I've been called a wigger, a redneck, and everything in between. I'm just a product of my environment and make no apologies for any appropriation that may have occurred.
Aug 25, 2023·edited Aug 25, 2023Liked by Christopher Cook
Out of all the made up issues we get shoved down our throats these days, this is probably the dumbest. And yea frankly evil as you say. Its really just another form of mind kontrol and an obvious bludgeon to foster more phony division. I listen to rap, but Im white. I listen to country but Im from the city. I love empanadas and curry, but Im of Austrian German and Welsh ancestry. Im a culture mutt (I dubbed the term Hood Hick as a joke) and Im quite happy with that. And honestly, I think living in an area with a monolithic culture would just be boring.
Absolutely. I know the saying is quite played out at this point, but I truly do judge people by nothing but their character. And to be perfectly honest, I am glad I do live in an area with all types. I really feel it made me a better person experiencing different 'cultures' from an early age. Probably would have been quite boring if everyone looked and thought like me, and definitely would lead to severe closed mindedness. People fear what they don't understand, that's what it really comes down to.
I heard recently that travel and new/diverse experiences causes new neural connections to form. Even if, at the end of the day, you want to live, say, in the countryside, where things are simple and fairly homogeneous, it's good to get out there and have a variety of experiences. Especially when young.
Definitely don't fault anyone for wanting to get away from it all, especially after recent years, but certainly can't just stay there and never leave the farm so to speak. I would love to live somewhere without a neighbor in sight, but I wouldn't be turning into an isolated hermit either.
You are completely right; the forbidding of cultural appropriation is evil and also idiotic and counterproductive. The people who are most hurt by its enforcement are often minorities who wold like nothing better than to sell their culture’s food, music, etc. to anyone who appreciates it, no matter their culture. Have you ever had anyone give you any halfway defensible reasons for why we should not appreciate and benefit from other cultures?
That is on the trans issue, but it's the same phenomenon. It's just group agitation to keep the grievance train rolling down to Power-For-The-Left Station. Western-Marxism-->Cultural Marxism-->Postmodernism. Postmodernism gave added justification with the whole "idea" that there are no truths, only interpretations and personal narratives. Then they weaponize that by making a bunch of college students insane and angry and aggrieved, who then go out and assault people for "appropriating" their culture. "Your personal narrative is grievance—now go out and SMASH!"
For that matter—have you heard any halfway defensible reasons for anything the left does or espouses?
Heck, even their anti-war stance was just a pose. In the 1960s-70s, they weren't anti-war, they were anti-draft (the protests dried up the instant the draft ended) and anti-anti-communist. In the 2000s, they were anti-Bush.
Now that they have power, they love war. They're even trying to start one with a nuclear power.
So even their putative anti-war stance, which might have been a good thing, actually wasn't.
I've been called a wigger, a redneck, and everything in between. I'm just a product of my environment and make no apologies for any appropriation that may have occurred.
Nor should you. Siloing cultures is a recipe for human misery and privation. Call the doctrine what it is—evil.
Out of all the made up issues we get shoved down our throats these days, this is probably the dumbest. And yea frankly evil as you say. Its really just another form of mind kontrol and an obvious bludgeon to foster more phony division. I listen to rap, but Im white. I listen to country but Im from the city. I love empanadas and curry, but Im of Austrian German and Welsh ancestry. Im a culture mutt (I dubbed the term Hood Hick as a joke) and Im quite happy with that. And honestly, I think living in an area with a monolithic culture would just be boring.
One of the greatest forms of diversity is from individual to individual!
Absolutely. I know the saying is quite played out at this point, but I truly do judge people by nothing but their character. And to be perfectly honest, I am glad I do live in an area with all types. I really feel it made me a better person experiencing different 'cultures' from an early age. Probably would have been quite boring if everyone looked and thought like me, and definitely would lead to severe closed mindedness. People fear what they don't understand, that's what it really comes down to.
I heard recently that travel and new/diverse experiences causes new neural connections to form. Even if, at the end of the day, you want to live, say, in the countryside, where things are simple and fairly homogeneous, it's good to get out there and have a variety of experiences. Especially when young.
Definitely don't fault anyone for wanting to get away from it all, especially after recent years, but certainly can't just stay there and never leave the farm so to speak. I would love to live somewhere without a neighbor in sight, but I wouldn't be turning into an isolated hermit either.
You are completely right; the forbidding of cultural appropriation is evil and also idiotic and counterproductive. The people who are most hurt by its enforcement are often minorities who wold like nothing better than to sell their culture’s food, music, etc. to anyone who appreciates it, no matter their culture. Have you ever had anyone give you any halfway defensible reasons for why we should not appreciate and benefit from other cultures?
No, I have never heard a defensible reason, for they have none. Do you recall my article that covers the history of why they do stuff like this? https://christophercook.substack.com/p/why-the-left-is-so-insane-on-the
That is on the trans issue, but it's the same phenomenon. It's just group agitation to keep the grievance train rolling down to Power-For-The-Left Station. Western-Marxism-->Cultural Marxism-->Postmodernism. Postmodernism gave added justification with the whole "idea" that there are no truths, only interpretations and personal narratives. Then they weaponize that by making a bunch of college students insane and angry and aggrieved, who then go out and assault people for "appropriating" their culture. "Your personal narrative is grievance—now go out and SMASH!"
For that matter—have you heard any halfway defensible reasons for anything the left does or espouses?
Heck, even their anti-war stance was just a pose. In the 1960s-70s, they weren't anti-war, they were anti-draft (the protests dried up the instant the draft ended) and anti-anti-communist. In the 2000s, they were anti-Bush.
Now that they have power, they love war. They're even trying to start one with a nuclear power.
So even their putative anti-war stance, which might have been a good thing, actually wasn't.
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