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September 05, 2005
Speaking of tribes . . .
Via Justin, I see that Bill Whittle has an excellent essay on the subject. Excerpt: Only a few minutes ago, I had the delightful opportunity to read the comment of a fellow who said he wished that white, middle-class, racist, conservative cocksuckers like myself could have been herded into the Superdome Concentration Camp to see how much we like it. Absent, of course, was the fundamental truth of what he plainly does not have the eyes or the imagination to see, namely, that if the Superdome had been filled with white, middle-class, racist, conservative cocksuckers like myself, it would not have been a refinery of horror, but rather a citadel of hope and order and restraint and compassion.It's great. Another must read. Read the whole thing. MORE: When individual initiative and responsibility are systematically undermined, and unhealthy forms of tribalism are encouraged, new tribes emerge from the ruins. Human nature is a tough nut to crack. UPDATE: Here's Nick Packwood: Read Bill Whittle for more about your real tribe and decide for yourself whose side you are on. It has nothing to do with with the colour of your skin, the people you fancy or even your ice cream flavour preference. It has everything to do with the difference between surviving the storm, dusting yourself off and getting on with it or watching the storm from a distance and cackling at how the sinful dead deserved their fate. posted by Eric on 09.05.05 at 12:38 PM
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His dualism: bunny-ear Pink vs. gun-metal Gray. The style of that! Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · September 5, 2005 02:15 PM I dunno. I really like the points he makes early on with the distinction between those who find excuses and those who do. But he wanders off into fantasy territory over 9/11. And his citing of Dave Grossman, the "Killologist" is a bit out of place, considering Grossman is one of those who chooses to blame video games for a rise in violent behaviour amongst the youth; an oft refuted hypothesis which stinks of the "pinkist" idea of shifting blame to circumstance and context rather than character. Overall, though, very cool. I will endeavour to fit myself more into the "grey" tribe of people. nic · September 5, 2005 09:15 PM This "Pink" vs. "Gray" dualism reminds me of Thomas Sowell's dualism of the Unconstrained vs. the Constrained visions in his A Conflict of Visions. I keep seeing tie-ins to that spectrumology of his. Whenever I think of "Pink" I keep thinking of wicked Wanda's "cute Pink room". "BLUE is for THIS girl!" dogmatizes holy Dawn. Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · September 6, 2005 03:55 PM |
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I have to say it. Next to Eric Scheie of Classical Values, and I don't know who else, Bill Whittle is the best writer in the blogosphere. It started with a series of comments he wrote on guns and freedom in Rachel Lucas's blog. His comments were so outstanding that Rachel posted them and then she helped him set up his own blog to write more such masterpieces, Eject! Eject! Eject! I continue to read him, and -- synchronicity? -- I was thinking of going over there to day, just around the time I saw this post. Thank you.