munchkin-level

[speaking of myself, at least]

perhaps not coincidentally--on the same Care2 website where local feminists Prof. Pieklo and Robin Marty appear

until I'm finished with this first point, that is

Pieklo has made the assertion repeatedly--here and here, for example.

I have responded by returning Pieklo's charge of dishonor--though unlike the Hamline professor, I feel obligated to present my case to a candid suburb--that's why I've stated my criticisms of her plainly, for all to review. At no point could I ask the public to accept my accusation sight-unseen--in Prof. Pieklo's preferred manner.

or 'two dozen assertions'--size matters not

Jared Loughner's posting, quoted:

Why Rape?

…there are Rape victims that are under the influence of a substance. The drinking is leading them to rape. The loneliness will bring you to depression. Being alone for a very long time will inevitably lead you to rape.

[source]

within his own blog's comments section

within his own blog's comments section

I'm happy to clarify, should anything here be confusing or insufficiently argued, assuming you've read my previous Pieklo-related posts.

Feel free to email. If not-for-publication, please put NFP in the subject line and I will respect it, whether from friend or foe.

Should any person emerge willing to take Prof. Pieklo's side--in epistolary dialogue--I will happily accept.

cleaned up a bit here--see Phoenix Woman for earlier, messier edit

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Caveat: I have since learned that the Mercury Rising blog suffers from execrable ethics--and will rewrite reader comments so as to deceive readers and defame forum participants. Comments appearing under my name, at Mercury Rising, may not be of my authorship.

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She has an introductory video on her group's main page, there.

See http://womenontheverge.net/blogs/entry/Done-Being-Quiet

If she edited it, alas--I guess I failed to get a screen-capture. In any case: What would happen if a male Hamline professor participated in a tiny online political community in which his closest associate gaily suggested genital mutilation--as punishment to polite critics? That professor would be unemployed within 24 hours. Prof. Pieklo does same--and receives not a peep of criticism. I object.

me

as Pieklo has been saying--with obvious reference to me--on Twitter, on her blogs and on her 'national' radio program

despite self-delusion's frequent temptations, toward which one also seeks dynamic confrontation

Women on the Verge Radio Program

This is today's episode [scroll to 20:43 for Prof. Pieklo's pity party] of what is billed a national [internet] radio program.

Prof. Jessica Pieklo appears on the program, apparently, as a regular panelist, within the attempted more-feminist-than-The View format.

This is the shows main website.

oops - his head was already shaved at the time of the outrage

Loughner does not appear to have had any coherent partisan motivation, though it seems plausibly non-coincidental that the event occurred in Arizona, the nation's most gun-crazed state.

While his ideology appears incoherent, Sarah Palin certainly used the wrong word in calling him apolitical. (One can have unhinged views which are nonetheless political, i.e.) It appears to me, Walter, that your posting on this topic might be accomplished with greater brevity--and quite non-controversially: "Tea Partiers don't deserve blame for the shooting." (In this we agree.)

Sarah Palin has put forward the formulation that--to paraphrase--'the criminal alone is responsible', and no one else should be called out. Like you, I reject blaming anyone baselessly--though I'm a bit hesitant to categorically rule out, say, Arizona's fanatical gun culture, as having played some role. Let me put the question another way--so that you can help dispel my confusion:

What if a politically-active liberal Democrat committed a similar act, and the victim was a conservative Republican? Would you actually respond by saying 'Democrats--and the Dem Party--should be held blameless in the crime?'

Affiliational groups, whether voluntary or involuntary, are funny things. Most of us accept it as reasonable that the dishonorable conduct of our family members somehow reflects upon our own reputation--and their successes seem to justifiably elevate our own status.

Other affiliational groupings also have this same oddity--which has the socially-beneficial effect of making us all intensely concerned with the thoughts and behaviors of our teammates.

among Catholics, during homilies

among American Catholics

and on a bad day i might ask you to tell the story as lengthily as possible

To be both redundant and to say the same thing twice.

well, that is a bit sanctimonious, I will now admit

alleged

yes--of course I am asserting a personal conjecture

to sketch a political cartoon with words

a reasonable person might surmise from reports

the moderate-progressive, thus far victorious faction--supporters of Superintendent Melissa Krull

that came to a head with the school board's decision to adopt a wide-ranging educational restructuring

ranked spiritually

Eden Prairie School Board Accountability

You can find it, gentle reader:

The Facebook group is:

Eden Prairie School Board Accountability

a label selected solely for its predicted ability to amuse Sheila Kihne