tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2901678385853272466..comments2024-03-28T09:32:00.337-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Adventures in Identity Politics."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83560235743681575212008-03-15T10:24:00.000-05:002008-03-15T10:24:00.000-05:00I think you pulled up short. His point is also WHY...I think you pulled up short. His point is also WHY they reak havoc, and WHERE ELSE they reak havoc. <BR/><BR/>We've had the gender and race cards played against us so often, there should be an equivalent of Godwin's Law created for them. Now, finally, its the liberals turn. Is it wrong to smirk at the thought of them being devoured by their own creation? <BR/><BR/>I think it'll be good for the country - HOPE and CHANGE - because maybe once liberals are victimized by their own race and gender politics, they'll be less likely to inflict it on us at work, academia, soccer games, etc.<BR/><BR/>Althouse: <I>It is "wreak," not "reak" (and certainly not "reek") havoc, in case anyone is puzzling over it</I><BR/><BR/>Yah, I backspaced over my "w". Spellcheck would have caught that.<BR/><BR/>Interesting response though...Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81420422461474386512008-03-14T23:37:00.000-05:002008-03-14T23:37:00.000-05:00Who could be more into "identity politics" than C-...Who could be more into "identity politics" than C-fudd, with his sweaty obsession with Jews, nattering on about "blood and soil" like his idolized media jockey Buchanan?Gary Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338791760274457388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67506894026704956812008-03-14T19:46:00.000-05:002008-03-14T19:46:00.000-05:00FLS wrote: "So white males are the most personally...FLS wrote: "So white males are the most personally responsible people?"<BR/><BR/>Not at all. Some of the most responsible people I know of are neither white nor male!<BR/><BR/>Rev. King chose non-violence at a time when blacks in America were being horribly mistreated and abused. That is amazingly responsible. It is awe inspiring.<BR/><BR/>Gandhi did the same sort of thing. The power of their character and self-control is amazing. I think that given the oppression they faced, their achievements and character are more sharply focused and stronger.<BR/><BR/>As a Conservative, I believe that personal responsibility is a more salient factor in success or failure than is race or gender.<BR/><BR/>Take the erstwhile governor of New York. (Please!) From a place of privilege, wealth, the best schools, being white AND male, and he threw it all away because of a lack of self control and personal hypocrisy!<BR/><BR/>I am not sure that coming from that background makes his failings worse, that kind of hypocrisy would have also proved the undoing of a Hispanic lesbian transgendered person too. Right?<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7299998585365513862008-03-14T19:37:00.000-05:002008-03-14T19:37:00.000-05:00Former law wrote about me: "If he was off on a tan...Former law wrote about me: "If he was off on a tangent, I apologize."<BR/><BR/>Damn ADHD, was I off on a tangent or trying to stay on task?<BR/><BR/>I THINK I was commenting on the end of the quote you supplied, but I know I make it difficult sometimes. <BR/><BR/>Sorry. And thanks for reading it and trying to make sense of it.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7485945271935711102008-03-14T18:26:00.000-05:002008-03-14T18:26:00.000-05:00I know you are, but what am I?I don't remember the...<I>I know you are, but what am I?</I><BR/><BR/>I don't remember the retort to this. I'm getting old.<BR/><BR/><I>Hey, we may have just summed up about 90 percent of discourse on the internets this weeki.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, the more things change, ...Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40963224824628854182008-03-14T17:42:00.000-05:002008-03-14T17:42:00.000-05:00Oh and if you haven't heard about designs for the ...Oh and if you haven't heard about designs for the summer you heard it here first, get shopping:<BR/><BR/><BR/>"It’s all about . . . the 1980s, design from Cuba, creative recycling, bear necessities, Bangkok’s sprawling metropolis, the designer Philippe Starck and more."<BR/>NY Times Magazinetitusgrandjetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02914109921570253694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34548979346716340392008-03-14T17:33:00.000-05:002008-03-14T17:33:00.000-05:00Good evening fellow republicans.How is everyone to...Good evening fellow republicans.<BR/><BR/>How is everyone today.<BR/><BR/>It is Friday, the start of a lovely weekend.<BR/><BR/>There seems to be quite of bit of anger here today.<BR/><BR/>Let's try and work on that.<BR/><BR/>All the talk of race and "ethnic" stuff leaves me feeling like a need to go out and get some chocolate or perhaps some cinnamin. I am getting a little hungry if you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>I went to Bikram (hot) Yoga today and the screamer was there. She is a big queen that groans and screams through the entire class. <BR/><BR/>I then went to open gym at doggy daycare and was there with all of the wifes and lovers of the Wall Street sect. <BR/><BR/>Next up I was at the gym for pecs and tris and a sit up class that killed me.<BR/><BR/>Finally I did a little of light shopping tryin to do my part to kick the economy back into place.<BR/><BR/>I got the cutest little pair of Puma Tennis shoes but the twist is there were designed by Jill Sander so it wasn't you average run of the mill Puma tennis shoes.<BR/><BR/>Next French Connection for a couple of cute little t's and an adorable spring windbreaker.<BR/><BR/>Next Armani Exchange where I got a fabulous pair of jeans, a couple of black belts and a funky little hat.<BR/><BR/>Next Burberry for a couple of sports shirts, khakis, and black sweater (can never have too many black sweaters).<BR/><BR/>And finally diesel where I picked up 3 pairs of jeans. Each jean has a different fit; one low waisted, skinny fit; the second low waisted loose fit and the third low waisted baggy fit. They all look fabulous. Waist 30-which I was very excited about today.<BR/><BR/>Now I am lounging around the loft, with the rare clumbers, reading the latest VF, french doors open, overlooking the fabulous city. <BR/><BR/>Weather wasn't bad today. Overcast but decent temps.<BR/><BR/>Wish you were all here, love ya, <BR/>have a great weekend.<BR/><BR/>Toodles.titusgrandjetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02914109921570253694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24315019065587011612008-03-14T17:21:00.000-05:002008-03-14T17:21:00.000-05:00"Am not."I know you are, but what am I?Couldn't re..."Am not."<BR/><BR/>I know you are, but what am I?<BR/><BR/>Couldn't resist. <BR/><BR/>Hey, we may have just summed up about 90 percent of discourse on the internets this weeki.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33643136982687164592008-03-14T16:31:00.000-05:002008-03-14T16:31:00.000-05:00Hoosier Daddy said... Where's Cedarford when you n...<I>Hoosier Daddy said... <BR/>Where's Cedarford when you need him?<BR/><BR/>I just heard him on the radio. No wait, that was Reverend White.</I><BR/><BR/>Good one!<BR/><BR/>Though white Christian and Jewish con men tend to gravitate towards the business community rather than the pulpit, and their religions are less tolerant of politicking during services, and their women do not generally tend to go off in emotional delerium and offer the Revs or Rabbis all the sex they want.....<BR/><BR/>Rev Wright, not White, is really not atypical in what he says and how much he gets laid from other black Revs. Even Saint Martin, Himself (who espoused the communist line in sermons his Main Man, Stanley Levinson, wrote for him after King explained the Jesus stuff to Stanley that would go with the anti-American text).<BR/><BR/>Wright's stuff could just as easily come from a long line of black Revs interested in making money and tapping bitches, including Lesser Saint Jesse. Many Black Revs operate in the open as Democrat Party bosses, use their churches for fundraising and voter indoctrination in a way that would get any white or Latino church, or Jewish synogogue stripped of tax-exempt status by the IRS. He is a little closer to the Muslims than most black Revs, though.<BR/><BR/>******************<BR/>I notice that progress in Iraq has toned down Freder's treason and anti-Americanism a lot. I'm not trying to goad him. I'm actually proud of him that he is not so oblivious he ignores the obvious.<BR/>*****************<BR/><I>One's "other" race or gender has been organized, thanks mostly to the Democrats and the Left, as a reserved, first class ticket to the taxpayer funded, government provided grievance relief banquet. And, not being satisfied with shaking down the taxpayers for unearned goodies, they've distorted education with their utterly destructive multi-culti programs, private life with their sensitivity training programs, athletics with Title IX programs, affirmative action and state-sponsored neo-paganism such as global warmism and earth day, to name just a few from a growing list.<BR/><BR/>It's a load of high grade steaming sh*t, and the fact this social cancer is now consuming the Democrat Party is spectacularly wonderful. I cannot begin to tell you how much I am enjoying that utterly stupid war - but they deserve every painful bloody minute of it - as a penitential down payment for inflicting that sh*t on the American people for the last five decades.</I><BR/><BR/>Absolutely GREAT venting, Tim!<BR/><BR/>I've got the popcorn broken out and am enjoying the show.<BR/><BR/>I'd add that this "whose identity entitlements are greater in claim to being President" doesn't just shovel that shit down simply Democrat Party throats. There is a world of discomfort in academia as black studies profs and womyn's studies profs employed in useless pomo work have to hash out who has more moral authority. In the liberal Jewish-owned parts of the media, where the whole race-gender-class narrative they feed to the lesser Americans may have to be rewritten. Activists judges wondering who they would screw over if it wasn't a victimized black or woman confronting a white male oppressor in court, but who would have the highest moral superiority and entitlement to judicial activism if Hillary-Obama or similar wars of identity politics make it into the legal arena, as they now threaten to. <BR/><BR/>And youth - after the euphoria of the Black Messiah or "We Need a Woman in Charge" wears off, young folks will begin to wonder why the two most unqualified candidates are the Dem finalists and how their victimhood stands up to a war hero who suffered a bit of victimhood himself...<BR/><BR/>Yep, popcorn and beer time. And next phase will be Obama showtime as he tried to distance himself from his "inspiration", the Black Reverend Wright....I don't think just putting out a general platitude that Barack objects generally will be accepted. He will be grilled specifically on matters like we are part to blame for 9/11, that our A-Bombs were terrorism, etc....which will finally pin the bastard down to stands on matters of war or peace he has avoided so far so he could have it all ways with the voters...Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5938935872814920812008-03-14T16:21:00.000-05:002008-03-14T16:21:00.000-05:00Beth said: Only a fascist Marxist liberal would th...Beth said: <I>Only a fascist Marxist liberal would think either man had gotten away with a crime.</I><BR/><BR/>Am not.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16119299459252301372008-03-14T15:58:00.000-05:002008-03-14T15:58:00.000-05:00Going to four different doctors to get scripts for...<I>Going to four different doctors to get scripts for 2000 painkillers in four months would seem to be prescription fraud.</I><BR/><BR/>Rush was behaving conservatively, taking personal responsibility for satisfying his drug addiction.<BR/><BR/>Just like David Vitter took personal responsibility for dealing with his constant boners by contracting with prostitutes.<BR/><BR/>Only a fascist Marxist liberal would think either man had gotten away with a crime.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5918129568666337182008-03-14T14:35:00.000-05:002008-03-14T14:35:00.000-05:00Racism is just that, racism. There is no such thin...<I>Racism is just that, racism. There is no such thing as "reverse racism."</I><BR/><BR/>An example of A=A not being a tautology. The first ``racism'' is taken broadly, so as to cover what you're talking about ; and the second ``racism'' is taken narrowly, so as only to include the negative pregnancy wanted.<BR/><BR/>The second racism, the one with the negative pregnancy, of course is racism against blacks.<BR/><BR/>The claim is that the second is the right handle to take hold of both.<BR/><BR/>So it's a claim, not a tautology.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11930758489652837042008-03-14T14:31:00.000-05:002008-03-14T14:31:00.000-05:00Latka Gravas, political pundit.Latka Gravas, political pundit.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34270717242793968622008-03-14T14:28:00.000-05:002008-03-14T14:28:00.000-05:00Identity politics is Marxist. It's rhetoric and i...Identity politics is Marxist. It's rhetoric and it's divisiveness don't fit into a liberal system.<BR/><BR/>So now legal studies and other groups are trying to change the whole legal system toward a Marxist paradigm.<BR/><BR/>And the more that happens the loopier it will get, and the more the Democrats will be trounced by the liberal (Lockean) rhetoric and ideology of the Republican party.<BR/><BR/>If Democrats do win in November we are going to get a landslide of increasingly MArxist rhetoric and legislation over the next four years.<BR/><BR/>And slowly the poisonous atmosphere of the universities will seep out of the universities and into government and business until there's a general collapse. <BR/><BR/>But if the Democrats are defeated this fall, I think they will slowly reassess their tactics, and start to be Lockean liberals again (where universal principles such as life, liberty and private property matter more than race, gender, and class).<BR/><BR/>Thank you very much.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17739863905102371672008-03-14T13:22:00.000-05:002008-03-14T13:22:00.000-05:00Hoosier Daddy-Well ya-and hell Pelosi and Gronstal...Hoosier Daddy-<BR/><BR/>Well ya-and hell Pelosi and Gronstal got nice tans don't they?<BR/><BR/>That counts for somethin'...in DNC land.<BR/><BR/>I think although the way they count and keep score...<BR/><BR/>Who knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50979630896151585172008-03-14T13:21:00.000-05:002008-03-14T13:21:00.000-05:00I assumed TM was addressing the point of Ann's pos...I assumed TM was addressing the point of Ann's post, which contrasted the Republican Presidential race to the Democratic one:<BR/><BR/><I>But it wasn't just Hillary driving the wedge into the happy good feelings of the coalescing Democrats. Krauthammer portrays the Republican Party as the passive beneficiary of ugliness on the Democratic side. But it's not as if the Republicans are above the fray. They are promoting the chaos. Now, I know they'll say that the opportunity only exists because the Democrats have so deeply invested themselves in identity politics, and indeed, this is the subtext of Krauthammer's column. The notion seems to be that the Democrats would have been better off if — like Republicans! — they'd ignored the race and gender issues all along.</I><BR/><BR/>If he was off on a tangent, I apologize.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33436633680393213462008-03-14T13:11:00.000-05:002008-03-14T13:11:00.000-05:00About as white as you can get.Yeah but they have a...<I>About as white as you can get.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah but they have a couple of chicks in there so they still get diversity points.<BR/><BR/>They only count as tokens if they were GOP.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87117486746125802942008-03-14T13:06:00.000-05:002008-03-14T13:06:00.000-05:00Oh hell let me make it easy for you and the rest-H...Oh hell let me make it easy for you and the rest-<BR/><BR/>Here is the link-<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.democrats.org/a/party/ourleaders.html" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/><BR/>Here is how it is entitled;<BR/><BR/>http://www.democrats.org/a/party/ourleaders.html<BR/><BR/>Who is pictured there?<BR/><BR/>Pelosi<BR/>Reid<BR/>Dean, Howard<BR/>Sebelius<BR/>Schumer<BR/>Van Hollen<BR/>Gronstal<BR/><BR/>About as white as you can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70080169437881116302008-03-14T12:59:00.000-05:002008-03-14T12:59:00.000-05:00former law student-You want to see something monoc...former law student-<BR/><BR/>You want to see something monochromatic?<BR/><BR/>Go look at the pictures on the <BR/><BR/>DNC Leadership page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17909189438107727022008-03-14T12:56:00.001-05:002008-03-14T12:56:00.001-05:00Thomas Sowell will be somewhat surprised.He wasn't...<I>Thomas Sowell will be somewhat surprised.<BR/><BR/>He wasn't on the ballot. My Republican primary ballot was monochromatic.</I><BR/><BR/>That's funny because I didn't see many conservatives on the Republican primary ballot either.<BR/><BR/>Or were you simply moving the goal posts on TM's original statement when it was clear he was referring to conservatives in general and not those on the GOP ballot.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73403150564042472522008-03-14T12:56:00.000-05:002008-03-14T12:56:00.000-05:00freder-Where did you "see" the word "hate" and "al...freder-<BR/><BR/>Where did you "see" the word "hate" and "always"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55679755791682139962008-03-14T12:51:00.000-05:002008-03-14T12:51:00.000-05:00being white and male, in this country is still a b...<EM>being white and male, in this country is still a bigger advantage than it is a disadvantage</EM><BR/><BR/>If true, I wonder if it has anything to do with something like two-parent families. But, I digress...Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75152143291899059522008-03-14T12:47:00.000-05:002008-03-14T12:47:00.000-05:00"being white and male, in this country is still a ..."being white and male, in this country is still a bigger advantage than it is a disadvantage"<BR/><BR/>Where do I go to cash in on that?Crimsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618292072861640747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20740448890940836212008-03-14T12:45:00.000-05:002008-03-14T12:45:00.000-05:00Thomas Sowell will be somewhat surprised.He wasn't...<I>Thomas Sowell will be somewhat surprised.</I><BR/><BR/>He wasn't on the ballot. My Republican primary ballot was monochromatic.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47837154141770829272008-03-14T12:35:00.000-05:002008-03-14T12:35:00.000-05:00Where's Cedarford when you need him?I just heard h...<I>Where's Cedarford when you need him?</I><BR/><BR/>I just heard him on the radio. No wait, that was Reverend White.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.com