please temp-ban Mordy from the Thatcher Is Dead thread

happy 30th birthday mordy

I'll echo that if u rescind yr scurrilous attempts to slander me across the boards this past week

i'm sorry, you're alright deems :)

mordyfied

inshallah deems

nakh shared this quote w/ me about thatcher:

There had never been a cabinet with so many Jewish men - me, Michael Howard, Leon Brittan. I wondered why, and the conclusion I came to is not that she had a thing for Jews, but that she was one of those rare politicians without the faintest whiff of antisemitism.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:45 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nakh being in Thatcher's cabinet does explain a lot

― Neil S, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:46 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and i think , tbh, that the majority of the anti-thatcher sentiment on ilx might well have its root there as opposed to the policies that so many of them apologise for under nu-labour

― rust in pieces (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:47 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well you're the expert on British politics after all

― Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:47 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i've got critical distance tbftm

― rust in pieces (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:49 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nowhere near enough distance if you ask me

― Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:49 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jealous cos we managed the break in 1921 imo

― rust in pieces (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:50 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You'd never guess

― Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:50 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well we have a functioning labour party, it's true

― rust in pieces (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 14:51 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

quality exchange tom d is a high value poster imo

xp i used to work on a donations/charity hotline collecting for the Gujarat drought appeal and they insisted we answer the phone asalaam alai kum and the person on to their end would immediately panic and through the phone to their grandad who would then crankily reprimand me in their own tongue because I had started it then hand back to the kid who could work the phone and organise the donation then I had to finish with waali kum salaam even after all the trouble and they'd be like write whatever bro

lol

haha

just unfollowed every identity politics thread on ilx. on the minus side i imagine i'll miss 90% of ilx clusterfucks now. on the plus side maybe i'll stop feeling gross every day about the website i long-ago chose to make my browser home page.

well just wait til it's called the Branwell Board

heaven forfend

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following threads on ilx boggles my mind tho

U don't use bookmarks?

Perish the thought

... though I have done it by accident and thought, wtf is that link that shitty thread doing at the top of my page?

i too long for the days when ilx was called fields of salmon board

mordy, morbius otm

just wait

*waits*

say what u will about bran at least he has a personality and something to say. the day it becomes zachlyon boards...

Guys it won't become any of these things

I have no popcorn, Fruitella do?

don't underestimate me

I'm scared to see how lame you can become when you really set yr mind to it tbf

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i've been sort of half-assing it lately you're right, thanks for the kick

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Next time, the image should be a little fruit.

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horseshoe so chill itt & always, kinda boggled she figured she'd ever make a dmac/mordy hit list tbh

this was a good thread what can we do about reviving it

I read this thread while up all night in lab and it is A+

ain't it tho

i'm not at all chill; that's why Mordy and you so successfully get under my skin when dismissing identity politics, dmac. irl i get tagged as angry more times than not. that's my secret: i'm always angry.

i've endeavored not to get involved in "identity politics" argument as of late but in my experience (mostly irl) i have had many chill conversations w/ ppl who are passionate about these particular issues. it's really only on the internet that i find commentators who seem to be -- idk -- like looking for a fight? or maybe looking to yell at someone as a surrogate for all the other shit they've heard + thought about? but i don't think that describes u at all - i always find you sincere and thoughtful. really the ppl who have historically pissed me off the most on ilx are [i'm putting on my most unsympathetic hat here - i'm sure other ppl see them as important allies] white males who seem like they're trying to earn extra credit by attacking someone whose position might not even be in contradiction w/ [identity studies] but just w/ the superficial politically angry subset that they feel will get them the most traction in online communities. i know it's unfair to call someone disingenuous or speculate about their motivations, but like all the talk of "tone policing" has obscured the fact that most of us care a lot about tone in all areas of our lives. we like to be talked to nicely, and we like to have chill conversations. that's a human thing.

but like i said, i mean i'm like 30 years old now i think there are probably more important things in life than having online debates about hot leftist topics w/ ppl w/ whom i agree about 95% of things but that 5% makes us mortal enemies. so i'm working [have been working] on scaling that back considerably.

the left is pretty marginal in the world anyway. the most radical fringe whose opinions i most often disagree w/ are marginal even to the left. it's not important that i fight those ideas. they barely exist.

better response when not 4am pilled but I want to note hulk ref as soon as poss

really the ppl who have historically pissed me off the most on ilx are [i'm putting on my most unsympathetic hat here - i'm sure other ppl see them as important allies] white males who seem like they're trying to earn extra credit

― Mordy, Saturday, February 14, 2015 5:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

def a lot of cookie seeking out there

the white male cookie gaze: anatomy of ally cookie wanting in post internet affinity communities

one thing thats kind of odd to me abt the internet social justice scene (tho obvs not unique to it) is a. the total denial that it represents a culture b. the unwillingness to see that some ppl might find that culture obnoxious in a way that doesnt represent siding with its hegemonic enemies

idk how many times ive heard ppl express the sentiment we are just ppl who are fed up and fighting oppression, tho im sure the vast majority of ppl who have ever come close to expressing that opinion wld in safer spaces have a lot to say abt the culture of social justice

the sense of total war, projection, and aggression is pretty sad and goofy overall and often leads to an impression of ppl devoid of self awareness, the saddest part of it of all tho is obvs the enemies of social justice are very real and do need to be fought but this approach of all out internet warfare is a recipe for burnout that is destined to rob the movement of valuable people and any sort of wisdom earned through experience, just feeding more young virtual cannon fodder through the humanities to battlefield pipeline

a lot of this is prob just a symptom of our overly extroverted society in general and the same tendencies can be seen in pretty much any group you want to look at, and to be sure im just musing and wldnt pretend to have any sort of handle on the totality of the situation, also the internet warfare is really good sometimes too imo and rasies all sorts of worthy important questions that i personally at least have learned a lot from

+academic language is the worst

let's unpack that last statement

lol

you will then need a lens through which you can view the unpacked statement

then maybe you can view that statement again, but through a different lens

srsly we need to tease lagoon out from his cave more often for these longer thoughts imo