- December 26, 2011 at 7:28 pm | #33| QuoteIt relates to the false religion of postmodernism, whereby we can all achieve inner sanctity by embracing ‘the Other” in all of his petty differences. Of course, we still get to project our horribleness onto those who are genuinely other — like the white Africans. That is the benefit of belonging to this religion.
- December 26, 2011 at 7:33 pm | #34| Quote“Of course, we still get to project our horribleness onto those who are genuinely other — like the white Africans. That is the benefit of belonging to this religion.”-Exactly. And that’s extremely convenient, isn’t it? The Other becomes nothing but a space where one can enact one’s own dramas and conflicts. And when that Other fails to comply, the sense of outrage is huge.
- December 26, 2011 at 7:40 pm | #35QuoteYes-and unsurprisingly, it is a form of imperialism –only now enacted on a psychological level, rather than in broader physical terms.It’s interesting that the black Zimbabweans, whom white (but not black) Westerners require to hate me, rarely do anything of the sort. Most of the time, we are quite chummy. This shows they are not fulfilling the postmodernist, Western agenda for me.
Monday, 26 December 2011
Western identity politics is self-serving nonsense, most of the time
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