P.P.S. Perhaps this is what Solnit-Alkon-Jackson are all complaining about…..
….I get to be one of those ‘obnoxious’ men who keep going on-and-on-and-on-and-on about a topic. ‘Dominating’ the discussion.
And Solnit-Alkon-Jackson would rather ‘Crush into Silence’ such contributions.
Solnit, according Laughing Man, does what she complains men who won’t be silent for her does, i.e., projection, rattles on and on and on about something Solnit (1) cares a LOT about and (2) does as a matter of her very being, i.e., rants.
Solnit objects to people who won’t (1) listen to her and (2) accept, without discussion, what she believes.
Alkon comes along an objects. However, Alkon, and perhaps Jackson, do the same, themselves. More projection on Alkon’s part. Perhaps something different on Jackson’s part….we’ll see about that in the fullness of Time.
The point here is that Alkon is, in practice, no different than Solnit. Except Solnit does not have the advantage of ‘killing’ people at a social gathering. And therein lies the source of Solnit’s angst.
Alkon has the ‘satisfaction’ of ‘Crushing into Silence’ those who ‘misbehave’ in the presence of the ‘goddess’. Such temerity! These men who learned the concept of ‘maintenance of the objective’.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
P.S. Back to making dinner……just ground up 16 pounds of pork shoulder. Tonight? Grilled Garlic-Sage Sausage, with fresh lime juice squeezed over them. Heck. The temp is pushing 90°F. It’s Summer in mid-Spring here along the Front Range.
