Comments on: Dr. Gerald Schoenewolf’s article on political correctness

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:43:05 +0000

Mary – Go to the very end of the post, there is a link there with the article archived. Let me know if you can’t find it.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:21:57 +0000

The original article by Schoenewolf has been removed. I’d like to see it for myself. Does anyone know if it is mirrored anywhere? I haven’t found it.

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:13:00 +0000

The article is not retracted until a person with a real name, a person with authority to speak for NARTH, removes it and responds to the “duly noted” crticisms.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:30:00 +0000

Victimhood is not just a perceptual problem of the individual which he must “overcome” or “percieve differently.” If oppression exists, part of overcoming it is railing against the forces that encourage it, out of empathy for future victims.

David Blakeslee

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:19:00 +0000

It just gets worse.

Mike’s interpretatin of the article is a valid interpretation. The author is a psychoanalyst who views the world from the inside of his office and is completely oversimplifying complex social phenomenon: that oversimiplification is also biased against legitimate outrage against chronic injustices.

Accusing Mike of “scouring” the NARTH web page is troubling.

It exists to be examined and read.

David Blakeslee

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:07:00 +0000

Nice try. Well not really that nice. Do any of these people know how to say they are wrong?

Schoenewolf was not saying, “make the best out of a bad situation.” If that is what he wanted to say, he would have said it.

By comparing a family therapy situation to the slave traders treatment of Africans trivializes slavery. Are white slave traders, daddy? And the po’ black folk are the chillens? Read the entire article; it is scary. He makes an argument that the feminist, racial civil rights and the gay movements are all analogous expression of Marxist thinking.

By: grantdale

grantdale — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:38:00 +0000

David, it takes but one click from the article Warren posted to find Dr. Schoenewolf... we may be jumping to conclusions, but I suspect he is not African-American. You may also review his viewpoints at that site. Or elsewhere at NARTH. editorial board needs some work /snort! Why stop there?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:00:00 +0000

Before we rush to judgement about Dr. Schoenewolf’s motives (the article in question deserves criticism)…it appears he has written a book, The Art of Hating.

It appears to be psychoanalytically based and may be a better insight into his values on the role of hatred and ostracism than the brief article posted on the NARTH page.

Maybe someone is familiar with it as it is a recommended college text.

David Blakeslee

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:01:00 +0000

The doctor’s comments discredit him and his opinion in all matters. It makes it easier to see how faulty someone’s thinking can be when they speak frankly. It allows others to openly appraise their judgment and possibly their motives.

His comments completely obscure the issue of what is the correct action to take with children who have Gender Identity Disorder and whether it should be included in future publications of the DSM.

I would like to listen to him based upon his expert status (degree, licensure, experience), but his distorted and constricted understanding of American slavery of Africans gets him the “disqualification buzzer.”

Remember the Gong Show?

There is a great country western song that goes…”What was I thinking?!?!?” In that song a man driven by hormones drives himself into dangerous situations. What is the good doctor driven by to include such a troubling analogy? What is NARTH thinking by not editing it?

I do not presume to know someone’s heart, but I remember the bible verse: “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”

the doctor may have credentials and values and life experiences which may exonerate him (heck, he may be african american!). But his comments and theory discredit him.

NARTH’s editorial board needs some work.

David Blakeslee