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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 11:34 AM

    @ umbrage

    I actually found it to be one of her weakest statements. As, really, it was simply a rant response to a rant.

    Not true.

    First, Pedinska offered a cogent response to art guerrilla's claptrap. Then, she eviscerated his macho posturing by inverting his limp chauvinist platitude.

    Personally, (even as a male!) I found her riposte not only decisive in its effectiveness, but also glorious in its defiant femininity.

    (A dimwit whose hackneyed attempt at pejorative employs "dickless" and "pussy" is contemptible to begin with - but one who makes said attempt under the veil of online anonymity eclipses contempt, and is literally ridiculous.)

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