Nah... they were originally slaves that became ‘helpers/friends’ when that became unacceptable. The Dutch were intimately involved in the slave trade. Can’t wave that shit away. Also, all the helpers have the same names, Zwarte Piet... Often they are portrayed as stupid and ‘foreign’.
Supporting weed and subscribing to neoliberal economics aren’t mutually exclusive tho...
Stop. You know that your trailer/meth remark relies on classist stereotypes that paint rural folk with the same broad strokes. This shit is born out of attempts to dehumanize poor rural folk. For someone who supposedly is familiar with Situationist philosophy, and thereby attuned to class struggle, you should know…
Take your classist bullshit somewhere else. You may not like her disposal method - which is fine, and you are entitled to your opinion - but stop being an asshole.
I still think that Sansa just has way more of her mother in her then Cersei. Sure, she learned Southern politics from Cersei, Littlefinger, Olenna, etc. But her vindictiveness is more reflective of her mother than Cersei. When Catelyn was betrayed* by Ned, she took it out on Jon for the rest of her life. Was stone…
As far as I can remember, the volcanic island Dragonstone is on is barren. One reason Stannis was pissed at his brother Robert was that when he gained the kingship, he awarded Stannis Dragonstone, leaving their ancestral home to the youngest brother. Stannis wanted Storm’s End, not a rock. So nobody really wants it,…
Come now. Even if he did grow up in a double wide, no need to disparage that. That is some classist shit right there.
We can rightly disparage him for being a selfish hypocrite, who benefited from health care charity, which prevented his family from going completely broke.
Ha, that sounds familiar. The band I have seen most is Rancid, clocking in at 5 times. Still have a shirt that I am wearing to pieces. Wasn’t old enough for Op Ivy, but was given the gift of older cousin music that introduced me to the world of punk and ska. Still listen to DK, Black Flag, Violent Femmes, Voodoo…
Starred for Green Day hate.
I listened to a mix of punk, ska, hip hop, r&b, and house. Not all of it good, but some of it still holds up.
I’m leaving this everywhere because I was pissed at myself for not listening to the damn lyrics.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-90s-pop-band-secretly-sold-nazism-to-america/
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/26/ace-of-bases-ulf-ekberg-addresses-neo-nazi-allegations-_n_3161454.html
Just some Nazi-like tendencies. No hyperbole.
Gotta quit cold turkey.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-90s-pop-band-secretly-sold-nazism-to-america/
Amazing how those reports missed that the Finsbury Park Mosque won an award in 2014 for fighting against the kind of extremism that Cleric Abu Hamza preached. Tons of outreach work, and the only thing these clickbait mongers fixated upon was a extremist cleric who is no longer there.
No. Refusing to talk about it is a problem.
Yeah, sorry, I wasn’t very clear. I wasn’t saying you didn’t, I was just trying to show I wasn’t a rando who has no connections to the city. (My partner and my sister live there, I have lots of fam on the South Shore, and I lived in Worcester for years.) I’ve been in Canada for a while, so I make the drive more than I…
I don’t know where to post this, but since this article is about the oppressive whiteness of New England, I figured this is a good place to drop this.
I spend a lot of time in Boston, and while I wouldn’t say it’s more or less racist than anywhere else, there is a collective idea that because it is a liberal bastion that Bostonians can’t be racist. And when they ARE confronted with racist ramblings they are so unequipped to handle it.
Oooo, related:
People continuing to spell it ‘ye’ really bother me. I don’t care if it looks old or you think it makes you look well-read, it makes you look like you don’t know how to pronounce it. /end mini-rant
Capitalism takes different forms in different places. So definitely an American capitalism thing.
I would also argue that art is a conversation, and that it serves as a focal point for discourse. As you’ve acknowledged, the meaning of art can change depending on context. It is a tribute to the market’s resilience, but also to American capitalism. People don’t look at the market in the same way they did in the…
