Letters to the Editor
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"listening to your nonsense, I wonder if she shouldn't have been hit in the fuckin' mouth herself"
So, Louis, my whole response didn't fit into one letter, so i published the first part, and as i was getting ready to publish the second part, i really started to dwell on this:
"If you read the feminine mystique, you'll see that Friedan didn't invent anything, and the problem has a very simple solutions -- women, just like men, should have the choice to work outside the home."
Friedan got a lot of (troublesome) communist indoctrination. And, listening to your nonsense, I wonder if she shouldn't have been hit in the fuckin' mouth herself.
I really am not sure what to make of this. Advocating punching a person (male or female) for writing a book and making an argument for a particular set of convictions...is...backward and retrograde don't really seem to be harsh enough for what i think of that. Maybe you have a lot more repressed anger at women than you are willing to admit to. Plus, the connotations of hitting a woman for expressing her opinion are quite strong -- it is in the best traditions of wife beaters and people who generally do not have a concept of respeting words and living without violence and not picking on people physically weaker than themselves.
Your penchant for violence is disturbing, and I really don't understand why it's so hard for you to refrain from insulting me or advocating violence. It is really so difficult to come up with cogent arguments to defend your beliefs?
I mean, the more i think about it, the more i am trying to figure out, where and what kind of environment did you grow up in and continue to live in, that you think saying such a thing is at all appropriate? I really can't understand what kind of mentality makes people say that kind of thing, unless your violent and incredibly sexist.
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Fascists, fascists, everywhere - trying to bring America down:
From The New York Times:
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday accused critics of the Bush administration's Iraq and counterterrorism policies of trying to appease ''a new type of fascism.''
In unusually explicit terms, Rumsfeld portrayed the administration's critics as suffering from ''moral or intellectual confusion'' about what threatens the nation's security and accused them of lacking the courage to fight back.
In remarks to several thousand veterans at the American Legion's national convention, Rumsfeld recited what he called the lessons of history, including the failed efforts to appease the Adolf Hitler regime in the 1930s.
''I recount this history because once again we face similar challenges in efforts to confront the rising threat of a new type of fascism,'' he said.
Rumsfeld spoke to the American Legion as part of a coordinated White House strategy, in advance of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, to take the offensive against administration critics at a time of doubt about the future of Iraq and growing calls to withdraw U.S. troops.
Rumsfeld recalled a string of recent terrorist attacks, from 9/11 to bombings in Bali, London and Madrid, and said it should be obvious to anyone that terrorists must be confronted, not appeased.
''But some seem not to have learned history's lessons,'' he said, adding that part of the problem is that the American news media have tended to emphasize the negative rather than the positive.
He said, for example, that more media attention was given to U.S. soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib than to the fact that Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith received the Medal of Honor.
''Can we truly afford to believe somehow, some way, vicious extremists can be appeased?'' he asked.
''Those who know the truth need to speak out against these kinds of myths and lies and distortions being told,..."
On the Green Movement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri_Devi
On Eastern Thought:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/24/sports/fuhrer.php
On Yoga:
http://mysticbourgeoisie.blogspot.com/2006/02/yoga-tradition.html
I could go on and on and on,....
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LeCastor:
I'm done with you.
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Louis Continues with his Cultural Stereotyping
If anything, I'd say white women (like LeCastor) don't hear or respect their position enough in their "Desperate Housewives" hunt for "good sex".
Actually, I don't have a TV, i've never seen desperate housewives. Stop assuming stupid shit about me. I rent dvds through netflix -- i really like Deadwood, the show. Lots of cursing. :)
And "self-actualization" is another New Age buzzword. (Starting to see the problem yet?) Like the Eastern concept of "enlightenment", it doesn't exist and is a self-made problem that only leads to chasing your own tail while, angrily, dissing others for not doing the same. I don't have to "find myself": I'm right here.
When you mentioned Enlightenment earlier, i thought you were talking about the 18th century philosophical movement (voltaire, etc.), not the eastern kind.
As I said, it's insidious, and dangerous, and even intelligent and seemingly reasonable people have been taken in by it's call. That's why I've brought it up here: my wife, to me, is a smart, working, college-educated woman who made a good salary who, still, fell for the lure of "self-actualization" and narcissism and the inticement of what's possible instead of what's probable. Learning that doesn't make me a bad guy or unstable - or her terrible even - New Age subverts the thinking process just enough to destroy our societal connections so the likes of Deepak Choprah, Andrew Wiel, Uri Gellar, and all the other con men and con women (Silvia Browne. Oprah.) can gain influence and smile their beatific smiles all the way to the bank.
I really don't understand why you keep conflating New Age stuff and feminism. I'm a pretty hardcore feminist, but i am not into new age things at all, and never have been. They're separate issues, and if you conflate them, you set up unnecessary red herrings.
-- Louis Dixon
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Self-Actualization
First off, I think we had a miscommunication. "Self-actualization" is a very specific term, which, like many others, has been bastardized and misunderstood. Look here for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization
An excerpt:
Self-actualization (a term originated by Kurt Goldstein) is the instinctual need of humans to make the most of their unique abilities and to strive to be the best they can be. Maslow describes self-actualization as follows:
Self Actualization is the intrinsic growth of what is already in the organism, or more accurately, of what the organism is. (Psychological Review, 1949)
Maslow writes the following of self-actualizing people:
They embrace the facts and realities of the world (including themselves) rather than denying or avoiding them.
They are spontaneous in their ideas and actions.
They are creative.
They are interested in solving problems; this often includes the problems of others. Solving these problems is often a key focus in their lives.
They feel a closeness to other people, and generally appreciate life.
They have a system of morality that is fully internalized and independent of external authority.
They judge others without prejudice, in a way that can be termed objective.
In short, self-actualization is reaching your fullest potential.