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...everything else, can only be demeaned if it is caricatured as a contest of black against white. And in our justifiable sensitivity to certain kinds of violence, we may blind ourselves to others. As it is, students are being taught in school that "patriarchal" is the worst kind of insult, and misogynists must be sought out everywhere. But what is the term for misogyny in reverse? It sometimes seems that we would rectify a long history of violence against women by simply engaging in violence against everyone: equal-opportunity abuse. And that we would seek to replace one kind...
...hangers wish to emphasize their right to offend freely, to rub in the fact of their privilege to insult. For better or worse, our response cannot be to shut them up. The insult now stands, neither to be obviated nor obliterated by the flag's forcible removal. Hopefully, those responsible will someday realize what they truly communicate. Regardless, if we can bring most other students to understand the communication, we may be victimized by fewer reckless and damaging assertions of "pride" and "rights" in the future. Ben Hansen '92 Helena Hansen...
...FACT that this insulting, unfair image of people who share my heritage has been prolonged for so many years is maddening enough. The fact that people ignore the endless contributions and serious problems of the Irish nation in favor of this stereotype adds further insult to injury...
Talvy's two worlds seldom mix she says. Most people on the show refuse to believe that she goes to Harvard, says Talvy. "I don't know if it's an insult or what," she says...
Tarr's glaring distortion and gross over-simplification of the conflicts in the Middle East and its peoples' struggles are an insult to all the people in the region who are living under the threat of war and destruction...