tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7357373169141341443..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Why Republicans Admire PutinNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-57735722011379456662014-12-17T12:38:54.681-06:002014-12-17T12:38:54.681-06:00There is definitely a gender quality to partnershi...There is definitely a gender quality to partnership vs dominance. Riane Eisler made that connection in "The Chalice and the Blade." I think it also ties in w/ the eastern view of yin/yang.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-25862353250104670642014-12-17T11:43:22.803-06:002014-12-17T11:43:22.803-06:00I hadn't heard of this Jean-Francois Revel cha...I hadn't heard of this Jean-Francois Revel character before. So I've done some cursory learning. I'd like to say it was educational, but I already feel like I'm familiar with him. My oh my, please excuse me for bringing such juvenile talk to your comment thread, Nancy, but it really just sounds like penis envy to me. The fulcrum of that litany in Jonathan Chait's summary seems to my mind to be the words "too soft." It's all in there: fear of weakness, femininity, it means you're a pushover. Revel was wrong. History has shown us the internal dialogue characteristic of democracy, crises of conscience, infighting, remorse and guilt, are actually strengths. Democracies that endure learn how to withstand the internal storm, and turn into a valuable tool that gives us the possibility of self-improvement. It is the ability to say "We have a problem and must fix it." The Republic of France and the USA are still here. The USSR is gone. <br />What did not kill us, made us stronger. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488549160544951639noreply@blogger.com