When I hear the word "appropriation", as if any ethnic group or skin color "owned" any activity, I basically stop reading and consign the argument to the dustbin.
This heuristic is staggeringly effective, proven by the times back In The Day when I read the whole thing to be sure I wasn't missing something insightful or relevant.
I wasn't.
Because that term - and its ilk - is cant, and cant used only by the sort of people who think it's both an argument and a compelling one.
When I hear the word "appropriation", as if any ethnic group or skin color "owned" any activity, I basically stop reading and consign the argument to the dustbin.
ReplyDeleteThis heuristic is staggeringly effective, proven by the times back In The Day when I read the whole thing to be sure I wasn't missing something insightful or relevant.
I wasn't.
Because that term - and its ilk - is cant, and cant used only by the sort of people who think it's both an argument and a compelling one.
Bet she hates yoga too.
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