tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3256401133561587810..comments2024-03-19T08:15:07.151-04:00Comments on the daily howler: THE OTHERIZATION RULES: Their prudishness now cast aside!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23803974802786726462022-01-27T02:02:55.625-05:002022-01-27T02:02:55.625-05:00It’s hard to find knowledgeable people on this top...It’s hard to find knowledgeable people on this topic, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks<br /><br /><a href="https://player.me/kelvinstewart/about" rel="nofollow">Player.me</a><br /><a href="https://linkhay.com/link/5074592/kelvin-stewart" rel="nofollow">Information</a><br /><a href="http://www.habotao.com/bbs/?143963" rel="nofollow">Click Here</a><br /><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/kelvinstewar/about" rel="nofollow">Visit Web</a>Cita Mayatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953229634606100288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44070918621299558692021-11-07T01:49:00.225-04:002021-11-07T01:49:00.225-04:00Sure. Except for that whole deceiving thing. Sure. Except for that whole deceiving thing. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-2027303691789377912021-11-06T20:12:20.832-04:002021-11-06T20:12:20.832-04:00Rodgers is the Laura Murphy of the NFL.Rodgers is the Laura Murphy of the NFL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26112623602677101892021-11-06T13:10:37.712-04:002021-11-06T13:10:37.712-04:00They never actually read the blog. They never actually read the blog. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-83722299813904232062021-11-06T13:09:55.807-04:002021-11-06T13:09:55.807-04:00Rodgers is emblematic of the times. He wants it al...Rodgers is emblematic of the times. He wants it all ways to Sunday. That’s a bipartisan condition. <br /><br />He tried to get off easy and finesse the media (and possibly his employers) and now that he’s been exposed, he’s pretending to have taken a bold stand for which he’s being persecuted. <br /><br />Please. <br /><br />(The COVID-19 vaccine came after Trump had left office) Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27971271645815596882021-11-06T12:23:22.510-04:002021-11-06T12:23:22.510-04:00"...to act rationally toward anyone who disag..."...to act rationally toward anyone who disagrees with you,"<br /><br />This isn't a matter of agreeing-disagreeing. Bots get their talking points, and they keep repeating them. As if you didn't know.<br /><br />"Laura Murphy was asking for something that parents already had the right to do."<br /><br />If that's the case, what's this liberal hate-fest is all about? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-74909601275908604702021-11-06T10:29:41.989-04:002021-11-06T10:29:41.989-04:00Wokeness has become the scapegoat for everything c...Wokeness has become the scapegoat for everything conservatives dislike about liberals. Even Somerby has fixated on wokeness in order to castigate liberals, much like his comrades on the right.<br /><br />For example, here is what Aaron Rodgers said in defense of his lying about being vaccinated (from Palmer Report):<br /><br />"Now Rodgers has made things even worse. Instead of taking responsibility for his lies, Rodgers has blamed the whole thing on — woke people. I kid you not.<br /><br />Sigh. This is a myth, just like Critical Race Theory being taught in elementary school is a myth. It’s bullshit, people. But this is what people who refuse culpability do. “I realize I’m in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now,” the liar said. Calling the backlash a “cancel culture casket,” Rodgers proceeded to say he was allergic to the vaccines.<br /><br />Rodgers also let it rip about NFL protocols saying in his not-so-humble opinion many of them were not, in fact, based on science."<br /><br />Obviously, wokeness has nothing to do with acting responsibly about the virus. It is just a catch-all term for anything conservatives dislike, much as CRT has become. When these words lose their meanings, there is little sense in trying to find such meaning in these situations. <br /><br />The left isn't being too woke. It is doing what it always does -- trying to change things that Republican don't want to change. Why so many conservatives would rather die than take a vaccine makes no sense to me, but it also has nothing to do with liberal wokeness or CRT or even with the left, since Fauci began trying to vaccinate folks when Trump was in power. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-10723804900188143782021-11-06T09:48:32.319-04:002021-11-06T09:48:32.319-04:00Laura Murphy was asking for something that parents...Laura Murphy was asking for something that parents already had the right to do.<br /><br />That is the tipoff that this was a right-wing political crusade and not a legitimate parental rights issue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-53712495925224386152021-11-06T09:00:23.916-04:002021-11-06T09:00:23.916-04:00The asses you confess kissing are in the 25%, dear...The asses you confess kissing are in the 25%, dear psycho-dembot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-9838798833257944782021-11-06T07:57:30.434-04:002021-11-06T07:57:30.434-04:00Not a soul on earth expects you to act rationally ...Not a soul on earth expects you to act rationally toward anyone who disagrees with you, <br /><br />It’s not about “poor” and <i>expletive</i> Laura Murphy”. It’s about establishing what Laura Murphy asked of the school board. <br />Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-53366314215031624642021-11-06T07:38:23.958-04:002021-11-06T07:38:23.958-04:00Poor Republican Operative (and Democracy rat fucke...Poor Republican Operative (and Democracy rat fucker), Laura Murphy.<br />Fortunately, she has braved the real world to set her child up for a successful career calling Liberals "snowflakes".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-38024349648252039532021-11-06T06:29:12.877-04:002021-11-06T06:29:12.877-04:00...I checked: according to Gallup, 25% of the popu......I checked: according to Gallup, <b>25%</b> of the population of the US of A self-identify as 'liberal'. <br /><br />Consequently, by definition, the remaining 75% are <b>The Others</b>. 75% of the population of the US of A. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-91435729096967827802021-11-06T05:19:15.382-04:002021-11-06T05:19:15.382-04:00Anonymouse 10:43pm, perhaps you should cut and pas...Anonymouse 10:43pm, perhaps you should cut and paste that disclaimer under every post here.,Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72006005157108083762021-11-06T05:12:32.495-04:002021-11-06T05:12:32.495-04:00Contrast the usual angry…personally impugning…hype...Contrast the usual angry…personally impugning…hyperbolic…screed of Anonymouse 10:33pm, with what Laura Murphy actually advocated. <br /><br />This is the contempt and malevolence that parents face for simply petitioning the people who derive a living via taxpayers. <br /><br />https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/campaign/578408-youngkin-features-mother-who-pushed-to-have-beloved-banned-from-sons%3famp<br /><br />While you’re at it, take a look at this. <br /><br />https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-woke-meet-their-match-parents-d7b<br /><br /><br /><br />Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44183701013669397172021-11-06T04:07:33.119-04:002021-11-06T04:07:33.119-04:00Nonsense. Everyone is "favoring free enterpri...Nonsense. Everyone is "favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas", dear dembot. To one degree or another. <br /><br />Even a total punk is in favor of privately owning his crack pipe. Although indeed he may not favor the traditional social norm of not farting at the dinner table. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-57436388243418191612021-11-05T22:43:15.842-04:002021-11-05T22:43:15.842-04:00definition of conservative (in a political context...definition of conservative (in a political context):<br /><br />"favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas"<br /><br />Of course there are conservative dogmas. There are also stories, memes, and talking points that originate on conservative media (such as Fox, OANN, Newsmax, Breitbart and talk radio) that become conservative dogmas.<br /><br />Liberals are not "total punks" and they are not conservatives either.<br /><br />When Somerby talks about The Others, he is specifically referring to Trump supporters, not generic conservatives. You should also differentiate Q-Anon believers, since they are their own brand of crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37035154895350041612021-11-05T22:38:15.919-04:002021-11-05T22:38:15.919-04:00Beloved was written in 1987.Beloved was written in 1987.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-91633695593508406062021-11-05T22:33:58.376-04:002021-11-05T22:33:58.376-04:00There are quite a few books with sex in them on th...There are quite a few books with sex in them on the lists of recommended reading as prep for the AP exam.<br /><br />My Antonia has sex in it. So does Black Boy. I think Lord of the Flies might give a kid nightmares -- it shocked me when I read it in high school. A portrait of the artist as a young man has sex. Jude the Obscure gets a girl pregnant. Anna Karenina is about cheating. Sister Carrie has domestic abuse. Brave New World has sex and drugs. In Grapes of Wrath, Rose of Sharon suckles a man at her breast to feed him her milk. Does that sound suitable for an 18 year old boy? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is perverse and very adult on the subject of marital intimacy. Catcher in the Rye has swearing and masturbation.<br /><br />So, out of all the classics that this woman might have singled out, full of sex and adult themes, she happens to choose the one written by a Nobel-prize winning black author because that author decries the way black people have been treated like animals to the point of behaving like animals? <br /><br />But Somerby pretends that Laura Murphy WANTED her son to learn about slavery, but not in the way black people talk about it, apparently. Beloved is every inch a great novel, in the same way as the others on reading lists, which also contain graphic depictions of things adults don't want to think about. And that's why this woman IS absolutely a bigot for singling out this book from a class that has its students read a number of books, including no doubt many of those with content just as disturbing to a sensitive parent who is not bigoted.<br /><br />It is not OK to single out just the black authors for removal a child's coursework. THAT is what makes Murphy a bigot. And that is also what makes Youngkin a dog-whistling race baiter. He chose Murphy's cause because of its claims about Beloved, racist claims because no similar books were attacked, and that was his means of assuring whiter voters that he was on the same page as they were about matters of race.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86310048451541976972021-11-05T22:15:09.553-04:002021-11-05T22:15:09.553-04:00"Also, your lizard brain is going to tell you..."Also, your lizard brain is going to tell you that none of this ever happened."<br /><br />So, if you don't agree with Somerby's mischaracterization of situations, you must have a lizard brain. Nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32038571945582729652021-11-05T18:45:31.498-04:002021-11-05T18:45:31.498-04:00“All through the past century, our band was willin...“All through the past century, our band was willing to limit itself to mocking The Others for their objections to books (and films) based on their sexual content. “<br /><br />This is ridiculous. <br /><br />Hollywood, a supposed bastion of liberalism, refused for years to show married couples sleeping in the same bed. <br /><br />Does Somerby really believe that no liberals were upset by such books at the time? That only “The Others” were?<br /><br />Does he truly believe that the efforts to block the censorship of Lady Chatterley’s Lover were based on mockery of the prudishness of the people who objected to the book? These efforts were based on a belief in the First Amendment, that books should not be banned by federal law. <br /><br />Somerby is just off the rails here. mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-91188359198807721892021-11-05T18:20:45.529-04:002021-11-05T18:20:45.529-04:00So you’ve countered Bob’s statement by saying he i...So you’ve countered Bob’s statement by saying he is a hypocrite. Does that automatically make his statement false? <br /><br />If you were to say that conservatives tend to make unfair generalizations about environmentalists would that remark carry the same gravitas as my making that statement? (And I do.) Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37763027586542041562021-11-05T18:18:07.524-04:002021-11-05T18:18:07.524-04:00“In recent years, however, our band has begun to p...“In recent years, however, our band has begun to perform a sudden vast interest in matters of race. “<br /><br />Sure, Bob. That 150 years or more of the progressive band’s interest in abolition and then Civil Rights wasn’t worth a mention here. mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55482725122366847442021-11-05T18:13:47.227-04:002021-11-05T18:13:47.227-04:00Dear Bob doesn't talk about any 'conservat...Dear Bob doesn't talk about any 'conservatives'. 'Conservative' is not even an ideology. There are no conservative dogmas, other than that radicalism is dangerous. Everyone who isn't a total punk is conservative, in one degree or another.<br /><br />It's perfectly fine to generalize about liberals. <br /><br />However, generalizing about <b>The Others</b> - those who are outside the liberal cult - is a completely different matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-28555936068138989802021-11-05T18:06:56.627-04:002021-11-05T18:06:56.627-04:00“During the 1980s, we even dragged out Frank Zappa...“During the 1980s, we even dragged out Frank Zappa to mock certain "Washington wives" for their objections to misogynist rock lyrics and video content.”<br /><br />This was, of course, the Tipper Gore hearings. As I recall, John Denver also testified against Gore’s efforts. Did he mock anyone? Doubtful. He presumably objected to the intended limits on free speech. <br /><br />Anyway, it isn’t clear that “we” dragged out Zappa. What? Liberals collectively dragged out Zappa? That’s a remarkably stupid thing to imply. He most likely wanted to testify of his own accord. <br /><br />What is all of this supposed to show about liberals? Wasn’t Al Gore at those hearings, supporting his wife’s efforts? Wasn’t he a liberal also?mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-57041267935323731372021-11-05T17:11:51.364-04:002021-11-05T17:11:51.364-04:00A balanced and reasonable post about the current t...A balanced and reasonable post about the current topic from someone who actually gives a shit about public schools:<br /><br />http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2021/11/replying-to-moms-for-liberty-what-about.htmlmhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.com