tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post9101420618855649337..comments2023-10-21T07:55:34.085-04:00Comments on RevCyn: The War on WomenCynthia L. Landrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02858232066200226342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post-15873440256310000252012-09-01T14:00:05.334-04:002012-09-01T14:00:05.334-04:00Thanks for describing the inner situation that has...Thanks for describing the inner situation that has almost shut down my own writing as well... except all the political self-affirmation of my Facebook friendship threads these days. <br /><br />At bottom, it's really about fear. This election is too close to call, and the ramifications are huge but unknowable. Both sides are terrified, because we have already seen things worse than we had imagined would appear in our lifetime. Whether one is liberal or conservative, the idea that it can get worse just really shuts down rationality.<br /><br />So we're all just deer in the headlights... and we don't know who the car will hit as it rolls through us all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post-42940026096504564822012-08-30T12:08:22.339-04:002012-08-30T12:08:22.339-04:00Hi Adele,
That blog post was spot-on and a very he...Hi Adele,<br />That blog post was spot-on and a very helpful framework for understanding the way progressives and conservatives are just not working with the same framework here. Thank you for sharing it!Cynthia L. Landrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858232066200226342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690830057835669205.post-55500450194959151442012-08-30T11:44:57.207-04:002012-08-30T11:44:57.207-04:00I think you are spot-on about the extreme paternal...I think you are spot-on about the extreme paternalism of Smith's attitude. I also see it as a perfect example of something that was illuminated to me just recently by a feminist blogger: the dicotomy between how religious conservatives tend to divide sex acts into "not ok" and "ok" and how liberals separate "ok" from "not ok" when it comes to sex. Here is the blog post: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2012/08/rape-thats-a-kind-of-premarital-sex-right.html<br /><br />Adelevillemezbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952020007163151134noreply@blogger.com