tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post114105283815243142..comments2023-11-05T04:34:41.648-05:00Comments on broad recognition: In defense of feminismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1144047544646168722006-04-03T01:59:00.000-05:002006-04-03T01:59:00.000-05:00"My main question for all of you (by the way funny..."My main question for all of you (by the way funny how many white men have been commenting on this) is why do you feel the need to respond at all. What is so threatening to you about my article? Why won't you start with baby steps and begin to examine the sexist world around you. Do you think Yale's rape policies are legit? Do you think students should parade outside the WC yelling no means yes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1142296069478583922006-03-13T19:27:00.000-05:002006-03-13T19:27:00.000-05:00Della,Congratulations, you're famous:From the WSJ ...Della,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations, you're famous:<BR/><BR/>From the WSJ - http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008051<BR/><BR/>From today's Boston Globe -<BR/>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/03/13/educating_the_taliban_at_yale/<BR/><BR/>Why haven't you told your readers? Or do you no longer stand by those comments?<BR/><BR/>-KeithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141923011750706372006-03-09T11:50:00.000-05:002006-03-09T11:50:00.000-05:00Um, that was a little weird of you to ask why peop...Um, that <I>was</I> a little weird of you to ask why people feel the need to comment. I thought they were doing exactly what they were supposed to be doing. Michael said it: not everyone who disagrees with your opinions feels threatened by them. Sometimes maybe (maybe) they just don't agree and want to share cause they've been invited to.<BR/><BR/><I>We are <B>happy</B> to have so many responses Matthew Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887386097322563819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141278174693413642006-03-02T00:42:00.000-05:002006-03-02T00:42:00.000-05:00Della, first of all, I'm not a white man, so it's ...Della, first of all, I'm not a white man, so it's kinda ridiculous that you are stereotyping your blog's audience. Second of all, your funding is for an outreach blog to increase discussion right? So we're discussing-- that's what you want right? Why do we feel the need to respond? To help you see all angles perhaps? To increase discussion? By the tone of your writing, I think you'd prefer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141229721231537472006-03-01T11:15:00.000-05:002006-03-01T11:15:00.000-05:00Well said, della. Yes, guys, patriarchy is everywh...Well said, della. Yes, guys, patriarchy is everywhere. Attacking it can take many forms- broad and specific arguments, local and foreign. Some attacks are more problematic and dangerous than others. Accept it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141166765815704352006-02-28T17:46:00.000-05:002006-02-28T17:46:00.000-05:00What's funny to me about all of these posts is tha...What's funny to me about all of these posts is that what I'm still being attacked for is my failure to acknowledge and criticize one man on Yale's campus. Maybe you're right. His comments from 9/11 are troubling and offensive and scary. I didn't say I felt uncomfortable because I don't disagree with those practices, but rather because my arguments are often misused and abused by a government thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141115502088904042006-02-28T03:31:00.000-05:002006-02-28T03:31:00.000-05:00Jamie, on the point that evangical Christians star...Jamie, on the point that evangical Christians started the protest about Darfur, I can believe it... I would lump most Christians in the category of being progressive with many human rights issues. On some women's rights issues and gay rights, more morally conservative branches are way off. But I think on the whole they're a great force for good.<BR/><BR/>But you can't conflate evangelical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141112598121427062006-02-28T02:43:00.000-05:002006-02-28T02:43:00.000-05:00I agree with Jacqueline Martinez's opinions in her...I agree with Jacqueline Martinez's opinions in her Herald post.<BR/><BR/>Firstly, I think it's rather hypocritical of you to say "I do not feel comfortable making statements or judgments about other cultures, especially statements that suggest one culture is more sexist and repressive than another," then go on to attack her as saying "I guess she would feel more welcome if the feminist movement Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141107560593293822006-02-28T01:19:00.000-05:002006-02-28T01:19:00.000-05:00Uhh, it was actually evangelical christians who st...Uhh, it was actually evangelical christians who started the human rights movement for sudanese victims of the Khartoum regime in the early 90's, long before Nick Kristof or anyone at Yale could even point to Darfur on a map. And the Weekly Standard, the mouthpiece of the contemporary neo-conservative movement, has been calling for armed intervention in Sudan, something which liberals (and, you'reAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141107185149975462006-02-28T01:13:00.000-05:002006-02-28T01:13:00.000-05:00I'm a feminist and appreciated much of your op pie...I'm a feminist and appreciated much of your op piece in the Herald, Della. But I absolutely disagree with your refusal to judge the Taliban or gential mutilation because they are of another culture. As a feminist, I can't ignore these hugely blatant violations of human rights against women. And I don't think most feminists do either.<BR/><BR/>But Keith, I definitely disagree with you that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141088541247186562006-02-27T20:02:00.000-05:002006-02-27T20:02:00.000-05:00Ah, cultural relativism rears its ugly head once a...Ah, cultural relativism rears its ugly head once again. I figured that had something to do with your silence, but I didn't think you were honest enough to admit that your unwilligness to criticize Rahmatullah stems from the fact that he is, as you quote Benhabib, "brown." You'll leave it to bloodthirsy neocons like me to denounce genocide and human rights violations in the rest of the world Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141082621543326902006-02-27T18:23:00.000-05:002006-02-27T18:23:00.000-05:00Keith,While you have a point that the Taliban itse...Keith,<BR/><BR/>While you have a point that the Taliban itself is a repressive regime especially with regard to its treatment of women, I'm not sure that it's fair to single out Rahmatullah as THE spokesman for the Taliban. And, if you read my article carefully you would have noticed that I did not single out anyone in particular (minus the two op-ed writers I was asked to respond to). If I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18315925.post-1141069797630778532006-02-27T14:49:00.000-05:002006-02-27T14:49:00.000-05:00Della,Having read your op-ed, here's a question fo...Della,<BR/><BR/>Having read your op-ed, here's a question for you: Why don't you call out Rahmatullah Hashemi, Yale student and former lackey for the Taliban, as a mysoginist? If hatred of women is so prevalent on campus why don't you start with a member of the Yale community who represented a regime that oppressed and victimized women more than any in modern history?<BR/><BR/>-KeithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com