Comments on: Recommended Reads through March 10th http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: zuzu http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-199723 zuzu Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:18:51 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-199723 <i>the ones a la Lemieux</i> Yes. Well. I know how those go. John Yoo, anyone? the ones a la Lemieux

Yes. Well. I know how those go.

John Yoo, anyone?

]]> By: Lauren http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-199622 Lauren Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-199622 <em>If you call yourself a feminist, you should be able to hear a critique of sexism as a critique of sexism, independent of who you support as a candidate.</em> Agreed. Of course we've seen a lot of racism and sexism revolving around the Clinton and Obama campaigns, and many people are doing a far better job at extracting the meanings and motivations behind the bigotry than I could (which is why I'm basically just cataloguing the best of these posts). But the discussions that I'm likely to get involved with are the ones a la Lemieux in which it's declared that no reasonable person would find X, Y, and Z, either racist or sexist, especially if it makes the person's candidate of choice look bad, when many reasonable people obviously do. For the last three election cycles, I think I've learned more about the candidates and their supporters through meta-discussion (online and off) than I have from candidate websites or stump speeches. If you call yourself a feminist, you should be able to hear a critique of sexism as a critique of sexism, independent of who you support as a candidate.

Agreed. Of course we’ve seen a lot of racism and sexism revolving around the Clinton and Obama campaigns, and many people are doing a far better job at extracting the meanings and motivations behind the bigotry than I could (which is why I’m basically just cataloguing the best of these posts). But the discussions that I’m likely to get involved with are the ones a la Lemieux in which it’s declared that no reasonable person would find X, Y, and Z, either racist or sexist, especially if it makes the person’s candidate of choice look bad, when many reasonable people obviously do. For the last three election cycles, I think I’ve learned more about the candidates and their supporters through meta-discussion (online and off) than I have from candidate websites or stump speeches.

]]> By: zuzu http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-199171 zuzu Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:34:27 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-199171 I get so, so tired of people who dismiss what I have to say about the sexism aimed at Clinton because they assume I must be in the tank for her if I bring it up. No, I've just been on this planet nearly 40 years as a woman and I can see right through this shit. If you call yourself a feminist, you should be able to hear a critique of sexism as a critique of sexism, independent of who you support as a candidate. I get so, so tired of people who dismiss what I have to say about the sexism aimed at Clinton because they assume I must be in the tank for her if I bring it up. No, I’ve just been on this planet nearly 40 years as a woman and I can see right through this shit. If you call yourself a feminist, you should be able to hear a critique of sexism as a critique of sexism, independent of who you support as a candidate.

]]> By: zombie z http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-195988 zombie z Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:20:03 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2008/03/10/recommended-reads-through-march-10th/#comment-195988 Did that guy get eaten?! Crocs are definitely in my top three Animals Not To Mess With list (along with bears and sharks, because the three of those will <i>just eat you</i>, whether or not they are hungry). My fear of crocs & bears is bad enough I can't even watch Animal Precinct: Miami anymore because someone's always having to relocate a croc out of a botanical garden to a deserted swamp or something. Eeep! Did that guy get eaten?! Crocs are definitely in my top three Animals Not To Mess With list (along with bears and sharks, because the three of those will just eat you, whether or not they are hungry). My fear of crocs & bears is bad enough I can’t even watch Animal Precinct: Miami anymore because someone’s always having to relocate a croc out of a botanical garden to a deserted swamp or something. Eeep!

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