----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelley" <kwalker2 at gte.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Civil Rights & Liberties or "White Privileges"? Re: Green Party official busted at gunpoint
> At 06:04 PM 11/5/01 -0800, Luke Weiger wrote:
>
> >Why not? Stupidity and ignorance are color blind.
> >
> >-- Luke
>
> art is neither stupid nor ignorant. you don't like his language because
you
> are offended.
I'm not easily offended, although I'll readily admit that I'm quick to dismiss those who continually varnish self-righteousness with an unbecomingly folksy veneer.
> poor oblate. is your backhanded swipe at art any less rude?
Less rude than what?
> does it engage him?
The tone and content of Art's posts show that he doesn't really want to be engaged. Remember the exchange on black nationalism a few months ago? The man seemed unwilling to accept anything less than complete capitulation.
> no, it's just a rude, nasty, childish little
> snipe that demonstrates that you're no better than anyone else here.
Lance hardly got a warmer reception...
> yet,
> you fancy that you are because you don't use sewer language
> and wrap yourself in a sense of superiority.
You're jumping to groundless conclusions.
> yes, there are limits. no, people shouldn't cry "i'm oppressed and,
> therefore, angry, so i can get away with being a jerk."
That's exactly the sort of behavior I think Art's engaged in here.
> nonetheless, it
> might behoove us to sit down and think really damn hard about what life is
> like in these here United States. what prompts the anger. why isn't it an
> isolated thing, peculiar to Art?
You don't have to tell me (or anyone else on this list, I would suspect) that real or perceived inequalities can lead to a great deal of anger and resentment. That doesn't mean the byproducts of that anger and resentment necessarily cry out for a thorough systematic analysis.
-- Luke