Ayaan Hirsi Ali was interviewed by Patt Morrison in yesterday's Los Angeles Times. The interview is absolutely fantastic, and I shall definitely be reading her new book, Nomad, when it comes out in February.
It is high time that the left, particularly, those in the print media get behind Ms. Ali and the attempts to make respect for women a universal value.
I must say that she exuded a kind of beauty in the defense of her principles that you rarely see nowadays. It would be too strong to say that I was awestruck, but not untrue to say that it had a formative impression on me. She encouraged us to be careful students of Islam and watchful of its growing influence in our neighborhoods, especially when it comes to the liberal (as in freedom promoting) values of America.
I am inclined to test freedom of speech this Halloween regarding Islam by dressing in a burkha. I suspect that this will rattle quite a few people, which is, as always, a good and joyful thing when it is done on behalf of principles. I can think of no better way than to spend my Halloween defending the principle of women's rights on a night where many women on campus push the limit the other way, by wearing skimpy outfits. Some of these outfits put the "ho" in Halloween -- not that I, or any of the other heterosexual men on campus, much mind. If people are going to be offended by my wearing of a burka, I will inform that I'm offended too -- offended that they've done nothing to promote awareness of freedom for women.
Of course, should I get into trouble, I expect that the many people who defended the invitation of RuPaul Charles will defend me for my freedom to drag.
6 comments:
Where is there a "ho" in Halloween, honey?
It's a joke, sugar.
Coming from someone who has written a number of character attacks against female administrators and professors for their efforts to include women where they're pathetically under represented, made numerous defamatory comments about female groups and activities, and offered nary an apology for his heinous remarks about women with eating disorders, the only joke here is your self-proclaimed concern for women's rights. No one is fooled. Enjoy your Halloween.
That was a clever trick, but you're not fooling anyone.
1. If criticizing people for discriminating against better qualified candidates constitutes a character attack, I'm guilty as charged.
2. If you can point to a "female group" where I've made a derogatory comment, I'd be most appreciative. I assume you're referring to the feminist groups on campus. I will continue to criticize them as long as I feel that they are distorting the message of what a feminist ought to be.
3. As for heinous remarks regarding women with eating disorders, I have no idea what you're referring to. All I said was that I had never met anyone with an eating disorder here and think that the problem is overstated (which it is).
Sugar, jokes are funny. I think this is what you were trying to emulate:
http://www.lyrics007.com/Ludacris%20Lyrics/Ho%20Lyrics.html
Guess hip hop culture has you beat.
@ Not Buying It...you're an idiot. While I think that there might have been some political incorrectness in Charles' article on the forum,maybe it's true! Maybe he hasn't met that many women with eating disorders, and thinks the problem is understated. That is his opinion, not fact, and it's not some heinous remark. Get over yourself.
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