Hit the nail right on the head. Nothing constructive..just self absorbed , self indulgent political theater. I laugh every time one chooses to show the world what imbeciles they are. Thanks for posting this:-)
On Dec 1, 9:24 am, "Keith In Tampa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Letter to a Handcuffed Feminist * > by Mike S. Adams > Monday, December 1, 2008 > > Dear Handcuffed feminist: > > I want to thank you, first of all, for taking the time to attend my recent > speech at Duquesne University. I don't know how you managed to handcuff > yourself, gag yourself, and then place a sign across your lap saying, "Kick > the feminist." I'm just glad no one in the audience accepted your > invitation. > > I was concerned that you would jump up and interrupt me at some point during > the speech. I was surprised that you did not. I was even more surprised > that, at the end of the speech, someone came up and handed me a note saying > "This is from the handcuffed chick. She wanted me to give it to you." > > Your note, indicating that you had to leave the speech early because you > were working the late shift, was pleasant in tone. I hope you weren't > offended that I did not use the e-mail address you supplied in order to > e-mail you the next day per your request. There's just something about a > handcuffed feminist that kind of scares me. So I decided to discard the > message and go drink a few beers with a couple of chicks who came to my > speech wearing black dresses (and no handcuffs). > > I received your email message the day after my speech, which indicated that > you agreed with the content of my speech and which offered your assistance > should I ever be prevented from speaking on a college campus in the future. > I noticed that you closed your note by stating that you hoped I did not mind > your little protest outside the door of my speech. > > I am writing to you today to let you know that I did mind your little > protest outside the door of my speech. I really got nothing positive out of > it. In fact, I was annoyed with it because it is part of a major problem on > our college campus today; namely, the use of protest simply for the sake of > protest. > > It is my contention that the self-described college liberals of your > generation are even more spoiled and less informed than the college liberals > of the 1960s. Generally speaking, you (and your generation of liberals) are > inclined to protest against things you don't understand – basing your > protests on vague emotions rather than specific facts. You come to protests > completely unprepared to offer any kind of solution to the problems – the > same ones you fail to understand. And, finally, you are most concerned with > drawing attention to yourselves at speeches – as opposed to actually drawing > information from the speaker. > > Let me provide you with some examples I've observed at some of my speeches: > > Protestors of my speech at The University of New Hampshire broke into glass > cases and spray-painted swastikas on my picture. Then, when my speech was > over, the protestors asked really pointed questions like "Do you want to > bring back slavery?" and "Do you think it's OK to beat a gay person with a > baseball bat?" Remarkably, after the liberals had vandalized my posters, one > liberal asked if I could learn to be a little more civil in my discourse. He > went through the line three times to ask me that same question. > > Like I said, the protestors have no idea what they are protesting – the > speech wasn't about legalizing slavery and the assault of gays. But the > protestors do manage to draw a lot of attention. Indeed, UNH provided five > armed police officers and a police escort (which I refused) to take me back > to my hotel. > > Protestors of my speech at Appalachian State University couldn't think of a > single objection to the substance of my points so (in the middle of the Q & > A) they ran out of the room after shutting off the lights in the auditorium. > The audience just sat there in the dark wondering why the un-bathed > protestors were angry. > > We never figured out their objections to the substance of the speech but > they did manage to draw attention to themselves. People just scratched their > heads – sort of like they did when they saw you sitting in the handcuffs. > > Protestors of my speech at The University of Oregon sat on a row and talked > audibly throughout a substantial proportion of the speech. One of them, who > was very obviously gay, sat knitting a sock and talking to the guy to his > right. The guy was so stoned you could blindfold him with dental floss. They > also laughed audibly at inappropriate times in order to distract me during > the speech. > > But during the Q & A I didn't get a single question from any one of them – > nothing that could have helped me determine the basis of their > protestations. They made no contribution to the debate. But they did draw a > lot of attention to themselves. And a gay dude got himself one new sock. > (Since he didn't knit two I assumed he wasn't a bi-soxual). > > Protestors at my speech at The University of Massachusetts at Amherst seemed > especially concerned about racism – or so I thought. During the Q & A there > was a Planned Parenthood supporter arguing that the organization had no > presence in the State of Mississippi. I argued that they did have a presence > in all areas with high black populations. And I accused them of aiding and > abetting the mass slaughter of black babies – with black abortion rates > soaring high above white abortion rates nationwide. > > Soon after I finished my defense of innocent black life protestors in the > back of the room began screaming "Racist, sexist, anti-gay. Right wing > bigots go away!" They did not seem to hear or understand the content of the > speech. But they did draw attention to themselves and, eventually, they > seized control of the microphone. I was escorted from the room by two > undercover bodyguards as the event was ended prematurely. > > A protestor at my speech at Agnes Scott College handed out literature for > Amnesty International, seemingly unaware that the speech was on the rights > of the unborn, not the rights of prisoners. But that didn't stop her from > ruining the Q & A with completely inane and irrelevant questions like "Dr. > Adams, do you love yourself?" That question would have been more relevant at > one of the feminist masturbation workshops. > > I finally confronted the protestor at Agnes Scott pointing out that she > hadn't listened to or understood the speech. So she approached me after the > speech asking for an apology for offending her. The speech, by the way, was > about how feminists have started to use one imaginary constitutional right – > the right to be un-offended – to keep people from trying to restrict another > imaginary constitutional right – the right to murder innocent children. We > never had an actual discussion about her problems with the content of my > speech or any of her solutions. But she managed to get everyone in the room > to focus their attention upon her. Like you, that was really her only > objective. > > I know that under the First Amendment you have a right to protest my > speeches. But I would prefer it if you would not just protest for the sake > of protesting without some sort of goal (other than just drawing attention > to yourself). Even a dog can draw attention to himself by exercising his > right to lick his genitals. But no one wants to watch him do it endlessly. > > In conclusion, I would like to thank you for attending my speech. But I > would respectfully ask you to refrain from protesting another one of my > speeches until you are more informed on the subject matter, more willing to > offer constructive solutions, and less in need of drawing attention to > yourself. > > In my next column, I'm going to respectfully ask you to quit voting. > > To be continued … --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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