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September 21, 2008
Do they really hate cowboys?
Noting Biden's attack on the "the cowboy mentality of the Bush-McCain era," Bill Quick comes out swinging in defense of cowboys: I like cowboys. They are one of the greatest American icons.(Via Glenn Reynolds.) Hey wait a second! How does Biden manage to get away with attacking the "cowboy mentality" in a DC suburb while simultaneously clinging to his guns in the coal-mining country? What he ">said to the coal miners was this: "I like that little over and under, you know? I'm not bad with it.."His words, not mine. And while I know he was referring to a gun, isn't it common knowledge among the enlightened classes that guns are phallic symbols? Geez. I don't mean to overanalyze, but as I've just finished attempting to comprehend what George Lakoff calls "biconceptualism," I'm like, all primed. I'm truly in the mood for what the PoMos call "subtext." And considering Biden's remarks, there's no way to avoid the fact that the subtext of the moment involves cowboys. I think that if we closely examine all possible facets and subfacets of this subtext, if we take into account the attacks on cowboys, the "cowboyesque" statements to the coalminers, the statement about liking "that little over and under, you know" and analyze all of this in the broadest possible spirit of "biconceptualism," it might be possible to come up with a new, um, frame.
Because deconstructing biconceptualism has to start somewhere. posted by Eric on 09.21.08 at 12:30 PM
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He is such an out-of-touch asshole. I can't speak for coal miners, but the farmers and oil-field trash with whom I circulate reject 'little over-and-unders' as elitist toys. Check the way they are marketed. Real men use semis or double-barrel in 12ga. dr kill · September 21, 2008 03:41 PM Dr. Kill, seconded that with a double barrel coach gun with external hammers. Blademonkey · September 22, 2008 09:56 PM Post a comment
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Don't you think that it's symptomatic of the 'Rats elitism problem in that they automatically ASSUME that "cowboy" is bad? Maybe in the salons of Paris and London. Maybe to those Europhiles in New York and San Francisco. But in most of America, cowboy is good.
Calling someone a "cowboy" is not an insult in real America. Equating someone with a romantic symbol of rugged individualism, tradition, and a willingness to quietly do one's duty with integrity, well, I guess I'm unelightened because I think most people consider that a compliment, not an insult.