Any idiot knows that.ĮXAMPLE 2: In 2019, a letter by ex-pope Benedict XVI was released, in which he blames the international epidemics of priest rape scandals on the culture of the ‘60’s and ‘70’s-especially the social upheavals of 1968. A two-year-old in 1968 is just like a two-year-old in 2019. She cut me off: 'It was the 1960's! Sartre signed that petition! All the major intellectuals of France signed that petition! (not true) 'It was published in the major French newspapers!' (true) 'One has to understand the strikes of 1968 and the spirit of rebellion at the time!'īut, no, actually, one does not. My friend, a citizen of France, became very agitated.

I was noting how post-modernism attempts to frame childhood as a social construct, and how queer theory has been used historically to defend and actually advocate for child rape. friends of mine (see Example 1), the Vatican (see Example 2), and, yes, Pema Chödrön (see Example 3):ĮXAMPLE 1: I was talking to a French friend of mine about how two of the most prominent founders of post-postmodernism were pro-pedophilia activists, actually signing a public petition in France to abolish-I repeat 'ABOLISH,' not 'lower'-the age of consent for sex. Stop saying these things to get a pass on the hard work of revising your own history, relearning, making meaningful amends on behalf of victims of sexual predators and institutionalized sexual abuse.īut who in their right mind would give these as excuses? Well, I'll tell you. Stop saying, 'That was just the culture back then.' The Evil That Men Do: The Story of Thalidomide The A-Mazing Yamashita and the Millennial Gold-DiggersĮntr'acte or The Night Eva Le Gallienne Was Raped

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