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Edelman Resigns Under Pressure; Her Defense Provokes Laughter
posted by Nightmist on Wednesday April 17, @08:26AM
from the news dept.
News Dan Lynch submitted this article from White Horse Star in the apparently ongoing controversy over remarks about the radical women's movement by Yukon minister of women's issues Sue Edelman. Apparently, Edelman had already resigned as of Friday, several days prior to the initial posting of her story here. What is more unfortunate is that she has publicly apologized for her anti-radical-feminist remarks in her e-mail (Edelman had referred to radical feminists as "feminazis" in an e-mail titled "women's movement dying"). Statements made in her defense by the prime minister during the public statement were laughed at by black T-shirt wearing feminists, some of whom surrounded Edelman's husband in the audience.

Source: White Horse Star [newspaper]

Title: Defence of Edelman provokes laughter

Author: Jason Small

Date: April 16, 2002

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freaky (Score:1)
by brad (moc.oohay@leirna) on Wednesday April 17, @09:12AM EST (#1)
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sounds like an intervention. someone thinks differently than the group and they're attacked for dissent. brainwashed and brought back into the fold. it scares me that criticism can't be taken by some. goodness, i hope the men's movement never gets to that point.
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  • Re:freaky by Nightmist (Score:2) Wednesday April 17, @09:37AM EST
Feminazi (Score:1)
by Deacon on Wednesday April 17, @09:38AM EST (#3)
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Think, for a second, who was the first person to coin the phrase "feminazi." To my knowledge, it was Rush Limbaugh to be the first to use that word, and when that happened, the genfems immediately pounced on him for criticizing them. But he didn't buckle under the pressure, and is still on the radio today. Now, Sue Edelman, a Yukon minister of women's issues, uses the term and receives pressure from the genfems, and all of a sudden she decides to resign.

My question regarding this is: how could Rush Limbaugh, who is at a disadvantage in feminist issues because he is a man, manage to come out of the genfems smear campaign seemingly unscathed, while Sue Edelman, a female government official, buckle so easily? Is it because she is a minister of women's issues, she's involved in politics, or is it that she doesn't have the debate skills Rush Limbaugh has?

Just a question that popped up in my mind while I was reading the article.

"Stereotypes are devices that save a biased person the trouble of learning."
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  • Re:Feminazi by brad (Score:1) Wednesday April 17, @11:09AM EST
    • Re:Feminazi by Deacon (Score:1) Wednesday April 17, @02:22PM EST
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  • Re:Feminazi by jaxom (Score:1) Wednesday April 17, @11:19AM EST
Justification for the Term "Feminazi"? (Score:1)
by tparker on Wednesday April 17, @12:50PM EST (#7)
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I can't help but notice that the article describes feminist blocks in the crowd wearing black shirts, the public humiliation of a (preceived) political opponent, and (seemingly) surrounding the husband of the victim.

Black shirts, public humiliation, possible implied threats to family...all while objecting to the use of the term "feminiazi". Perhaps it strikes too close to home?
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she had a chance to make change... (Score:0)
by Anonymous User on Wednesday April 17, @02:25PM EST (#9)
There must have been a reason or action that Sue Edelman witnessed to make her declare that the feminists she associates with are "feminazis"

Why did Sue call her comrades feminazis is the relevant issue here. Not the fact that she said a non-pc word against her fellow "PC genfems"

It's too bad that this issue has been derailed in a manner that the left has become accustomed to reverting to, public shaming of the "offender"

It's too bad, because Sue was in a position that could have implemented change, and exposed the blind hypocrisy and hatred that exists within much of today's feminism

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