"In fact, there isn’t enough actual white racism to go around, so 'antiracists’ have manufactured truckloads of ‘white supremacy’ so they have a reason to get up in the morning. It’s in your chocolate chip cookies! And traffic signals! Even Pokémon! Even water is racist! Don’t drink it or bathe in it or you’re supporting white supremacy!"
Brilliant! I am copying that whole paragraph to my notes, as I want to use it (with proper attribution, of course) in an essay that's been percolating in my head for months. Let me know if you want to approve it before I publish. I love every word of this piece -- so good!!
Agree. When I first heard the "Me Too--Believe all Women" troupe, I laughed. Yes, all women should be heard, and their issues considered and investigated, however, it's been my experience that women lie as often as men. As a boomer feminist it didn't matter much anyway because if you went to HR to complain about words and sometimes even deeds, it was highly unlikely they would do anything anyway. This environment required women in the workplace to be more discriminating on who was just being nice, and who had nefarious intentions. Also, to be good at gathering likeminded peers, to stand against these a-h@#!s. I'm not saying I agreed with the policies of that time, but I also don't assume bad intentions for every man who says you're pretty. Like so many other cultural issues of today, we've managed to make women's rights divisive and unhelpful to the cause. Shall we try for civility and sanity? BTW, as I was entering HomeGoods a couple of weeks ago, an older man with a dog said, "I was a pretty little thing," while I walked by. At 69, I was flattered, smiled and said, "Thank you," and then continued my shopping foray. Perhaps I should write about my feminist journey as part of the first year (1976) when women were commissioned from ROTC as an officer in the Army.
"In fact, there isn’t enough actual white racism to go around, so 'antiracists’ have manufactured truckloads of ‘white supremacy’ so they have a reason to get up in the morning. It’s in your chocolate chip cookies! And traffic signals! Even Pokémon! Even water is racist! Don’t drink it or bathe in it or you’re supporting white supremacy!"
Brilliant! I am copying that whole paragraph to my notes, as I want to use it (with proper attribution, of course) in an essay that's been percolating in my head for months. Let me know if you want to approve it before I publish. I love every word of this piece -- so good!!
Agree. When I first heard the "Me Too--Believe all Women" troupe, I laughed. Yes, all women should be heard, and their issues considered and investigated, however, it's been my experience that women lie as often as men. As a boomer feminist it didn't matter much anyway because if you went to HR to complain about words and sometimes even deeds, it was highly unlikely they would do anything anyway. This environment required women in the workplace to be more discriminating on who was just being nice, and who had nefarious intentions. Also, to be good at gathering likeminded peers, to stand against these a-h@#!s. I'm not saying I agreed with the policies of that time, but I also don't assume bad intentions for every man who says you're pretty. Like so many other cultural issues of today, we've managed to make women's rights divisive and unhelpful to the cause. Shall we try for civility and sanity? BTW, as I was entering HomeGoods a couple of weeks ago, an older man with a dog said, "I was a pretty little thing," while I walked by. At 69, I was flattered, smiled and said, "Thank you," and then continued my shopping foray. Perhaps I should write about my feminist journey as part of the first year (1976) when women were commissioned from ROTC as an officer in the Army.
Great food for thought!