Re: [sixties-l] New Movie on SDS

From: David Horowitz (Dhorowitz@earthlink.net)
Date: 10/01/00

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    And a reasoned argument, or simple fact is something I have yet to see you
    offer.
    
    Henriette Cecile Beigh wrote:
    
    > Goodness knows, dear David, that you are an expert on things feminist;
    > especially from your male privileged perspective. And yes, I am being
    > sarcastic. 60 years of exposure to academia will not educate you nearly as
    > much as 24 hours in a male dominated world as a 2nd class citizen. I am
    > trying to say, politely, that you don't know squat about the benefits of the
    > feminist movement. And I doubt that you are open-minded about it. An open
    > mind is something I have yet to see you demonstrate.
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "David Horowitz" <Dhorowitz@earthlink.net>
    > To: <sixties-l@lists.village.virginia.edu>
    > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:23 PM
    > Subject: Re: [sixties-l] New Movie on SDS
    >
    > > Bob Dylan yes. Non-violent peace yes. As for women, somebody has to
    > convince me
    > > that the feminist movement did more good than it did damage. Personally I
    > think
    > > most of the gains for women (wider range of options) stem from the pill,
    > which
    > > freed women to enter the workplace. Except for a few areas e.g., athletics
    > > (which I support) and combat (which I don't), it doesn't seem to me like
    > there
    > > was much resistance to anything that really benefited women. I'm
    > open-minded on
    > > this and am interested in hearing other points of view.
    > >
    > > Tony Edmonds wrote:
    > >
    > > > David Horowitz wrote:
    > > >
    > > > >A good two cents. Here's some good things about the Sixties: The Civil
    > > > Rights Acts. The
    > > > >Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding. A broader and more inclusive
    > > > public space.
    > > > >Some great outdoor parties. A sense (albeit illusory) that we were
    > becoming
    > > > a community.
    > > >
    > > > Would you include the women's movement, at least parts of it, in your
    > public
    > > > space rubric?  How about principled,. non-violent antiwar activity?  And
    > > > where is Bod Dylan, damnit!
    > > >
    > > > Tony Edmonds
    > > > Ball State University
    > >
    



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