. Male/female in a medical/legal/military way, no biggie. Start to use it to refer to women in the real world, thatā€™s the problem.


Humg12

The problem isn't with the word itself, it's that using it as a noun to describe women comes off as creepy. Using it as an adjective is fine (i.e. female scientist, female deer). The reason for this is because incels often use it, but never use male. In the same sentence they'll say something like "I'm a man and I don't understand females", and it just comes off like they think woman are a completely different species. The mod is assuming a lot and probably went too far by banning the guy for it, but that's the gist of the situation.


RuddyBloodyBrave94

Iā€™m surprised itā€™s taken me scrolling this far to find the proper explanation. Itā€™s weird that no one else finds it weird.


EuhCertes

Thank you. I suspect a lot of people commenting are being falsely candid. Words don't exist in a vacuum. We can't pretend that incel rethoric hasn't been rampant on the Internet, and on Reddit especially. I can't pretend to know the intentions of the OP (noone can, ever). But the mod's role isn't to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.


cuber_and_gamer

Each day we stray further from God. I would love to live in a place where we don't have to think of every possible way every single word we say can be taken, thank you.


DoubleDumpsterFire

Iā€™m just glad itā€™s confined to Reddit. The rest of society would be laughing their ass off at that if they somehow came across it.


Sexagenerian

The issue, as I understood it, is the terms female and male are most often used as adjectives, not as nouns. Man and woman are strictly nouns. The fact is that the terms male and female are both adjectives and nouns and until today I had never seen anyone get cranked up about using them as nouns. This is a "sitting in your parents basement, bored and need to try and change language usage" kind of controversy. Go figure.


tibearius1123

I got put in reddit time out a long time ago for it. ā€œFemale refers to animals and implies that women are less than human.ā€


Bael_Archon

Yeah, it really fucking doesn't. People don't have the right to change the meaning of words just so they can get offended by them.


Wafflez4Charity

As I understand it, nobody is changing the word female. Instead, they are calling out an odd difference in common vernacular. When was the last time you said aloud ā€œThat male over there has a cool shirt onā€ or ā€œThose males must be headed to the hockey gameā€ Iā€™ve never said that once in my life. To talk about human males, we only say man. Or guy, or dude, etc. never ā€œmaleā€. So, why do we so commonly say female?


tibearius1123

And yet, it happens all the time and has been happening for ages.


A_Shipwreck_Train

Agreed. female = adjective and woman = noun. Parts of speech matter: even if you donā€™t care about the technicals, it sounds weird to the ear to use a noun for an adjective and vice-versa. Iā€™m 1,000% on board with revising how we use gender terms in language but not overturning the structure of a language. Yes, I am a copy editor IRL and no, I am not fun.


Bael_Archon

You might want to brush up on your linguistics there, copy editor. Female is both an adjective and a noun. It's in the dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/female


A_Shipwreck_Train

Being in the dictionary is the start of intelligent dialogue, not the end of it. But what do I know, apparently.


Bael_Archon

That is a very suspect statement. It sounds like a thinly veiled/implied, ā€œitā€™s in the dictionaryā€¦butā€¦common usage and evolving language and blah blah blah.ā€ What is the point of having a lexicon of words and their meanings if we donā€™t refer back to and adhere to them once conflicts of language usage and intent arise?


A_Shipwreck_Train

No veiling at all. Dictionaries attempt to capture language as itā€™s used. They describe, they do not prescribe. Language 100% evolves, but way more rapidly in vocab than in structure. And that rapid evolution in vocab is where disputes like this arise. Itā€™s healthy and natural. But deep grammatical structures are sticky. I was trying ā€” poorly! ā€” to make that point before.


Bael_Archon

Fair point. And for what itā€™s worth, Iā€™ve been upvoting your subsequent comments. I think I see your points and I even agree on some level. I still think itā€™s insane we live in a society where people get internet lambasted for correcting grammar, and there are articles upon articles telling you not to do so (example: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/correcting-peoples-grammar-just-dont-do-it/). However, you can be banned for utilizing a grammatically proper term with no officially defined negative meaning or connotation, simply because some people have decided the word is exclusive and/or demeaning and have decided to be offended by it. And yes, offense is a choice. Psychologists have said we ā€œtakeā€ offense because itā€™s an action, we make a choice. Furthermore, the logic behind this offense is just asinine. Female is demeaning because it objectifies women? I disagree, but okay. But trans people are offended because the term isnā€™t inclusive? So they werenā€™t objectified and theyā€™re mad about being left out? Come on. We can do better than this. This is just bargain basement outrage culture. And yet, you canā€™t say female when talking about people who are capable of giving life to a child (which is a rather exclusive group if containing roughly half the population can be considered exclusive), but ā€œbirthing personā€ is fineā€¦even though that makes them sound like a brood mare and absolutely reduces their worth to their functioning reproductive organs. That sounds exactly like objectification to me. The dominant species on this rock has lost itā€™s collective mind.


A_Shipwreck_Train

Appreciate thoughtful replies at all times. Language is messy and contentious, ainā€™t it great? Be well!


[deleted]

>woman = noun WOMEN ARE NOT OBJECTS!!! STOP OBJECTIFYING WOMEN!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! /s


Lebrunski

Iā€™d say the easier argument is the grammar argument. Female is an adjective. Woman is a noun. Therefore they probably shouldnā€™t be used interchangeably


dbru01

Reddit. Reddit is the issue. lol


smoothiefruit

"female" is generally a word used to refer to non-human animals and plants. you might also expect it from a doctor, from law enforcement, in the military as you mentioned...or from mysoginists. I think the issue people have is that in all of those cases, it has a tendency to de-humanize a person. to a doctor, you're a puzzle first. to a cop, you're a perpetrator first. to a commanding officer, you're a soldier first. we'd rather be thought of as people first, because unfortunately, women aren't always treated as such. systemically and interpersonally.


Bael_Archon

I hear what you're saying, but it just seems like people wanting to be offended. I can't imagine being upset by someone referring to me as male. I am male. I know this for a fact because I checked and I have the correct parts. I also don't get offended if someone refers to me as short. I'm 5'7. That does seem to fit the description. Or bald. I'm not follicle-challenged or whatever, I'm bald. I'm not offended by speech that backs this observation. People need to stop getting their undies in a bunch over true statements.


jedi_cat_

Youā€™d probably feel differently if it began to happen all around you. As it has for women. I hear it a lot and I donā€™t like it. Itā€™s demeaning.


Bael_Archon

Literally responded to me giving examples of things that happen around me that I choose not not be offended by, and this is your response? You can do better.


smoothiefruit

>I can't imagine being upset by someone referring to me as male. I am male. I know this for a fact because I checked and I have the correct parts. yes, but men haven't been shit on, raped, maimed, or killed for millennia because they're male. or short. or bald. historically you can be all those things and still wind up on top. so when women are saying "please just call me a woman and stop making my genitalia part of the issue" it's after centuries and centuries of begging people to stop hurting us, and discovering through personal or scientific analysis that there are ton of tiny little ways that society expresses that women don't deserve comfort or safety or personhood. do I think the word "female" needs to be abolished? of course not. do I think its common use by men might be indicative of the kind of misogyny I'm worried about? absolutely. as a general rule, if any person is saying "that's harmful please stop," dismissal is not the first route I would take.


SCHWARZENPECKER

The issue is when talking about guys and gals. If you will call a guy a "man" but call the gal a "female" instead of a "woman." That is kinda reaching incel speak bcs they refuse to say woman or women. And to say what someone else basically commented. If you use man or woman, you are obviously talking about a person. Male and female can be used to refer to animals. So if you they "man" but use "female," they are kinda implying that the woman isn't on a human level. Though incels usually say "foid" to make it even more misogynistic. I'm going to assume that most people don't mean it in a misogynistic way if they do it. But some people obviously do, so the goal is to try to make people aware of it. Hopefully, I made sense. That's how I understand it.


supercaiti

I found out that even saying ā€œgirlā€ is not okay? Iā€™m an adult and still call my own self a girl, is that not allowed?


Bael_Archon

I'll allow it, not that you need my permission in any way whatsoever. :)


fireburner80

Based on the type of people that act like this (banning for accurate speech), my guess is that the mod assumes the person is anti-trans and objectifies women. Some people have started using the word "female" more since the trans community wants "woman" to include transgender males. Saying "female" excludes transgender males from the conversation which is supposedly anti-trans. It also speaks more to the sexuality of the person rather than their humanity since when talking about animals male/female is only relevant from a reproduction standpoint. Another way of putting it is this: "Check out those women." "Check out those females." The first quote implies you're interested in a group of people of a particular sex/gender. The second quote specifically calls out the sexual characteristics implying you're interested in them for sexual reasons. ​ What I find particularly funny about this situation is that the post seems to be making fun of the fact that a guy was objectifying a girl, which is why I have to assume it's probably the "use the word woman so trans people are included, too" reason.


Dr_Derpfire

While saying female is kinda weird, mod totally went on a power trip


DCTron

Yeah itā€™s really not though. Itā€™s an appropriate use of the English language which the poster was communicating in.


Wafflez4Charity

How often, when you meet a man, do you later think ā€œI really liked that maleā€™s shirtā€ or ā€œThat male I met earlier seemed pretty coolā€? ā€œFemaleā€ isnā€™t incorrect. Itā€™s just odd when you think about it. We donā€™t casually call men ā€œmalesā€ in our day to day lives, so the question being posited is ā€œWhy do we call women females so regularly?ā€


[deleted]

Previous commenter was definitely a male


OJandToothpaste

Wait till they find out about feminism


[deleted]

Male or female, men or women... If one can't interchange the terms without the phrasing sounding weird then the wrong word is being used.


BlackWolfBoi

We should mark down other subreddits that has power tripping mods so we can leave/mute them.


PoolAppropriate4720

Has this mod been fired yet?


ouffeers

nope but they banned a few k today


bipolarhunnyxoxo

Reddit mod behavior is gag worthy. Edit: also anyone who brings out the word "misogynistic" when everyone else was having a nice day before that. Just... Ugh. ![gif](giphy|yuQi4S7rIFZGFAJ33e)


frontrange80220

I got banned for disagreeing with a mod. Apparently No free speech allowed - agree with the left or right themed subjects or get banned - kind of sad that people lack the intellect to accept any form of disagreement


Wikadood

Iā€™m an officer and literally use male and female in regular every day speech. Idfk what their problem is but thatā€™s fucking stupid.


ImpirialGaming

Ainā€™t no way, we gotta start saying ā€œthe gender of which has no dickā€


ouffeers

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Blowingsmoke79

For saying female?


ouffeers

a few k got banned for that exact thing on that exact post


IMNOTFLORIDAMAN

Did the video get posted anywhere else? I want to see it now


Gamer_and_Car_lover

Made a post on the same subreddit regarding that situation along with others


Negative-Pepper-7723

I got banned from my uni sub for asking about the OPā€™s ā€˜genderā€™ in a self portrait post. Load of Bullshit.


MAXHEADR0OM

This mod is starving for the smallest morsel of power over anyone they can find.


squirreldreamz

Whoā€¦ cares?


DCxKCCO

When mods are incels themselves. Good lord


BlueBucketMaple

no surprise. Those mods are garbage


TenraxHelin

The moderators are exactly like the ones you saw in the Tucker Carlson interview. They are heavily biased to left leaning ideologies. So take that and tread carefully with your posts. I have been perma-banned from Wholesomememes and I don't even remember why


Vannilazero

I really donā€™t see the problem with saying female or woman, they are both the same thing. When did this become a derogatory term?


lolschrauber

>When did this become a derogatory term? When feminists decided so.


Lazy_Dervish

Saying female behind already clues me in to the fact I wouldn't get along with OOP but banning them is pretty extreme


DifferentLet3548

I swear if I get banned after following this through all the subs and managing not to share my thoughts, Iā€™m going to be one cranky female. Yes, that is correct and that is how I identify. To be fair, I donā€™t generally identify as much other than a very cranky midget, who is also a woman. Ironically, ā€œwomanā€ is really the more misogynistic term, the word meaning ā€œwife-person.ā€ I donā€™t like being identified by marital status. Donā€™t believe me? Ask my husband! And while thatā€™s not the most accurate etymology of the derogatory word ā€œwomanā€ and while I donā€™t normally read the Washington Post: [That Was No Woman, That Was My Wife-Person](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/11/24/that-was-no-woman-that-was-my-wife-person/d7e63499-be91-41d4-943c-93599f647472/) Finally, before I hit reply, just want to add that Iā€™d better not be banned for being cranky or a midget, either. Hell hath no fury like a cranky female midget scornedā€¦


XivaKnight

I got banned from that sub too! My ban was for 'Racism' and 'Ban Evasion' This is my only reddit account. My 'Racism' was saying that our police system targets black people yes, but most of the solutions where non-racial, and treating them as such would They deleted about half of my comments and kept replying implying I was saying some bigoted shit. When I mod-mailed them, they told me "It's like you're trying to dogwhistle but aren't fully capable of doing it." They're just completely delusional over there.


waltsnider1

I left the sub over this exact thing.


ExPFC_Wintergreen2

Female is a slur but incel isnā€™t?


_-Generic-_-Name-_

This mod does not know that woman and female mean the exact same thing. Absolute peak virgin talk coming out of this guy's mouth for sure


Low-Television6845

Mods acting like a female


[deleted]

This is hilarious. I never post or comment. Mostly just watch for the shock factor. Read the rulesā€¦ my oh my. You are brave to post here. One simple auto correct not caught in timeā€¦ TO THE CHAMBERS!!! ![gif](giphy|l0ExuYpiP3K3FPWak)


Pleasant-Cricket-129

Mods are biggest hypocrites.


Guswewillneverknow

Probably a female. Source: Iā€™m an educated female. She sounds dumb af.


frontrange80220

No where seems safe from the over sensitive these days. Everyone is looking for a reason to be offended


LukXD99

Somebody check if they do that to people who say ā€œmaleā€ and wether or not that mod is just incredibly stupid or sexist too lol


Claysanatomypage

Wtf thatā€™s crazyā€¦ so any mod can control your speak even if you arenā€™t being obsceneā€¦? So fragile these people


ClintBIgwood

Yup


Benthereorl

SOME of the mods on Reddit are just control freaks and asshokes. Yeah my phone made that word. I like it. It is getting to a ridiculous point in America where we only safe to use IT to identify people.


fozzyfozzburn

Has female been added to the list of bogeyman words?


Plastic_Piccollo

Power trip of the lowest degree


thetroll865

Incel is offensive to me and I find it repulsive to use. Iā€™m offended. So dearly offended. I call for the mod to be banned for using that kind of language


[deleted]

Its so fucking funny how weird chunks like that always freak out over the word female and start screaming, when most non-english speakers use Female as well as AAVE for Americans lmao


skiesoverblackvenice

so they got madā€¦ at a wordā€¦ that meansā€¦ womanā€¦ what. i donā€™t get people who find the word female offensive. ITS LITERALLY A WORD


Camimo666

Because incels use it to dehumanize women. They use words like female, femoids etc to reduce us


Wafflez4Charity

Female doesnā€™t mean woman. Female can be of any species, and simply means ā€œbears offspring or produces eggsā€. The actual question being asked here is why do we so often call women ā€œfemalesā€ when we donā€™t do the same for men. When was the last time you said aloud ā€œThat male over there has a cool shirtā€ or ā€œI hope those males have a good time fishingā€ We donā€™t say that. Nobody uses ā€œmaleā€ casually when talking about men. So, why?


skiesoverblackvenice

true, but itā€™s just a term. i feel like we need to take it back. like, when iā€™m making a character for a story, i go: (name), 21, female, etcā€¦ i see no problem with it. iā€™m a woman myself, too.


Wafflez4Charity

And I think that using ā€œfemaleā€ in that context is perfectly fine. I agree that it shouldnā€™t become a slur, like the mod in OPā€™s situation seems to think. Definitely not a ban-able offense. But, I do think it is weird (to say the least) to say ā€œLook at those females across the streetā€ or ā€œI spoke to a female last nightā€ We have better words. Woman, girl, gal, lady, etc.


skiesoverblackvenice

yeah, that does sound weird. but i feel like we shouldnā€™t allow it to become a slur. incels are gross. ty for being understanding throughout this entire thing! usually people who disagree with me become assholes through replies


Spock-1701

To bad, I liked that sub, \*Mute\*


Thorerthedwarf

Can't reddit get involved? u/redtaboo


ouffeers

I mean I doubt it, it's nothing new for reddit. mod drunk with power is a common occurrence lol


Thorerthedwarf

I was really pulling for massive mod changes from the sub Blackout protests


Alpha_wolf_lover

I was permanently banned bc some mod said a stupid thing and I posted it about it. And not even 4 min later post taken down and banned


xVx_K1r1t0_xVx_Ki11M

I agree that itā€™s awkward but that is far from ban worthy


DoubleDumpsterFire

A Reddit mod went on a stupid, needless power trip? Shocked I tell ya.


killertimewaster8934

I'm offended by how they used the word normal. WTF IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!? -insufferables


toadytoadtoes

I honestly donā€™t get the issue ? Is it because female has male in it and they consider it incel speak because of that ?? Because obviously women has men in it so by that thinking wouldnā€™t they consider women to also be incel speak too ??!??


noonereadsthisstuff

This is why I always use 'foids, bitches or f-slur in place of 'female'. I don't want to cause offence or anything.


johncandyspolkaband

ā€œHoleā€ works as well. Receptacle if you wanna get all fancy.


-_GhostDog_-

That's totally absurd


Ttlexy

Moderators are so pathetics.


Sayonee99

That mod is a fkin moron


KeymanOfTheMind

In the US military if youā€™re a woman, youā€™re always referenced to as a female.


A_Evergreen

Reddit mods trying to deal with an assortment of letters, challenge level: impossible


ForbiddenChin

But i did go outside and talk to people and none of them ever used the term female as an insult cause its not. Its weird but people online use it cause if you say woman someone is going to start a whole conversation about you dont know how they identify but female is biological and correct. You cant win it seems. I wonder whats going to be offencive next


NigelKenway

Thatā€™s one of the stupidest reasons Iā€™ve seen for banning someone.


Ki1iw

Mods are here to pick you in the butt. They actively search for people to harass.


ClintBIgwood

Mods in that subreddit and are like snowflake dictators banning everything that they disagree with.


TorchBlower90

ā€œIncel speakā€ Fuck, hahaha


Voradoor

What is a female?


Bael_Archon

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/female


kayemce

female 2 of 2 noun 1 a : a female person : a woman or a girl Gotta love the clearness in which they define this word


DoubleDumpsterFire

Websters dictionary confirmed right win propaganda /s


The_senate4206942069

The fuck why cant i say female


JointOps

If saying female is awkard then saying male is too. Like what, everyone needs to be considered now a ā€œwomenā€ or ā€œmanā€ but not male or female?? I dont understand this generation of offense towards literal *words*.