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July 07, 2010
Overcoming Diversity
I wish I hadn't been forced to watch this painful YouTube video showing Liza Minnelli hawking her wares on the HSN, but I did, mainly because a friend emailed me the link and beseeched me to get through it to hear a great line from a caller. Sure enough, at approximately 4:15 - 4:20 thew caller says: You've just come from so much diversity, and you've overcome it!Now, while I didn't especially want to spend my time pondering the meaning and looking for subtexts, the fact is that it is what I spend a lot of time doing. My first thought was that what the caller meant to say was this -- You've just come from so much adversity, and you've overcome it!-- but that she misspoke. I also allowed that adversity is a form of diversity! (which it is, if you consider the ADA and stuff like that.) But then my naughty emailer replied, And diversity is adversity!Still trying to be ever the diplomat, I emailed back, Yes, we have been through a lot!Well we have, haven't we? UPDATE: My thanks to Glenn Reynolds for the link, and a warm welcome to all! I hadn't given it much thought, but I'm now thinking that my reluctance to watch Liza Minnelli on YouTube might constitute "videophobia." Is that a disease that I can overcome? posted by Eric on 07.07.10 at 11:50 AM
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Why do we let women vote? What the hell were we thinking? Jay Guevara · July 8, 2010 06:54 PM Yes We Can build a http://www.NewNation.org YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN! DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH! · July 8, 2010 07:33 PM M. Simon · July 9, 2010 09:03 AM Post a comment
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So I believe I have discerned the consensus definition of the two terms, plus a bonus term, since this is "Classical Values." (Who still uses dictionary definitions, anyway?)
Diversity n. A decision by interest groups to cooperate in pursuit of a left wing cause.
Adversity n. the results of poor life choices. Probably caused by corporations.
Assimilation n. the discernment of universal conditions in human life that suggest the possibility of universal values. Widely considered a soul-crushing experience that negates the self. Also probably caused by corporations, or the suburbs.