RE: Monica Lewinsky Still Passing the Buck
February 28, 2018 at 1:23 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2018 at 1:26 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(February 28, 2018 at 1:21 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(February 28, 2018 at 1:14 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
Yeah I feel like some forms of feminism try to have to both ways. On one hand they say women are independent and strong and have no need to be protected, etc etc. On the other hand they act like women are helpless victims all the time. So, which is it?
Whichever archetype fits the way the discussion's going at the moment.
Here's a passage from Slacktivist's blog on Left Behind that illustrates this problem perfectly:
Fred \Slacktivist' Clark Wrote:If you ever encounter someone face to face who believes this, who insists that American Christians are “persecuted,” try to enjoy the ride. First remind them that America is, in fact, the wealthiest nation on the planet and that most Christians here enjoy a wonderful standard of living. They will argue, defensively, that this is because America is blessed by God due to its being a godly nation based on “Judeo-Christian” values. Repeat that back to them, though, and they will counter, just as defensively, that America is an ungodly place, a Babylon in which RTCs are a persecuted minority under constant threat from an elite majority [sic] in the schools, the media and the government. Repeat that back to them and they will change gears yet again, becoming even angrier and more defensive. How dare you suggest that America is Babylon? …
You can do this all day.
Those two, incompatible*** portraits of holy/unholy America don’t strike them as a contradiction because they both effectively serve the same purpose: self-congratulation. Both constructs reassure the persecuted hegemons that they are good. Or, at least, that they are better than those people over there.
Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist...XkeIygR.99
And, depressingly, this time around, it's a cause that I honestly believe in that's embracing this mindset.
Basically. This makes me mad because as a woman it makes me feel like a joke. The mofos need to shut their trap.
(February 28, 2018 at 1:19 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(February 28, 2018 at 12:15 pm)Shell B Wrote: Exactly my point. She wrote an article for Vanity Fair recently saying that the Me Too movement made her realize that her consensual relationship with the President was a gross abuse of power on his part.
If anything it will serve to men in positions of power to take care of where they sticks there dicks in. I can tell you that things change when power comes to your hand.
Them bitches (they were) at work suddenly turned nice when I got promoted to boss. A few more frisky of them even hit on me. What suddenly made me more beautiful?
Fortunately I have this gaze I give and they will hiss down to their holes. They didn't like me, but now that I am a boss I am suddenly the best thing on earth.
They are both ass holes as far as I'm concerned - the powerful man who cheats on his wife and has no respect for women, as well as the woman who sleeps with the powerful married man because of who he is and then cries wolf later on.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
