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No, Just No
Jun. 18th, 2009 10:27 pmIt seems that in the midst of any controversial discussion, if anyone dares to make any critique of an argument's presentation, rather than its content, that critique is now being immediately labeled a Tone Argument, called derailing, and the critic is shouted down until they apologize and shut up.
I'm left wondering, when someone makes a big public Statement Of Controversial Stuff, with which all right-thinking, progressive and good people are meant to agree, when and where can someone point out the flaws in the statement? It seems that even if you say something like "I was with you until you said X, because my experience of that is very different than yours," implying that they've overgeneralized, perhaps, you're just wrong, wrong, wrong.
Where is the middle ground now?
I'm left wondering, when someone makes a big public Statement Of Controversial Stuff, with which all right-thinking, progressive and good people are meant to agree, when and where can someone point out the flaws in the statement? It seems that even if you say something like "I was with you until you said X, because my experience of that is very different than yours," implying that they've overgeneralized, perhaps, you're just wrong, wrong, wrong.
Where is the middle ground now?
The Twisty
May. 11th, 2009 02:50 pm
That photo? It makes me giddy with happiness and all twisty-chested in a good way. This is from one of the afterparties after the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night. The women on that sofa?
Katie McCormick Lelyveld, press secretary for the First Lady of the United States of America. Desiree Rogers, White House Social Secretary. Valerie Jarrett, Senior White House Advisor, one of the closest to the President (and new boss of Kal Penn) and Linda Johnson Rice, President & CEO of Johnson Publishing.
The power on that sofa, looking sharp, just smiling and chatting. Oh, the power.
Power that looks like me.
Sometimes I just have to stop and take a breath, you know?
