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I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full Larry Send a noteboard - 29/01/2012 02:58:05 PM
"Unfortunately, straight white males are not usually very self-aware". Based on what evidence? It comes across merely as prejudice. (I wouldn't feel that strongly about it if I hadn't then seen her conversation with Amanda Rutter on Twitter, where she spent plenty of time calling her "Whitey", which enforced my opinion on this point.)

While I agree that there probably are many straight white males who (perhaps wilfully) haven't examined their opinions on such matters, I think that most of us today cannot avoid that kind of reflection. If we're interacting with the world at all, then the issue is constantly in front of us, and at least some soul searching will have taken place.


I'd say the evidence is widespread, in the simple comments one makes, the jokes told, the subconscious aversion when someone "different" walks along the same sidewalks or buildings, the stereotypes perpetuated on TV, etc. It's not something we're really aware of unless we actively try to think about it. It is, unfortunately, way too easy to overlook even with the media coverage of prejudicial affairs.

As for her comments, yes they are combative, but can one be racist when they don't have the full force of a social system behind prejudicial thoughts? That's been her point in several posts, when she's not lambasting someone for callous remarks by using heated rhetoric in return.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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The racist elements in Tolkien's writing - 29/01/2012 01:31:02 PM 2494 Views
She has some points, of course. - 29/01/2012 02:25:32 PM 1274 Views
Quite a few points - 29/01/2012 02:40:45 PM 1368 Views
Re: Quite a few points - 29/01/2012 04:59:11 PM 1132 Views
Mostly agreed with the article, but thought she undermined herself with her own racism. - 29/01/2012 02:50:11 PM 1341 Views
I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full - 29/01/2012 02:58:05 PM 1335 Views
I'm not bothered by the tone. Annoyance is justified. - 29/01/2012 03:03:07 PM 1273 Views
Re: I wish I could agree with you, but I can't in full - 30/01/2012 02:11:07 PM 1284 Views
Do you really believe that? - 30/01/2012 02:44:19 PM 1349 Views
Just read your Twitter convo... nice try, but looks like wasted effort. *NM* - 29/01/2012 10:37:08 PM 578 Views
Yes. - 29/01/2012 10:41:15 PM 1021 Views
Oh, also: - 29/01/2012 03:07:03 PM 1087 Views
Well, I'll be honest. - 29/01/2012 10:34:46 PM 1216 Views
Let me try to summarize some of her points with the invective filtered out, then. - 29/01/2012 10:48:24 PM 1411 Views
Thank you. - 29/01/2012 11:10:13 PM 1441 Views
What the hell, might as well go and play devil's advocate, right? - 30/01/2012 04:50:30 PM 1348 Views
I expected that. - 30/01/2012 05:39:59 PM 1246 Views
Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. - 30/01/2012 10:28:10 PM 1235 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. - 31/01/2012 12:39:46 AM 1134 Views
Re: Of course you did. I'm predictable that way. - 31/01/2012 08:38:46 PM 1178 Views
I <3 you, but there are several very key things we are not going to agree on. - 31/01/2012 10:02:22 PM 1598 Views
Oh. - 31/01/2012 11:07:52 PM 1242 Views
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Hmm? - 31/01/2012 10:10:22 PM 1168 Views
Yeah. I got to reading Encyclopedia of Arda just now, and it told me the same thing. - 31/01/2012 10:35:54 PM 1091 Views
As a sort of group answer (I've been mostly absent from forums the past two days) - 31/01/2012 10:45:55 PM 1432 Views
I don't mind if you tell me I'm out of line here, but - 31/01/2012 11:55:04 PM 1272 Views
I'm rarely ever offended - 01/02/2012 01:54:58 AM 1459 Views
She was referring specifically to the Twitter "conversation" I had with the blogger. - 01/02/2012 09:05:28 AM 1242 Views
Yes. - 01/02/2012 10:47:22 AM 1372 Views
It makes me wonder what she thinks is happening in Zimbabwe, for example. - 01/02/2012 11:13:11 AM 1409 Views
I've been thinking about that. - 01/02/2012 11:29:18 AM 1198 Views
Re: I've been thinking about that. - 01/02/2012 11:40:11 AM 1468 Views
We're nuts. - 01/02/2012 03:09:15 PM 1204 Views
I know that - 01/02/2012 11:15:48 AM 1262 Views
That blog post was mostly good, but the exception is a rather large one. - 01/02/2012 08:35:57 PM 1120 Views
Do you mean exception*S*? - 02/02/2012 04:27:03 AM 1192 Views
The Hobbit came out in 1937. - 30/01/2012 01:35:45 AM 1167 Views
She hates Tolkien's writings to begin with ... - 30/01/2012 06:34:29 AM 1309 Views
The tone of the article is massively annoying - 30/01/2012 06:45:19 AM 1346 Views
I laughed while reading it - 30/01/2012 04:30:50 PM 1215 Views

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