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Once again, Rebecca Traister has proven that she and I do not inhabit the same planet. Why on EARTH would Salon give exposure to Kate O'Beirne without pairing her with someone who could challenge her repellent rhetoric? I can listen to one-sided O'Beirne rants on TV... I don't have to pay for the pleasure. Half of Traister's questions were the equivalent of "...But.... but! "
I watched the same "Kate on Kate" MTP episode that Traister leads with, and --- silly me --- I thought Kate Michelman held her own quite well. In the ensuing two weeks I've thought of the discussion four or five times, each time savoring points that Michelman made that I will use in my next discussion on the topics. I thought O'Beirne came off coarse, flatulent and Coulter-esque.
If you want a clue to the way the rest of the world perceives and responds to O'Beirne's book, check out its listing on Amazon: #75, but with 2 out of 5 stars based on 369 reviews. Read any five of them and you'll come away with more interesting responses than Traister managed.
