November 05, 2004
Fifteen (Well, Two) Minutes of Fame (Well, Public Anonymity)
This is really funny. So, I'm reading the front page of dailykos. There's an posting there from kos mentioning a must-read article about linguistics, framing, Lakoff, and Luntz from The Texas Observer.
So I go and read the article, and in there it mentions a discussion thread over at daily kos that discussed Lakoff. Here's the quote.
A glance at the liberal blog www.dailykos.com gives you some idea of the readiness of the troops that Lakoff is sending into battle. In late September, the site’s main blogger, a Berkeley, California, lawyer named Markos Moulitsas posted a short review of Don’t Think of an Elephant, calling it “the best book this cycle.” In the thread of responses that followed, the liberal stereotypes were on parade. The moralist: “I hate pr/marketing/spinning.” The feminist: “Ummm...wonder what he’s got against women?” The post-feminist: “I don’t want to be known as the Mommy party. We’re the party of Solomon.” The literal: “I’m not the child of the government.”
So here's the funny bit - I was the post-feminist! That was me! That was my comment they quoted! Even though I was used as an example of what's wrong with liberals.... Yay!
So. What's a post-feminist?
Posted by Curt at November 5, 2004 05:50 PMEven though I hardly ever agree with you, I do like you. So I'm genuinely happy for your excitement over the quote. You remind me a lot of my son (30yrs.old). We hardly ever share the same political views, but I like him, too. If you're hurting over the outcome of the election, as he is, please believe that I for one truly couldn't feel complete jubilation because of that. I would hope that this could be true of all Americans. It could actually be one way to meet in the middle and some day close the gap of separation. The "it" being love.
Posted by: Chattipaula at November 6, 2004 06:30 AMThanks, Chattipaula. That's very gracious... a little empathy goes a long way. I think that's one of the main problems with the nation, that that is in such short supply.