I am intrigued by the "Don't misrepresent our indigenous stuff" vs "free speech" analogy.

However, shanties as an important work tool on board ships possibly died out soon after Brunel worked out you could put large engines in ships. Fishing net hauling may have had a niche market for a while but the shanties of present knowledge do not represent a set of people living today.

So you see, misogyny isn't even an excuse for this poorly named thread nor some of the comments contained within.