In case it is not clear that is my exact point, it is the issue and
the way it is addressed that is the only matter of importance. Erica
Brostoff
On 29 Jun 2010, at 22:39, Paul Duckett wrote:
> Re: reasons for not engaging on the list
>
> I worry that list discussants cannot post ideas without others
> taking those ideas as personally offensive, as personal attacks or
> as reason to make a personal attack. That is why I no longer post.
>
> Aren't the ideas and the work we must engage with on this list too
> important to be personalised? The discourses have existed long
> before we arrived and they will go on long after we have departed.
> So, the critique should be given and taken as against the
> discourse, not as against the discussant. The individualism rampant
> in the ideological systems we critique appears to have been
> permitted to dominant the way our list often engages in critique.
>
> If personalities rather than politics is allowed to dominate a
> community psychology discussion forum, then perhaps that is a sign
> that community psychology's time is up..... Any reply to this
> posting that resembles 'I am sorry you feel that way Paul...' would
> confirm that.
>
> Professor Floppy (my alter-ego)
>
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