How I Like to Do Business
There is a radical feminist blog, Feminist Outlaw by name. Perhaps you have heard of it. It is kept by one Diana Boston, whom you will encounter here and there on feminist threads and forums.
I direct your attention to the following post on said blog:
http://dianaboston.blogspot.com/2011/06/market-for-sex-dolls
The subject of that post is interesting enough, I suppose. But for present purposes our interest lies elsewhere. And so, consider the following comment which I left, and which is presently in the approval queue. Will it ever see the light of day? Likely not, but here it is for the sake of instructional value:
Admittedly, the tone is "polite", and almost vapid -- but that is its chief virtue in the present case. I point this out in response to those who think rhetorical discipline means "acting nice". Bosh! Rubbish! Rhetorical discipline means doing the right thing at the right moment in order to generate political efficiency. The ultimate aim, both tactically and strategically, is to put the enemy in a tight spot.
So, in a different situation I could have varied the tone and produced, for instance, a cold, angry, acid effect.
Rhetorical discipline is about reading the requirements of the moment in order to maximize damage to the enemy in the long run. It is about thinking globally and acting locally in the most effective way possible.
It is an art with pragmatic guidelines.
Thank you.
I direct your attention to the following post on said blog:
http://dianaboston.blogspot.com/2011/06/market-for-sex-dolls
The subject of that post is interesting enough, I suppose. But for present purposes our interest lies elsewhere. And so, consider the following comment which I left, and which is presently in the approval queue. Will it ever see the light of day? Likely not, but here it is for the sake of instructional value:
"I notice that in 2 or 3 places the word "men" occurs. So, it is difficult to understand who you are referring to, because there is no such person as "men". That is, unless you are referring to an abstract phantom collective, such as might be postulated by feminist "patriarchy theory".I consider the rhetorical discipline in the above passage to be nearly ideal, and so I proffer it as a model. It incorporates both tactical and strategic thinking, it builds upon strong points, and it offers no grappling points. All in all, it embodies the four points of rhetorical discipline to perfection.
"I thought I'd point this out, because such rhetorical slippages tend to make an unfavorable impression upon non-feminist men and women. And they are, face it, the public whom you must win over if you are to advance your brand and gain your share of the market."
Admittedly, the tone is "polite", and almost vapid -- but that is its chief virtue in the present case. I point this out in response to those who think rhetorical discipline means "acting nice". Bosh! Rubbish! Rhetorical discipline means doing the right thing at the right moment in order to generate political efficiency. The ultimate aim, both tactically and strategically, is to put the enemy in a tight spot.
So, in a different situation I could have varied the tone and produced, for instance, a cold, angry, acid effect.
Rhetorical discipline is about reading the requirements of the moment in order to maximize damage to the enemy in the long run. It is about thinking globally and acting locally in the most effective way possible.
It is an art with pragmatic guidelines.
Thank you.
posted by Fidelbogen at 12:22 PM
9 Comments:
Diana is an idiot who doesn't think through the things she spouts off about. For instance, why is she against sex dolls for men, but not against vibrators and dildos for women? Is the former that vague offence called 'objectification' while the latter 'discovering our sexuality'?
By the way, the link needs an ".html" at the end to get to her page, or else an error comes up saying that that page isn't there.
My guess is that your comment to her will never see the light of day. On youtube all dissenting comments on her videos vanish, and she blocks people who challenge her intellectually, since she can't debate anything logically without fallacies or topic changes. And false accusations of bullying and stalking; she's big on those too.
Scented Nectar, you are a verrry interesting person. I looked at your Blogger profile, and it seems you are a former radical feminist.
Radical feminism's David Horowitz, as it were?
Anyhow, I thank you for the heads-up re: the coding error. I have fixed it.
"As a radical feminist, I say: Men, would you please stop and think with the right head?"
HA HA HA.
Straight from both the MRM and FEMINSITS.
What does that say.
@Scarecrow:
Yes, those are the same words on the surface. Yet how vastly different are the underlying messages which they transmit.
When the feminists say this, it is meant as a cheap Alinskyite insult. It is psychological warfare. And that's ALL it is.
But in reality, the worst thing the feminists should fear is that men in large numbers will INDEED stop thinking with their "little heads".
The feminists actually WANT men to think with their little heads. One of the main sources of feminism's power is that (too many) men think with their little heads.
And the day that men in critical numbers stop doing so will be a bad day for feminism.
When men stop viewing the world through a haze of sexual feelings, and commence to viewing it in cold, hard political terms, then feminism will be in deep shit.
And the feminists damn well know it.
By the way, that is the main reason that the feminists and the PUAs are actually on the same side -- even if both of them deny it!
You see, both feminists and PUAs have a vested interest in seeing men think with their little heads.
Fidelbogen, thanks. I guess maybe I am the Horowitz version for feminism. :)
I was a radical separatist for most of the 80s. The extreme radfemhub-like type. Here's an article on why I left it if you're curious.
http://scentednectar.blogspot.com/2011/02/whyd-i-leave-radical-feminism-years-ago.html
Now, my main online past-time is confronting my old cult, their ideology, and their religious-like beliefs.
@ScentedNectar:
With your full-life experiential background, you've got what it takes to be another Agent Orange -- a better one. The original one had to invent a radfem personna almost out of thin air.
@ScentedNectar:
Thank you for the link. That is a lot of material to chew upon, so I will take it in small bites.
I wouldn't be able to do it. I'd end up speaking my mind and it would be game over.
@ScentedNectar:
Ahh well, so it is then.
So you can write a training manual, then, with tips and pointers from an ex-insider.
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