Will the Left Survive the Millennials?

[Jacob]

For what it's worth, you and Hami seem to be some of the primary tut-tutters of languish. Barely a day goes by without one of you posting something you think tut-tut worthy or tut-tutting in an existing thread.

It's alright. Your mopey whining gives people something to talk about

[mongers]

For what it's worth, you and Hami seem to be some of the primary tut-tutters of languish. Barely a day goes by without one of you posting something you think tut-tut worthy or tut-tutting in an existing thread.

It's alright. Your mopey whining gives people something to talk about

Thought it's real thin gruel; doesn't exactly nourish the soul.

[Eddie Teach]

I love that fahdiz posted this on Facebook and Buddha started to argue with him that cultural appropriation is a real problem that needs to be combated.

I'd like to say hello to Fahdiz and Buddha, but I ain't going onto facebook.

Marty do me a favour, please, and say hello on my behalf next time you fellows 'speak'. 

Fahdiz will pop by when the Cubs win the World Series.

[The Minsky Moment]

The problem with cultural appropriation is that there isn't enough.

[Jacob]

The problem with cultural appropriation is that there isn't enough.

Culture? Or appropriation?

[CountDeMoney]

I love that fahdiz posted this on Facebook and Buddha started to argue with him that cultural appropriation is a real problem that needs to be combated.

Oh, they can handle Facebook but can't handle here?  Fling pooh at them for me, please.

[Valmy]

Buddha is a little touchy on Facebook. At one point she posted some really inflammatory stuff calling the Canadian Conservatives fascist monsters or whatever and some Languish member, think it was a Scandi, replied she was being unfair. She didn't take it well. I unfollowed after that. God bless her but if you are going to accuse everybody of being evil you at least should expect somebody to say 'hey maybe you are going too far there Buddha'.

[CountDeMoney]

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

[Jacob]

Buddha is a little touchy on Facebook. At one point she posted some really inflammatory stuff calling the Canadian Conservatives fascist monsters or whatever and some Languish member, think it was a Scandi, replied she was being unfair. She didn't take it well. I unfollowed after that. God bless her but if you are going to accuse everybody of being evil you at least should expect somebody to say 'hey maybe you are going too far there Buddha'.

She's been pretty clear, actually - she uses her Facebook page to vent. She's not looking for arguments or debates. Her FB page is not a message board for people to get their debating jollies. If you don't like what she posts, don't read her page - which you did, so good on you

CdM, the thing FB has over a place like languish is that everyone can moderate what they see. On languish, when someone deliberately trolls her she has to rely on the mods to step in, which we don't. On FB, she can block whoever she doesn't want to deal with. So yeah, FB is a fair bit better if you want a measure of control over the type and timing of BS you deal with.

[Razgovory]

I love that fahdiz posted this on Facebook and Buddha started to argue with him that cultural appropriation is a real problem that needs to be combated.

Oh, they can handle Facebook but can't handle here?  Fling pooh at them for me, please.

I did.

[The Minsky Moment]

The problem with cultural appropriation is that there isn't enough.

Culture? Or appropriation?

Both

[garbon]

The problem with cultural appropriation is that there isn't enough.

Culture? Or appropriation?

Both

Come this time next year, we're going to have so much culture and appropriation that you're going to be so sick and tired of culture and appropriation.

[Malthus]

I do think that "cultural appropriation" is one of the most foolish concerns ever dreamed up. What is the hoped-for outcome?

The notion appears to be that those historically with "power" not "appropriate" the cultures of others (the reverse is apparently okay).

Assume people actually did this, as they are allegedly supposed to. What's the outcome? It looks suspiciously like what the extreme right would like - those in "power" (presumably, Western Whites) maintain and practice "their" culture free of "contamination" by "others", while those "others" gradually adopt (or "appropriate") elements of the culture of the powerful. 

Why is this a good thing?

[celedhring]

I never got the hysteria over this to be frank. The history of human culture is one of constant appropriation, and we are all richer for that. If the complain is that such appropriation is somehow shallow and thus disrespectful, then well, welcome to 90% of pop culture. 

[Valmy]

Yeah I can understand we don't want the outright stealing of shit, but then we have ridiculously broad and eternal copyright laws for that.

But otherwise this seems weirdly similar to white supremacists outlawing jazz music. I won't say which ones did that, but you can probably guess.