You got it there--the blogger is bad enough, but the commenters is enough to make you realise what we are dealing with. I was wondering what's the point of reading this faecal material and then I was reminded of Autobiography of an Unknown South African (1971) by the ANC activist Naboth Mokgatle, who described his regimen for cultivating Black Consciousness which inspired the success of the anti-apartheid struggle. He wrote that he intentionally provoked abuse, contriving to routinely expose himself to the worst excesses of physical brutality and psychological humiliation by breaking pass laws conspicuously so that he would be caught by authorities and dealt with in the degrading way apportioned to his identity under apartheid law. He says this self-discipline was intentionally gauged to teach him to lose his fear of police and prison (Mokgatle 1971, p. 216-224). So I'm thinking, this kind of garbage, as substandard as it is still gets a lot of credence and recognition--e.g. this is the general attitude of majorities in academia whose major source of political commentary is FOX news. So it's important to stay in touch with the attitudes chiefly prevailing at many an appointments board meeting--in the hallways, usually. The fool can't even spell Jaggar's first name properly. How lame is that. But it doesn't matter -- people still give him an applauding listen. That is the problem. Cheers. Helen On Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:04 PM, Maureen Linker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Holy hell in a hand basket. It was a little too early in the morning for me to read this given the unexpected soar in blood pressure. My fault for not looking carefully at the link before opening to see "American Thinker." Just a warning for others-the comments may make your eyes bleed. Stay strong Feasties. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Shay Welch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/02/m-sexism_and_philosophy.html > >-- >All my best, >Shay Welch >Assistant Professor of Philosophy >Spelman College > > >############################ >To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 -- Maureen Linker, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy Director, Honors Transfer Innovators Department of Literature, Philosophy, & the Arts University of Michigan-Dearborn Tel: 313-593-5083 Email: [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1