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...
I seriously tinkered around with the idea of simply including this as an update to the post previous. And maybe that would have been the better way to handle it since the subject here is nearly identical. But in the end I thought Prof. Adams’ comments were deserving of higher profile.
His argument: Palin does not inspire this seething hatred from the paleofeminist subfaction within our angry liberal syndicate because of her propensity to make herself awkward and foolish in interviews. Instead, she inspires said seething hatred because of her willingness to do so. It makes perfect sense to me. When someone behaves awkwardly in public and ends up the butt of a number of jokes, it is more than natural for observers to deride, to denigrate, to sneer, and most of all to poke fun. But…this, by itself, doesn’t inspire anger. Not even a tiny bit of it. Pity, maybe. But not anger. Palin did something to make people, especially paleofeminists, exceptionally angry.
I think [the anger]…has a lot to do with Palin’s personality – specifically with her personal courage and ability to think and act independently.
Those who don’t work around feminists fail to realize fully their incapacity for independent thought and action. The feminist response to a recent controversy in my department (Sociology and Criminology) provides a good example of what I’m talking about.
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[There follows a somewhat involved and lengthy anecdote about a new, outspoken, male Provost]
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Finally, at the end of the week, when faculty in my department began to criticize the Provost via emails sent on the department email list, an interesting pattern emerged. First, one male professor sent an email criticizing the Provost. Then a second male professor joined in followed by a third, fourth, and fifth male professor. At the end of the day, five male professors exercised their First Amendment right to free speech.Of course, not a word was to be heard from a feminist…It reminded me of my first free speech controversy at UNCW some eleven years ago. In that controversy, numerous males expressed their opinions about a controversy surrounding “indecent” sexual speech in the student newspaper. Finally, two dozen feminists signed their “joint” opinion on the matter. The males acted as individuals, the feminists acted as a pack.
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[Gov. Palin does not] behave the way my feminist colleagues behave in the workplace. She has a faith in God that inspires courage. She has courage that inspires individualism. And, clearly, she lacks the cowardice that is a pre-requisite for radical feminism.
There you have it. Feminists are angry at Palin for doing something they themselves have chosen not — and thus, over a lifetime, have chosen not to be able — to do. Makes perfect sense to me. Says it all.
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