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hey, I thought you might be interested in this video since you posted one about Utah Phillips a while back also.
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>> ^rustybrooks:
Libraries are for communists
which is why libraries are AWESOME.
BookMooch seems a lot like craigslist, an idea implemented by a geek, who already has enough money, to solve a problem that the market does not seem to be able to solve efficiently.
I'm using swaptree these days, which I like even better than bookmooch. It has 3 and 4 way trades, all media types, and it's basically immediate gratification, not accruing points.
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>> ^rustybrooks:
Libraries are for communists
which is why libraries are AWESOME.
BookMooch seems a lot like craigslist, an idea implemented by a geek, who already has enough money, to solve a problem that the market does not seem to be able to solve efficiently.
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this is *long
I like the content, but could not get it to play without freezing every 10sec, If it was not basically unwatchable, I would upvote.
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I have no research to back this up, but I do believe that living in a racist culture rubs off on EVERYONE, even smart, compassionate people like you, dgandhi (and Smibbo). I'm talking about subtle, internalized, culturally acceptable racism that you might not even recognize as racism if it were pointed out to you.
Take the NAACP for instance. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization dedicated to fighting racism, uses the racist term 'colored' in its name. The word was culturally acceptable at the time, but that doesn't make the implication that black people are 'colored' people any less offensive.
The issue with "colored" is not that the word is magically offensive, but that it, in the current cultural context is an anachronism to a time when people were considered property. Since the NAACP was named when this connotation did not exist, it is not offensive, because it lacks the context that would make it offensive.
I don't have a problem with analyzing the words people use to discover how they think, but you can't do that, such as in your example, when you disregard the context. Words are not racist, but they do, at times communicate, either intentionally or unintentionally, racist beliefs.
This is internalized racism, and I'd wager that even an intelligent, forward thinking person like you has internalized racism/sexism/classism locked away somewhere in your brain.
While I find your examples lacking I don't declaim internalized racism, I made the point to aknowledge that in my experience it takes forms more subtle then crass words. Sociologists do all sorts of studies to measure how much we undervalue certain members of our society, this is a race/sex/classism that benefits people in my privileged position at the expense of others. I have never turned down a job because I knew I got it over someone else largely on the basis of my race or sex, but it has happened.
My only real disagreement with your position is that the institutional form of racism, the one that gets me jobs other people are better qualified for, is more common and more difficult to deal with then the word play that you are focusing on. People in the anti-racist movement tend to call what you are talking about "bigotry" and the institutional form "racism", I think it confuses the issue when people equate racism with nasty words when it's most profound effect is on the inequality of opportunity.
It doesn't make us bad people, we are a product of our time.
Remain vigilant.
I agree that we should remain vigilant, that is why I wanted to mention institutional racism on your post, as that is the form I most often encounter, and people most often ignore.
I think you bring up a good point about environment. I lived on an Indian Reservation for a while and dog there ran wild, no owners and were often abused and riddled with disease. They acted different then more domesticated dogs in that if you turned your back they would charge you. Usually turning to them and pretending to bend down would cause them to scatter and regroup at a safe distance. For those dogs it was a harsh upbringing and survival was much more paramount then it would be for another dog.
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Just wanted to clarify some things you seem to be ignorant about. If a cow had horns it would not "happily impale" anyone. Cows are herbivores and have a lot of natural predators. It's in their nature not to seek confrontation with other animals. Most cows need to be dehorned anyway because the horns grow into the skull and eventually kill the animal prematurely.
Chances are that your friend who was once charged was doing something to the calf that seemed threating to the mother. After calves are weened mothers become significantly less protective. In fact unless a cow has a young calf I've never seen one become aggressive or defend itself from an attack. I say this because I've worked on a dairy farm since I was 5 and been a ranch hand for close to 5 years.
The cow in question was grazing with her calf in the jungle in Mexico. Folks let the cows forage in the jungle, they leave the horns on them, and according to the locals, the cows do kill things that mess with them. I was walking down a trail, saw the cows, didn't think much of it, until I heard this snorting/stomping, turned around, charging cow, horns pointed at me. I half hid behind a small tree on the path edge, stuck out my hand, made some WHOA! type sounds, and the cow stopped. She would scrape and snort in an obviously threatening manner when I tried to keep walking down the path where I realized her calf was. I ended up turning around and going the other way.
I submit to you that cows raised in a more hostile environment may be more prone to aggression then you are likely to see on a farm. I'm not saying she was a genius, I'm just saying she was not to be trifled with. This event is on the short version of my "If I hadn't noticed I'd be dead" list.
On your list of "racisms" I only come anywhere near the calling Christians Morons one, but I assure you that I reserve that for morons who happen to be Christians. While I do agree that we all have racism "issues" I find that they are more often systemic, rather then interpersonal.
Since I will be assumed to be more competent then somebody else because I am white, or male, or from an upper middle-class family I find the unaknowledged affirmative action of racism a much more prevalent form of racism then crass bigotry, which you seem to think everyone is prone to.
GH: I don't know if I'm the token vegan who needs to respond to your jab, but allow me to assure you that a cow who has not had her horns snipped would happily impale you, or a wolf any day of the week. I say this as somebody who was once charged by a horned overprotective momma cow, I would not mess with her.
P.S. since GH wants to eat others on the basis of intelligence how about everybody post your IQ/SAT scores so we know who to roast over the spit next
IQ: 135.
I have no research to back this up, but I do believe that living in a racist culture rubs off on EVERYONE, even smart, compassionate people like you, dgandhi (and Smibbo). I'm talking about subtle, internalized, culturally acceptable racism that you might not even recognize as racism if it were pointed out to you.
Take the NAACP for instance. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization dedicated to fighting racism, uses the racist term 'colored' in its name. The word was culturally acceptable at the time, but that doesn't make the implication that black people are 'colored' people any less offensive.
This is internalized racism, and I'd wager that even an intelligent, forward thinking person like you has internalized racism/sexism/classism locked away somewhere in your brain.
It doesn't make us bad people, we are a product of our time.
Remain vigilant.
Chances are that your friend who was once charged was doing something to the calf that seemed threating to the mother. After calves are weened mothers become significantly less protective. In fact unless a cow has a young calf I've never seen one become aggressive or defend itself from an attack. I say this because I've worked on a dairy farm since I was 5 and been a ranch hand for close to 5 years.
Now having said that I hope you'll realize that most the comments I make on this site are satirical in nature and have an exaggerated and dry sense of humor. And if cannibalism wasn't frowned upon in most societies that might not be a bad idea.
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On your list of "racisms" I only come anywhere near the calling Christians Morons one, but I assure you that I reserve that for morons who happen to be Christians. While I do agree that we all have racism "issues" I find that they are more often systemic, rather then interpersonal.
Since I will be assumed to be more competent then somebody else because I am white, or male, or from an upper middle-class family I find the unaknowledged affirmative action of racism a much more prevalent form of racism then crass bigotry, which you seem to think everyone is prone to.
GH: I don't know if I'm the token vegan who needs to respond to your jab, but allow me to assure you that a cow who has not had her horns snipped would happily impale you, or a wolf any day of the week. I say this as somebody who was once charged by a horned overprotective momma cow, I would not mess with her.
P.S. since GH wants to eat others on the basis of intelligence how about everybody post your IQ/SAT scores so we know who to roast over the spit next
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"reason":
I like how you are the new right-wing-nut hitting all the sift posts.
Chomsky is NOT as left as you can get, he's damn near "liberal" in the real sense of the word. I'm far more left then he is, even on a bad day.
I don't recall any reference to "gospel truth" (as if the gospels contained truth). He is only arguing that the overwhelming evidence supports a conclusion of conservative, not liberal media bias.
The US media and government are composed primarily of conservatives (Democrats) and neocons (Republicans). Anything centrist or even soft left is simply made fun of as left-wing, while anything hard left is never even mentioned. At the same time far right-wing-nuts get their own talk-shows and TV shows and end up as president. This creates a slanted left-right scale, where the center is called the left, and the left does not exist. Reality, being generally centrist, can be accused of having a "left"/"liberal" bias, you just have to pick the right(wing) scale.
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