Re. Barbie, Waco
posted by bitchphd
My own personal boss-lady comment re. the post below, since I do feel kinda responsible for the whole "official blog policy" thing in re. guest posters.
Yeah, I'm not going along with "Barbie" or with the idea that the right "caused" Oklahoma with Waco etc. I'll grant right-wing *rhetoric* some causative, or at least contributory, power, what with the anti-government, pro-gun crap, but by the same token you'd have to say the left was "responsible" for, I dunno, Susan Smith or whatever.
Violent, socially marginalized people will always latch on to the rhetoric that's available to them in whatever their historic moment, and their actions will always be interpreted within existing frameworks. Part of the *point* of this blog is to question those frameworks, not to accept them as a given.
Sorry, Nihilix. I Officially Disapprove of this post. Except for the point that yes, using horrific events for political gain is offensive--no matter who's doing it.
I do want to say, though, how important and appreciated Nihilix's posting about the protests in Minneapolis has been; this post isn't intended as a reprimand or anything, merely a clarification/correction.
Yeah, I'm not going along with "Barbie" or with the idea that the right "caused" Oklahoma with Waco etc. I'll grant right-wing *rhetoric* some causative, or at least contributory, power, what with the anti-government, pro-gun crap, but by the same token you'd have to say the left was "responsible" for, I dunno, Susan Smith or whatever.
Violent, socially marginalized people will always latch on to the rhetoric that's available to them in whatever their historic moment, and their actions will always be interpreted within existing frameworks. Part of the *point* of this blog is to question those frameworks, not to accept them as a given.
Sorry, Nihilix. I Officially Disapprove of this post. Except for the point that yes, using horrific events for political gain is offensive--no matter who's doing it.
I do want to say, though, how important and appreciated Nihilix's posting about the protests in Minneapolis has been; this post isn't intended as a reprimand or anything, merely a clarification/correction.
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Posted at 12:12 PM
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