[lbo-talk] Ellen Willis dies

[Jesse Lemisch]

This seems fairly straightforward: a case of males expressing rage that
somebody should criticize the rapid negative response to the death of a
leading feminist. It is, quite simply, rage by males on a gender issue. We
all believe in telling the truth, but I assure you I wouldn't impose my
disagreements with Todd Gitlin, for instance, on the day of his death. And I
assume that most people on this list wouldn't either. And I would certainly
not express over-the-top rage if somebody else thought such expressions a
little improper. I know that the enraged will interpret this, say, 24 hour
hiatus as a surrender of critical faculties, but try it with whatever other
litmus you choose. The response here has been positively shameful.

Jesse Lemisch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J. Smith" <mjs at smithbowen.net>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Ellen Willis dies


> On Thursday 09 November 2006 15:42, Jesse Lemisch wrote:
>
> > More male rage.
>
> This is a phrase I've heard used before, and I've always found
> it a little puzzling. Is the implication that rage is an exclusively
> male vice or prerogative -- that women don't rage? I have seen
> a counterexample or two, in my time. Or does it mean that
> male and female rage are different in kind, somehow? If
> so, how?
>
> --
>
>   Michael J. Smith
>   mjs at smithbowen.net
>
>   http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org
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