[Marxism] Female Pundits Could Use Help With Hate Mail

[Andrew Pollack <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rule #1 for sensitive discussions like this. Think before opening your mouth,
because you may realize it's not big enough to fit your entire foot.
Jesus, Louis, that's not what Steffie wrote. She made no
such accusations. She provided a link to an article which
gives a broad overview of the range of hate spewed at women
doing journalism. It provides CONTEXT, it's not an
accusation.
In a sexist society you've got psychotics who do violent things
to women. You've got everyday sexists who whistle at them,
tell degrading jokes, don't hire them, etc. And you've got
recovering-sexist Marxists who handle these kinds of discussions
poorly. We're all on the same spectrum, and the spectrum needs
to be destroyed.


Louis wrote:
How does this relate to woman's participation here, PEN-L or LBO-Talk? I
find even the comparison so offensive that I am inclined to shut Marxmail
down. I have a grueling job and other political goals that compete with my
limited time. The notion that woman do not post here because of fear of
being called a "bitch" or a "whore" is a slander, to put it
bluntly.
Perhaps Ed George, Steffi and Louise Walker want to set up another Marxism
list on Yahoo that will not run into the problems they have complained
about here. But I will not allow charges that this is some kind of
cyber-version of American Psycho to go unchallenged. I have too much
self-respect.

                
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