dagblog - Comments for "Pawns in the Game"

Oh come on - it's worry about

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:47:20 +0000

In reply to RMRD - I apologize for taking

Oh come on - it's worry about our white women - everything else is secondary.

RMRD - I apologize for taking

HSG — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:28:24 +0000

In reply to Roy Moore just won in Alabama

RMRD - I apologize for taking so long to respond to the question why whites are suspicious of blacks. I think the primary driver of white working class suspicion is the fear that blacks will draw even with or even pass them in the line for scraps from the rich man's table. A secondary driver is the fear that if blacks take power, they will oppress poor and working-class whites in the same way that so many whites have oppressed them.

In my own work there are

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:03:24 +0000

In reply to I should add this

In my own work there are plenty of times I didn't know what I was creating until I'd created it or someone pointed it out or maybe still don't know. The artist deals with the unconscious to some extent - not just show tunes and dance hall. Art is a partial memory. It's too much to say Dylan intended everything, too much to say he meant nothing, still ornery and contrary.

I should add this

artappraiser — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:36:15 +0000

In reply to Yes, he does describe well

I should add this clarification: that most artists of this type don't care what you take away from their grays (as opposed to black and white), they just care that your thoughts have been inspired in a new way, to look anew at something. This is why they don't like to answer or explain "what did you mean by that?" It means whatever it means to each and every user. So to go back to my original comment: I wasn't saying HSG's interpretation of Dylan was wrong, but rather, that others could interpret the lyrics totally differently and they would not be wrong either. Dylan's work is not intended to give answers, just to jiggle your thoughts...

Yes, he does describe well

artappraiser — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:44:15 +0000

In reply to Art... On Dylan... Oh how

Yes, he does describe well what certain artists do for the rest of us. It's not always the case--there are other types of art for sure--but many who are considered great geniuses do this thing. It's the iconoclast role, to get people to see with new eyes. This is also why political art is hard to do successfully.

Q.E.D.

Flavius — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:42:50 +0000

In reply to Hal, I would like to address

Q.E.D.

Hal, I would like to address

moat — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 01:13:40 +0000

In reply to Pawns in the Game

Hal, I would like to address what you have put forward here:

Persuading these two groups with similar economic interests but deeply entrenched multi-generational suspicions of each other to set aside some of their differences and unite behind Democratic candidates is the critical task the party now faces.

There is an element to the divide that is not about suspicion or cultural rejection, although those attitudes are alive and well. That element is the acceptance that the generation of wealth is not something we can do anything about as a matter of policy. We can redistribute wealth. We can make rules for wealthy people to include more or less of the citizenry. But however much that sort of thing is made the law of the land, the model is based upon controlling the behavior of a certain population to produce a particular result.

I think an emphasis on equal protection under the law should be front and center in Democratic Party policy. We can't make people stop believing zero sum games exist. But we can curtail the privileges they claim are their natural right as benefactors. That is the cultural war going on. Maybe it is not so much about common interests and more about coming to grips with the world we will be living in. The racial divide serves a great unknowing.

You almost exclusively attack

NCD — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:17:06 +0000

In reply to The system was criticized,

You almost exclusively attack Democrats.

The system was criticized,

HSG — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:09:30 +0000

In reply to Gandhi. Mandela. Rosa Parks.

The system was criticized, called out, and attacked. Individuals were generally not, except to the extent that they were powerful bullies like Bull Conner. I am all for attacking the system and those in power. In fact, that's all I ever do.

Hal, regarding economics look

rmrd0000 — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 21:08:07 +0000

In reply to Sigh. Hal, the white voters

Hal, regarding economics look at what is happening now. Say what you will about NFL players, you cannot say that they don't have an incredible work ethic. They worked hard to attain a place in the NFL. They have money that they worked hard to earn. Yet when they use their position to support their opinion. They are ungrateful, spoiled, etc. They are the uppity Negroes who don't know their place. They are not respected for hard work they are slapped down because of the color of their skin.

Former Baltimore Raven middle linebacker Ray Lewis took a knee with the Ravens in London on Sunday. Today, he is apologizing for taking a knee because 50K (non-racist) Raven fans have called for the removal of the statue of Lewis outside of M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

Lewis kneeling

http://www.theroot.com/ray-lewis-kneels-for-national-anthem-because-of-c...

Lewis 'splaining that he wuz prayin'

http://www.theroot.com/should-i-tell-them-mad-wypipo-want-ray-lewis-stat...

Ray Lewis has money. Still, Ray Lewis gets pimp-slapped.