tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post3578472221830618465..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Economic Anxiety?Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-78702321563880357032018-05-24T13:10:12.650-04:002018-05-24T13:10:12.650-04:00The guy who posts above ("Anonymous") ma...The guy who posts above ("Anonymous") may be the troublesome idiot known as "Gay Boy Bob" or he may be another invidious troublemaker, but either way it's a tribute to Cervantes's belief in freedom of speech that he allows such tone-deaf, non-empathetic shitheads to post their comments. As usual, the poster's comments show hows the mind of an argumentative, racist jackoff works. Get a job, dude ... and if you still have free time, hang out watching "Fox and Friends" instead of posting comments that trumpet your ignorance on a fact-based website you apparently can't understand. In the future, restrain yourself when I post. I have no willingness to debate a person whom it's pointless to debate with. We're not even speaking the same language and you have absolutely NO insight into other humans or yourself. Get some therapy.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-6423391149724187132018-05-23T23:58:02.218-04:002018-05-23T23:58:02.218-04:00Try on a broader self-definition, as, say, a proud...<br /><i>Try on a broader self-definition, as, say, a proud citizen of a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive nation.</i><br /><br />OK, try that on the black or Hispanic community and see how it goes.<br /><br />I'm sure there are lots and lots of whites that identify as white people. <br /><br />It appears that your opinion is that it's OK to practice identity politics only for certain skin colors. Others...not so much.<br /><br />The usual rebuttal is that you have some higher calling that allows these exceptions and, of course, you're qualified to make those calls.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-19328944582100733872018-05-23T22:56:14.782-04:002018-05-23T22:56:14.782-04:00I know that your PhD in sociology gives you insigh...I know that your PhD in sociology gives you insight into ascribed status.<br /><br />Real self-esteem comes from within, a feeling of confidence that has at its root self-acceptance and being comfortable in one's own skin. "Esteem" that is used by politicians to divide and conquer--politicians like Trump and so many others--panders to humans who do not have self-esteem, and need to feel "built up" by a an illusory feeling of superiority that is based on a fallacy.<br /><br />Or in the words of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, speaking to Bill Moyers: <br /><br />"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."<br /><br />See: <br /><br />https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-white-man/Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com