My complaint about Ms. Lisa M Nelson

Aug 12, 2005 01:41

The prerequisite to understanding this letter is to have encountered some of Ms. Lisa M Nelson's memoranda and to have realized how reprehensible they are. Let's review the errors in Lisa's statements in order. First, I am ashamed to admit that I live on the same planet as Lisa. It's my hunch that whenever a will-o'-the-wisp of factionalism, however unreal, turns up anywhere, she is off at a trot. I don't think anyone questions that. But did you know that it is legitimate to have misgivings about hypocritical scum who make excessive use of foul language? I don't know if I speak for anybody but myself on this, but she contends that feudalism is the key to world peace. Excuse me, but where exactly did this little factoid come from? All kidding aside, if we contradict Lisa, we are labelled Comstockism-oriented protestors. If we capitulate, however, we forfeit our freedoms. While this letter hasn't provided anything in the way of a concrete plan of action, it may help us focus our thinking a little better when we do work out a plan. For now, we must point out that the emperor has no clothes on. I myself will doubtlessly be happy to have your help in this endeavor.

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Funny, huh? You can put in anything and the complaints are actually almost plausible (or extremely entertaining at any rate!)

I have amused myself for at least a couple of hours now on there. It's great. An actual update coming soon!

Edit: Just one more letter. I couldn't resist! This one is TOO funny!

My complaint about Ms. Lisa M Nelson

I could write a very angry letter right now about Ms. Lisa M Nelson, but I decided instead merely to express some constructive criticism. But first, I'm going to jump ahead a bit and talk in general terms about how it would be grossly premature for Lisa to claim final victory. Then, I'll back up and fill in some of the details. Okay, so to start with the general stuff, no one likes being attacked by the most unsophisticated chuckleheads I've ever seen. Even worse, Lisa exploits our fear of those attacks -- which she claims will evolve in the near future into biological, chemical, or nuclear attacks -- as a pretext to convince people that their peers are already riding the Lisa M Nelson bandwagon and will think ill of them if they don't climb aboard, too. If you think that's scary, then you should remember that I cannot believe how many actual, physical, breathing, thinking people have fallen for Lisa's subterfuge. I'm totally stunned. The blatant ignorance and social maladjustment of her revenge fantasies will call for a return to that which wasn't particularly good in the first place sooner or later -- indubitably an instructive warning for the future. This seems so obvious, I am amazed there is even any discussion about it. Perhaps one day we will live in a world where good people are not troubled by fear of litigious undesirables. Until that day arrives, however, we must spread the word that Lisa asserts that human life is expendable. Most reasonable people, however, recognize such assertions as nothing more than baseless, if wishful, claims unsupported by concrete evidence. She presents herself as a disinterested classicist lamenting the infusion of politically motivated methods of pedagogy and analysis into higher education. Lisa is eloquent in her denunciation of modern scholarship, claiming it favors infernal ruffians. And here we have the ultimate irony, because Lisa may be reasonably cunning with words. However, she is thoroughly foolhardy with everything else. Let me conclude by saying that we who want to step back and consider the problem of Ms. Lisa M Nelson's smears in the larger picture of popular culture imagery will not rest until we do.

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