The Knob is sounding awfully defensive. At a time when the rights of women and minorities are under assault, what's the problem with commenting on historic abuses? Old writing sometimes reflects the sexism and bigotry of the past, and present-day people-of-conscience often show concern for social justice when quoting it. So what? I understand the desire for flippant good fun, but if your rights to control your own body had been recently stripped away, would you still be so offended by a passing feminist comment? And how did a little-used term for social and racial justice become a derogatory catchword for the right?