Do We Really Want to be Victims?
I do not understand how anyone can doubt that the left is trying to revise our history and remake our culture. I see direct evidence of these almost daily, while just going out my daily routine. Today I was at an event that drew over 300 people at which a speaker with some credentials states that it is inappropriate to use the name “Mrs.” Because the name relates to the word mistress and is therefore offensive to modern liberated women. Many people do not understand the truly grave consequences posed by allowing this revision of our language. So called “postmodernists” of all stripes have attempted to “deconstruct” our language as the first part of their radical plan to destroy our ideals and values.
Language mirrors our ideas. Our circumstances create our language and our language then acts as a factor in the creation of our culture. There are famous examples of this such as the fact that Eskimo’s have many different ways to say snow and that other cultures have words for the things that occur most in their lives. You can learn a lot about a culture by studying their words. That is why it is so important that we pay attention to what people are saying about our language and to the changes that people are trying to make. Changes that are made to our language are not harmless, they say a great deal about our culture and will have a great affect on how future generations of Americans will view themselves and their ansectors.
By establishing the word “Mrs.” as being offensive toward women he was trying to rewrite American history so that our language and culture are male dominated. Women’s groups such as NOW have been trying to use this trick for years. They have attempted to replace the world “women” with the word “wimin” for very similar reasons. Feminists cannot find any legitimate basis to claim that America is now a male dominated culture or that women have any specific claim to victimhood and any point in US history. In reality America has been the most open and fair society in the history of the world. As Americans we have good reason to be proud of the progressiveness of our forefathers. Women in America have always live under better circumstances than women in most of the world and their rights have progressed at a much faster rate than those of women in almost any other country.
We should take a few moments to consider the implications of the claim that the term “Mrs.” is offensive to women and that therefore we should never use the term. If that is true than it says a lot about the intelligence of ever generation of women before the current one. Prior to the 1960s there was no idea that the Mrs. should be offensive to women. Taking that into account a person who says that the term “Mrs.” must be avoided because it is offensive can only give two possible answers. Either that any woman who lived before the 1960s ware ignorant of the meaning of the word “Mrs.” and women of our day found some secret store of knowledge that informed then how offensive the world truly is. Or that women who lives before the 1960s did not value their independence and had no problem being considered mistresses. Both of these assertions are patently absurd, although they are both assertions that modern day feminists would have you believe. There are countless hundreds of American women who lives before the 1960s who made a huge impact on the world and will forever be remembered for their contributions. At every point in American history where our country needed courage and patriotism women rose to the occasion and served their country with strength and bravery. Women like Anna Bailey, Betty Zane, Deborah Sampson, Molly Pitcher and Margaret Corbin will forever be remembered as a revolutionary war heroes. Betsy Ross designed the flag that we use until today. There are numerous women who acted heroically in the civil war such as Sarah Edmonds. Marie Curie won a Nobel Prize in 1903 only one year after the prize was first given. Modern day feminists wants to convince us that these women were ignorant or less independent than they are, that is a claim I flat out deny.
Modern day feminism is not about redressing past wrongs (as very few such wrongs actually exist) it is not about rights or equality. It is about having something to yell and scream about. We are developing a victim culture, were anyone who can prove that they were wronged is given preferential treatment in a misguided attempt to right that wrong. Anyone who can convince the world that they are a victim is rewarded for that accomplishment. So now these feminists are reaching for the brass ring that we have created called victim-hood. The problem is the young girls who are not in on the conspiracy might actually believe the rhetoric and start to think that they are victims. While we should be doing everything we can to ensure that women maintain their connection to their rich heritage of accomplishment and patriotism we are tearing down that heritage and the effect on women will not be positive. I would wage that we will soon find that the disadvantages of victim-hood outweigh its advantages.
Language mirrors our ideas. Our circumstances create our language and our language then acts as a factor in the creation of our culture. There are famous examples of this such as the fact that Eskimo’s have many different ways to say snow and that other cultures have words for the things that occur most in their lives. You can learn a lot about a culture by studying their words. That is why it is so important that we pay attention to what people are saying about our language and to the changes that people are trying to make. Changes that are made to our language are not harmless, they say a great deal about our culture and will have a great affect on how future generations of Americans will view themselves and their ansectors.
By establishing the word “Mrs.” as being offensive toward women he was trying to rewrite American history so that our language and culture are male dominated. Women’s groups such as NOW have been trying to use this trick for years. They have attempted to replace the world “women” with the word “wimin” for very similar reasons. Feminists cannot find any legitimate basis to claim that America is now a male dominated culture or that women have any specific claim to victimhood and any point in US history. In reality America has been the most open and fair society in the history of the world. As Americans we have good reason to be proud of the progressiveness of our forefathers. Women in America have always live under better circumstances than women in most of the world and their rights have progressed at a much faster rate than those of women in almost any other country.
We should take a few moments to consider the implications of the claim that the term “Mrs.” is offensive to women and that therefore we should never use the term. If that is true than it says a lot about the intelligence of ever generation of women before the current one. Prior to the 1960s there was no idea that the Mrs. should be offensive to women. Taking that into account a person who says that the term “Mrs.” must be avoided because it is offensive can only give two possible answers. Either that any woman who lived before the 1960s ware ignorant of the meaning of the word “Mrs.” and women of our day found some secret store of knowledge that informed then how offensive the world truly is. Or that women who lives before the 1960s did not value their independence and had no problem being considered mistresses. Both of these assertions are patently absurd, although they are both assertions that modern day feminists would have you believe. There are countless hundreds of American women who lives before the 1960s who made a huge impact on the world and will forever be remembered for their contributions. At every point in American history where our country needed courage and patriotism women rose to the occasion and served their country with strength and bravery. Women like Anna Bailey, Betty Zane, Deborah Sampson, Molly Pitcher and Margaret Corbin will forever be remembered as a revolutionary war heroes. Betsy Ross designed the flag that we use until today. There are numerous women who acted heroically in the civil war such as Sarah Edmonds. Marie Curie won a Nobel Prize in 1903 only one year after the prize was first given. Modern day feminists wants to convince us that these women were ignorant or less independent than they are, that is a claim I flat out deny.
Modern day feminism is not about redressing past wrongs (as very few such wrongs actually exist) it is not about rights or equality. It is about having something to yell and scream about. We are developing a victim culture, were anyone who can prove that they were wronged is given preferential treatment in a misguided attempt to right that wrong. Anyone who can convince the world that they are a victim is rewarded for that accomplishment. So now these feminists are reaching for the brass ring that we have created called victim-hood. The problem is the young girls who are not in on the conspiracy might actually believe the rhetoric and start to think that they are victims. While we should be doing everything we can to ensure that women maintain their connection to their rich heritage of accomplishment and patriotism we are tearing down that heritage and the effect on women will not be positive. I would wage that we will soon find that the disadvantages of victim-hood outweigh its advantages.
posted by the-rubber-stamp at 7:34 AM
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