I’ve been reading a bit of the reaction to this pulled ad, and have some thoughts. As a quick summary, the ad features jokes about people of color, Jewish people, gay people, and people of size, and is meant to highlight that for those who consider the first three jokes unacceptable, the fourth should also [...]
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Nobody Wins the Oppression Olympics (except the haters)
Posted by bigliberty on May 14, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/05/14/nobody-wins-the-oppression-olympics-except-the-haters/
Big dogs, and watchdogs, or: diversity makes us strong.
Hits count for a lot on the old internetz, but brother, they don’t count for everything. There’s something to be said for remaining critical and objective, but it’s not a trench in which to hide your biases while you fire at others. You’d think there’d be a low-tolerance for Baloney in the Fatosphere — I [...]
Posted by bigliberty on August 26, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/08/26/big-dogs-and-watchdogs-or-diversity-makes-us-strong/
Language as a Smoke-Screen
It’s long been accepted that political language is often filled with obfuscatory phraseology, meant to deceive people into believing one thing is true when, in fact, the actions behind the language imply the opposite. Vagueness in language is often employed in order to serve as a smoke-screen for deceit. For instance, take the following passage: [...]
Posted by bigliberty on April 8, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/04/08/language-as-a-smoke-screen/
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