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restricted members are not allowed in chat. that's the rule.

Mutually assured fail

Hey, what was your old username? edit: Oh, that was easy. Sorry. I'm also curious as to why you're restricted, but no rush.

Oh hey it's good to see you're still posting here!

Well, that sunday morning surprise was less than ideal.

What did you do to get restricted.

Why Des?

Just looked back at what you post and post and I see your point. I think i rushed in head long because it seemed to approximate to what I predicted. So apologies. That said you have pushed the 'geeky white boy' trope in the past, which stuck (and perhaps loomed to large) in my memory and overly influenced my reading of your post.

I wasn't suggesting that your post was some kind of feminist comment in itself. I just expressed surprise that a number of people with ostensibly feminist credentials tend to come out with the rhetoric about 'geeky males' - see for example TC, and UK blogger penny red off the top of my head. The point is that whatever the authors intentions, those who deploy such language invoke a cultural trope which is inimical to the project of challenging concentional gendered expectations.

I also continue to think that this idea that we shouldnt have too many nerds on revleft is ridiculous.