Urban v's the Commentariat

[equationgirl]

captainmission I don't have the words to describe how wrong that cartoon is. I just don't.

 

[J Ed]

Put the horse people out to pasture

 

[J Ed]

who the fuck are white europeans in europe intrested in being decolonised by? romans? moors? celts? blacks? i haven't got a fucking scooby what they're on about.

Usually fash use this word re: Jews.

 

[frogwoman]

Usually fash use this word re: Jews.

Well yeah going on about a 'culture of place' etc.

 

[frogwoman]

Usually fash use this word re: Jews.

The guy who posted this is in an anti cuts group, I am not trying to be horrible but I literally think he posted it because he saw the word decolonization.

 

[fogbat]

Decolonisation sounds like a radical surgery for Crohn's.

 

[Brainaddict]

http://awakeningthehorse.wordpress.com/about-2/

That is bonkers.

Thanks for the laugh I feel like it is too niche/weird to be worth worry too much about any sinister connotations. I'd definitely have words with people posting it though

 

[Brainaddict]

Or maybe I'm being too cynical - are we just too removed from our cultural heritage to connect with our inner horse?

 

[butchersapron]

It's really just this person making posters.

 

[frogwoman]

He's deleted it now...

 

[goldenecitrone]

http://awakeningthehorse.wordpress.com/about-2/

Could be the sister site to wateringthehorse.com

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

how can you be a former co-founder? Surely once you've founded something you're a co-founder, that's it.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

 

[benedict]

Was just watching that episode last night on YouTube! Classic stuff. *nostalgic*

 

[agricola]

Well yeah going on about a 'culture of place' etc.

First horses, now fish.

 

[Bakunin]

Look outside the station - they'll be delighted to be woken up and handed the cold greasy remnants of your burger.

Cab drivers aren't delighted by free food and drink.

'Do you have room in your cab for 12 pints and a curry..?'

'Sure, absolutely.'

'BLEEEEUUUURRRRGH!!'

 

[andysays]

It's really just this person making posters.

What is with this thing of "re-awakening connection to your ancestors" and thereby "knowing your culture".

Even where it doesn't have fascist overtones, it still seems like a profoundly anti-modern, anti-enlightenment, anti-humanist trend. I'm not suggesting it's wide spread or becoming dominant or anything, but the fact that it has any appeal in the 21st century just amazes me.

 

[butchersapron]

It's because it's the 21st century - alienation in an individual consumers market of spirituality and pathetic attempts at community.

 

[butchersapron]

 

[chilango]

...in the absence of the sacred.

 

[SpineyNorman]

Awakening the Horse People serves people of European heritage (POEH) and others interested in decolonization by providing practical resources that can aid in decolonization, reconnection with ancestral lifeways, and re-development of an identity rooted in the culture of place.

You are invited on a most amazing adventure to find who you are and the people you come

What like the wandervogel?

Its only redeeming feature is that fact that the acronym POEH should probably be pronounced 'poo'. That's got to be worth something surely?

 

[SpackleFrog]

I've been thinking about this all day and the only thing decolonisation can mean in this context is getting rid of the influence/prescence of non-Europeans. Right? Or have I misunderstood?

 

[weepiper]

No shit. Does she want a fucking prize for this or something?

 

[andysays]

It's because it's the 21st century - alienation in an individual consumers market of spirituality and pathetic attempts at community.

I agree about the alienation bit, but a return to mysticism really is a pathetic attempt to find community.

Maybe more disheartening than amazing, cause I suppose it is just about explainable

 

[weepiper]

No shit. Does she want a fucking prize for this or something?

I forgot, she already got the prize for this, a successful journalism career despite never having been on the fucking sharp end of having to leave your kids to go to work to pay the bills.

 

[Fedayn]

No shit. Does she want a fucking prize for this or something?

She probably does yes. Or at least some accolades.

 

[rekil]

I forgot, she already got the prize for this, a successful journalism career despite never having been on the fucking sharp end of having to leave your kids to go to work to pay the bills.

Remember: having no children is an oppression according to The Wheel and priv off international rules, so step back!

 

[Theisticle]

LOL, fucking hell.

When I was unemployed all I wanted was a job or enough cash for something posh and tasty from Sainsbury's. When I finally got a job I wanted a better one so I could buy nice clothes and go on holiday. Then I started wanting a house, but despite the fact my boyfriend and I earn decent enough salaries this is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Do I feel thwarted? Yes. Am I angry? Most certainly. Will I be revolting? Probably not.

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-people-pessimistic-future-britons?CMP=twt_gu

 

[DaveCinzano]

Remember: having no children is an oppression according to The Wheel and priv off international rules, so step back!

I'm pretty sure that if Laura was to attempt to argue that to Weeps in person, it would result in a D-lock getting stuck in a face.

 

[J Ed]

LOL, fucking hell.


http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-people-pessimistic-future-britons?CMP=twt_gu

I wonder if she is including herself in..

Sometimes older people, especially on the left, forget that young Britons lack any kind of political education. Yet as a demographic we are woefully ill-informed of even basic political structures, let alone things like socialism or feminism