(03:56:26 PM) Jolly: wtf u wnat bitch
(03:56:40 PM) me: i want to talk to you about racism
(03:56:46 PM) Jolly: ok
(03:56:52 PM) me: i think its wrong
(03:56:57 PM) Jolly: yeah
(03:57:03 PM) Jolly: ok
(03:57:10 PM) me: im glad we had this talk
(03:57:16 PM) Jolly: me too

In response to Kristol's weekly standard column...


A centerpiece of the neocoservative movement that emerged in response to the civil rights victories by black and other minority groups in the 1960s has always been the idea that any good society values individual rights over group rights. For the neocons this rearticulation of citizen rights and equality gave them a platform on which to stand when arguing against any group rights established by reforms of the 1960s (affirmative action, quotas, hate crime legislation) and group based movement politics (black nationalism, feminism, gay rights). Neocons were essentially able to frame their opposition to anything not traditional, Christian, or white without any overtly racist, sexist, or homophobic overtones.


Kristol's hypocrisy in relation to his ideology is most ironic. By extending rights or privilege to a group, or in this case denying rights to a group while individuals outside of the group are afforded them, Kristol validates the liberal policies of the 1960s that were a catalyst in the creation of the neoconservative movement to begin with.

apparently.

"Yes. This way we can maim two birds with one stone."


After coming to the conclusion that I would be able to resolve two problems, in the 'it's fucking good enough' sense of the word, with one fell swoop.

"A man's life is always a failure in as much as he dies."
"Yes, when he dies too soon," exlaims Pierre.
"He always dies too soon -- or too late."
"Well, I didn't, I tell you. I didn't!"
The laughter and the mockery of the rest of the dead are redoubled at this. But Pierre standing in their midst defies them.
"I have organized the insurrection against that marionette. It will burst tomorrow. My life was not a failure. I am happy, I am gay and not like you. I don't want to be one of you..."
He starts toward the door, then changing his mind retraces his steps and, in the midst of the sneering dead adds:
"You are not only dead, but your morale is terrible."

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