Posted on 02/23/2008 12:23:57 AM PST by oioiman
In his new book, John Strausbaugh claims everyone in America has been "sissified," including the 2008 presidential contenders.
Feb 14, 2008 | John Strausbaugh admits that his latest book was written as an act of provocation. In Sissy Nation: How America Became a Culture of Wimps and Stoopits," a former editor at the New York Press who is now a frequent contributor to the New York Times argues that creeping "sissitude" has rendered Americans incapable of thinking for themselves or acting as individuals. Shooting from both hips, Strausbaugh assails both political parties, most of the 2008 presidential candidates, the obese, global warming activists, people who use iPods, religious fundamentalists, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush. The provocation seems to have worked, if the fight that nearly broke out in the audience at a recent "Sissy Nation" reading broadcast by C-SPAN is any measure. Recently, Salon asked Strausbaugh to explain how and why everyone in America became a sissy. The interview was conducted, sissy fashion, by telephone.
What happened at the C-SPAN reading? A fight broke out?
It was fun. There was a guy there, clearly not digging my stuff, which is great, you always want to have at least one heckler in the audience to liven things up. And he stood up and he was speaking his mind, which I thought was pretty un-sissy of him actually, but somebody else was like, "Oh, shut up," and they started going back and forth ... But in the end, we were all sissies and there wasn't a fight.
The term "sissy" is usually used in relation to homosexuals and women. "Sissy Nation" sounds like a book about hyper-masculinity. Why did you choose that title?
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If that’s the case, he’s the third best candidate left standing.
In Salon? Sorry, I might pass on in the night and my family and friends might open my computer accounts and see “salon” as an entry in my browser.
Then they might bury me face down, biting my pillow.
No thanks.
Just makes you want to go out and “slap someone silly.”
You mean whenever a Liberal opens his mouth, I assume.
ha!
yeah, reading Salon.com is for sissies.
Barring those two they will vote for the Mad Hatter(Obama)..
And a happy UNbirthday to you all..
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