Message from @TendieLord
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like the english and the irish
or the spanish and the natives of the southwest
or sauron and those god damn white trees
Those are one in the same though
American culture historically had more hierarchy than none at all
definitely
but the argument is that the past actions of those guys were naughty, so we shouldn't venerate them
Exactly
but it's not really about venerating their specific past naughtiness, it's more about the basic concept of knowing who your ancestors even are
Their actions were hierarchical
I see
the left would rather no one created identities they like from knowledge of their past ancestry
which, to tie in with your point, is a hierarchical act
but yes their specific actions were also hierarchical, which is an unpardonable sin
hey Amerika guys can I submit an article for publication
I'll write about this stupid statue issue
Also note that many of these statues are on public, not private territory
But the social media battle is being fought on private domain
hmm what do you mean by the second part of that
The crackdown on alt-Right dialogue is coming from corporations
I think that is very significant
Because it may disenfranchise many free market capitalists
definitely. the left becomes more and more corporate. did they feel so defeated after occupy wall street that they said "can't beat em join em?"
anti-corporatism could become a Rightist discipline
Much like environmentalism
The opportunity is certainly there for both. Despite his coke addiction and plagiarism, Zizek makes some good points one of which is that "freedom" is sort of an illusion if all your options are shit
the "freedom" and "small government" crowd get way too fixated on those principles specifically and it leads them into some contorted and compromised positions
They focus on theory and not on practice
Typical of ideologues and fools
Two groups which tend to be mutually inclusive
hahahaha
didn't he literally condemn these dudes
yeah, he did
see, trump is getting swarmed and called Hitler
he is guilty whether he did anything or not, so he might as well start up the grinders and at least enjoy the crime
at this point he will probably be killed by a leftist eventually
people are that butthurt, someone will try it
so he might as well kill all of them before they kill him
r/politics is sure he'll step down any day now