Category Archives for identity politics
This way lies fascism: an OUTLAW’s lament (cont.) [UPDATED]
TweetSo long as we’re talking about code words and “who decides” what interpretation is best, let me add a few points to help combat the creeping fascism that comes with certain ideas about how language works. To do so, let … Continue reading
Losing more slowly: an OUTLAW’s lament
TweetAs a follow-up to Dan’s piece on the (ironic, surreal, and — let’s just say it, profoundly Orwellian) shouting down of a “conservative” speaker looking to address the question of hate speech, I’d like to offer a few observations: first, … Continue reading
“Are Obama’s Friends Fair Game?”
TweetBari Weiss, WSJ: It’s not every presidential election that American voters are introduced to characters like former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers or Middle East historian Rashid Khalidi — both of whom, we have learned, Barack Obama worked and socialized with … Continue reading
Mr Bojangles, dance
TweetI wrote about it yesterday, but it certainly bears repeating: you conservaghouls need to find yourself a new token brother, one with a little bit of sizzle. Fo’shizzle, even. Because let’s face it: trotting out “articulate” types like Uncle Tom … Continue reading
Provocateurism, 7
TweetIn a way it was predictable — and I won’t deny that, on some level, I probably knew the issue would be broached — but yesterday’s post in the provocateurism series wended its way, in exchanges between author and commenters … Continue reading
Provocateurism, 6
TweetLongtime readers of this site have frequently encountered arguments in which I fasten identity politics to a form of soft, progressivist totalitarianism “PC” speech (which, we are often told with a wave of the hand and a gourmands’ sniff, is, … Continue reading
Provocateurism, 2
TweetLongtime readers of this site will recall that I’ve often tied progressivism (specifically by way of its philosophical assumptions) to totalitarianism, arguing that the resurgence of progressivism as a viable political force is, at least in part, tied to the … Continue reading
A Tale of Two (Multiculturalist) Cities, distilled
TweetDaniel Henninger examines the Democratic nomination battle and comes away with the idea that identity politics is something of a tar baby. Or maybe it’s a whore with a heart of gold. Pick ‘em, as they say: [...] the candidacy … Continue reading
The Colonialization of Kong
TweetIn light of feminist outrage over the supposedly RACIST! way some Vogue photographer posed LeBron James and Giselle Bundchen (LeBron being a man — and a Black man, at that — was too stupid, presumably, to notice that he was … Continue reading
Oh. And just in case people think I'm not still paying at least partial attention…
Tweet…this entire dustup over the use of “faggot” does nothing much more than vindicate every argument I’ve ever made on this site about how language functions — and about the dangers of allowing for the appropriation of hermeneutics by consensus-driven … Continue reading
