tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4453612387916803266..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Tibor Machan: Contemporary liberalism, punishing what it finds objectionablePeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-9371427452781276982016-04-12T14:45:59.372+12:002016-04-12T14:45:59.372+12:00Yes .. " In the 1980s there was a wing of fe...Yes .. " In the 1980s there was a wing of feminism that made this feature of modern liberalism quite explicit.... " <br />Driving round Christchurch , in the early 1980's I thought it was ok to paint over signs saying ' All men are rapists, castrate rapists '<br />Apparently it was not OK to paint out these signs and I was accosted once by a very severe looking woman. So as an experiment I laid a complaint of assault [ which did occur ] and as you can guess nothing happened. It was ok for the meanest ugliest woman to assault a man.<br /><br />Now continue article quote " Professor, Catharine A. MacKinnon, wrote a book laying out the position. It was titled Only Words and published by Harvard University Press. The thesis put forth was that pornography and other insults toward women need to be banned or punished, if need be by prison sentences. Never mind that the offense consisted only of words. It needed to be dealt with harshly, with physical force. " paul scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675247055484136242noreply@blogger.com