[lbo-talk] International Topless Jihad Day

[Arthur Maisel]

These categories of invective/analysis are often found in clusters, but a
surprising amount of confusion is caused when they don't line up so neatly
on opposing sides. Thus one brand of anti-traditionalist disapproves of the
tactic (women showing breasts in public) of another brand of
anti-traditionalist, claiming that it only reinforces patriarchy. (From the
left, it looks as if this is especially true of the left, but that may be
an illusion.)

When you add the tendency of people not to listen very carefully to the
words of someone whose actions they disapprove of (the claim that Femen
thinks all Muslim women should reveal their breasts in public, for
example), you get one of the kinds of nonsense sadly pervasive in the
blogosphere. (Similarly, this mistake sometimes looks more characteristic
of the right, but it probably isn't.)

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:26 PM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:


> On Apr 9, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ravi: "Western imperialism"
> >
> > [WS:] Imperialism is an invective rather than a term endowed with
> empirical
> > meaning.  In a more figurative sense it is more or less equivalent to
> > calling someone an asshole, and in a less figurative sense it means "sour
> > grapes."  China calling US "imperialists", Tibet calling China
> > "imperialists" - you get the drift.
>
>
> Yes, pretty much what I anticipated in my message.
>
>         —ravi
>
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