TheHeretic
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ORIGINAL: vincentML Additionally, you have to overcome this point made by juliaoceania before either you or Steyn can be taken seriously here: "This seems a goodly attempt by the author of this article to cast "feminism" and the "left" and "multiculturalism" in a negative light, and yet I see no quotes from these so called feminists and leftists to support his contention that we do not support feminism in that part of the world.... typical" It isn't their statements which condemn them, Vince. It is their collective silent shrug. Julia knows this perfectly well of course, but you have to understand that Julia is a self-obsessed hypocrite who is consistently blind to the contradictions between the values she claims to possess, and her behavior in the forums. Just the other day, she was self-righteously declaring that, quote:
politics and religion is a cesspool yet here she is. I think she likes to set herself up to become a "victim." The question at the heart of this thread, and in others I've kicked off on the same theme, is the indifference to the conditions of women's rights under Islam, among people I would expect to give a shit. It's something I've wondered about for years. At one point, I thought it was a based on a belief that trying to make a difference when the opportunity arose would somehow be seen as supporting the Bush II policies that opened the door. My theory was that with a Democrat administration in charge of the war, we would see a gradual, growing change, a discussion of what we might be able to do, a celebrity or two jumping on the bandwagon. Maybe an awareness ribbon. Instead, the indifference remains. The stories, the incidents, wash up on the beach of the collective awareness, then are carried back away by the next tide. These aren't matters that are far away and beyond our influence. How many are even aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics recently changed from condemnation of FGM to "recommending it's members decline to perform" such surgeries? That is right here at home. Answer me this, Vince. 20 years ago, when you saw an "End Apartheid" bumper sticker, did you leap to the conclusion that it was a call for the US to invade South Africa?
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