judith butler

[Ken Hanly]

On re-reading this I see that you have entirely misinterpreted my post. The
post says nothing about Butler's opinions or feelings about the terrorist
bombings.
It is a joke, depending on the well known fact that her prose is extremely
difficult and often obscure. There is no criticism of her views on the
bombing or even implied criticism. However, I do wonder why it is that there
seem to be no widely circulated documents that indicate what her views are.
Has she not spoken out.
Compare this with some other intellectuals such as Chomsky. This is an
understandable emotional reaction perhaps but totally off base to put it
mildly. Here is my post in its entirety:

    Speaking of good writing, what has Judith Butler had to say on recent
events?

Cheers, Ken Hanly

Nothing implying anything one way or another about her actual opinions. I
ask what they are. Why not ask her to post something?

Cheers, Ken Hanly

----- Original Message -----
From: Rakesh Bhandari <rakeshb at stanford.edu>
To: <khanly at mb.sympatico.ca>
Cc: <dhenwood at panix.com>; <lawrence at krubner.com>; <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 9:38 PM
Subject: judith butler


> i hardly know judith butler--she was my partner's diss advisor.  soon
after the
> bombing, she wrote donna to ask whether i was alright. she expressed anger
at
> the imminent militarization of the state and the inevitable wave of
racism. she
> is about the only person who has written  to ask how i was. as i said to
doug,
> there was an attempt to stab to death an indian (well half indian, half
> hispanic) in san francisco friday night. his australian friend heroically
> intervened and ended up taking the deepest cuts. the story was tucked away
in
> the local section of the sf chronicle, and never reported on the local tv
news.
> at any rate, lay off judith butler. i think her criticisms of marx are
unfair,
> i have said so much to her, she has listened and we have debated. she in
fact
> invited me to present my point of view in public.  She has been very
decent to
> me, and especially to donna. i think hanly's shot against her was cheap,
and in
> fact beneath contempt. feel free to forward this message to any list where
you
> took your cheap shot at butler. grow up.
> Rakesh Bhandari
>
>
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