{"id":2548,"date":"2005-05-31T21:27:13","date_gmt":"2005-06-01T05:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulhuntre.com\/items\/date\/2005\/05\/31\/dont-let-logic-keep-you-down\/"},"modified":"2005-05-31T21:27:13","modified_gmt":"2005-06-01T05:27:13","slug":"dont-let-logic-keep-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/2005\/05\/31\/dont-let-logic-keep-you-down\/","title":{"rendered":"don&#8217;t let logic keep you down!"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\"><a href=\"\/media\/library\/6pk_day3__0033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"83\" alt=\"6pk_day3__0033\" src=\"\/media\/library\/6pk_day3__0033_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\"><a href=\"\/media\/library\/6pk_day3__0041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"83\" alt=\"6pk_day3__0041\" src=\"\/media\/library\/6pk_day3__0041_thumb.jpg\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"center\" align=\"middle\" height=\"20\">6 pack!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>&quot;Observe that the philosophical system based on the axiom of the<br \/>\n\tprimacy of existence (i.e., on recognizing the absolutism of reality) led to<br \/>\n\tthe recognition of man&#8217;s identity and rights. But the philosophical systems<br \/>\n\tbased on the primacy of consciousness (i.e., on the seemingly megalomaniacal<br \/>\n\tnotion that nature is whatever man wants it to be) led to the view that man<br \/>\n\tpossesses no identity, that he is infinitely flexible, malleable, usable,<br \/>\n\tand disposable. Ask yourself why.&quot; &#8211; Ayn Rand, &quot;The Metaphysical vs. the<br \/>\n\tMan-Made&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>ed note: for your viewing pleasure I have added some eye candy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This post is prompted by a great series of editorials from the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifeminists.net\">ifeminists.net<\/a> website on this and<br \/>\nsimilar topics, go look them over (links at end of article).<\/p>\n<p>I have mentioned before that the critical problem with radical feminism is<br \/>\nthat it is based purely on feelings, not logic. It allows for how on perceives<br \/>\nthe world to be paramount, not what <b><i>is<\/i><\/b> in the world. Look at what<br \/>\nthey espouse and you can see it. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The do not care if you <i><b>are<\/b><\/i> threatened, but if you feel<br \/>\n\tthreatened.<\/li>\n<li>They do not care if you are victimized, but whether you feel victimized.<\/li>\n<li>They proclaim thatt you have the right to not <b><i>feel<\/i><\/b> bad<br \/>\n\tabout yourself, or come into contact with other points of view that might<br \/>\n\tmake you feel things you dislike.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In effect, they have decided to get rid of the whole notion of objective<br \/>\nreality. They openly do not care about it. Radical feminism is a construct of<br \/>\nhow they feel about the world&#8230; and has no room for how the world is. Logic,<br \/>\nobjective thought, rationalism, science&#8230; these are the tools of men. Take for<br \/>\nexample the issue of sexuality, whether it is at all nature or all nurture. The<br \/>\nradical feminist stance is that it is all nurture&#8230; when called on it the<br \/>\nrespond thus:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>&quot;For the sake of feminist politics, for the sake of what benefits<br \/>\n\twomen in the world, again, it *does not mattre* whether or not<br \/>\n\theterosexuality is innate. It is a nonissue.&quot; &#8211;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michfest.com\/ubb\/Forum4\/HTML\/000329.html\">quote in<br \/>\n\tcontext<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The editorial &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifeminists.net\/introduction\/editorials\/2005\/0302roberts.html\">Feminist<br \/>\nHead-Games at the United Nations<\/a>&quot; discusses this trend and basis as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>&quot;No, this is not a joke. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Feminist Elizabeth Minnich scornfully traces the source of rationality<br \/>\n\tto a &quot;few privileged males.who are usually called &#8216;The Greeks.&#8217;&quot; Historian<br \/>\n\tGerda Lerner denigrates the great liberal tradition of sound thinking as<br \/>\n\t&quot;the rape of our minds.&quot; And here&#8217;s my favorite: Charlotte Bunch concludes<br \/>\n\tfeminists must attack the problem of &quot;phallocentrism&quot; by &quot;reconstructing the<br \/>\n\tworld from the standpoint of women.&quot; &#8211;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifeminists.net\/introduction\/editorials\/2005\/0302roberts.html\"><br \/>\n\tquote in context<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course (to quote Rand again) there are deep problems with a anything built<br \/>\non the premise of feelings instead of reality&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i>&quot;The restriction they seek to escape is the law of identity. The<br \/>\n\tfreedom they seek is freedom from the fact that an A will remain an A, no<br \/>\n\tmatter what their tears or tantrums\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat a river will not bring them milk,<br \/>\n\tno matter what their hunger\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat water will not run uphill, no matter what<br \/>\n\tcomforts they could gain if it did, and if they want to lift it to the roof<br \/>\n\tof a skyscraper, they must do it by a process of thought and labor, in which<br \/>\n\tthe nature of an inch of pipe line counts, but their feelings do not\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat<br \/>\n\ttheir feelings are impotent to alter the course of a single speck of dust in<br \/>\n\tspace or the nature of any action they have committed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Those who tell you that man is unable to perceive a reality<br \/>\n\tundistorted by his senses, mean that they are unwilling to perceive a<br \/>\n\treality undistorted by their feelings. &#8216;Things as they are&#8217; are things as<br \/>\n\tperceived by your mind; divorce them from reason and they become &#8216;things as<br \/>\n\tperceived by your wishes.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>There is no honest revolt against reason\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand when you accept any part<br \/>\n\tof their creed, your motive is to get away with something your reason would<br \/>\n\tnot permit you to attempt.&quot; &#8211; Ayn Rand as &quot;John Galt&quot; in Atlas Shrugged<br \/>\n\tapprox page 952<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I have time for, just wanted to point this out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 pack! &quot;Observe that the philosophical system based on the axiom of the primacy of existence (i.e., on recognizing the absolutism of reality) led to the recognition of man&#8217;s identity and rights. 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