[lbo-talk] Language of Contempt

[Louis Kontos]

I think the objection was hogwash, and I am neither anti- feminist  
nor anti- any other good thing. The post from 'Louise' was in  
response to a single word in response to a post that she agreed with  
(apparently, in that she hasn't taken issue with a single other word,  
phrase, or sentiment in that post -- nothing). Then Carrol and a few  
others respond to her post by voicing support, and a few others  
respond by taking issue with language-cencorship while admitting that  
they should be more self-reflective. Only one post that I read  
claimed the right to use the term 'whore' without regard to whatever  
offense anybody -- 'commrades' -- took to it. From this exchange  
you've found proof of a 'great hostility' among 'Marxist men' to  
'feminism'. Seriously?
Louis

On Jun 3, 2006, at 1:16 PM, info at pulpculture.org wrote:


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> Jesus! I just read the thread at Marxism-L when Louise Walker  
> objected to the use of "whore" in the subject line of a post, an  
> argument which prompted Carrol's post sent (by mistake) to this list.
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> I was just having an argument with Ulster, who's a big Marxist from  
> France, about the degree to which Marxist men still express a great  
> deal of hostility to feminism. And there it is for everyone to see:  
> about half the respondents think  her objection was hogwash, resent  
> feminism, see it as bourgeois bullshit, etc. Were it not for  
> Carrol, Lou, Les Schafer, and a few others, you'd think it was  
> still 1967 on that list.
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> http://www.marxmail.org/threads.html#12011
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> I don't think that link is permanent, so it may not be the thread  
> in question in a few days.
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> -- Dennis Perrin, redstateson.blogspot.com
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