Comments on: Feminist scholars eat their own

By: Sonny Wayze

Sonny Wayze — Sun, 14 May 2017 18:40:40 +0000

Somehow, this seems relevant:

http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/magazine-editor-quits-after-writing-that-he-doesnt-believe-in-cultural-appropriation

By: DNW

DNW — Sat, 13 May 2017 21:10:22 +0000

Frog Says: May 13th, 2017 at 1:45 pm DNW, Shoulder pads? Why?"

It should add to the comic effect. Helmets would offer too much protection. There obviously have to be some trade offs. Right you are, Ken!

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 13 May 2017 19:08:48 +0000

“To claim that if transgender identities are valid (which she believes is the case)”
But according to the APA definition, gender is imaginary and has no physical existence. The APA definition is confusing and conflates sex, a term from biology, and gender, a term from linguistics.

Gender (n): the condition of being male, female, or neuter. In a human context, the distinction between gender and SEX reflects the usage of these terms: Sex usually refers to the biological aspects of maleness or femaleness, whereas gender implies the psychological, behavioral, social, and cultural aspects of being male or female (i.e., masculinity or femininity.)

By: Philip

Philip — Sat, 13 May 2017 18:59:06 +0000

David Foster, that observation about word- vs thing-oriented people is really interesting. I feel as if I live in both of those realms at different times, and yet somewhat at a remove from both. It makes me think that I have certain buffer zones between me and the respective realities involved. In that context, I’ll see if I can take your interpretation and apply it.

By: Frog

Frog — Sat, 13 May 2017 17:45:43 +0000

DNW,
Shoulder pads? Why?

By: DNW

DNW — Sat, 13 May 2017 17:38:45 +0000

expat Says:
May 13th, 2017 at 12:34 pm

After they finish eating one another, I’ll give them 2 scoops of ice cream for dessert. And when the LGBTQ…. types finish, I’ll give 3 scoops.”

That’s cruel. How could you even say such a thing?

Next you will be suggesting the unthinkable: that they be placed in a roped off area, given sticks and shoulder pads, and instructed to have at it; as we pull up lounge chairs and crack a beer to enjoy.

You, being you, would probably want to sell tickets too.

Maybe for 10 bucks a head. Bet you probably figure you could attract a gate count of a couple thousand spectators easy.

Since the combatants don’t get a cut, not even the survivors if any, the pot while modest, looks worthwhile.

The concession stands would probably bring a pretty good rental too. Say, a 16 oz beer for $4.50.

If people enjoy watching innocent Japanese game contestants fall off floating logs into the dirty fluid, they no doubt would really go crazy at the sight of insane feminists ripping each other to shreds.

Geez, the till would be overflowing … you would have suitcases full of cash to deal with, just like some 1980s Colombian drug lord!

Not that I, personally, would approve … necessarily …

By: DNW

DNW — Sat, 13 May 2017 17:08:57 +0000

Speaking of krazy kats or crazies cat fighting or whatever … welcome to the post-human world.

http://jezebel.com/girl-believes-shes-a-cat-trapped-in-a-humans-body-and-i-1755717058

Just because you are not a human, doesn’t mean you’re not human! Or something. A Jezebel contributor stands with Nano!

I’ll believe it when I see her eat a raw mouse she’s pounced on.

Well, no I won’t; but I dare her all the same.

By: n.n

n.n — Sat, 13 May 2017 17:08:13 +0000

Frog:

Their faith is twilight fringe (a.k.a. penumbra). Their religion is Pro-Choice (i.e. selective, opportunistic, unprincipled). Their ideology is minority oriented in the spirit of monopolies. The unholy trinity is class (e.g. racism, sexism), congruence (e.g. discrimination, exclusion), and credit (e.g. progressive debt, redistributive change).

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 13 May 2017 17:05:40 +0000

Among the first lessons of Christianity is the fall of man. The teachings that we as flawed creations, have to consistently self-reflecting on our actions to avoid sinning has been taught to children at an early age. Sins lead us to a destructive path, even when our intentions were good. We are all very aware of the fact we are all one step away from falling to the dark side. the lefties have never been taught the concept of introspection. Communists believe they are perfectly evolved beings that can never be wrong. in fact questioning the legitimacy of the ideology, ever possessing the doubt that they might ever be on the wrong path and attempting to change course is a sin to them, its called revisionism. I voted for Trump, but there is not a day since Nov 8 that i might have made a mistake. I highly doubted the idea that Hillary is corrupted has ever crossed a Hillary voter’s mind, or the possibility that Michelle Obama, champion of the underprivileged, appeared in every event in nothing but the most luxurious outfits and jewelries designed by the most renowned designers, may be a hypocrite has ever pondered by an Obama voter. Modern liberals are champions of elementary school reasoning. Their search for an answer stops at the first idea their tiny untrained minds can come up with and never go beyond the most basic and paper thing surfaced reasoning. I will give you an example. Major liberal news outlets promoted the idea that the low turnout at the inauguration was the manifestation of Trump’s unpopularity, they had never mentioned any other possible reasons. perhaps Trump wasn’t the first black president caused the low turnout; perhaps it was storming at the day of event that made people wanted to stay home; perhaps DC population being predominantly liberal could contribute to that. Nope, to liberals, there was only one reason only that only a small crowd showed up to watch Trump sworn into office and it was because everyone hates him. It is the most basic elementary school reasoning you can find, but somehow they are the elite thinkers and conservatives are stupid.

By: Frog

Frog — Sat, 13 May 2017 16:38:49 +0000

Read the essay by William Voegeli in the just-arrived Claremont Review of Books, titled “The New Abnormal”.

Among the points made, by referring to a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by William Deresiewicz, is that our colleges and universities have become religious schools where the faith is secularism, environmentalism, “and, above all, the holy trinity of race, gender and sexuality.
And where there’s dogma, there’s heresy.”

Deresiewicz also pointed out that the term, “political correctness” originated on the Left as an “ironic invocation of Stalinism.” We’ve lost the irony but kept the Stalinism.

Read the whole thing!
http://www.claremont.org/crb/article/the-new-abnormal/