[PD] [OT] Re: about sexism

Chuckk Hubbard badmuthahubbard at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 11:11:21 CEST 2007


On 10/10/07, Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Chris McCormick wrote:
> > whilst there is no similar widespread cliche for western invaders in our
> > culture is testament to this fact.
>
> I believe that "colonialism" and "imperialism" are widespread words,
> concepts and clichés, that are loaded by several centuries of history.


Absolutely.  I'm not sure which culture is "our" culture, but in mine I have
read and heard more bad about the white invaders than any others, especially
Mongolians.  The fact that Europeans were ever enslaved by Africans is
almost completely gone from history books or general knowledge.  The notion
that Europeans savagely trampled a world full of peaceful, altruistic people
throughout history seems to be pretty widespread.
It also seems to me that hacker culture uses lots of terms tongue-in-cheek,
and that a reference to Mongolian hordes may even be, in some folks' minds,
a jab at the Westerners who coined the term.  Americans today make ironic
references to the "Axis of Evil" and the "war on terror" and "homeland
security" all the time.  It doesn't mean they buy it, even if the media
makes it seem that way.

-Chuckk

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