Gender & Free Speech (was Re: LM, Louis, and Free Speech)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 20 06:11:43 PST 2000


Catherine Driscoll wrote:


>i had no idea i was being ironic --
>do you think maybe it's habit-forming?

Not only is it habit-forming, you don't even notice the habit when you're habituated. And as far as I know there's no cure; not even a prescribed round of self-criticism works, because the addict will only ironize the self-criticism. Sorry to have to tell you this, Catherine.

Doug



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