Comments on: “Hysterical”: the word all Maltese male chauvinists use for the women who challenge them

By: Malteser

Malteser — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:43:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Caruana Galizia. Yes, unfortunately.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:50:00 +0000

By which time it is generally too late.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:44:00 +0000

“Gone are the days when a husband dictated to his wife because he is the sole breadwinner.”

You couldn’t be more wrong.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:16:00 +0000

You know ad I do that love means putting your foot down – and not just with your children.

By: Antoine Portelli

Antoine Portelli — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 23:44:00 +0000

Let’s assume you are right, Melissa – so who is in your opinion?

By: Joe Fenech

Joe Fenech — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:57:00 +0000

“jekk issibni burdata hazina”

Jigifieri int, il-Gran Kummissarju tal-Ligi tar-Repubblika ta’ Malta, ‘bil-burdati’ tiffunzjana? Kieku mhux irtirat u kelli bzonn xi konsulenza legali kont inqabbdek ghax veru tidher li int stabbli u toffri kwalita eccellenti bla waqfien.

By: Sowxal

Sowxal — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:30:00 +0000

A poor attempt at laundering your sordid actions, Franco. As for nies li jdardru kull m’hemm you are there at the top with the worst of them. Give us a break and respect our intelligence, trid? If you want your bullshit to gain traction, go and write it on Facebook or Malta Today.

By: Arlette Vassallo

Arlette Vassallo — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:19:00 +0000

This is a slight departure from the above article. However, I generally find derogatory comments aimed at people’s innate intelligence or beauty to be completely counterproductive and exceedingly cringe-worthy, as are the allusions to one’s own intelligence.

Whilst I completely and wholeheartedly agree that condescension, sexism and uncouthness are vile behaviours, they are not synonymous with a lack of inherent capability. Very many people lack the necessary prowess to critically evaluate information and apply it towards problem solving. This alone does not a vile person make. It is called an average IQ precisely because roughly half of the representative population falls below it, assuming a normal distribution.

I love your blog, almost as much as I love Harry Potter – and I am a diehard fan. I abhor ad hominem attacks as much as I hate JK Rowling’s depiction of everyone with shoddy morals as being physically unattractive or toad-like. Rant over.

PS In this sexism vein, a wise woman once said (paraphrasing slightly I’m sure) “You can always tell who the ambitious women are from the shape of their head. It is flat at the top from the patronising pats of men.”

By: Joe Fenech

Joe Fenech — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:36:00 +0000

Ghaliex? Mela sirt xi alla? Jew forsi issa m’ghadekx favur il-free speech? Kemm ghajjatt li “hadd m’hu ha jsikktek”! Issa qed tipprova tbezza lin-nies li tharrikhom? Jigifieri jekk tghid “fuck off lil xi hadd tista’ tigi mharrek”? Veru? Jew dan paroli fil-vojt? Jew dan huwa l-kaz veru l-ligijiet ta’ Malta huma tad-dahk.

By: Joe Fenech

Joe Fenech — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:28:00 +0000

Certain men would place a burka or a hijab over women’s faces if it weren’t for the fact that they are racist against Muslims and would want to dissociate from them.