tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6972311406951681078..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Standing Up Against the Reactionary Right Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76494078410218596452017-05-11T08:56:46.688-07:002017-05-11T08:56:46.688-07:00JK Brown said... This young girl is being conditio...JK Brown said... This young girl is being conditioned to the mentality of a docile slave.<br /><br />Or maybe she's doing the exact opposite of a slave. She's standing up for her right to be a human being in the world, who takes risks and doesn't cow to bullies who try to "protect" in a box against imagined others less benevolent than him.<br /><br />Women in Saudi Arabia are surely facing the same "paternalistic protection" arguments against their participation in society.<br /><br />And many women will pay unacceptable prices for standing up to men who say they just want what's best for her. So it simply comes down to what individual women want - to be protected as dependent children, or recognized as free adults in a society.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59165564823790305852017-05-10T06:39:27.143-07:002017-05-10T06:39:27.143-07:00Slaves get over their "rape" for it is t...Slaves get over their "rape" for it is their condition. They do not have a private property right to their body or bodily functions. Free people are affronted by rape. They claim personal sovereignty over their body and its use. Once a slave comes to believe they have rights to their own person, it is only a matter of time before unrest and agitation for freedom. <br /><br />This young girl is being conditioned to the mentality of a docile slave.JK Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-52629274617016015062017-05-09T11:11:37.490-07:002017-05-09T11:11:37.490-07:00Anonymous at 8:01 AM, you have some confused stori...Anonymous at 8:01 AM, you have some confused stories there, but suppose there is a lot of confusions to be found if you look for it.<br /><br />In the first case my memory is that the woman wanted Assange to take a STD test after he had unprotected sex and he refused a test, and the police required a rape charge to legally force the issue with Assange. But if that was true, why not just take the test and regain his freedom? Oh, yes, he's afraid of U.S. law as well.<br /><br />In the second paragraph, wild claims of unreported events and motives usually require verifiable sources, and internet blogs, you tube videos and online gossip forums don't count as sources.<br /><br />I did find an article about 2 million rapes by Russian soldiers in East German after WW2, kept quiet for decades.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-55652254902613117112017-05-09T08:01:51.261-07:002017-05-09T08:01:51.261-07:00This can't possibly be a modern version of any...This can't possibly be a modern version of any Stockholm Syndrome. Some years ago, a Swedish woman feared that she might have been raped by a man named Julian after engaging in a consensual act with the same Julian on the same night in the same bed. She reported the alleged rape, and if in the meantime she has overcome whatever may or may not have happened to her, she failed to inform the police because Julian is still hiding in an embassy in London. <br /><br />Meanwhile, there are girls in Germany who do not report that they have been raped by refugees because they fear being called racist and they would not want to speak ill of refugees anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57320641907446062242017-05-09T06:27:14.838-07:002017-05-09T06:27:14.838-07:00trigger warning said... And if Brave Girl doesn...trigger warning said... And if Brave Girl doesn't care whether or not she gets raped, I certainly don't either. Now that the politically correct phraseology has been approved by the left, I say we can all rest easy knowing that single-payer care will heal her damaged cock holster.<br /><br />Thanks TW, a perfect example of wounded male-ego paternalism. Really perfect. Thanks!<br /><br />If women do dangerous things like openly showing their pheromone enticed-hair in public, or talking to stranger, without male relatives to protect them, that's their fault. We wash our hands of their recklessness.<br /><br />Why waste money on law enforcement when women put themselves in danger by wanting to walk and talk freely in public?<br /><br />That said, women should find their own balance in prudence and hold responsibility for risks taken. Ideally a woman shouldn't be under the influence when she's being raped since she may deserve it for giving mixed signals she didn't realize. Or if she wants to go to Bill Cosby's hotel room, perhaps its better if she brings own beer and keeps it close at hand.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-56096213235986776372017-05-09T06:09:32.923-07:002017-05-09T06:09:32.923-07:00And if Brave Girl doesn't care whether or not ...And if Brave Girl doesn't care whether or not she gets raped, I certainly don't either. Now that the politically correct phraseology has been approved by the left, I say we can all rest easy knowing that single-payer care will heal her damaged cock holster.trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-32324931720227332472017-05-09T06:08:18.274-07:002017-05-09T06:08:18.274-07:00Stuart: Why was she taking such a carefree attitud...Stuart: Why was she taking such a carefree attitude toward her own possible rape?<br /><br />Obviously she is following FDR's advice "The only thing to fear is fear itself." Fear makes us stupid and cruel. It allows us to scapegoating a whole group of people by their religion, race or ethnicity, or even family name by the possible actions of the smallest minority of them?<br /><br />Many fathers and helicopter parents know this dilemma when they want to protect their daughters from every possible danger for as long as possible, and if they do it well enough, they may even convince women that they should never go out in public alone. Perhaps they'd even want to pass laws that say women shouldn't be able to drive, because that put them at risk by strangers. There is no limit to the degree that father may apply to try to guarantee the safety of their daughters.<br /><br />It is curious that there are fairly good argument that maternalism is bad for society as our "nanny state" expands, and it risks creating dependent adults who refuse to live without health insurance. But apparently paternalism can be just as oppressive, not only acknowledging women as the physically weaker sex, but staying this gender bell curve distribution means all women need to be protected from their own agency that puts them in danger.<br /><br />Why does the Right dismiss Climate change with such a carefree attitude about their descendant's possible extinction?<br /><br />Because it's a theoretical fear of an unknown future event that might never happen, and certainly won't happen on any predictable timetable or sequence of events we can plan for. And why should we strive to deprive 7.5 billion people of the right to consume fossil fuels like there's no tomorrow when many of them live much crappier lives than we do?<br /><br />Life is a crap shoot, however good your risk management skills are. Some people throw caution to the wind, and nothing bad ever happens. Others protect themselves at every turn, and are hit by a deadly danger they didn't anticipate.<br /><br />Individually it's very hard to say whether our success or failure is based on our choices, or our luck, good or bad. Read Job in the bible if you want to go back to the time when we believe misfortune was an omen of divine punishment.<br /><br />Prudence tells us to not take unnecessary risk. Fear tells us to not take any.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84373602693202004722017-05-09T06:01:00.708-07:002017-05-09T06:01:00.708-07:00Hillary Clinton must be disappointed by the French...Hillary Clinton must be disappointed by the French elections. A Womyn with extensive political experience was defeated by rich, politically inexperienced investment banker. Ahhh. the vieux plafond de verre.<br /><br />:-Dtrigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.com