Lydia’s answer to “Do you wish Gilead would come true?” > Likes and Comments
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Tony, you got the attention you were seeking. Move along and troll some other book now.
What? I'm hurt you think I'm a troll.
Look, I hope this isn't because I am a man. But surely me shining light on the atrocious way women are treated is a good thing?
I don't want attention if it's just slandering me personally.
This is a fantastic book that should be MORE PROMINENT in the current cultural consciousness. I want people to think about the similarities between Gilead and our reality, specifically under this awful President.
Shelli, you are intolerant and accusatory - please take it elsewhere.
Kind of ironic I posted a question to make people think about a fascist society, and here I am with people labelling me unfairly and telling me what I am! Haha, couldn't make it up :)
It has nothing to do with your gender and everything to do with your wording.
Honest question: Is your first language not English? That's really the only way your phrasing seems understandable to me. What you wrote is the equivalent of me saying, "Do you wish Tony would fall in a crater and die?" It sounds like I want that to happen, and that's exactly how your question reads, too.
If you are truly against the idea of Gilead manifesting, a negative question (or at least a neutral one) is how you'd want to ask if others agree with you. For instance(s):
• Are you afraid the US is becoming like Gilead?
• Are you worried that a society like Gilead could actually happen?
• Do you see similarities between the treatment of women in the book and what is happening now, with so many reports of sexual assaults and rapes occuring?
• How can we combat misogynist forces from further oppressing women?
• etc.
Obviously, I am not the only person that read your question this way. This is why.
Consider yourself given the benefit of the doubt.
Thanks, James! I guess Tony did not see it worthy of a response, though.
@Sheili I disagree. It is a simple, direct question. It can be answered Yes or No. Many comments answered all your lengthy "could have said" questions.
Just because you did not like the question and could not understand it, does not make you right to question "is English your first language" Most everyone who commented understood it, so perhaps it is you with reading comprehension issues or superiority complex?
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Tony, you got the attention you were seeking. Move along and troll some other book now.
What? I'm hurt you think I'm a troll.Look, I hope this isn't because I am a man. But surely me shining light on the atrocious way women are treated is a good thing?
I don't want attention if it's just slandering me personally.
This is a fantastic book that should be MORE PROMINENT in the current cultural consciousness. I want people to think about the similarities between Gilead and our reality, specifically under this awful President.
Shelli, you are intolerant and accusatory - please take it elsewhere.
Kind of ironic I posted a question to make people think about a fascist society, and here I am with people labelling me unfairly and telling me what I am! Haha, couldn't make it up :)
It has nothing to do with your gender and everything to do with your wording. Honest question: Is your first language not English? That's really the only way your phrasing seems understandable to me. What you wrote is the equivalent of me saying, "Do you wish Tony would fall in a crater and die?" It sounds like I want that to happen, and that's exactly how your question reads, too.
If you are truly against the idea of Gilead manifesting, a negative question (or at least a neutral one) is how you'd want to ask if others agree with you. For instance(s):
• Are you afraid the US is becoming like Gilead?
• Are you worried that a society like Gilead could actually happen?
• Do you see similarities between the treatment of women in the book and what is happening now, with so many reports of sexual assaults and rapes occuring?
• How can we combat misogynist forces from further oppressing women?
• etc.
Obviously, I am not the only person that read your question this way. This is why.
Consider yourself given the benefit of the doubt.
Thanks, James! I guess Tony did not see it worthy of a response, though.
@Sheili I disagree. It is a simple, direct question. It can be answered Yes or No. Many comments answered all your lengthy "could have said" questions. Just because you did not like the question and could not understand it, does not make you right to question "is English your first language" Most everyone who commented understood it, so perhaps it is you with reading comprehension issues or superiority complex?
Some of you people could do less with insulting me personally and thinking more deeply about what is in common between Gilead and our reality. That was the reason I posted the question.
I suppose it's easier to be snarky though.