Woman Question

Prof. Jessica Pieklo believes herself an abuse victim--though she provides no evidence.  Bloggers often believe they should be able to dictate the criticism their writing receives, and from whom.  I reject this claim.

We live in a society which has progressed, in recent decades--gradually awakening to gender injustice.  An unbeneficial byproduct of this cultural change--widely accepted, generally without discussion--asserts that complaints of sexist abuse, lodged by women, must be accepted without evidence. 

To request evidence, in response to a woman's accusation of gender-based abuse, is to empower abusers--goes the meme.

To welcome this state of affairs is to welcome carving out a large exception from standard practice, when it comes to the assessment of claims.

Complaints of gender-based abuse should not be accepted without evidence.  False, mistaken and ill-conceived claims do occur--and therefore due process is required, just as with other types of accusations.

Prof. Pieklo's position--claiming victimhood while publishing no evidence--rests upon a hackneyed assumption of 'female innocence' which itself ought to be done away with.

After Prof. Pieklo began issuing her claims, I asked her to publish evidence:  She has provided none. 

As ever, I welcome Prof. Pieklo's response--either here or on her own blog.  I have never censored a single word of Pieklo's, while she has banned--and goaded the police upon--me.

So I contacted Jeff Fecke--a liberal Pieklo ally who frequently finds it politically beneficial to charge people with misogyny.  I asked Fecke to evaluate Prof. Pieklo's evidence [to wit, none] and to inform Pieklo of his appraisal.

Fecke responded with his extaordinary Open Letter in which he:

a) expresses thanks the First Amendment protects bloggers such as myself--and threatens legal action if I continue;
b) insinuates I am complaining of being ignored by Prof. Pieklo;
c) falsely accuses me of publishing Prof. Pieklo's course syllabus;
d) idiotically calls gavinsullivan.com 'a run-of-the-mill right-wing blog';
e) claims knowledge of my motivations;
f) diagnoses me--via falsehood and mind-reading--a misogynist;
g) implies--without evidence or definition--that I have stalked him;
h) orders me to 'leave [him] alone'--an odd request, as I don't ask bloggers for permission prior to criticizing their ideas. 

Fecke has charged me with misogyny and has publicly called for my ostracization--and announces I should stop bothering him!  (Fecke doesn't believe in allowing people to defend themselves, within his comments section, when he lobs such easily-rebutted idiocies.)

Minnesota liberaldom, sadly, cannot question an accusation of gender-based abuse--no matter how baseless--put forward by a college-affiliated feminist. 

Several comments follow Fecke's imbecility:

a)  Jeff Rosenberg spinelessly sucks up to Fecke;
b) 'Nerdie McSweatervest' and 'Gavin Lover Not' complain Fecke's post reveals ignorance of subject;
c) Fecke attacks my intentions and claims I have demanded a response ['the essence of trolling', to Fecke];
d) 'Far East Independent' valiantly assails Fecke on fair play grounds.

A wee problem:  I never issued any demand--and Fecke provides no quotation.

BTW:  Jeff Rosenberg made the same charge--but Rosenberg threw in the towel once he became aware intellectual indolence might constitute a problem, should he voluntarily re-enter the fray.

As noted, we live in a democratic culture which wants to uphold the view that feminist is a person incapable of dishonesty or error. 

We live in a DFL culture which incentivizes supine feminist flattering--Jeff Fecke's stock-in-trade.

The above-mentioned realities present a serious problem--both for gender equality and for liberalism, properly construed. 

Woman's self-appointed defenders have become bloated, lazy and obsessed with the maintenance of their own social position--supremely confident their dogmatism will forever go unquestioned.

To the dustbin!