Comments on: Maine Professor: Knife-Wielding Women “Fighting Back”

By: Sherri

Sherri — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:03:50 +0000

Okay, I agree that men get a bad rap in our current society. I am a woman and in no way shape or form do I feel victimized, looked down on or demeaned in our current-day society. I also agree that women tend to get away with a lot of crap. If a woman stabs a guy, she deserves the same treatment as if the roles had been reversed. But I also happen to know the professor you refer to in this article personally. “tenured male bigot?” Give me a break. Dr Oplinger is a gentleman (I’ve never seen him not hold the door for a woman ever) but never a bigot. I would also be fascinated to know the rest of the context here. I’m pretty sure there must be more to it since I’ve never seen him give an answer that short. But really, the guy’s only fault is his desire to believe in people at their best, no matter whether or not they deserve it. Lay off the insults unless you know what you’re talking about. Stick to the facts or you hurt your own case.

By: Lukobe

Lukobe — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:46:23 +0000

Well, see, there you go — you say “if the state has any right to regulate business” I am disqualified from being any sort of libertarian. But there are plenty of right-wing libertarians who fit your definition but aren’t so great on the civil liberties.

At least you appear to stick to your guns. I don’t like the idea of the state regulating business, and I theoretically like the idea of minarchism, but I am a pragmatist. So, call me what you will. I am sympathetic to the libertarian movement, but vote more often with the Democrats than with the Republicans. Left-leaning libertarian, libertarian-leaning liberal (though I have so many disagreements with modern American liberalism I hesitate to use that term in reference to myself), call me what you will, but I think that explains my position pretty well.

By: dana

dana — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:46:57 +0000

what do you believe the proper role of government is? “left” indicates statism–statism is the polar opposite of libertariansm. if you believe the state has any right to regulate business you are no kind of -tarian but just a leftist.

i am a minarchist. i beilieve the only role of government is to exercise a monopoly on the licit use (police, military)and threat (courts, punishment) of force so as to remove the option of force from human relations. no morals laws, no econ regs

By: Lukobe

Lukobe — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:49:39 +0000

Dana requested I reply to this here
lukobe, what is a leftatarian and how can that possibly not be a contradiction in terms? please answer on “knife wielding woman” if you want to discuss it with me, i don’t want to hijack this thread

A leftatarian is simply a libertarian who is more committed to the social side of the equation than the economic side. A libertarian who leans conservative tends to be more committed to the economic side than the social. A true, pure, libertarian is really a bit of a minarchist.

I guess what I’m trying to say is libertarian doesn’t always equal conservative, though American libertarians do trend in that direction.

By: Elusive Wapiti

Elusive Wapiti — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:57:39 +0000

“Readers should take note of the fact that the most strident defense of female misbehavior comes from a tenured, male bigot speaking from the ivory tower of academia.”

No doubt it’s nozzles like him and sheriff mangina that keep saying things like

“Sheriff DeLong also notes that women have been behaving in an increasingly masculine manner, going out and drinking at bars after work rather than tending to their families.”

I’m so tired of socially harmful and counter-productive behaviors being labelled “masculine”. That’s so fem-normative

By: Puma

Puma — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:28:03 +0000

The surest way to solve the domestic violence problem? Do away with “domestic” from the get go. She has her place, he has his. No marriage. No cohabitation.

It’s funny how women play every possible card to move-in/get-married. Fast forward a few years and they are the teary-eyed victim.

Ladies – Stop asking us to move-in-together!