Comments on: American Aparthood

By: someofparts

someofparts — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:38:40 +0000

To me a conversation about legitimate authority would be interesting. Life without authority wouldn’t even work, but when is authority wholesome and when is it dysfunctional?

I don’t say that because I have any regard for authority per se, but because I wonder if cultivating and disseminating representations of healthy authority might not be an effective rhetorical antidote to authoritarian memes.

By: Glenn W. Smith

Glenn W. Smith — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:38:43 +0000

Yes, these not-so-subtle narrative subtexts are present, though by and large the mainstream media won’t go there. To them, racism isn’t racism unless it’s so obvious it can’t be ignored.

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:37:03 +0000

Blue Texan has the latest installment of Krugman!
On “This Week”, Paul Krugman Dispatches 3 Wingnut Talking Points on Auto Industry in 2 Minutes

By: MonkeyBoy

MonkeyBoy — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:22:28 +0000

The whole Dijongate flap had the subtext that as an inferior Negro, Obama was only pretending to be sophisticated because naturally he couldn’t be - i.e. he was acting uppity and would have been happier eating watermelon.

Thus any white guy eating a baloney and yellow mustard on white sandwich was still superior to Obama.

By: hackworth1

hackworth1 — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:16:07 +0000

And “you” don’t have to pay any taxes on any of it.

By: timr

timr — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:05:33 +0000

That is what Authoritarianiosm is.

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:03:44 +0000

The credit default swap, insured to make the investor feel better, but guaranteeing nothing.
Leveraging people’s fear of going to Hell is a growth industry.

By: timr

timr — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:01:34 +0000

The authoritarians on the right-old white men all-are afraid, not only of minority men, but especially of all women, white, brown or black. They are afraid that they will become a minority group shortly. The WASP minority is coming NLT 2040. As a second generation american all I can say is WHOOPIE. About damn time. Perhaps 50 or more years ago there were some white men who deserved to be leaders. However that was many years ago. All I see now are mental midgets whining about how people are not respecting them. They really want to go back to the days when the white male ruled while the wife stayed home and took care of the kids-all 2.5 of them-Personally, I think that they believed the TV shows of the 50s reflected real life. All the conservatives are scared, the brown people are taking over. They have no idea how to act to get all that (now) minority support that they desperately need to get reelected. Sure they have the 1 or 2 people who really want to be noticed by the white majority. Steele, Thomas, Martinez. Very few. Those who are associating with the thugs must hate themselves because they belong to a party that hates their race and all those in it.
Lets bring on the new majority, lets crush the rethugs like the roaches that they have become. Bring on the new masters, the Latinos, the Asians, the African Americans. After all, it was the white males that got us into this mess, so they should be the ones who get kicked out of power. Let them see how life is in the minority lane. Good bye and good riddance. Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.

By: Glenn W. Smith

Glenn W. Smith — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:00:31 +0000

Like a derivative?

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:57:56 +0000

Consider it… an investment in divinity.