Comments on: Heller: Useless idiots and Anti-”Anti-Feminists” reply

By: SayUncle » Fun with feminism

SayUncle » Fun with feminism — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:09:03 +0000

[...] to take responsibility for your own safety is a decision to leave the feminist sisterhood (via SM). Now, listen up, sweetie. I understand. I mean, guns are tools for self-defense. And, well, women [...]

By: Zendo Deb

Zendo Deb — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:26:11 +0000

Responsibility and Blame - the left loves to paint anyone who advocates taking some action as blaming the victim, but only in the arena of violent crime.

Seatbelts: do wearing them make you responsible for being a car crash? Or not wearing them?

Fire extinguishers: Are you responsible for kitchen fires?

Or is responsibility more complicated than that?

http://wheelgun.blogspot.com/2005/11/responsibility-and-blame.html

By: Standard Mischief

Standard Mischief — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:46:13 +0000

Alcibiades, it’s best to toss any notion of logic out the window. If you are looking for a guiding principle behind their actions it’s basically whatever would benefit their subculture in the short run. They seem to embrace and discard every political philosophy that suits them for the moment.

So one moment it’s “keep your laws off my body” and the next minute it’s “force those 8 year old girls to beta test a vaccine for a sexually transmitted disease because it benefits everyone via ‘herd-immunity’”

By: SayUncle » Post Heller: a case of teh st00pid

SayUncle » Post Heller: a case of teh st00pid — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:27:45 +0000

[...] Blaming Heller for a judge advising someone to arm themselves? [...]

By: Alcibiades

Alcibiades — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:46:05 +0000

The Feministe website seemed strangely happy when an Indian tribe (falsely) declared independence. It is one thing to seek redress, but I wonder and fear if they (Feministes) might welcome disunity.

By: Standard Mischief

Standard Mischief — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:41:41 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with being aware of, and wanting to take steps to lower the crime rate against women. However I have heard serious proposals that as part of the “Take Back The Night” thingy, the rights of men on campus to move about freely would be restricted. That tells you little something when a group of people wish to exercise a right by restricting the freedom of another group.

Similarly, free birth control or price fixed birth control pills merely shifts the cost onto the public at large.

I support their right to be a pamphleteer, but they’ll have to pay for their own damn photocopies.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:41:08 +0000

Ah, yes, perhaps now you understand why it’s such a trip to be a part of the gun culture around here. Moscow is definitely a mixed bag.

Feminists don’t tend to like me all that much. I believe in equality of the sexes, you see. So much so, that I don’t believe I need a man to protect little ol’ me - I have a right and duty to protect myself. But that means I am willing to get within a four-mile radius of (gasp) guns, and that just won’t do…

And, see, I believe women should have career choices available to them - and I believe that a perfectly valid choice, for a woman who wants to, is being a stay-at-home mom. I want to stay home for at least a few years after I sprout the little beastie presently in the oven. And that just won’t do, either, because how dare I choose not to be a career woman? Especially since I don’t believe I should have some sort of a legally mandated right to two years paid time off, like they do in Europe, because it’s a choice to have children and stay home. Our family is willing to make the sacrifices accordingly. I don’t think that choice should be paid for by an employer to whom I am not rendering any services. So, because I don’t believe I should receive special treatment, I’m apparently not a very good feminist.

I once approached the women’s center crew on campus, who were tabling with the Gay-Straight Alliance crew. I believe they were giving out information about Take Back The Night, the semi-annual anti-rape rally. I told them I think it’s a great idea, and, in fact, I’d love to work with them to get the campus policy against concealed carry revoked. I’d love to work with them to promote firearms safety and training classes, and to educate women on self-defense options.

They looked at me like I had two heads.