On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Robert Naiman <[email protected] > wrote:
> I'm not saying that Katha P. doesn't have a point. I think she does have a > point; mocking the irrational exuberance of pure libertarianism is fair > game. But I think that in a context of unnecessary, heavy-handed state > coercion, one ought to keep some perspective. Academics aren't raping women > in jail. Police are. Which should be the greater focus of our outrage? > This is precisely Politt's point: that many on the Left (most recently Melissa Gira Grant) are spending a lot of mis-directed energy engaging in an academic debate with mostly imaginary opponents. I mean, can you name even one person who actually disputes the idea that sex workers are workers? -raghu.
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