Women & Gender | Occupy Valentine's Day provides different way to celebrate Hallmark holiday

If you are right, Rick F., and Logic courses aren't offered anymore, that would why the huge number of logical fallacies are found in your writing and in the reasoning skill (or lack thereof) of today's students.

In your definition of classes that deal with "logic," are you referring to those that lack any sort of questioning of the world around you? If you are, I suggest you go to American University or another right- winged conservative collegiate environment where the "good 'ole boy" opinions are born and bred. The definition of logic is going by a system which has been proven to work for those who have made it so. I would say that if it is logic you speak of, I would agree with you that this girl does not have it. If those in history used logic to govern their ideals, there would be none of those with the courage enough to challenge the situation of their lives. I don't believe that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had much "logic" when he marched on Mississippi amid fire hoses, church bombings, and death threats. I don't believe that Mahatma Ghandi had much "logic" when he marched for Indian civil rights in the 1940's. They were both assassinated for their "illogical" views. I finally don't believe that this girl is writing with much "logic" as to challenge the misogynistic world in which we live in with articles like this challenging people to love on all days of the year, rather than on one day bred out of Hallmark's idea to sucker people into spending money on one particular day for the one they love. While you may not believe that she is writing with the same "logic" as those around you that are, I urge you to ask yourself what you believe in. Do you believe in standing idle while the world creeps along slowly in a cycle of relentless stagnation? While maybe not important to you, this girl is questioning the world around her and trying to have those willing to listen understand what her perspective is. Your perspective is one of hatred and fright. You can't take the idea that there may be women in this country that want to be equal. Many say that women are fully equal to men in the year 2012, mainly men, but inequality lurks under the surface in the fact that in the state of New York, countless women have been imprisoned in the last ten years because they murdered their husbands after multiple rape attempts, and that attempted rape was never brought into the conversation when they were sentenced to life in prison. Inequality still exits. This is why "PC schools" as you call them offer "one sided information" to their "brainwashed seniors." But what you fail to realize is that the information is not "one sided." If you were literate enough to pick up a book and read what the opinions of these women are, you would realize that all that they want is an equal world. They challenge the world where rape on college campuses is okay as long as the girl was drunk enough, or she said yes once before saying no five times. They want a world where injustices that stay hidden can be brought to the forefront. So no, this literature in which "individuals are subjected to unwillingly" is rather rallying for equality, not stagnation and just accepting the ways things are. What you are championing for in your comments back to me is not for a broad and open conversation, you are rallying for this girl to shut her mouth because it scares you. You don't want a diversity of opinions, that worries you too much. You don't want her voice to be heard because it means that maybe things might change. Well, Bruce, too bad. It is people like this girl that create change in this world, however small you may view it as challenging notions of Valentine's Day. This is a challenge for change. I still have yet to hear your opinion on the matter also, at least "Anonymous" offered an opinion of not opening one's mouth when you don't want to celebrate Valentine's Day. All that I have heard from you is that these wretched "PC campuses" need to ally themselves with "logic" which has been traditionally based in dark, smoky rooms of the nineteenth century where white men decided how the world was to be, devoid of the rights of many. If you can, without spelling errors this time, try to tell me what you believe. I would like to know, but frankly I doubt you have a convincing argument because once again, all you know how to do is hate. If you don't agree with this girl, tell her why, tell me why. Don't tell me that "logic" classes need to be offered. Is this the third century Greek university? Logic classes aren't offered anymore. All that remains is people challenging what they believe is unfair in our worlds. I believe this girl has done it well, addressing both sides of the issue. Now it is your turn Bruce, if you can.

@ Rick F: Thanks for asking. My definition of "brainwashed" has to do with individuals being subjected, willingly or unwillingly, to a relentless, flood-tide of one-sided information and opinions, a situation typical of many PC campuses and within certain PC academic departments. Books reflecting other points of few are not found in the required reading, and speakers who challenge the departments' bias are not invited to speak. Your response to my comments is to name-call: "naive" "hater" "coward." Your writing sound far more angry and hate-filled than mine. You then wrap yourself in a variety of historic causes, many of which I support, some of which I find problematic. All of which, is a diversion from the issue. Do they still teach courses in formal logic at SU? I suggest you take one.

Right you are, anonymous! But, what do we expect from a thoroughly brainwashed senior who is fearfully only a few months away from graduating with her head full of nonsense from the "women and gender studies" folks. Good luck finding work in the grievance industry and remember your ralling cry: "It's so unfair! It's so unfair!"