tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post6764933267091748404..comments2024-03-28T21:09:45.625-04:00Comments on the daily howler: THE WAY WE ARGUE: Ben Affleck’s trio of bombs!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49289909836538162672014-10-16T02:58:34.354-04:002014-10-16T02:58:34.354-04:00In fact, he talks about it all the time. Even whe...In fact, he talks about it all the time. Even when he talks about the runup to it, it's to complain about the outcome of the election itself as justification for his endless droning: "It put George Bush in the White House. How did you like that?" You're being intentionally stupid. Or maybe not intentionally. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-40707695584540325172014-10-15T21:18:06.870-04:002014-10-15T21:18:06.870-04:00He never talks about the 2000 election. He talks a...He never talks about the 2000 election. He talks about how the press treated Gore in the runup to it. I'm not sure you would spot a fire in your own backyard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35756833753466254892014-10-15T14:43:48.035-04:002014-10-15T14:43:48.035-04:00Not seeing the personal anger that motivates Bob&#...Not seeing the personal anger that motivates Bob's obsession with the 2000 election is like mistaking the smoke for the fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-30809367772086341522014-10-15T09:55:25.954-04:002014-10-15T09:55:25.954-04:00Saying that Somerby's pet issue is the 2000 el...Saying that Somerby's pet issue is the 2000 election is like saying that when a gay person throws glitter, it is about the glitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44236080802449694562014-10-15T01:30:36.801-04:002014-10-15T01:30:36.801-04:00Of course you can fight racism by calling people n...Of course you can fight racism by calling people names. Name calling has its place in the public sphere. So does displaying passion about things that are important to you, things that piss you off.<br /><br />I remember, 15 years or so ago, thinking the gay rights people were too extreme, too demanding, not patient enough, too uncompromising, too loud, and so on and so on and so on. I look at what they've accomplished, and realize now I was wrong and they were right. If you want something, you fight for it. You namecall. You battle, scratch, scream, throw glitter, put yourself in front of snarling dogs, whatever it takes. Because other people see that and realize you MEAN it. Sure, it might not leave a good impression, at the time. But it leaves an impression. And that's the point. <br /><br />To a degree, it's a squeaky wheel sort of thing. To another degree, it's a signal to other people who share your views that it's ok to actually stand up for what you believe in. Of course, to Bob, it's just counterproductive, because it's not done over his pet issue: the 2000 election. If Affleck had pitched a fit over Al Gore's mistreatment in 2000, I guarantee you Bob would have been applauding him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-21771546147073987142014-10-15T01:07:15.085-04:002014-10-15T01:07:15.085-04:00Just to note that Maher has a history, of which Af...Just to note that Maher has a history, of which Affleck seems more aware than Bob S and to which Affleck was responding, as well he should have. <br /><br />I have no idea what Bob S. thinks his analyses accomplish and have lost interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-31403451274894010792014-10-15T00:58:19.578-04:002014-10-15T00:58:19.578-04:00I don't think Affleck is making that distincti...I don't think Affleck is making that distinction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88292921175623035202014-10-15T00:55:46.467-04:002014-10-15T00:55:46.467-04:00You can't fight racism by calling people name...You can't fight racism by calling people names. That doesn't change anything -- not institutional racism and not interpersonal bigotry. What annoys Somerby most about Maddow is her dishonesty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4991682091207509402014-10-15T00:44:36.765-04:002014-10-15T00:44:36.765-04:00Liberals should dig in and fight like hell over a ...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Liberals should dig in and fight like hell over a 15 year-old election. They shouldn't, however, fight like hell over racism. Or pretty much anything, although they should resent Rachel Maddow's smirk, or laugh, or whatever it is about her that annoyed Bob recently. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81068649953794514002014-10-15T00:21:04.864-04:002014-10-15T00:21:04.864-04:00I've sent Somerby my troll toll. I hope you do...I've sent Somerby my troll toll. I hope you do the same and don't weasel out of it by pretending I haven't ante'd up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34221692345306021032014-10-15T00:18:34.421-04:002014-10-15T00:18:34.421-04:00$1$1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-75205920117502053862014-10-14T23:32:25.556-04:002014-10-14T23:32:25.556-04:00@ 4:18 you are exactly right. He was relevant an...@ 4:18 you are exactly right. He was relevant and informative. That earned Bob a buck. What? You thought I was the asshole from yesterday or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11426435906457400112014-10-14T22:43:30.255-04:002014-10-14T22:43:30.255-04:00
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Might the book change my mind if I decide...DAinCA,<br /><br />Might the book change my mind if I decided to waste time reading an author who thinks that it's a good thing to include a racial slur in his book's title? Anything is possible, but I sure as hell don't intend to listen to this advice from someone who never checks his sources.<br /><br />And ya know, life is too short to read much crap from rightards no matter what color their skin. I did click through a YouTube video of Adam Carolla interviewing Starke, though. (I skipped Carolla yakking, which is most of it.) Here's the height of the man's wit. He keeps his daughter from dating boys with sagging pants by telling them that he has "a shotgun, a shovel, and an airtight alibi."<br /><br />Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.<br /><br />Yeah, it's more snark, which is actually more than it deserves. No one, me included, denies that there "dysfunctional" black people or that there are Muslims who commit mass murder. And if you think I'm capable of discouraging discussion, just consider that KZ is still pimping his spellcasting here.<br /> deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-51554492362286686482014-10-14T16:21:27.010-04:002014-10-14T16:21:27.010-04:00Criticizing a religion is not the same as bigotry ...Criticizing a religion is not the same as bigotry against its adherents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-57870523802543898242014-10-14T16:18:43.182-04:002014-10-14T16:18:43.182-04:001:03 PM, why did you award 11:15 AM a dollar? His ...1:03 PM, why did you award 11:15 AM a dollar? His comment was relevant and informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-62527137009636477862014-10-14T16:12:45.967-04:002014-10-14T16:12:45.967-04:00deadrat, as AnonymousOctober 14, 2014 at 2:30 PM p...deadrat, as AnonymousOctober 14, 2014 at 2:30 PM pointed out, it's a courageous book. If you read it, it might change your views. Starkes uses the N-word to denote the dysfunctional African-Americans, and uses the word "Blacks" to denote the larger subset that's functioning properly.<br /><br />Both deadrat and 2:16 PM responded with snark. I think that's because they don't have a good logical response They can't deny the existence of a dysfunctional African-American element. They can't deny the existence of Muslims who commit mass murder and saw people's heads off in the name of Islam. Yet, it isn't considered acceptable to talk about these groups. I think both of them are trying to discourage any discussion about these groups. In other words, political correctness requires that one be in denial.David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-40115217018071489382014-10-14T15:44:04.239-04:002014-10-14T15:44:04.239-04:00Actually a trio: you left out Anonymous October 14...Actually a trio: you left out Anonymous October 14, 2014 at 2:30 pm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29939137928988716142014-10-14T14:49:36.702-04:002014-10-14T14:49:36.702-04:00I don't think he jerks left. I think he jerks ...I don't think he jerks left. I think he jerks Californian. His odd beliefs about food and health are not shared by liberals in other parts of the country. He buys into some very wrong economic beliefs and he has very little empathy for people struggling (a non-left trait). He dislikes women and he makes racist jokes frequently, something I doubt a left jerking person would do (as much as he does). I really don't want to own him as part of my tribe (the Left Jerkers).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1718984765624590492014-10-14T14:44:31.004-04:002014-10-14T14:44:31.004-04:00You can have an objective moral underpinning witho...You can have an objective moral underpinning without religion. There is no difference in the moral behavior of religious and non-religious people, empirically. Religious people do seem to have trouble figuring out where non-religious people get their morals, if not from religion, but the answer is that we all get our morals from our culture and families, and all people have that as an influence on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-10095178765327176662014-10-14T14:30:36.350-04:002014-10-14T14:30:36.350-04:00$10$10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59723239098408592012014-10-14T14:30:04.241-04:002014-10-14T14:30:04.241-04:00I read the Starkes book as well and appreciated hi...I read the Starkes book as well and appreciated his courage. There are indeed cultures and religions that are better than others. The Christian religion in its modern and if positive influence in the world. The Muslim religion in its modern and mainstream form is not. Fundamentalist atheism and anti-theism are the most dangerous of all modern faiths because without an objective moral underpinning there is no reason for humans to behave in any particular manner with regard to each other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-89606343721270475462014-10-14T14:29:57.208-04:002014-10-14T14:29:57.208-04:00The Cleveland Indians used a racist stereotype in ...The Cleveland Indians used a racist stereotype in Chief Wahoo.<br /><br />Mike Hargrove is just a ballplayer from the early Boomerzoic Era nobody but a Boomer blogger would remember.<br /><br />Younger people don't care about them or Rachel either and keep informed other ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12170713901570810002014-10-14T14:16:50.951-04:002014-10-14T14:16:50.951-04:00Well, after we finally bring Jesus to those reluct...Well, after we finally bring Jesus to those reluctantly<br />dysfunctional African Americans, DinC. so their tax dollars are coming inb from the ghetto instead of going there to waste, perhaps then we can insist our petro dollars be spent by them Muslims on better cultural and value adoption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com