Slow news today, or at least the sort of news I’m interested in. I’m also working on several ideas for posts on writing. Meanwhile, enjoy this news, like… uh, whatever this thing is:
Continue reading “DISUM 23-03-2018: Bad academics and watermelons.”
After each attack from the religion that shall not be named, the same ritual is played, the game of apologetics: blame everything except the murderer. At the very least, you should downplay its importance.
That only happens with that religion or movements that are considered to be oppressed, discriminated or otherwise marginalized. It is certainly curious to describe someone who has the power to murder hundreds of people, and scare a superpower into cultural, political, and military submission, as “powerless” but I’m not a leftist, so perhaps I don’t understand it.
Continue reading “Western apologists are Western ethnocentrists.”
Imagina que esta historia es real:
Andas tan tranquilo por la calle cuando un tipo, sin razón aparente, empieza atizarte a ti y a otra gente que pasa por allí. Mientra lo hace chilla algunas consignas que lo identifican como miembro de un grupo, y en el fragor del momento, mientras estás en el suelo recibiendo una tunda, se te escapan algunos insultos sobre la madre del desconocido, su etnia, raza, y especie. Luego, cuando llega la policia, le das la descripción del apalizador, y entonces el agente resopla.
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