ive always taken it be much broader, sort of like an ethnocentrism of "the West."
agree, because "Christian" incorporates some "classical" "Greco-Roman" values as well
― drash, Friday, 13 March 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
ironically acc to Maimonidies (who is as big an authority of Jewish law as any historical figure, if not the biggest), Judaism is much closer to Islam than to Christianity bc they are both true monotheisms, and a Jew is allowed to go into a Mosque according to halacha (Jewish law) but not into a Church (and my wife and I got in trouble on a Orthodox touring trip to Italy when we slipped away from the group to visit St Peters). so really from a superficial level judeo-christian makes no sense at all, while judeo-islam makes a lot more sense. but since judeo-christian doesn't really mean theological compatibility so much as Western values, it's not a contradiction for this dude using the terminology.
― Mordy, Friday, 13 March 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Hm I think I see where I've been unclear, which is that I don't actually think in usage that "jc values" literally means theological compatibility or similarity to most people (although hardcore American Christians do I think literally mean that, but then they don't actually know any Jews probably).
Judaism is much closer to Islam than to Christianity
I think this is true for a lot of reasons!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Friday, 13 March 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
sunni + shia islam tbh, they're both very theologically + aesthetically appealing to me. i imagine a lot of jews feel that it's a shame that israel + arab nations, or israel + iran (and i've heard from ppl who feel bad about both) haven't been productive relationships when the jews have a lot of commonalities w/ both. have u seen pictures of this building from my alma matter?
http://blogs.yu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2011/09/Yeshiva-U1.jpg
mmmm i love minarets
― Mordy, Friday, 13 March 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
daniel mael is an up and coming right wing hatchet man in the greater breitbart cooperation sphere, why are you all talking about this journalist's code-phrases to describe what he believes
― goole, Friday, 13 March 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
bc eephus wrote: "As a Jew I am truly baffled by what "Judeo-Christian values" is supposed to mean."
― Mordy, Friday, 13 March 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
"judeo-christian" is iirc a neologism of the 50s, when some profession of adherence to a faith (w/o getting too testy about the details plz) was seen as best civic religion vs communism, and (public) antisemitism became more and more taboo
xp ah well i hope eephus has learned something
― goole, Friday, 13 March 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link
might as well just be code for "conservatism" in this case tbh
― goole, Friday, 13 March 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
More code for "neoliberalism" imo
― Mordy, Friday, 13 March 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
The man Doug Williams with a booming post
“What are we doing here?”That is a question that I often ask my wife, a fellow organizer. I do not ask that question about place; I ask that question about strategy. I wonder what shaming people for simple mistakes does for movement-building, or abusing basic sociological concepts to divide people and disrupt momentum, or acting like the capitalists and privileged classes that we claim to be against. Her answer is the same every time: “I have no idea.”Neither do I. And neither do the communities who need our help."
That is a question that I often ask my wife, a fellow organizer. I do not ask that question about place; I ask that question about strategy. I wonder what shaming people for simple mistakes does for movement-building, or abusing basic sociological concepts to divide people and disrupt momentum, or acting like the capitalists and privileged classes that we claim to be against. Her answer is the same every time: “I have no idea.”
Neither do I. And neither do the communities who need our help."
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
what happened with your housemate
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:44 (nine years ago) link
Everything has been put on hold due to the sudden unfortunate news that the house has been bought out from under us. There's not a lot of point in mediation if we're ending this arrangement by the fall.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
foiled again :-(
http://www.citadelnutritionblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/moneybags.jpg
― creaks, whines and trife (s.clover), Sunday, 15 March 2015 01:44 (nine years ago) link
"Judeo-Christian values" imo only exist as a vague endorsement of the position that the ten commandments form the right and proper foundation for morality.
The vague phraseology allows the person endorsing j-c values to hint that they are really referencing the "thou shalt not kill/steal/commit adultrery/bear false witness" bits. However, the person using the phrase usually thinks the "thou shalt have no other gods before me" and "remember the Sabbath and keep it holy" bits are absolutely indispensable, but they prefer not to say so, in case you have trouble with them.
― Aimless, Sunday, 15 March 2015 04:02 (nine years ago) link
idk the right place for this article, but this is as good as any i guess? http://thehardtimes.net/2015/03/11/safe-space-actually-a-terrible-fire-hazard/
― creaks, whines and trife (s.clover), Sunday, 15 March 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
no racism but you're more likely to die: the post-colonialism story
― Mordy, Sunday, 15 March 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
the new owner of the house has bought it as an 'owner occupant,' saying he and his lovely small family intend to live in the house, which means we don't get our tenant-opportunity-to-purchase rights back--but after a quick meeting with him and a little research, we've discovered he works for a law firm that specializes in CYA for flipping houses. his job title, no bullshit, is 'evictions specialist.'
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
if we can gather enough evidence that he's likely to flip the house it's possible we could challenge his purchase, but its doubtful we'll be able to make that happen
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 16 March 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
at least leave a bunch of creepy dolls inside the walls and under the floors before you move out
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 16 March 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
maybe he's just a nice little evictions specialist with a nice little family, comes home after a long day of evicting people, reclines on the couch, pops open a cold one, doesn't evict anyone until it's back to work the next day
― j., Monday, 16 March 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
i'm trying to make my way thru this
http://theamericanreader.com/jenesuispasliberal-entering-the-quagmire-of-online-leftism/
and it is really bad. so far. he's putting in a lot of work to come up with this schema for the left that feels totally unmoored from any real person or occurence
― goole, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
idk where else to post this but it's lol:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/karen-halnon-professor-airplane-arrest
Karen Halnon, identified as an associate professor of sociology at Penn State, was on an American Airlines flight from Nicaragua to Miami, according to television station WFOR.“The United States has declared war on Venezuela,” Halnon repeated throughout the video, which was posted to YouTube as a clip titled "Crazy woman on a plane."“Venezuela has been declared a national security threat," she repeated on the video."You're a national security threat," another passenger shot back.Halnon later told WFOR that she was returning from a trip to Nicaragua working with single mothers and felt the need to talk to people about the destructiveness of U.S. imperialism.On the tape, she eventually unbuckled her seatbelt as passengers around her groaned."My great hero Hugo Chavez nationalized the oil supply," she said. Halnon was then informed by a flight attendant that the police would be arresting her shortly.At one point, Halnon calmly lit a cigarette as the passenger next to her got up and left."This girl's a gangster," another onlooker said.Hanlon confirmed to WFOR that she indeed lit a cigarette on the plane.“I took a few puffs out of it," she said. "Every other revolutionary smokes. Fidel. Daniel Ortega. Tomás Borge. Che Guevara."
“The United States has declared war on Venezuela,” Halnon repeated throughout the video, which was posted to YouTube as a clip titled "Crazy woman on a plane."
“Venezuela has been declared a national security threat," she repeated on the video.
"You're a national security threat," another passenger shot back.
Halnon later told WFOR that she was returning from a trip to Nicaragua working with single mothers and felt the need to talk to people about the destructiveness of U.S. imperialism.
On the tape, she eventually unbuckled her seatbelt as passengers around her groaned.
"My great hero Hugo Chavez nationalized the oil supply," she said. Halnon was then informed by a flight attendant that the police would be arresting her shortly.
At one point, Halnon calmly lit a cigarette as the passenger next to her got up and left.
"This girl's a gangster," another onlooker said.
Hanlon confirmed to WFOR that she indeed lit a cigarette on the plane.
“I took a few puffs out of it," she said. "Every other revolutionary smokes. Fidel. Daniel Ortega. Tomás Borge. Che Guevara."
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
as the passenger next to her got up and left.
most startling line in report
― A MOOC, what's a MOOC? (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
"shit that looks like an onion article but isn't"
― drash, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wy2tQ951XZ8/TcBjVtpO40I/AAAAAAAAABk/AxxjvSWmGX4/s320/Virginia-Slimsad1968.jpg
― Brad C., Tuesday, 17 March 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
does Daniel Ortega smoke? this page is no help
http://www.vipfaq.com/Daniel%20Ortega.html
― soref, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
evictions are cool
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
i love how deadpan this reads
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Flakes on a Plane
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
hiyiooooooo
― post you had fecund thoughts about (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/college-professor-bans-student-from-class-for-his-views-on-r#.uq5pzANq3
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
If sexual assault becomes qualified as rape, what happens next? What else can we legally redefine to become rape?
waht
― example (crüt), Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:13 (nine years ago) link
Thank you for the lols though
“Right now, going to college is a terrifying experience if you are male.”
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:15 (nine years ago) link
True, whose Facebook page says he studies “How to Annoy People” at Reed,
gonna graduate summa cum laude by the looks of it
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:17 (nine years ago) link
https://www.change.org/p/reed-college-restore-jeremiah-josias-luther-george-true-to-his-humanities-110-conference-2
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
oh man!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
true as a subset of "life is a terrifying experience if you are a sentient being"
― example (crüt), Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
seems to be a pretty clear case of a guy with a good amount of education without the intellect to successfully apply it. mixed in with a giant serving of narcissism is the perfect recipe for a loud troll, which is really all he is. also a dickhead.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
http://www.reedquest.org/freshman-excluded-from-conference-petition-sparks-controversy/
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
this is silly and unhelpful
“Please know that this was a difficult decision for me to make and one that I have never made before; nevertheless, in light of the serious stress you have caused your classmates, I feel that I have no other choice,” Savery wrote in the email,
this is insane and abusive
― een, Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
I keep wanting to quote something from these and post a sarcastic response, but there are too many oblivious quotes from this guy. Send him to reddit college or something.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
he does seem like a royal pain in the ass, but just based on this it does seem like he's doing what you're supposed to do, officially, when you go to college, even if he's doing it on the basis of rong beliefs. probably it's kind of maddening to experience the clash of the rational-critical-discussion ideology and the this-is-a-safe-place-for-learning ideology. especially when combined with an old-fashioned OSTRACISM. he's probably reading john stuart mill inveighing against conformist social pressure as an obstacle to the truth in one class and then in another his classmates and his teacher are colluding to exclude him from his own education.
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
If is he supposed to educate himself he can do that through a million other ways than going in to a college where other people are paying lots of money to hear this expert talk about stuff and ruining their value.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
what are you talking about?
he got thrown out of a discussion section.
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
College is not a place where you go and everyone in class talks to the professor about their shared experiences and they learn organically. You pay money to take classes. The professors are teaching the class, not the students.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
If is he supposed to educate himself he can do that through a million other ways than going in to a college
― Mordy, Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
glad we're making college a safe space from being educated. i can't wait for the inevitable story of an identity studies professor explaining to an inquisitive student that it's not their job to educate them and that asking them to do so is like demanding free labor.
― Mordy, Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
xxp no doubt that's a rationale for a professor asserting control over a classroom when a student monopolizes a discussion. but… he got thrown out of a discussion section. we're not talking about 'let the professor teach, he's who we paid to hear'.
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
Please explain again why this guy did what you are supposed to? Do you realize how many actual victims (that he has discounted as not existing or numbers being inflated) have "done what you are supposed to do" and report their shit and get turned away because of attitudes like his?
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
lol @ identifying listening to a load of mra bullshit from some creep with 'being educated'
― A MOOC, what's a MOOC? (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 19 March 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link