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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Not to single you out, but trying to suss out the evolution of language [a 'lens' I like to apply, if you will]. But when you see allegations of things like racism, or bigotry, . . . expand it however you will, 'evil' 'craven' 'partisan,' whatever emotionally charged words you wish, does it have an attendant surge of emotion for you? Or is it like describing something as yellow, or liquid, or rambling, . . . terms less emotionally charged by tradition?
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A piece like that doesn't really get me up in arms saying, "****ing white man, keeping the black man down!" It gets me about as up in arms as conspiracy theories that the government created the Joplin tornado or pool is a "racist" game because it's a white ball knocking a black ball in a pocket. It's an amusing theory that I don't really take that seriously but find interesting. Which is probably why I'm not in academia and sucked at writing that sort of criticism.
I mean, I find stuff like "
Lady Gaga, the Illumanti Puppet" equally interesting, though it is based in delusions while the other is based on actual reality (albeit a politicized take on reality).