Well, ok, but if Melissa Gira Grant's energies are mis-directed, aren't Katha Politt's also mis-directed? Aren't your and my energies mis-directed if we get too exercised about Melissa Gira Grant? How many divisions does Melissa Gira Grant control?
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:07 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Robert Naiman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not saying that Katha P. doesn't have a point. I think she does have >> a point; mocking the irrational exuberance of pure libertarianism is fair >> game. But I think that in a context of unnecessary, heavy-handed state >> coercion, one ought to keep some perspective. Academics aren't raping women >> in jail. Police are. Which should be the greater focus of our outrage? >> > > > This is precisely Politt's point: that many on the Left (most recently > Melissa Gira Grant) are spending a lot of mis-directed energy engaging in > an academic debate with mostly imaginary opponents. I mean, can you name > even one person who actually disputes the idea that sex workers are workers? > -raghu. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898, extension 1.
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