tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post4903399454484776030..comments2024-03-29T00:24:13.128-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : The Real Handmaid's TaleDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6404241293791602472018-10-07T02:36:07.411-04:002018-10-07T02:36:07.411-04:00The error is in thinking The Handmaid's Tale i...The error is in thinking The Handmaid's Tale is about the men. The men are in many ways trying to escape the restrictions imposed by the old women just as the young women are. I came to this summation:<br /><br />It is a dystopian tale where evangelical Christians adopt Sharia law.<br /><br />It's mostly about old women controlling and dominating young, fertile women as a means for the old women to maintain their status as spouses of powerful men. Basically, the Bill and Hillary story with cosplay.JK Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-19991677978485413162018-10-04T14:55:12.462-04:002018-10-04T14:55:12.462-04:00Although I've only seen snippets of the 2017 T...Although I've only seen snippets of the 2017 TV version and remember the 1990 movie, I'm still struck by both of The Stepford Wives, in which the wives of men who moved to some town are turned into obedient robots when the men are inducted into the local men's club. The movie and the TV series predated The Stepford Wives by decades, but the anti-man theme was there, too. Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-10161210746647886102018-10-04T11:32:51.462-04:002018-10-04T11:32:51.462-04:00"If you want to find Gilead, don’t read a boo...<i>"If you want to find Gilead, don’t read a book, visit a college campus."</i><br />....or the "Democrats Senate ! <br />However, the Handmaidens' outfits are, at least aestethically, an improvement on the "pussy hats" : <br />https://littlenotesfromparis.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-end-of-pussy-hats.html<br /><br />Oh, and you remain one of the most brilliant writers alive ! Ritahttps://littlenotesfromparis.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-61829273754851848852018-10-04T10:16:20.286-04:002018-10-04T10:16:20.286-04:00I remember the 1990 movie of Handmaids, and I have...I remember the 1990 movie of Handmaids, and I haven't seen the 2017 TV version of the story. The two are very far apart in terms of tone and purpose. The chief concern of the 1990 movie was what happened to the woman's daughter after the border guards shot her husband and it's never learned what happened to the daughter. There was no overt political theme to the 1990 movie, but for reasons unexplained Canada was seen as the "escape to" country (though it isn't now, since it fires anyone who bad mouths Islam). Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-89032583153094859972018-10-04T08:42:19.064-04:002018-10-04T08:42:19.064-04:00'Waaaaaay back in 1990 I heard Juan Williams r...'Waaaaaay back in 1990 I heard Juan Williams read a Margaret Atwood poem and fell in love with her. I wrote her a fan letter, thinking that she was a genuine poet in pursuit of truth. I have since been disabused of Miz Atwood's authenticity as a poet. She is an authentic Leftist who flashes an honest expression when "honesty" serves her purpose. "Margaret Atwood, you broke my heart!" Londonbachhttp://www.thesupernaturalist.com/TEXTFILES/corpseofbeauty2.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-25324225506753818362018-10-04T08:27:41.783-04:002018-10-04T08:27:41.783-04:00great article and very truegreat article and very trueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265020525766662283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-65679673553164498112018-10-04T04:18:27.590-04:002018-10-04T04:18:27.590-04:00Do women have abortion rights in the Moslem world?...Do women have abortion rights in the Moslem world?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-73489568786748347382018-10-03T14:47:28.973-04:002018-10-03T14:47:28.973-04:00The reality doesn't matter. They BELIEVE that...The reality doesn't matter. They BELIEVE that Christian fundamentalists think and would act this way, and they act on that belief. It's like attacking Sarah Palin for things that Tina Fey had the "Sarah Palin" character on Saturday Night Live said -- they believed that was the sort of thing she would have said, so they attacked the real Palin (who was, admittedly, no prize) for what her parodier said.Major Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00517713211026600871noreply@blogger.com