Letters to the Editor
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Paglia: Somewhat Less Insightful Than the Guy Who Sells The Paper at the Train Station
Hi, already wrote a quick letter on this lady, but then looked back an interview she gave Salon some years back and felt I needed to put a little emphasis. Paglia sort of reminds me of the kid in the family who everyone has deemed the smart one, and so at Thanksgiving dinner they are asked their opinions on all manner of world events that they really don't more about than anyone else at the table; whether she knows something about the topic or not, Paglia has to have an opinion on it. The preface of the interview lauds her for having voted for Clinton and then turning against him. Wow. She then avers that Clinton was not strong enough militarily, that this is what led to 911, and that a multi-state force would be a good way to get Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. She also wonders aloud about who toned down Bush's post- 911 rhetoric--"I don't know who got to him" and then avers, "his father or the elders around him." Good God! Could she be more ignorant of how modern politics function? You still let her write for this rag?
There are few people who read the daily paper less insightful than Paglia. If I want superficial analysis, I'll talk to the guy who sells me the paper. I just bought a subscription to Salon yesterday; please do not let her write for this website anymore. I doubt there are very many women writers out there who don't think for themselves, who don't have complex opinions, who have don't have doubts about modern feminism and the progressive laundry list, but don't make that the entire sum of their identities or writings. Give one of them a chance.