[lbo-talk] Re: Instinct

[Rotating Bitch]

At 03:03 PM 11/30/2005, Ylle wrote:
>At 02:12 PM 11/30/05, Wojtek wrote:
>
> >but I think the opposite is true - because our society is so homogenized,
> >streamlines and rationalized, having an identity is a way of standing out in
> >the crowd, drawing attention and yelling "look at me, I am special."  That
> >is why the main thing in adopting an identity is its shock value for the
> >targeted audience -
>
>Adopting an identity is not always about "shock value".  I dont identify 
>myself as a feminist or leftist to others to "shock" them.  Those are 
>identities.  And I think that most of the time it *is* about fitting in, 
>finding a place to belong.  Getting into "a room".   You may shock others, 
>depending on the kind of identity and who's looking on,  but most 
>identities we assume make fitting in the with the mainstream easier, and 
>they act as grease for slipping thru society.    Think of one of the 
>biggest battles in this society's present culture wars:  gay 
>marriage.  It's over allowing people who openly claim one identity, 
>unconventional/minority sexuality, to openly and legally claim another in 
>addition:  legal spouse, with all the good and bad that comes with it, a 
>fundamental identity to our culture.

You're trying to get through to someone who prides himself on being on the 
list, hoping to shock a homogenized left by taking the positions he takes, 
who revels in his outsiderness, and who's always reaching around, 
gumby-like, to pat himself on the back for it.

heh.

W.O.T.

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