Blixa wrote:Stem, I'll make this quick since I'm preparing a lecture.
Heh…I hate to see what you think is long.
It is often very difficult to understand your posts.
Why of course. Most here are trying to read some nefarious agenda into them, on top of that, I ain’t the best/most skilled writer.
Partly, I think the difficulty is related to the "aw shucks" persona you sometimes affect (and recently seemed to have dropped much of?).
I don’t know what you mean by “aw shucks” persona. I don’t’ believe I’ve ever used that expression.
Partly, I think it has to do with your reading comprehension; you seem to read things too fast, or in "chunks," or in some other way which misses the boat. And partly, I think it has to do with your often impenetrable writing style. I'm not sure what the problem is on this one: sometimes it seems like you're just writing things really fast and not paying attention (there are often words left out of sentences, for example) and sometimes it seems like you have a great deal of difficulty constructing sentences.
Pep pep. I do type up these responses fast. And I do read things fast. I don’t doubt I often err because of that. Thanks for the obvious feedback though. Ppssstt.. I ain’t the only one who suffers from these things.
In this thread you have seriously misunderstood consiglieri and also seem to be unaware of the relationship between First Wave Feminism and the Abolition Movement: the comparison of the position of women and slaves is a long used rhetorical trope that has never meant to suggest the two forms of oppression were somehow exactly the same.
That surely comes off as condescending since I didn’t comment on this at all. But, be that as it may, cool. I can agree to this.
The American women's rights movement in large part grew out of the anti-slavery societies. The relationship between feminism and anti-racism is a complicated one, however, and beyond the time I have to spare at the moment to detail for you. Suffice it to say, there is a long history behind the metaphor consig and others were referencing here.
Cool. Whatever. It really has not bearing on my point, but…
You also conflate all historical forms of slavery with the international slave trade which made such an impact on American history. Thus, you present a confused understanding of the relation of race and slavery.
Nice try. That was Buffalo’s attempt in his rabbit trail with me. Perhaps you have a bit of a reading comprehension yourself.
Like I said, I'm pressed for time. I hope you don't think I'm merely condescending to you here, I'm trying sincerely to give you some useful criticism. I have considered doing this for quite some time now, frankly, because I've often been very puzzled by your posts and replies.
Well, I do appreciate the attempt. I find it only a little useful (I agree I can spend more time typing things up and reading closer, but I already knew that). Anyway, have fun in your lecture. I hope you don’t give them the impression that you will keep it short when in reality your short is the regular joes long-winded. (;
