Naomi Wolf is no liberal. One might define what she has always been, at best, is neoliberal but really, to be accurate, libertarian. Her feminism was not feminism but a regressive form of individualism. Her anti-vaxx propaganda and paranoia are truly dangerous--but no more dangerous than her outlandish article referred to here that purpo…
Naomi Wolf is no liberal. One might define what she has always been, at best, is neoliberal but really, to be accurate, libertarian. Her feminism was not feminism but a regressive form of individualism. Her anti-vaxx propaganda and paranoia are truly dangerous--but no more dangerous than her outlandish article referred to here that purports to defend the right to guns afforded by the Second Amendment. She resorts to specious grammatical analysis of the amendment that any sophomore could parse. Nor does she make any distinctions between her right to carry her beloved pistol and the right for Americans (mostly white men murderers) to buy and deploy semi-automatic and automatic weaponry against innocent men, women, and children. We are not in the 18th century in terms of the kind of technology that affords an individual uncanny powers of mayhem. Sure, let Naomi keep her little lady pistol she is so fond of because she feels it will protect her. And probably won't, but that's another story, given how those carrying weapons often find themselves victims of others' weaponry. But let's rid this country of the kind of gun sales that put weapons of mass destruction into the hands of individuals who are arming themselves against fantasies, in their madness, in their paranoia, their racist narcissism.
Sanctimoniousness and condescension are not arguments, they are attitudes deployed to belittle another's perspective. If you have a point to make, you should make it, not speak in disparaging tones about those who are not there to defend themselves.
@Susan - You must me one of those folks that live behind a gate and live a life of luxury. You have no clue what it is like out here in the hinterlands. As Chris points out, the pathologies are all out in the open. You have completely overlooked the two main drivers for the high gun deaths in this country. 1) Most white men murder themselves. White male suicide rate is through the roof. 2) Most mass murders happen in the US inner cities - black on black crime. The folks in the inner cities (and I know them) use guns to protect themselves from the craziness as the police cannot be everywhere. Children are killed in droves from drive-by shootings and just horrible situations where gang violence just erupts instantaneously. You are looking at this from a white woman perspective and it is a privileged perspective. You completely discount the experience that folks in the inner city experience. You completely discount the hopelessness in American hinterland...no jobs, no future, nothing. Maybe you have some of that racist narcissism that you need to address?
Naomi Wolf is no liberal. One might define what she has always been, at best, is neoliberal but really, to be accurate, libertarian. Her feminism was not feminism but a regressive form of individualism. Her anti-vaxx propaganda and paranoia are truly dangerous--but no more dangerous than her outlandish article referred to here that purports to defend the right to guns afforded by the Second Amendment. She resorts to specious grammatical analysis of the amendment that any sophomore could parse. Nor does she make any distinctions between her right to carry her beloved pistol and the right for Americans (mostly white men murderers) to buy and deploy semi-automatic and automatic weaponry against innocent men, women, and children. We are not in the 18th century in terms of the kind of technology that affords an individual uncanny powers of mayhem. Sure, let Naomi keep her little lady pistol she is so fond of because she feels it will protect her. And probably won't, but that's another story, given how those carrying weapons often find themselves victims of others' weaponry. But let's rid this country of the kind of gun sales that put weapons of mass destruction into the hands of individuals who are arming themselves against fantasies, in their madness, in their paranoia, their racist narcissism.
Sanctimoniousness and condescension are not arguments, they are attitudes deployed to belittle another's perspective. If you have a point to make, you should make it, not speak in disparaging tones about those who are not there to defend themselves.
@Susan - You must me one of those folks that live behind a gate and live a life of luxury. You have no clue what it is like out here in the hinterlands. As Chris points out, the pathologies are all out in the open. You have completely overlooked the two main drivers for the high gun deaths in this country. 1) Most white men murder themselves. White male suicide rate is through the roof. 2) Most mass murders happen in the US inner cities - black on black crime. The folks in the inner cities (and I know them) use guns to protect themselves from the craziness as the police cannot be everywhere. Children are killed in droves from drive-by shootings and just horrible situations where gang violence just erupts instantaneously. You are looking at this from a white woman perspective and it is a privileged perspective. You completely discount the experience that folks in the inner city experience. You completely discount the hopelessness in American hinterland...no jobs, no future, nothing. Maybe you have some of that racist narcissism that you need to address?
This what she needs to "address"
https://www.psypost.org/2021/06/large-study-indicates-left-wing-authoritarianism-exists-and-is-a-key-predictor-of-psychological-and-behavioral-outcomes-61318
The totalitarians/ILLIBERALS on the cultural-left main tactics include psychological violence and gaslighting.
Facts. Evidence.
Rational, objective, systematic thinking and analysis.
Try it some time.
https://www.psypost.org/2021/06/large-study-indicates-left-wing-authoritarianism-exists-and-is-a-key-predictor-of-psychological-and-behavioral-outcomes-61318
The totalitarians/ILLIBERALS on the cultural-left main tactics include psychological violence and gaslighting.