Re: Does this apply to the Pink Pussy Hat Brigade Archived Message
Posted by walter on February 4, 2019, 1:14 pm, in reply to "Does this apply to the Pink Pussy Hat Brigade"
Feminism to MeToo to Pussy Hats to Hillary Clinton - with a brush that broad Chris, you could be the first to paint the Forth Road Bridge in one go It would be difficult to claim that MeToo itself has not helped women; objections are more along the lines that it may in some cases go too far. Guilt by association with worse things, like HC, is not a valid criticism - unless you would accept that similar associations (Blair etc) 'undermine' class struggles. If you only look at matters through class, gender becomes invisible; not in theory, but in practice. That was essentially my point. Johnstone's point has general validity. Whereas it's a 'good' point if it's the CIA and State Dept whose propaganda is served by criticizing the Venezuelan govt, the boost to misogyny (and all that flows from it) from the constant slating of Metoo seem not to resonate with many leftists. Most real feminists are left wing and so will think about class - but want their oppression to be on the table too.
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