Atlas Yawned

I am two thirds through Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. While I agree with what Galt and his followers are saying, and while I would love to live in a community such as theirs, I have one complaint against them.

They are damn wordy. :-)

When Fiction Mirrors Reality

Her line of attack, which he had found so baffling, had been constant and clear--it was his self-esteem she had sought to destroy, knowing that a man who surrenders his value is at the mercy of anyone's will; it was his moral purity she had struggled to breach, it was his confident rectitude she had wanted to shatter by means of the poison of guilt--as if, were he to collapse, his depravity would give her a right to hers.

Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand

PUMA PAC on the News

Why This Feminist Is Silent

To: mcurtis@charlotteobserver.com.

Dear Ms. Curtis:

I read your article on feminists not jumping to Michelle Obama's defense in light of the sexism she is now facing from the media. I do not think Ms. Obama at any time defended Senator Clinton against the sexism in the media. Did you? If not, why are you defending Michelle Obama against it, and why did you not criticise Michelle Obama and the Obama supporters for not jumping to Senator Clinton's defense? I have looked through the archives of your recent op-ed pieces, and I don't see any articles solely devoted to that message. If I have missed them, please point me to them.

At the moment, this African-American female has chosen to fight a different battle. Rather than screaming about the sexism being turned on Michelle Obama--who, by the way, added to the din against Senator Clinton by saying one of the things she would have to consider before campaigning for Senator Clinton would be "her tone" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7yaD9OXZ_o&feature=related, minute 3:10)--I am turning my energies towards letting the DNC know I and millions of others like me will not meekly step aside and allow them to cram Senator Obama down our throats, as though he was fairly elected, rather than selected. Had I heard Michelle Obama screaming in Senator Clinton's defense, I would have had energy enough to spare for her defense. But now I will remain silent, just like she remained silent when the guns were pointing at a woman other than her.

Sincerely,
wlotus
New York, NY PUMA Democrat
http://blog.pumapac.org

Addendum, 27 June 2008: Ms. Curtis thanked me for sharing my view and said she had written an article after a Clinton rally that said anyone who had attended the rally would recognize the stereotypes as ridiculous. She also pointed out the conversation about these things will continue; the election season is far from over.

I'm glad the conversation will go on, thanks to groups like the PUMA PAC and Women for Fair Politics.