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- From: roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
- Subject: Re: Radical feminists
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.055851.1860@Princeton.EDU>
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- References: <BzMzC5.Inq@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1992Dec22.030111.25846@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <BzoK98.521@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 05:58:51 GMT
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- In article <BzoK98.521@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.030111.25846@bmerh85.bnr.ca> nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau) writes:
- >>In article <BzMzC5.Inq@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi) writes:
-
- >>> Just how far should we allow this assault on the English language
- >>>by radical feminists? They claim "history" is sexist. Next, they'll
- >>>claim that "manager" is sexist. Finally, do we change "this" to "tits"?
-
- >>What big works you use Mandar - "assault", "radical feminists", "they
- >>claim" - you've not proven "they" condemn "history" as sexist, and you
- >>can't prove it, because "they" don't.
-
- >What can I say to a person who hasn't taken the trouble to read the
- >references I provided to support this claim?
-
- The references you posted didn't support your claim. Not by a long
- shot. Some of them undermined it.
-
- >(It really amuses me to be
- >>branded a "radical feminist" for preferring "persons" to "men (including
- >>women)".)
-
- >*I* didn't specifically brand you a "radical feminist", did I?
-
- By now, it's hard to tell what you mean by your spew.
-
- >I find those feminists who wish to change all words which contain
- >"his", "man", etc. radical.
-
- Name one such. Can you show us that these people exist? If not,
- tell us why you post indignantly about being "disgusted."
-
- >>Then to cap it, an absurd example - an argument used by those who defend
- >>sexist usage, attributed to those who oppose it.
-
- >I didn't attribute the example to either "defenders" or "opposers".
- >I simply quoted a person's view on the subject.
-
- No, you quoted a view on a different subject. Amazing, how one can
- type without actually reading something.
-
- >>Putting words in people's mouth is not considered cricket, Mandar.
-
- >But the "googly" *is*! ;)
-
- Sorry, Mandar, but we're not laughing. Your slimy argumentative style
- is not excused by the occasional wisecrack-plus-smiley.
-
- >>Sorry, Mandar, but such nonsense doesn't do your credibility any good.
-
- >> The Rhealist - nadeau@bnr.ca - Speaking only for myself
-
- >Offended because not ALL people concur with you? I can hardly blame
- >you. It isn't "nonsense", btw. I have quoted published references.
-
- No, you haven't. You've quoted things, but they don't refer to the
- things you claim they do.
-
- Roger
-
-