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January 20, 2005

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B

Hugo, what's wrong with a little attacking for the greater good of changing minds???

Hugo Schwyzer

"Attacking" rarely has that effect, B. It feels good to get oneself good and frothy in a self-righteous lather, but it doesn't change many minds. But I think a frank and spirited exchange of views (as diplomats put it) is sometimes useful, even on talk radio.

Chris Tessone

Keep on keeping on, Hugo.

And for the record, I think the way you fight your fights is inspiring. "Love thy enemy" isn't a yoke placed on us Christians when we interact with people we disagree with, even if it leaves us fuming inside. All that love pouring out in the face of disrespect and hatred comes across more clearly and befuddles more completely than we realize, I think.

Rudy

just catching up on the Sacks show, goodness, said a prayer for you, keep your head up H man

Chris Tessone

Oops, I meant "love thine enemy" earlier. I know my Shakespearean English well enough I shouldn't have made that mistake. ;-)

Jeff JP

And for the record, I think the way you fight your fights is inspiring.

Sneering self-righteousness is inspiring? OK...

"Love thy enemy" isn't a yoke placed on us Christians when we interact with people we disagree with, even if it leaves us fuming inside. All that love pouring out in the face of disrespect and hatred comes across more clearly and befuddles more completely than we realize, I think.

It's interesting that you say this. Quoting or paraphrasing Jesus, or calling oneself a "Christian," does not make one immune from false pride and hypocrisy.

The way the Hugo deals with men who question his mindless feminist dogma is really anything but loving. By contrast, it's riddled with unkind, sniping condescension. That seems neither inspiring nor loving to me.

If such behavior and commentary are examples of so-called "Christian love," then I'd much rather do without.

thisgirl

from their site;

The alleged documentation about this fellow's Internet penchant for chat rooms with teenaged girls needs to be sent to Glenn Sacks ASAP!

Hehe I hope someone calls in to say; "well, he comments on this girl's blog, we don't like her either, erm... yeah.."

Trish Wilson

Don't post sample e-mails, Hugo. They crave the attention. ;)

I read the "discussion" *cough* forum thisgirl told you about. Sheesh, some of the half-baked blather some people can come up with... LOL

I just wanted to wish you well on Sunday. I wish I could hear the show, but I'm on the east coast. Definitely fill us all in on how well it went. Can you post a transcript, or a link to one?

Hugo Schwyzer

Yes, Trish, and if you go to Glenn's site, you can listen live on the net or listen to an audio file from his archive afterwards.

Amanda

So, JeffJP, is it intolerable "false pride" to say that the meek shall inherit the Earth?

bmmg39

Hugo, the first major problem is your decision to call Glenn Sacks a "denier of male privilege." This would be like me calling you "a denier" that you committed armed robbery. The target of the charge can't win: either you will accuse him of admitting male privilege or you will accuse him of admitting that he DENIES male privilege.

The fact is: men enjoy privilege in some ways, and women enjoy it in others. For example, Bill Cosby's name is being smeared all over the media for allegedly having groped a Canadian woman. Her name? Oh, that's remaining a secret so as to protect her privacy. All well and good. But if you protect the privacy of the accuser, you must also do so for the accused. This case never should have been publicized in the news, because if this woman is lying through her teeth, there will still be people clucking and saying that he did it, regardless of evidence to the contrary. HIS name will be tarnished forever, while HERS will remain a mystery.

Your second major problem is the impression you give that male activists are wonderful -- so long as they are banding together to help women exclusively. This is a key problem faced by MRAs: the silly impression that, no matter what may happen to a man, or to men, women "obviously" have it worse and those affected men should therefore keep quiet.

Only when we aim to help females and males EQUALLY will we see true equality.

Amanda

Once again, I am truly in awe of the logic that it is a privilege to be the victim of sexual crimes.

bmmg39

"Once again, I am truly in awe of the logic that it is a privilege to be the victim of sexual crimes."

No one has said that it is. The point is that, with the astronomical rate of false accusations, we shouldn't keep any accuser's identity (male or female) a secret but then turn around and reveal the identity of the accused (male or female).

Moontyger

Please cite your source for this "astronomical number of false accusations."

bmmg39

' Please cite your source for this "astronomical number of false accusations." '

Well, here is ONE source; I won't pretend that I have only one.

http://www.anandaanswers.com/pages/naaStats.html

Our society must equally protect those who have truly been victimized by rape/sexual assault/domestic abuse and those who have been falsely accused of such crimes.

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