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  • Why is the left vested in racism?

    Instead of seeking truth, the question an indoctrinated leftist asks, ''Am I offended?'' Economic variability across ''race'' is the major offence. Being offended makes the leftist a ''victim.'' Once the leftist has declared himself, herself or someone else a victim, then through Marxist reasoning, a victim can disregard rational thought and ...
    Posted to Politics by Ralph7 on July 27, 2008

  • My Samoan Mother Does Not Need Affirmative Action

    An AA surgeon, who got into medical school with lower aptitude, grades, test scores and abilities, should operate on my Samoan mother, even though there are better-qualified physicians! Besides your Native grandmother makes you a bigger victim than me with a Mexican (Aztec) mother, so you need AA more. However, I am especially needy, because my ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Ralph7 on June 28, 2008

  • Re: re Henneberger's latest

    Is ''hurtful'' the worst charge you can make? If we're talking about matters that are this complex, crossing lines of personal identity, economics, and social stratification bringing together different people experiencing different strands of history -- it's going to hurt to tell and hear the truth. 1) My parents are white collar workers who came ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Paula26 on April 16, 2008

  • Obama speaks for a pivotal moment

    Obama speaks like a Kennedy, he dreams like one and he inspires people like one. JFK represented a segment of Catholic America moving from the inner cities to the suburbs, one that no longer needed the parish system for protection or the exclusivity of catholic schools to preserve identity. The changes faced today by the African American ...
    Posted to Politics by jimd on February 4, 2008

  • Fetishizing authenticity

    Both SFJ and Carl Wilson are fetishizing a particular type of authenticity, because that whole upper-middle class college-educated yuppie thing is just as authentic as the rest of it. They both perpetrate the kind of thinking that keeps music criticism from evolving significantly from the early days of gonzo journalism, which was obsessed ...
    Posted to Culturebox by Paula26 on October 19, 2007