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'They're not going to stop': WaPo journo gets SUPER defensive when called out for going all in on 'problematic book' burning
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jul 6, 2020, 3:44:11 PM7/6/20
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https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/07/06/theyre-not-going-to-stop-wapo-
journo-gets-super-defensive-when-called-out-for-going-all-in-on-
problematic-book-burning/
Wow, this is bad even for WaPo.
‘Problematic books.’
K.
Give us a freakin’ break … Karen.
Perspective: While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are
still inspiring debate and conversation https://t.co/Z5gSP20A6U
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020
From The Washington Post (sorry!):
The great reckoning now sweeping across pop culture has been working
through the stacks of literature for far longer. The effects of time are
twofold: Most books have fallen into dust, along with the racist values
they imbibed. And those few texts that survive have been subjected to
rigorous — and ongoing — debate.
Any theater launching a production of “Othello,” for instance, must begin
with a rich body of scholarship on Shakespeare’s sources and intentions.
What are we to make of the Moor, the Venetian general manipulated into
murderous rage by his villainous white colleague? Even before Othello
comes onstage, he’s subjected to obscene racist ridicule. And later,
Othello himself laments, “Haply, for I am black and have not those soft
parts of conversation that chamberers have.”
Wait … it gets better.
Worse?
What’s more insidious is the self-satisfaction that comes from calibrating
our Racism Detector to spot only a few obvious sins. Scanning videos for
blackface or searching text files for the n-word is so much easier than
contending with, say, the systemic tokenism of TV rom-coms or the
unbearable whiteness of Jane Austen.
‘Unbearable whiteness of Jane Austen’.
What. A. Load. Of. Horse. Crap.
They’re not going to stop. https://t.co/i57dtVhaIJ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 6, 2020
This cancel culture (and sorry Lefties, that’s EXACTLY what this crap is)
is terrifying on many levels. Granted, the Left has always been big on
censorship (remember Tipper Gore?), but this is abhorrent and disgusting.
Feels a little fascist even.
*Thor Benson wasn’t happy with people’s reaction to his drivel:
Good job not reading the article
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) July 6, 2020
Yes, we’re all just too stupid to know he’s not talking about censorship
but he is … HA HA HA HA HA
"problematic books"
— I didn't vote for him, so think of a new retort (@jtLOL) July 6, 2020
As someone who was once called ‘problematic’ by Twitter, this editor has
some serious issues with his usage of that word to discuss books he thinks
should perhaps go away.
Looks like Thor just got…Hammered
— Timothy Keeney (@FireweaselM) July 6, 2020
Ba-dum-tsss.
The article does reference "the unbearable whiteness of Jane Austen" for
one.
— Bob Mann (@BobMann2001) July 6, 2020
Indeed. No one should read articles from an outlet named after a slave
owner.
— Charles DeGlopper (@bronzebarbarian) July 6, 2020
They really should change their name, right?
They’re the final say on what’s problematic? @washingtonpost is the most
offensive media out there.
— Rob Womack (@Rojowo) July 6, 2020
Buy physical copies of your favorite books. Things are getting creepier
with each passing year. pic.twitter.com/8Tv7q3N02U
— Douglas Ernst (@douglasernst) July 6, 2020
Seriously, folks. If there are books you love, especially books these
morons might find ‘problematic’, buy two copies.
One to read and one to preserve.
*Editor’s note: Thor Benson is not the editor of this piece, we have since
corrected that in our copy. -sj
***
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
journo-gets-super-defensive-when-called-out-for-going-all-in-on-
problematic-book-burning/
Wow, this is bad even for WaPo.
‘Problematic books.’
K.
Give us a freakin’ break … Karen.
Perspective: While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are
still inspiring debate and conversation https://t.co/Z5gSP20A6U
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020
From The Washington Post (sorry!):
The great reckoning now sweeping across pop culture has been working
through the stacks of literature for far longer. The effects of time are
twofold: Most books have fallen into dust, along with the racist values
they imbibed. And those few texts that survive have been subjected to
rigorous — and ongoing — debate.
Any theater launching a production of “Othello,” for instance, must begin
with a rich body of scholarship on Shakespeare’s sources and intentions.
What are we to make of the Moor, the Venetian general manipulated into
murderous rage by his villainous white colleague? Even before Othello
comes onstage, he’s subjected to obscene racist ridicule. And later,
Othello himself laments, “Haply, for I am black and have not those soft
parts of conversation that chamberers have.”
Wait … it gets better.
Worse?
What’s more insidious is the self-satisfaction that comes from calibrating
our Racism Detector to spot only a few obvious sins. Scanning videos for
blackface or searching text files for the n-word is so much easier than
contending with, say, the systemic tokenism of TV rom-coms or the
unbearable whiteness of Jane Austen.
‘Unbearable whiteness of Jane Austen’.
What. A. Load. Of. Horse. Crap.
They’re not going to stop. https://t.co/i57dtVhaIJ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 6, 2020
This cancel culture (and sorry Lefties, that’s EXACTLY what this crap is)
is terrifying on many levels. Granted, the Left has always been big on
censorship (remember Tipper Gore?), but this is abhorrent and disgusting.
Feels a little fascist even.
*Thor Benson wasn’t happy with people’s reaction to his drivel:
Good job not reading the article
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) July 6, 2020
Yes, we’re all just too stupid to know he’s not talking about censorship
but he is … HA HA HA HA HA
"problematic books"
— I didn't vote for him, so think of a new retort (@jtLOL) July 6, 2020
As someone who was once called ‘problematic’ by Twitter, this editor has
some serious issues with his usage of that word to discuss books he thinks
should perhaps go away.
Looks like Thor just got…Hammered
— Timothy Keeney (@FireweaselM) July 6, 2020
Ba-dum-tsss.
The article does reference "the unbearable whiteness of Jane Austen" for
one.
— Bob Mann (@BobMann2001) July 6, 2020
Indeed. No one should read articles from an outlet named after a slave
owner.
— Charles DeGlopper (@bronzebarbarian) July 6, 2020
They really should change their name, right?
They’re the final say on what’s problematic? @washingtonpost is the most
offensive media out there.
— Rob Womack (@Rojowo) July 6, 2020
Buy physical copies of your favorite books. Things are getting creepier
with each passing year. pic.twitter.com/8Tv7q3N02U
— Douglas Ernst (@douglasernst) July 6, 2020
Seriously, folks. If there are books you love, especially books these
morons might find ‘problematic’, buy two copies.
One to read and one to preserve.
*Editor’s note: Thor Benson is not the editor of this piece, we have since
corrected that in our copy. -sj
***
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
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