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- From: hillman@carina.unm.edu (Dan Hillman)
- Subject: Re: feminists in bondage
- Message-ID: <#qnqyq-@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 19:19:23 GMT
- Organization: Holy Order of Quadra 950 Lust
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- Charles Parr writes:
- >
- >But what peeves me, what really gets up my nose about it, what
- >really makes me genuinely angry, is the obvious corollary to
- >their censoring attitude:
- >
- >"You, being a man, are obviously a pig. Your motives are automatically
- >those of a rapist murderer, and therefore you are not allowed to have
- >an opinion which dissents from ours. We are the sole arbiters of what
- >is acceptable, so if we don't like it, that's the end of the discussion.
- >Knuckle under, or you are simply a sexist male with all the morals
- >of a diseased slime mold."
-
- Actually it's a bit more formal than that. Perhaps Matthew studied this
- more extensively, but I seem to remember it going something like:
-
- A. Socrates is a man
- B. All men are rapist pig-dogs
- Therefore
- C. Socrates is a rapist pig-dog.
-
- It's important to remember that as a man, you will be wrong. As someone
- at a scary meeting once said, "All men have the capacity to rape, and
- that makes them unworthy of our trust."
-
- I fuckin' hate that argument. "But I wouldn't rape anyone," you try to
- protest, "Hell, I couldn't even get it up if she weren't having a good
- time."
-
- "Doesn't matter," they'll retort. "You grew up knowing that the potential
- was there, and it's poisoned your outlook. Besides, you probably interpret
- 'no' as 'yes'."
- --
- Shirl giggled and handed me something. "A Beretta P92SB," she said. "Ain't
- it cute? Holds fifteen rounds, shoots jacketed hollow-points. This week we
- tell them they're not in touch with their feelings, next week we blow their
- fucking heads off. More coffee cake?" -- Cynthia Heimel
-