tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3583382174787435706.post6522478309576781721..comments2023-11-03T06:36:39.957-05:00Comments on Windy-Wisdom: Limbaugh and Beck - EPIC FAILRachel W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02003676005471057569noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3583382174787435706.post-74414652845981920432009-10-13T09:23:32.735-05:002009-10-13T09:23:32.735-05:00I think we're avoiding the fact that regardles...I think we're avoiding the fact that regardless of whether we are born inherently good or evil, we also are born into a group of socially constructed norms called race. These ideas turn into the way we see the world and relate with other people. When we turn on the news, 9 out of 10 crimes are shown to be committed by a person of color. This, like you said, removes the individual from the equation and rather places the responsibility solely on the race of the individual. I'm not saying it's right at all, but I'm saying that's the way it is, and it's impossible to escape grouping people together and making stereotypical statements about said group. If that's the world we live in, how can we counter that stereotypical worldview? I do agree that in an ideal world, we would judge people on an individual basis, but that's not where we are. We categorize everything and make judgments about those categories on order to make sense of our world. Self-loathing is a possibility for the powerful, but I also think a bit of self-loathing is good for all of us, I am Lutheran :)<br /><br />You do know it's difficult to argue with a judge, right?Rachel W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02003676005471057569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3583382174787435706.post-23002928971752092592009-10-12T21:38:14.367-05:002009-10-12T21:38:14.367-05:00By attributing motive by group, we risk a most dan...By attributing motive by group, we risk a most dangerous form of stereotyping of the sort that leads to self-loathing for the powerful, a denial of full moral agency to the weak and the denial of individual responsibility to both groups. No individual is therefore to be accountable for the evil we do to one another--and we can all continue live under the comfortable illusion that we are individually inherently good, it's just our group that's the problem. <br />MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3583382174787435706.post-74155163172384904752009-10-12T17:22:55.247-05:002009-10-12T17:22:55.247-05:00I would definitely categorize Olbermann in this gr...I would definitely categorize Olbermann in this grouping as well. Extremists seem to attract that most attention unfortunately. And no, I would not attribute every negative comment about past presidents by African American pundits to racism. Although everyone is racist in some way, I do not believe that the same dynamics are apparent when a white person degrades a black person as their are when a black person degrades a white person. It takes power to act on racism, and unfortunately, the power is still in the hands of white people.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3583382174787435706.post-27694799339824325662009-10-12T07:55:47.438-05:002009-10-12T07:55:47.438-05:00I doubt these media buffoons are worth an assignme...I doubt these media buffoons are worth an assignment, but, in the interest of even-handed buffoon exposure, I hope your professor also assigned Olbermann, who is no slouch at disrespecting Presidents with his name calling. <br /><br />Anyway, you seem to be getting closer to the truth about humanity in this blog. But do you attribute every negative comment about past presidents by African American pundits to racism? <br /><br />Martin (Sorry for the Anonymity: I don't know how to locate my URL if I have one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3583382174787435706.post-61490184748467883502009-10-09T07:49:47.616-05:002009-10-09T07:49:47.616-05:00Rachel, people are not only waiting for President ...Rachel, people are not only waiting for President Obama to fail, they are HOPING he will fail. They are working to see that he does fail, and they are willing to sacrifice what could be good for the country/world in order to see that it happens. Why? Because he might make the previous regime "look bad"?<br /><br />We should be working to build up pride and confidence as a nation, not fear and shame. But that's been the pattern for the last 16 years at least.SpiritSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10953906357015261492noreply@blogger.com