Tag: Postmodernism
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Shang Chi and the legend of a movie review
I tried reading two recent reviews of Shang-Chi today, curious how this newest continuation of the Marvel franchise measured up. Unfortunately, I came away more mystified than enlightened, and filled with a sense of dirtiness I hadn’t expected to contract from a movie review. To be honest, I could hardly call what I read “movie…
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Anti-racist backlash
On John McWhorter’s fears of a backlash against anti-white sentiment I think this could have been put more simply. If you convince someone that everything they ever did for you voluntarily meant absolutely nothing, then there’s at least some chance that they’ll decide to stop doing things for you. And if you make it clear…
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Appreciation for civilization
Why do some people feel the miracle of civilization, while others take it for granted, feel entitled, or are dissatisfied? Thomas Sowell answered this question a couple decades ago. I think if you go from “A Conflict of Visions” and make the leap to Jonathan Haidt and “The Righteous Mind” you can figure out why…
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Decriminalizing theft
Recently in California lawmakers decided to stop prosecuting felony theft under a certain threshold. The move was hailed as a victory for racial justice, a very strange thing to say with all sorts of interesting implications behind it. Some people naturally wondered what the consequences of simply letting people rob stores, so long as the…
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Weaponizing archetypes
From a letter. I had a question. I dictated this in the car while driving, and I’m afraid it ran away with me. My real question is immediately below. All the background and why I’m wondering it follows. I was wondering how plausible you thought it might be to hypothesize that the archetypes are themselves…
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Rights and the new religious right
At some point rights groups became the new version of the religious right. They’re kind of like the temperance movement now, or the instigators of the “Satanic Panic”. That’s a funny transition to have made, for groups that centered themselves around advocacy for the sociological fringe. I suppose there’s a point at which, if you…
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Why fear differences?
People today, for all their talk of equity, inclusion, and diversity seem to be doing so because they’re actually terrified that there might be real, substantive differences between people. Much as the European reaction to nationalistic fears in the postwar period led to a drive toward the dissolution of borders and differences of nationality in…
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Diversity and estrangement
Diversity is real because differences between people are real. We aren’t all just some generic, interchangeable things. We have actual differences. And those differences are consequential. This is such an obvious fact that virtually everyone will defend it in their private lives, yet people often act publicly as if they can treat other humans as…
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On culture warriors
There are some pundits who are pushing back that are a little too aggressive for my taste. It’s not that they’re wrong, they’re often right as far as they go. But their reactions are strong enough that they become prey to being pushed too far into their own position, and into being too critical (and…
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On Camille Paglia and Christina Hoff Summers
https://youtu.be/zxWOsUOsDyU I love these women. I grew up surrounded by smart, confident women. You can’t help but love and respect them, even when you do disagree. They’re both a delight, but Camille consistently makes me laugh out loud. She is one of rhe most entertaining people you could possible watch. I think if there’s any…
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