tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post920582125538529497..comments2024-03-29T05:11:44.999-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: And We All Got a Little Dumber That DayVixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-38195204540401808942023-02-03T10:29:05.056-05:002023-02-03T10:29:05.056-05:00Go Vixen. Tell us how you really feel. I agree who...Go Vixen. Tell us how you really feel. I agree whole heartedly. Bridgettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-55669377423304280952023-02-02T23:02:50.849-05:002023-02-02T23:02:50.849-05:00Thanks so much for the feedback! I am disturbed th...Thanks so much for the feedback! I am disturbed that the opponents of things like CRT or really anything on the right: drag shows, environmental regulations, Black, Queer and Feminist history, um, fact-checking, are steeped in the desire to <i>not understand the argument</i>. It's like arguing against flat-earthers or creationists--the point of their "argument" is to be Horatius on the bridge defending the existence of their territory and win a sinecure--not to engage in an actual give and take of ideas, but to be in a territorial mind-war. <br /><br />The internet meme of "I believe (thus and such) Change my mind!" with a supposed right-winger at a table supposedly looking for engagement is the entirety of the conversation: All one has to do to win is never confess one's mind could be changed. Their criticisms are the depiction of bogeymen and the spiritual taboo of cursed subjects, shibboleths. They are defending endarkenment--the opposite of empiricism and critical thought. And that closing of the mind, the twisting of the mental capacity to imagine--to seek out blame and demons rather than to objectively see issues and solutions, is genuinely embarrassing to me as well. We could be reaching for the stars and the SOBs have us snuffling in the dirt. We could be working to understand one another as we raise each other up and make a fairer and better world, and they would prefer to stoop to hold others down. <br /><br />Their minds are filthy and their necks are unclean and it would be better to argue with the walls than with a person who isn't about to be led to water let alone drink it no matter how dehydrated they might seem. And this is my opinion of MTG and her mulishness. Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-52367703882425523452023-02-02T18:26:07.009-05:002023-02-02T18:26:07.009-05:00Thank you for your concise and cogent description ...Thank you for your concise and cogent description of CRT-the best I have seen.<br />I got over white guilt a long time ago but I still suffer from white embarrassment when subjected to ooga-booga rants and lies from creatures like MTG.<br />I check in on your Strangeness most days and I like the way you think.<br />Best regards and carry on~Mr XDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07048081206606504121noreply@blogger.com