The Backlash! - Things that make you go, "hmmm" - February 1999
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In this column I pose questions and raise issues. I don't always agree with the conclusion, implied or stated. The purpose is to put a slightly different spin on each item and to promote discussion.

  • As Jesus was born in or before the year 4 B.C., that means 1997 at the latest was the 2000th anniversary of his birth.

  • Is it illegal to hold a bigot in contempt? What if the bigot is the judge presiding over a case in which you are testifying?

  • The kind of men women have sex with determines what kind of men will be most readily available to future generations of women. Reproduce with bad boys, and that's the kind of men your daughters will get. If men are bad, it's because that's what past generations of women wanted.

  • From 17 to Cosmo to Ms. magazine, virtually everything every one of them has to say about how to recognize and get Mr. Right all but guarantees an abusive relationship because when they discarded orthodox culture they lost the ability to recognize civilized men.

  • Unprotected by centuries of female tradition pop feminists revile as patriarchal and oppressive, women fall victim to one of the most potent and compelling forces in human nature: hormones.

  • Most people think all American Indians look like Graham Greene or Elaine Miles, when because Native Americans are an Asian-Caucasian hybrid whose primary phenotypes are recessive after only two or three generations of cross-breeding, few "look" Indian.

  • Why should single, childless men support fathers' rights? Because, while opposing fathers' rights may get you laid today, it will get you screwed tomorrow.

  • Fathers' rights organizations who do not recruit single, childless men are ignoring a huge number of politically mobile and relatively unfettered prospective supporters.

  • Many psychologists say being touched by another and touching another is necessary to the survival of all mammals. They say women require more such ("significant") touching than men. They, including pop feminists, also expect men to be able to endure, if necessary, a life time with virtually no such touching. Then these sadistic perverts wonder why most stalkers and sex offenders are men.

  • If the anti-black bigotry of some whites excuses the anti-white bigotry of some blacks, then by the twisted logic of bigotry's apologists, when the anti-white bigotry of some blacks extends to include Native Americans, that would excuse anti-black bigotry in Indians.

  • In the interests of promoting diversity our communities have lost one of the most compelling forces for promoting harmony: mutual politeness.

  • In 1965 most Americans agreed it was time to stop ignoring that many European Americans treated African Americans like second class citizens. The stereotypical European American acted like they owned the country and everybody in it. Now, many African Americans behave the same way. Who can wonder why Native Americans see little difference between them?

She's thinking/ He's thinking

her: He's undressing me with his eyes.
him: Nice shoes.

her: He's ogling me.
him: Check out the great car over by that woman.

her: He's coming on to me.
him: She seems like a nice person.

her: What idiot would get a macho car?
him: What idiot would get breast implants?

her: My male boss is sexist.
him: My female boss is sexist.

her: He blows up for no reason.
him: She nags me for no reason.

her: Most of the cable shows are sexist.
him: Most of the network shows are sexist.

Black and White thinking

black: European Americans control most of the money, so European Americans are the oppressors.

white: A few European Americans control a lot of money, but so do a few African Americans. If the rich European Americans make all European Americans oppressors, then rich African Americans make all African Americans oppressors, too.

Either that, or race is irrelevant.

black: Because African Americans were slaves until the Civil War, and most were poor and treated like second class citizens by so many European Americans until the late seventies, it's time for some pay back.

white: Because modern European Americans are treated like second class citizens by so many African Americans, it's time for some pay back.

Either that, or it's time to stop treating anybody like a second class citizen.

black: When European Americans hail a taxi, they expect the driver to stop where we cannot; when they go into a restaurant, they expect to be treated well where we are not; European Americans expect but ignore these privileges.

white: When African Americans walk out into traffic, they expect the drivers to stop; when they go into a restaurant, they expect to be treated like royalty; African Americans expect but ignore these entitlements.

Maybe it's time to stop pointing fingers, begin looking in the mirror, and be friendly. We're all human.

black: European Americans are so accustomed to their undeserved privileges that they can't even see how self-entitled they are.

white: African Americans are so accustomed to thinking European Americans have undeserved privileges that they can't even see how self-entitled they are.

Either that, or it's time to stop thinking solely in terms of privileges and entitlements and see all Americans as American regardless of race.

black: By virtue of being white, European Americans gain undeserved privileges for which they must pay.

white: By virtue of being black, African Americans gain undeserved entitlements for which they must pay.

Either that, or it's time for everybody, regardless of race or gender, to balance their expectations of privilege and entitlement with an equal commitment to duty and obligation.

 
 


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