extra extra the new issue of Straw Man Weekly is out
Scorching insights here. All the people saying that Koreans and Indians are exactly the same should stop doing that. Owned.
Appreciating different cultures is good, but "making a fetish" of them—a wildly subjective term I just made up—is bad. Please take note.
We're not prescribing all these white authors *because* they're white, silly. They're telling common human stories! Why would universal stories need to come from more than one perspective?
"Some of Voltaire's best friends were POC"
Hear that? Stop grievancing so hard and just appreciate the Enlightenment's "high culture" why don't you
As usual it contains an "alarming" anecdote without any context. It certainly seems like this dude was placed on leave over a silly complaint, but are leftist students the only ones lodging silly complaints? Why is this case worthy of national attention?
There's been a yearlong steelmanning effort with the beliefs of QAnon and the people pushing them. There's some economic anxiety there sure, but there's also a lot of straightforward Republican and evangelical catnip religionnews.com/2021/02/11/sur…
Like, Marjorie Taylor Greene is not mad because we don't have universal healthcare
When "Brokeback Mountain" came out in theaters, nearly every mainstream reviewer called it a "universal" love story. It's not about gay people! It's about forbidden love!
In his now-classic review, Daniel Mendelsohn argues that "Brokeback Mountain" is not in fact a universal love story. It is about the specific experience of the closet.
We have no idea in what context these slides were given. "Try to be less white" could have been presented as an option and discarded. But even if it were straightforwardly presented... who cares?
It's so embarrassing. Companies regularly give anti-union trainings. Christian companies have religious content in their onboarding materials. But I'm supposed to treat this one like a national crisis?
Always take advice on helping the needy from people who have shown no previous interest in helping the needy.
A tactic recognizable from every town hall meeting about the housing crisis in history. "Don't do this incredibly easy, imperfect thing! Do this unrelated ideal thing instead!"