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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009
for somebody who got his job through his mommy's influence with hyper-conservative narcissists.
But we in the Los Angeles area are getting to know Goldberg's piddly variations from his weekly appearance in the alleged newspaper, the Times, taking up space consigned to him by the obviously narcissistic new publisher.
I have always thought that being a feminist was about thinking that all women were entitled to certain rights and treatment; not that all women should have the same kind of thoughts. For example: I don't think you have to prefer working in an office to staying at home to raise kids, but I do think you should have a right to choose, and a right to the education to be able to earn enough to make it worthwhile, and a right to be treated with respect while getting that education.
...for reading Jonah Goldberg. There are a number of good conservative columnists, but none of them are named Jonah Goldberg.
Goldberg's idea of feminism hardly exists anymore: women who spend their time challenging "bourgeois capitalism" are essentially nonexistent outside academia. Actually, his argument contains a disturbing ideological shift; he takes feminists to task for assuming all women are against "patriarchy," then counters with the unrelated info that a majority of women have doubts about abortion. Being pro-choice isn't the same as "smashing the 'socially constructed reality.'" By conflating the two, Goldberg is sneakily trying to make pro-choice people look like the most discredited fringe elements of the 70s and 80s cultural criticism wars. He wants to make activists for a very concrete issue look like vague, out-of-touch demagogues, and anybody who believes in honest debate should call him out for it.
Just a note: The article linked by Pandagon is longer than the version Broadsheet links to.
Don't know why, but you should know that the Pandagon rebuttal is of a longer article.
An Israeli columnist issues a scathing indictment of Israel and calls on the U.S. to apply pressure.
Even when government officials purposely subject an innocent person to brutal torture, they enjoy full immunity.
Hey, guys: Are adult films making you bad at sex?
What was once depicted as a grave act of lawlessness -- Bush's NSA program -- is now deemed a vital state secret.
The loony wing of the Republican Party prepares for a big day in Tuesday's elections
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