tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post7542149091972803914..comments2023-11-03T06:08:34.011-06:00Comments on Third Level Digression: Finding Stephanie and fearing uncanny LammilyYahmdallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486390319031344611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-18366802628179594602015-02-09T22:26:02.232-07:002015-02-09T22:26:02.232-07:00Whisky, also a very good point. Probably one *I* ...Whisky, also a very good point. Probably one *I* needed to read/hear most of all.<br />Yahmdallahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-58707525211627274412015-02-06T13:41:26.010-07:002015-02-06T13:41:26.010-07:00I say, make 'em laugh. If you have an ideologi...I say, make 'em laugh. If you have an ideological point to get across, come up with the yuks. Otherwise you're just another funda-yokel-ist whipping up the choir. Case in point, Lenny Bruce and every stand-up he begat. Someone like that Bechdel gal and her "Test" -- brilliant, and of a piece with Bruce's line of inquiry.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-12748209144696154922015-02-04T08:25:38.990-07:002015-02-04T08:25:38.990-07:00I couldn't agree more.
To me ID muddies the c...I couldn't agree more.<br /><br />To me ID muddies the conversation. There are ways to address bigotry and inequality that have better results because they're more honest about the causes and solutions. Camille Paglia and Christina Hoff Sommers are two examples.<br /><br />Since ID has so many odd assumptions in its architecture, it doesn't prove useful in combating what it should.<Yahmdallahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-63135134677098835472015-02-03T11:06:11.963-07:002015-02-03T11:06:11.963-07:00Identity Politics, for all its awful abuses, does ...Identity Politics, for all its awful abuses, does serve one useful purpose: it focuses people's attention on the problem of cloistered groupthink. I remember some years ago watching a panel discussion about abortion on Fox News. The panel was five old rich white guys, who unsurprisingly concluded that women should and probably would cheerfully accept the loss of abortion rights in all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com