I saw this tweet and wondered what it was about:
In a nutshell, Dawkins said this and :
She responded by “denouncing this clown” for supporting genetics….and of course, he did nothing of the sort.
This reminded me of the old anti-steroid campaign where, in order to discourage steroid use, a poster claimed that “steroids didn’t work.”, which was ludicrous.
Now this woman is not stupid; she wouldn’t be a scientist at a top ranked university if she were. But she IS woke, (check out her twitter feed) and one characteristic of wokes is to attack people, not on what they actually said, but to attempt to draw some indirect inference on what they “must” believe given that they spoke on a subject in a “non-approved” way or didn’t want to discuss something else.
Here is another example:
You see…it must be one of those two reasons and not any of a multitude of other reasons!
For what it is worth, here are mine:
- I am tired of liberals telling me how I am supposed to feel and react to certain things and
- Such discussions usually devolve into slogan spouting and applause lines.
Frankly, I have better uses of my time; I have no desire to hear some Dean tell me how wonderful they are.
Yes, it is an important issue, but it is a complex issue and a nuanced issue and one that can’t be solved by bumper stickers and catch phrases.
But I digress.
And there is the whole wokeness thing:
And…well, no.
“Wokeness”, at least to me, means stuff like what is described in this long thread.
It is kind of a “Princess and the Pea” in being pure enough to be offended by, oh, non Indian people eating Indian food or doing yoga (cultural appropriation), claiming that the concept of “biological female” has validity, blah, blah.
Effect on entertainment
I finally watched Glengarry Glen Ross:
(NSFW language and slurs)
Now such a movie would not be made in the US today; the action involves only straight white male characters…and, while dropping the f-bombs is ok…I guess..there ARE stereotypes, slur words, etc.
Nevertheless, the movie has an interesting plot and makes some interesting commentary on the human condition, and involves commentary on personal skills, yes, love, jealousy, envy, back stabbing and just plain vindictiveness and meanness. And yes, it made me glad that I didn’t do that for a living or work with them…it did not make the lifestyle look appealing in the least.
I am glad that I watched it, loud f-bombs and all.
Could this movie worked with a more inclusive cast? Well, I am out of my lane here; I do wonder if homogeneity was a necessary part of the set..I could see the story working with an all Black, all Asian cast and yes, all female would work too.
My reasoning: backstabbing and conflict were a part of the story, and lack of homogeneity would make you wonder if the backstabber was merely bigoted or prejudiced.
Life of an old goat 