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Why some people can't make decisions
Poor people are much poorer than you think
The Most Hated Man In Israel
Why we choke under pressure
The danger of a single story
On an article full of faked outrage.
And this lovely piece of sexism and misogyny.
"My name is James, I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists, as unprofessional and likely as homophobes, racists or bigots of some sort…"
(The article is a description of his own particular brand of asshole. You know, if you don't want CNN and others portraying you as an unprofessional crazy bigot, try acting professional.)
Why some people can't make decisions
Poor people are much poorer than you think
The Most Hated Man In Israel
Why we choke under pressure
The danger of a single story
On an article full of faked outrage.
And this lovely piece of sexism and misogyny.
"My name is James, I work in video activism and journalism. I've been approached by CNN for an interview where I know what their angle is: they want to portray me and my friends as crazies, as non-journalists, as unprofessional and likely as homophobes, racists or bigots of some sort…"
(The article is a description of his own particular brand of asshole. You know, if you don't want CNN and others portraying you as an unprofessional crazy bigot, try acting professional.)
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Date: 2010-10-02 08:17 am (UTC)I love Adichie's subversion of the eat your dinner trope. If indeed it even was intended to be a subversion...
The wealth chart makes me think of that passage in The Screwtape Letters about the best demons being the ones who get people to decry the vice they have the least of and encourage the virtues that are already in vicious excess, cranking up the fire hose to put out a flood in the basement or some such. If only there were a quick way to show that "wealth redistribution" is not only not a dirty word, but the necessary maintenance work for a modern nation state...