Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Via Kate:
Unambiguously Ambidextrous raises some issues (Part 2) with the historical record of feminism, and what it has done. Which, of course, is the same as attacking it because feminism is sort of an “endangered species” in the world of the politically correct. What you might call a “sacred cow.”
The result of the rise of feminism in western civilization has been a double-edged sword, affording Canadians the luxuries of an increase in income and wealth, at the expense of outsourcing population growth and rapid demographic shifts from the mainly European settlement population. Added to this is the destruction of the nuclear family, high divorce rates, leading to psychological problems, increased crime, and higher rates of poverty. As the economy evolves to reflect the status quo of one man and one woman working all the time simultaneously, it becomes more and more difficult for Canadians to live in the traditional role where the woman stays at home and has children.
Canadian Cynic defends feminism. Kinda. Not really. Actually, Canadian Cynic attacks Unambiguously Ambidextrous with sarcasm, which is an effective technique of derogating something without putting forth an actual position of what it is you’re trying to say.
Feminism is the cause of everything bad that has ever happened since men made the monumental mistake of giving women the vote.
And when I say something like this:
My article was written in good faith in an attempt not to gain recognition, but to engage in a dialogue about feminism.
I actually mean that I’m right, you’re wrong and things would be so much more civil if you just admitted it and then shut up.
Broadsides attacks the entire topic. Actually, she Godwins it, saying that anybody who attacks feminism is a Nazi. I think. Actually, Broadsides is using sarcasm too, so it’s difficult to impossible (by design) to try to figure out what it is she’s trying to say.
Which is maybe a good move. The one time Broadsides veers her broad side away from sarcasm, is the one time she makes the least sense:
Never mind that, for many women, the nuclear family where the wife/mother stayed at home was a psychological, if not physical, prison which led to, among other things, depression and prescription drug abuse.
Uh…so staying home and taking care of your kids is a sure path to prescription drug abuse?
+++blink+++
Wow. So many problems with that, I don’t know where to begin. Why bother.
But I’m more than fascinated to learn of this debating technique used by Broadsides. If you want to attack someone’s lifestyle, all you have to do is come up with some stories about someone tripping out on prescription drugs…or just one. Ah screw it, just make it up if you have to.
Come to think on it, I think Broadsides herself is living in a “psychological, if not physical, prison.” Let’s watch her closely.
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I gotta say that Broadsides is the scariest looking female columnist I’ve seen since Frank Rich.
- vanderleun | 07/06/2008 @ 15:17