I was really psyched when I found out The American Prospect had signed up Brendan Nyhan, one of the leading lights of the narrow slice of the political blogosphere that's not nakedly partisan.
I thought maybe they were finally coming into their own, entering the pantheon of mature, worth-taking-seriously left-of-center publications along with The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, etc.
See, this is why I would have real trouble getting behind Hillary, even compared to another candidate that's closer to my positions on the issues - the woman has no conception of the value of personal freedom and individual liberty. On this and any other issue where she can score points with a not-even-trying-to-appear-genuine smile painted on her face, she'll posture for the cameras and talk about how if parents won't parent, the government should clearly be stepping in to handle it for them, and nanny the rest of us in the process. "It takes a village," my ass.
Hillary Clinton was born in an era with no violent videogames whatsoever - and yet, according to most everyone who's worked with her and no longer needs anything from her, she's an absolutely tyrannical monster in private. Perhaps we can allocate more CDC funding away from the important stuff to figure out where the federal government failed her as a child?
Liberaltarian expressed disbelief towards something I wrote earlier about Foucault and Butler where I'd been dismissive toward their philosophies and ways of thinking - I don't see that either of them have contributed anything of usefulness and substance to humanity's collective understanding.
Since I may very well be wrong, I'd like this to be an open forum - Foucault and Butler fans, what ideas have they advanced that you feel is in any way important or powerful?
When talking about ideas in this way, I think the best rule is to avoid proper nouns and allusions to other work whenever possible. So rather than saying "If you'd read ____________ by _____ and _____________ by ____, then you'd understand", go with "Foucault argued X, which is important for Y and Z reasons."
I'm genuinely curious, and ready to admit I'm wrong if you guys come up with something good.
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