>What would be the reaction on the list were someone to write, reference
>Obama, "I hear he smells of watermelon all summera"?
Zizek says it would be progress (see below). But I'm a little confused about the watermelon/salmon conflation.
>The central image of evil that runs through this list is The Uppity
>Woman -- who must, whenever she appears, be crushed by overwhdlming
>blasts sof contempt.
Talk about gathering of skirts!
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D2C4.htm
>(Zizek): Another thing that bothers me about this multiculturalism
>is when people ask me: 'How can you be sure that you are not a
>racist?' My answer is that there is only one way. If I can exchange
>insults, brutal jokes, dirty jokes, with a member of a different
>race and we both know it's not meant in a racist way. If, on the
>other hand, we play this politically correct game - 'Oh, I respect
>you, how interesting your customs are' - this is inverted racism,
>and it is disgusting.