A reasonable take in unreasonable times The Face of American Complexity W hile watching a politically based cable program, a woman made a remark that stuck in the air for me like the smell of something old and rotting. She stated, with an odd distorted grin on her face, that everyone has a right to complain, except for White Males. Said in a half mocking condescending smirk of smug self-importance, her stance underlined the ludicrous nature of the statement. The studio audience created an uncomfortable silence. She was the only one laughing. The mood that followed was the kind that follows aggressive stances masquerading as wit that flop. There is a “peculiar” victim based version of feminism that conceals a contempt for men and a underground envy of them. In some incestuous hot house melting pots of sameness there are lazy so called academicians that see anything “Masculine” as the ultimate source of all subjugation. The...
A collection of pieces reflection ideas related to cultural events and attitudes. Essentially this a collection of my thoughts on assorted subject matter.