Tainted Savage Love

False Assumption: They were all BDSMers

Savage makes the assumption that the category of responders to the Experiment were all BDSM practitioners or looking for kinky sex.

Truth: No they're not. Did you read what these guys wrote? The guys who were most apt to provide personally identifiable information were not BDSM veterans in either the light or hardcore sense, nor were they even up to providing what was specified in the fake ad. They were just dumbfucks trolling for what they ignorantly perceived as an easy piece of ass. Some of them didn't even read the ad, they just replied with nonsense. They were smelt fishing.

This is what Craigslist is like for women, I've learned. Of all the responders, maybe two could be classified as appropriate BDSM practitioners. And both of those guys were very responsible with their replies.

False Assumption: Just hand out your personal information

Dan says while searching for BDSM on Craigslist, responders (tops/doms in this case) should always provide their real contact info.

Truth: NOT RIGHT AWAY, DAN! If it's insane to post your personal information in a CL ad, why would it be any more sane to just hand out your personal information to a complete stranger in response? If you're looking for a trustworthy encounter, you have to build the trust first, not just hand it out like candy.

In fact, if you Google around (you know, Google, that thing you told that other poor tranny-curious bastard to use) for other BDSM opinions on this Experiment, you would learn that most BDSMers, especially Dom Mistresses, frown on looking for encounters on Craigslist because it's so unreliable as a fetish matching system. No hxc BDSM woman would advertise herself like that on CL. Anyone trolling for BDSM ass on CL is begging for trouble.

False Assumption: Jason is a jackass asshole motherfucker

Truth: No, I'm a sociopath. There's a difference. Look it up on wikipedia.

Come on, Dan. You're a smart guy. I know that you can do better to discuss and talk about this old meme controversy instead of just blasting away like the empty headed flamers that show up on occasion. - J

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