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Nah. I think it's just aversion to culture war. I know I get more than enough of my fill on Twitter.
by jdc 8y ago
Nah. I think it's just aversion to culture war. I know I get more than enough of my fill on Twitter.
- minikites 8y agoYour ability to ignore "the culture war" is the very definition of privilege.
- stcredzero 8y ago"Privilege" in Intersectionality seems to have all of the same semantics as "original sin" in traditional religions. However, it's most particularly similar to certain toxic fundamentalist religious formulations of inherited guilt, in that the concept is explicitly tied to race and ethnicity. (The "Children of Ham" in the Handmaid's Tale.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_bQTxNT-K8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_bQTxNT-K8 (EDIT: An anthropologist friend of mine told me about this story of a Jewish mystic and preacher who was also a travelling trader. As he was returning to a particular town, the residents recognized him and started throwing rocks at him. To this, he says, "Ah, good!" His companion asks why in the world would you say this is good? His answer: "Because it means they were listening!")