Letters to the Editor
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Paglia--Third and Final Request
In answer to one recent reader response--I don't think that the large negative response to Paglia is a shocked plea of "you can't do that, you're supposed to be liberal and feminist". More to the point, I think people generally get upset when they witness a talentless hack hog limelight, while talented, insightful people who can actually move others to make a difference in the world languish in obscurity--without even a signature caricature for their column. What has impressed me about Salon is its willingness to take on progressive doctrines in an intelligent thought-provoking way. I would much rather see more column inches along the lines of the great interviews Salon has had on the hysteria on both sides of the intelligent design debate and more "How the World Works"-type analysis that informs and fascinates and engages the reader into investigating issues in a holistic way. Paglia reminds of an ignorant loud-mouth out to shock her college town cohort, and that's frankly boring.