tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250954.post5528438171594589628..comments2024-03-12T02:18:53.121-07:00Comments on Molly'sBlog: mollymewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10608757779720671118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250954.post-51607839199819851532009-09-03T21:09:38.888-07:002009-09-03T21:09:38.888-07:00Sticks and stones may break my bones but names wil...Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. Knives, however, are a different matter entirely. <br /> I have little doubt that outside of the 'Cultural Studies' departrments of various North American universities and the political cults that all too often derive from them that people are calling each other nasty names pretty frequently. When "some" nasty names are forbidden in some social circles other names are used either as euphemisms or as "counter names" to describe the presumed enemy. Not being of the opinion that such nonsense has any political use whatsoever beyond the disruption of more productive political initiatives-to the benefit of the "powers that be" I pay little attention to it. My own experience, for what it is worth, is that "name calling" depends pretty much on the social context of a particular group and ACTUALLY would have little effect on the efforts of SKILLED organizers EXCEPT to sabotage such efforts. <br /> All that being said I detect a more than slight odour of bullshit about the claims made by the guy who has been granted asylum. Having actually ONCE been knifed in the leg (an unusual location during a mugging) and being able to handle it on my own (beyond winning the fight) without medical attention I SERIOUSLY DOUBT his claims of up to three knifings. <br /> I think that I have covered my doubts very well in my comments above, and I also stand by my suspicions of the "white guys are good guys" prejudice of our Prime Minister's appointments to the Board that delivered this absurd ruling. Further international comments have more than affirmed my own "moderate" comments on how much South African BLACKS have to fear from criminals in their country, and if asylum is to granted because of "danger" that pretty well EVERY SA BLACK should be granted asylum because they are in danger just from the simple fact of breathing and walking. I also very much stand behind my comments about our government's hypocrisy about trying to bar Mexicans and Roma from this country while claiming that whites in South Africa are a special case.<br /> Let me assure you that I have been an opponent of the "identity politics" that has hamstrung not just anarchist but general leftist organizing for decades for a similar number of decades. At the same time "the truth is the truth", and I stand by the comments I have made in the article.mollymewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608757779720671118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32250954.post-79293962114474915092009-09-03T01:23:32.926-07:002009-09-03T01:23:32.926-07:00Lots of white folks here in the US get called nast...Lots of white folks here in the US get called nasty names by black folks. (I know I have) And I know for a fact that many white folks do not trust the police here in the U.S. (I know I don't) It doesn't mean we're persecuted BECAUSE we're European, because we're certainly not. It might be different in South Africa, where we're the minority, but I doubt it.<br /><br />PS: Thanks for linkingRocktown Rebelhttp://rocktownrebel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com