Will Shetterly's Blog, page 20

shared on May 4ths

The rich have to despise the poor. If they didn't, they would have to end poverty. - Rich identitarians are not interested in diversity based on class because they know the oldest rule of privilege: you don't socialize with the help. - It's harder for identitarians to create diversity because they try to include people on the basis of race or gender. If they tried to include people on the

shared on May 3rds

The CIA and the NED were much better at overthrowing democratically elected governments in the 20th century. - I could support any candidate who promised to give the ability to attack other countries back to Congress. - If wearing a cheongsam is appropriation, it is not appropriation from the Chinese working classit's appropriation from China's ruling class. - If giving people money kept

shared on May 2nds, shegetz and othering, more

I was just called a shegetz, which amused me, and more importantly, helped me see something that's obvious when written out: the first trait of racists is the use of insults that were created for the people they consider "other". The second trait, of course, is the use of coded language to allude to their insults. So I was pleased that this person avoided code and went straight for shegetz. -

shared on May 1sts

Can we have a 24-hour moratorium on fascist so most of the people who use it can look up what it means? - As the wealth gap grows, identitarianism in its left and right forms grows. - When people object to being mistaken for clerks, you know what they think of clerks. (I've been a clerk and been mistaken for one.) - If you can't make your point politely, you haven't thought about it

shared on April 30ths: a better name for SJWs, more

Sartre wrote, "Let us imagine that moved by jealousy, curiosity, or vice I have just glued my ear to the door and looked through a keyhole." He is imagining that he is Plastic Man. - Pretentious word of the day: oeuvre. When I see it, I think "egg" (yes, my sense of humor sucks). Some people love English because it has many words that can be used to adorn vapid thoughts. - I wish the

shared on April 29ths

Pet peeve: writers who make the heroes stupid so they don't have to make the villains smart. - Today, religious people tend to be tolerant of other faiths, while political people divide us into the saved and the damned. - If the Boy Who Cried Wolf was about Presidents, the people in the story would believe him every time.

shared on April 28ths

Reformers always find something other than capitalism to blame. For left identitarians, its "systemic" racism or sexism. For radlibs, its fascism. For conservatives, its "crony" capitalism. They wont name the beast because they want to tame and ride it. - Four male presidential candidates have indicated they will only consider women for a second-place position, I mean, vice president. -

shared on April 27ths

There is no justice in the world, so people like it in their art. Fandom provides the things that a church does, community and stories in which goodness and perseverence succeed. - A review of Endgame complained it is not a movie but a collection of moments. The writer is right, but wrong: Endgame is a conclusion to a multi-movie story. My main quibbles: Black Widow deserved more time at the

shared on April 26ths

Under intersectional imperialism, it's important to have the order to drop the bombs given by women or people of colorObama and Clinton made a great team. If Buttigieg wins the nomination, we'll finally have LGBTQ imperialism. - If you want to know who has an authoritarian streak, look at who opposes voting rights for all adult Americans. Theres no good reason to take away a prisoners vote.

shared on April 25ths

That socialists believe in "equality of outcome" is a conservative myth. Socialists believe in"from each according to ability, to each according to need." That is the opposite of equality of outcome. Socialists believe in equality of opportunity. - 5 Jobs I had 1. Cleaning dog pens at the age of 8 for 25 cents an hour. 2. Selling potato chips door-to-door at the age of 12. (Pay was a % of