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Monday, July 4th, 2005
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10:00p - Racism, cultural appropriation, and other things that make my half-Cherokee kinda-Asatru ass nervous
So.
It all starts when Ashley_y posts a list of 'What I think is wrong with paganism today'.
This includes ( Co-optation of deities )
Apres [that], le deluge.*
We get Challenging the notion of Pagan "cultural appropriation."
And In previous threads, there have been charges of one party or another 'strip-mining,' and cultural imperialism/appropriation.
All of this is, however, the rumbling before Ladyblackdragon posts, and begins the storm.
( EITHER......ONLY people of a certain culture can worship the Gods of that culture AND IT'S NOT CONSIDERED RACIST to adhere to that particular
line of thought.... )
And the storm begins.
I'm sorry that They haven't spoken to you any more clearly than They have, but They certainly have done so for me.
Ah, yes. Broad statements painted over all Pagans, an either/or extreme position, random ALL CAPS words...
Are you deliberately trolling, or did you create this masterpiece by accident?
(That is, are you being a prick, or an idiot?)
It's racist if the tables are turned because WHITE PEOPLE HAVE COMMITTED GENOCIDE AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS and CONTINUE TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS ON A LARGE-SCALE, INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL.
Attempts to be rational are hit with I am personally offended by the easy way in which you dismiss real problems in the pagan community as "icky pickiness." Stand aside and say "ewww" all you want, your hands are just as dirty.
And oh so much more.
And because I'd feel remiss in not pointing it out, an attempt at sanity
*I haven't taken French since High School, shuddap. And, somehow, the English is fitting, no?
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10:27p - Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder Wank
Over in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) wtf_inf on LJ, someone reposts something from bad_sex where a user has described their experience the night before. I found the post itself to be a little confusing but then the fun begins when princesshanhan calls bullshit and it's all downhill from there!
It's mostly between myeloma who seems to think that MPD/DID does not exist and forever_alone who begs to differ.
Oooh, I checked back before posting this (I couldn't post it before for whatever reason dangit) and now damnit_janet has gotten in on the fun!
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