Prejudices

[David Casseres]

>>As for the feminism topic...I recall once seeing a panel discussion by and
>>about feminists/feminism.  One of the panelists brought up Camille Paglia.
>>This panelist was immediately set upon by the others (or should we say
>>Others?) and squelched.  They didn't want to hear the name Paglia, they
>>didn't want to discuss her position.  Seemed like a bit of "prejudice" to
>>me.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>Just for the record, Paglia herself has been physically assualted--as in 
>punched out--by folks 
>who didn't want to hear what she had to say about contemporary 
>victim-based feminist 
>thought.  

Best comment I've seen on Paglia was from Molly Ivins, who said "What an 
asshole."  Everybody's already heard what Paglia has to say; expecting to 
get it listened to all over again by a feminist panel is about as bright 
as trying to read a Louis Farrakhan speech at an Anti-Defamation League 
fundraiser. 

Cheers,
David