Comments on: Yellanjello’s sense of possibility; or, Barack Obama is an analogical lexicon doubler

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:41:14 +0000

“That implicit prohibition right there, that injunction to shut up about race, is one tangible effect of our country’s last 40 or so years under the sway of groups organized around common victimhood (a tradition with its clearest origins in second-wave and subsequent feminisms): even implying that the victim has benefited in any way from that which marks him as a victim (his race, his religion, his sexual preference, et al.) is tantamount, in our culture, to discrimination at best and racism at worst. Victimhood in these scenarios becomes synonymous with minorityhood.”

Thank you. Thanks.

By: cathy

cathy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:42:49 +0000

Thank you for articulating my strong feelings of support for Obama. I have supported him strongly for some time, without being able to clearly state why. Your writing reminded me of my overwhelming wish to cry for joy when Rev. Jesse Jackson was a nominee for the Democratic Presidential candidate so many years ago.

By: Kyle - Atlantic Review

Kyle - Atlantic Review — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:34:16 +0000

“Hillary I find neither savory nor objectionable; Richardson is teddy bear”

That is the best description of my sentiments to date. Bravo, Kevin.

I definitely see the “teddy bear” as a strong possibility for VP, regardless of who gets elected to the top post.