Bhakti Vikas Swami's text to VNN

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I wrote:

 

> > I would never use the

> > term femi-nazi about any devotee.

 

Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja wrote:

 

> I'm perplexed. I really don't find that word so bad. To me it implies a

> somewhat jocular tone. But others seem to think that it's the worst

> possible pejorative there could be.

 

Maybe it is me who is to blame for reacting that a sannyasi uses such words?

I was an active anti-rascist before I joined, and that may be one reason why

I am especially sensitive to the word.

 

Maybe after being in ISKCON so long I

> don't even notice how heavy these terms can be. Your use of "fascist"

> doesn't faze me (maybe cos I really am one). What is the big difference

> between a fascist and a nazi, anyway?

 

Not a big difference in my vocabulary. I use the words fascist because there

were texts in the GHQ conferance which sounded fascistic. I know what that

means, and I am fighting against it.

 

One thing's for sure, purity alone

> isn't a requisite for surviving in ISKCON. A thick skin is also needed. A

> sense of humor helps also.

 

I have a sense of humor, and my skin has some thickness. But I cannot stand

misrepresentation of position, especially when it may encourage abuse of

others. And that is what I feel that the GHQ texts and those who represent

such views are doing. Encouraging abuse of women, trying to put them down.

And I cannot see that after all the past women-abuses that have taken place

in ISKCON. I loose my humor under such circumstances. And I fill fight

against it.

 

Ys

Jkd