tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752646546511186140.post5202931585002891469..comments2023-08-23T03:51:55.709-05:00Comments on Muslim Bushido: Table Talk for Activists, Part 2: Make the Opponent Follow Their Own RulesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752646546511186140.post-59380543661554141872008-12-30T00:01:00.000-06:002008-12-30T00:01:00.000-06:00Greetings, Kofi Bofah!Yep. Insisting that opponent...Greetings, Kofi Bofah!<BR/><BR/>Yep. Insisting that opponents follow their own rules is almost always a strong opening move.<BR/><BR/>Peace, blessings, and solidarity.Khadijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732325133964607276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752646546511186140.post-1935459356034057352008-12-29T23:47:00.000-06:002008-12-29T23:47:00.000-06:00I utilize said strategy all the time on the one-on...I utilize said strategy all the time on the one-on-one.Kofi Bofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06525557832900245785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752646546511186140.post-26747328017361704822008-12-17T07:58:00.000-06:002008-12-17T07:58:00.000-06:00Greetings, Pioneer Valley Woman!Oh yeah...White fo...Greetings, Pioneer Valley Woman!<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah...White folks working in these institutions are "hip" to what's up with rules & regulations.<BR/><BR/>You touched on something that needs to be highlighted: If the target opponent doesn't have regulations of its own covering a situation, the next step is to see what policies similar organizations have for the situation.<BR/><BR/>The more other institutions that have established a set response to certain outrages, the more unreasonable it looks for the target opponent institution to do something else.<BR/><BR/>Even policies originally designed to protect Becky (and Becky <EM>alone</EM>) can be useful to us. A good argument can be made that hate crimes are AS important as sexual harassment [as it IS as grievous as sexual harassment]. Therefore, campus hate crimes should be dealt with in a similar fashion to sexual harassment.<BR/><BR/>Peace, blessings and solidarity.Khadijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07732325133964607276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752646546511186140.post-21138608118058059932008-12-17T07:15:00.000-06:002008-12-17T07:15:00.000-06:00Funny you returned to this point. Yesterday, ther...Funny you returned to this point. Yesterday, there was a full faculty meeting to discuss the department's sexual harassment policy. The committee had been working on it for 2 years, studying other schools' policies and considering our own. The discussions was intense, because of the very reasons you mentioned. These sorts of policies have serious consequences, and the male faculty (who are traditionally the ones charged with this) know that this can bring the wrath of the administration upon them. Moreover, this sort of thing makes the school look bad, that it is not a good place for their (white) women students. And as for the men who are bystanders, they get pissed off at it, because it troubles them when Becky is intimidated or when Joe the out-of-control faculty member, acts skeevy.<BR/><BR/>But where is their policy against racial harassment? I guess that falls under "political correctness" and incursions against "free speech," which should be met with healing speech...As though they don't know what they were doing.<BR/><BR/>Now, with the Princeton situation, what we have here is Becky, who is protected by sexual harassment policies, gets to join with Rich, her white male cohort, in attacking people of color, and if anything, engage in racio-misogyny (a phrase coined by Halima) against black women.<BR/><BR/>Hmph!PVWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12410310404539584350noreply@blogger.com