circlebroke2 内の ThatOneSJW によるリンク SRD debates whether or not calling a little girl a bitch is wrong

[–]George_Meany 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I asked for an explanation and didn't really get one. I got the impression that this came at a moment when they were trying to clear out all the "SJW's" to make more room for "valuable discussion."

circlebroke2 内の ThatOneSJW によるリンク SRD debates whether or not calling a little girl a bitch is wrong

[–]George_Meany 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was banned for saying parents shouldn't hit their children. Go figure. "Flame baiting" they called it.

serialkillers 内の ElCholugo1 によるリンク Ripper-obsessed James Fairweather detained for double murder | 2 hours ago

[–]George_Meany 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Karla Homolka hasn't reoffended, neither has that cannibal in Japan - Sagawa (?) - so that would indicate than it is possible.

serialkillers 内の ElCholugo1 によるリンク Why Karla Homolka’s children will pay for her crimes

[–]George_Meany 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I do find it interesting that Homolka likely hasn't reoffended - as there's hordes of people following her every move. Since its been more than a decade, it seems likely that she won't reoffend. I don't know what to make of that, as I do think that she should be in prison right now, but it's something to consider.

circlebroke2 内の 2muchpreworkout によるリンク NEWS ALERT: rodditor doesn't understand art

[–]George_Meany 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not only that, but the other prof who offered to re-mark the piece was already sympathetic towards the guy's story and still couldn't find a way to give him more than a "C." That included 35/35 for "argument." It really was a horrendous piece of shit, I can only assume it got the mark it did because the prof wanted him out of the course.

todayilearned 内の LoathsomeSal によるリンク TIL of Cardinal von Galen, one of the first public figures to stand up to Hitler. For opposing the killing of the disabled, Hitler planned to kill him after the War.

[–]George_Meany 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's not true. The German public definitely knew what was happening - or purposefully closed their eyes and ears to the obvious. It isn't like all the camps were way out in the countryside. Work teams coming from Dachau would have been completely visible to the townsfolk, as would the smoke of the craemaetorium.

todayilearned 内の LoathsomeSal によるリンク TIL of Cardinal von Galen, one of the first public figures to stand up to Hitler. For opposing the killing of the disabled, Hitler planned to kill him after the War.

[–]George_Meany 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

"It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions and that their intervention has, for the moment, saved European civilization. The merit that Fascism has thereby won for itself will live on eternally in history."

  • Ludwig Mises

IAmA 内の macfound によるリンク I'm Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard Law professor whose expertise is Thomas Jefferson: his relationship with his slave(s), Monticello, more. I'm also a MacArthur Fellow. AMA!

[–]George_Meany 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Im not saying that slaves opinions would have mattered to Jefferson, I'm saying that they should matter to us. To sit back in the present and say, "Well, we can't fault Jefferson for his slave owning - after all, most people who were against it at the time were black, after all," would be the worst form of historical condescension. It isn't presentism to assess an historical event by the mores and standards of the time - and in this sense, that means recognizing the agency and ideas of enslaves Africans.

IAmA 内の macfound によるリンク I'm Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard Law professor whose expertise is Thomas Jefferson: his relationship with his slave(s), Monticello, more. I'm also a MacArthur Fellow. AMA!

[–]George_Meany 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

No, the other poster mentioned judging actions in relation to the context of the time. In the context of Jefferson's slaveholding, there were literally millions of people in the USA who viewed his actions as abhorrent. Looking back and say that they were correct and he was incorrect isn't "decontextualizing" anything; rather, it's just analyzing historical fact.

AskReddit 内の cheejudo によるリンク [Serious] According to Trump, he wants to "make America great again," when do you think America was great, and why?

[–]George_Meany 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

You realize many women were thrown out of work for the returning soldiers, right? Like, fired for being the wrong gender?

todayilearned 内の chameleon23 によるリンク TIL in 1959 Apartheid South Africa, the words "European" and "Non-European" were replaced by "Whites" and "Non-Whites" at Johannesburg Airport, because Americans tended to use the Non-European doors in order to distinguish themselves from actual Europeans.

[–]George_Meany 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

To what end did you end up studying Marx to conclude "it can't work?" I can't see any MA program accepting a thesis based on the question of "Was Marx right or wrong?" In fact, to think of the material in that sort of narrow way belies a fairly shallow understanding of Marxism - as it is much more than simply a series of prescriptive policy recommendations that either work or not. Most scholars that I'm aware of who specialize in Marx - even though who vehemently disagree with him philosophically, socially, and politically - would seem to have a much more nuanced view.

IAmA 内の macfound によるリンク I'm Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard Law professor whose expertise is Thomas Jefferson: his relationship with his slave(s), Monticello, more. I'm also a MacArthur Fellow. AMA!

[–]George_Meany 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

To pretend as though Jefferson's slaveholding was accepted by "almost everyone" at the time is a view that continues to dehumanize and disregard the voices of slaves themselves - who absolutely would not have believed that their treatment was fair and acceptable. Rather, millions of slaves in the US viewed their enslavement at the hands of men like Jefferson as a brutal, violent, and degrading institution. To ignore that in favour of only accounting for white, slaveholding voices that spoke in favour of slavery is . . . something else entirely.

But, of course, this isn't a pat, just-so answer that appeals to Reddit's white, male userbase who continue to think that taking any historical voices into account aside from people like themselves is "decontextualizing" history. The more I think of it, the more disgusting that comment is, actually.

IAmA 内の macfound によるリンク I'm Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard Law professor whose expertise is Thomas Jefferson: his relationship with his slave(s), Monticello, more. I'm also a MacArthur Fellow. AMA!

[–]George_Meany -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

If she believes that if wasn't sexual assault, than I disagree. There's a vast scholarly literature on the issue of sexual consent and slavery, with articles appearing in the Mary and William Quarterly, American Historical Review, etc. In that literature, the structural inability of black slave women to meaningfully "consent" to a white slaveowner is clear.

AskReddit 内の George_Meany によるリンク What is your most "un-PC" opinion?

[–]George_Meany[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Who's "Kaitlyn" Jenner? Do you mean Caitlyn?

AskReddit 内の George_Meany によるリンク What is your most "un-PC" opinion?

[–]George_Meany[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's not un-PC - SJW's think that everybody is racist, as science shows that even babies hold racial biases.

AskReddit 内の George_Meany によるリンク What is your most "un-PC" opinion?

[–]George_Meany[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Nuke the whales! Gotta nuke somethin'."