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April 13, 2008
The punchline to any joke about feminists ...
... is "That's not funny!" "You will be punished"
A satirical response to a feminist publication at Colorado College has landed the college and two of its students in the middle of a fierce debate over freedom of speech.Chris Robinson and another student at the Colorado Springs institution decided to print "The Monthly Bag" after seeing copies of a feminist and gender studies newsletter, "The Monthly Rag," in restrooms around campus.The edition of "The Monthly Rag" that prompted action included an announcement for a talk on feminist pornography, information on gender-bending practices, and a tidbit about a myth involving male castration. According to Robinson, it was representative of what appears every month.
In response, Robinson and a friend created their flier, which provided tips on chainsaw etiquette, detailed a sexual position from Men's Health magazine and provided trivia about a sniper rifle — what Robinson called information for the stereotypical macho man.Staff members removed The Bag within hours of receiving complaints that the publication was threatening.
Please view and compare the following pdf's of the fliers in question:
The Monthly Rag
The Monthly Bag
By what rationale does Colorado College deem the parody flier "threatening?" According to Mike Edmonds,vice president for student life at Colorado College, it is because of "the juxtaposition of weaponry and sexuality."
What Edmonds intentionally forgot to say was it is because of the juxtaposition of stereotypical masculine sexuality and weaponry. The Monthly Rag (which last time I checked is a play on a crude reference to menstruation -- and any male uses such a reference is liable to have a murder of feminists after him demanding blood) juxtapostions mention of castration along with feminist porn and carrying dildos.
And what response does Tomi-Ann Roberts, director of the feminist and gender studies program that publishes "The Monthly Rag" have about the Colorado College's jackboot response to a parody?
"Obviously, there are some men here on this campus who are very angry at our flier"
Oh. Anger. Yes, of course. Cuz making fun of the stuff coming out of your pretentious pseudo-academic program can never be funny. It must be Teh Hate.
It is interesting to note that Greg Lukianoff, FIRE president, wrote an article about this case for HuffPo and it generated only two comments.
Yes, those "Progressives" are sure dedicated to the cause of free speech, eh?
(h/t Patterico)
Posted by Darleen at April 13, 2008 11:14 AM