Some things are more deservedly viral than others. This segment where the narrative gets away from CNN for instance. It appears Alisyn Camerota assembled a panel of Trump supporters for the purpose of affecting po-faced bemusement at each turn in their defense of Trump. I have a hard time believing she got anything other thanContinue reading “Show of Hands Schadenfreude”
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[reposted from years ago] An obnoxious, industrial version of what sounds like Wagner, reverberating at ear stinging volume and smothered by an overwhelming, testicle vibrating bass, has me cringing and cupping my hands over my ears. Ballerinas with shaved heads wearing brown shirts and black leather tutus are flitting toward me (somehow they manage toContinue reading
What’s in a Name?
In denying Robert Lee a desirable assignment because his name incidentally causes a (questionable) racial offense between two groups, neither of which he belongs to, did ESPN violate civil rights law? Lee is discriminated against by default: Asian man can’t do this (granted, very particular, silly-ass) thing, because it would constitute an offense upon blacks by whites. Well,Continue reading “What’s in a Name?”
Honor and Grace
From Dreadnought, Robert Massie’s history of the German-British rivalry leading up to World War I, an account of Lord Kitchener confronting Captain Marchand’s small, beleaguered French force at Fashoda, where they were attempting to establish a colonial outpost in defiance of Britain’s mandate for Egypt: Herbert Kitchener was a Francophile who spoke French well.Continue reading “Honor and Grace”
Police Tactics and Performance Art
Characterizing last Saturday’s “free speech” demonstration in Boston as a dangerous “white supremacist” gathering, opposed by principled, peaceful protest, is an open conspiracy. The conspiracy isn’t just open to public view, it’s open to public participation. The mayor and media’s histrionics prompted tens of thousands to turn out, as if to a casting call for a reality show whereContinue reading “Police Tactics and Performance Art”
Christians and Lions
I’m still at a loss to find what the Unite the Right rally organizers did that was legally or morally wrong. They are guilty of provocation. Antifa called their bluff. They should’ve known better. They hurt their own cause. All true. But they still did nothing objectively wrong. It’s astounding that in just half-acknowledging that,Continue reading “Christians and Lions”
Mondoweiss
Mondoweiss on the standard hypocrisy: Meanwhile, the same senators are united by their ardent support for a racist regime that is no less inspired by racial supremacy and an ideology that demands ethnic cleansing. All have signed on to a bill that would protect the state of Israel by imposing civil and possibly criminal penaltiesContinue reading “Mondoweiss”
Today in Dispossession
Yesterday at the annual Netroots Nation conference a white candidate for the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor was “de-platformed“, in-the-parlance-of-our-time, when a gang of black activists surrounded her and shouted her down, demanding we “trust black women.” Stacey Evans is a state House representative running for governor against Stacey Abrams, Who Is Black, Peace Be Upon HerContinue reading “Today in Dispossession”
Appropriate that which is Appropriate
It’s important to understand we’re in the appropriation phase of “civil rights”, a period of wealth confiscation and privilege transfer from white to non-white. From culture to commerce new terms and limits are being rationalized as necessary racial justice as professions, cultural domains and even physical spaces are carved out from which whites are toContinue reading “Appropriate that which is Appropriate”
Death Wish
The trailer for the upcoming Death Wish remake has me holding out hope Eli Roth flubbed it and made a good, relevant even, film. That hope got a little more slender reading Roth’s defense of it from the predictable anticipatory outrage. Like the original, the film can’t escape the charge it’s “fascist”: “…many on socialContinue reading “Death Wish”
untethered 