Today I was moved to write not one, but two letters to the editors of major newspapers. This is a rare occurence, but sometimes there's just too much bile not for me to have somewhere to spew it. I thought they were at least entertaining, but maybe not. Unfortuatly, neither of the articles that prompted these letters are yet available online, but if I remember to check and they come up, I'll update with links.
Letter no.1, regarding columnist Andrew Bolt (I really hope he finds this when he self-googles)
"The continued publication by the Herald Sun of the disingenuous and self-aggrandising ravings of Mr. Andrew Bolt are a disgrace. This smug, egocentric guardian of morality is as self-serving as he is hypocritical, and as intellectually sleazy as he is anachronistic.
His attack on the journalistic standards of The Age and smug appeals to 'reason' were especially galling, given his own ad hominem attacks on those who disagree with him, and use of his personal soapbox for self-important vainglorying and the dissemination of outdated prejudices and ideologies"
His attack on the journalistic standards of The Age and smug appeals to 'reason' were especially galling, given his own ad hominem attacks on those who disagree with him, and use of his personal soapbox for self-important vainglorying and the dissemination of outdated prejudices and ideologies"
Letter no.2, regarding columnist Susie O'Brian
If Susie O'Brien thinks there is nothing liberating about 'wearing a gimp mask and being tied to a chair', then I suggest she try it sometime.
Conflating the issues of an individual right to a satisfactory and enjoyable sex-life with shrill "won't somebody please think of the children" outrage and moralistic judgements is an unfair, unwarranted and intellectually dishonest attack on a sexual minority who are already considered fair game for abuse and ridicule. The increasing popularity of BDSM and the sexualisation of music videos are separate issues.
I encourage Susie to come out and meet us in the BDSM community sometime. She might find we're more interesting and likable than she imagined.
Conflating the issues of an individual right to a satisfactory and enjoyable sex-life with shrill "won't somebody please think of the children" outrage and moralistic judgements is an unfair, unwarranted and intellectually dishonest attack on a sexual minority who are already considered fair game for abuse and ridicule. The increasing popularity of BDSM and the sexualisation of music videos are separate issues.
I encourage Susie to come out and meet us in the BDSM community sometime. She might find we're more interesting and likable than she imagined.
Ok, editorial over, resuming kink in 3, 2, 1....
Excellent, well-crafted letters! Thank you for writing and sharing them...
ReplyDeleteTake care,
Baby Girl :)