I go through my life offending people. It’s a talent I inherited from my father.<\/p>\n
I wonder how I’d do with an MFA program in writing? I wonder how much there is an “This is acceptable, but that isn’t” mentality? I wonder how much there is such a mentality in book publishing? I know that George Gilder couldn’t find a mainstream publisher for his great book Sexual Suicide<\/em>. Most of the major publishing houses are heavily influenced by feminism. <\/p>\n If someone says to a highly paid public speaker after his talk, “That offends me,” the odds are ten to one that the complainer is a woman.<\/p>\n I struggle to not be emotionally blackmailed by other people invoking the “I’m offended” shtick. Feeling offended is a feeling and that is between you and your therapist. I don’t want to bend to it. <\/p>\n I will sometimes bend to it in a classroom or a workspace or in a living arrangement or some deal where we’re stuck together on a regular basis and I don’t want your aggravation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I go through my life offending people. It’s a talent I inherited from my father. I wonder how I’d do with an MFA program in writing? I wonder how much there is an “This is acceptable, but that isn’t” mentality? … Continue reading