And if you were mine, I'd be sufficiently spiteful to keep whatever you wanted to drink (including poison) well out of reach.
Urban v's the Commentariat
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I'm sorry but your historical illiteracy deserves no better quite frankly.
I have a long reach.
Not as long as it'd need to be.
Theisticle
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Oh man.
J Ed
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Describing people's views of conflicts in which the US is heavily involved as being 'Orientalist' for recognising US involvement (Venezuela is the 'Orient' now?) while viewing them through the perspective of a subculture of a subculture critiquing another subculture of a subculture. Welcome to the American 'left' in 2014.
No wonder the US army allowed her into Gitmo to do some sketches. Braindead idiot.
No wonder the US army allowed her into Gitmo to do some sketches. Braindead idiot.
Theisticle
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I had to shake my head at the stupidity. I don't think she really understands the term.
Theisticle
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It's also bollocks: of course people in their own countries can organise and protest but the sphere of U.S. influence is often too high to ignore. Especially in South and Central America. Look at Honduras in 2009 or Venezuela today.
Then again, I'd be suspicious of anyone who brags about the money they made off the Occupy movement.
Then again, I'd be suspicious of anyone who brags about the money they made off the Occupy movement.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I'm struggling to see what context orientalism is used in by musselpear
That whole blurb is utterly detestable without even taking your points into account.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
You're an arsehole who contributes little to this community. Fuck knows why you're still on here to be honest.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
She appears to be conflating the idea of a looking down on "alien" cultures inherent to much of "the west" with military oppression.
I wonder if she's syphilitic?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Because he believes that he contributes something.
Which he does. Apparently, he's helped a handful of Urban's many insomniacs fall asleep, through the medium of reading his posts.
Your failure to contain your rage refutes you a priori I fear.
Not as long as it'd need to be.
I'll be the judge of that.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Probably not. Just misinformed.
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Starry Wisdom
are you sure?
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Starry Wisdom
your failure to demonstrate anything other than your visceral need to piss people off undermines your claim about equationgirl's failure to contain her rage
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Rage is perhaps a little strong, Senior Librarian Model, but I was definitely pissed off at him.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
but why would you restrain your pissed offness or rage when dwyer's such a miserable little worm?
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Dwyer wouldn't know rage until it smacked him in the face, an event I suspect happens far too infrequently.
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Starry Wisdom
or until it stomped his nematode form into a mush
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
I'm not sure that Molly has quite grasped the ideas behind "Orientalism".
I would wager that she has monetized it, though.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
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Starry Wisdom
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
i see him more like this:
Is that something that got thrown up?
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Starry Wisdom
it's something that got stomped on
It's a paradigm shift which I prefer for the time being. How long that may be is anyone's guess.
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