On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 1:25 PM, David Shemano <[email protected]>wrote:

> I am far removed from academia, but isn't LGBT studies an accepted part of
> the leftish canon?  And isn't it inherent to the relevance of such studies
> that the fact that one is LGBT is in turn relevant to what one writes or
> thinks regarding literature, politics, etc.?  So if so, would it not be
> consistent with LGBT studies to try and connect Keynes' economic thinking
> to his  homosexuality?
>



I don't think it is per-se inappropriate to ask how someone' gender
identity affected their political beliefs.

Ferguson was not doing this. What he was doing can only be described as a
very ugly ad-hominem attack rooted in homophobia.
-raghu.
_______________________________________________
pen-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l

Reply via email to