I think there's some truth in what you're saying. Something I've noticed in the last 5-8 years is the absence of a middle ground, everything is polarised, and everything is either extreme left of right. I think it's part and parcel with the rise of social media in some respects.
Has political correctness actually gone mad?
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The extremes aren't attracting voters though. Labour tried to move left and got trounced. Today's Tories are nothing like Thatcher's lot, the majority of them anyway.
One of the best questions I’ve heard at a political debate was when a member of Sinn Fein (left wing) and Fine Gael (centre right) were debating their housing policies. Someone asked them to name one element of the opposition policy that they thought was a good idea. Neither of them could come up with anything.
Try dealing with SF and the DUP
Is just awesome, cultural appropriation or what?
This young lady seems to be well admired by most but some are calling it cultural appropriation. Opinions seem to be split by Irish and Irish-Americans.
This young lady seems to be well admired by most but some are calling it cultural appropriation. Opinions seem to be split by Irish and Irish-Americans.
I'm Irish and think she's fantastic. More power to her.
I don't understand this cultural appropriation and this has made it more confusing.
Is she not allowed to Irish dance because she's not Irish?
I'll never understand this. What even is cultural appropriation at this stage? Are non-black rappers and r&b singers also doing it? Would I as a white man be doing it if I opened my own sushi restaurant after training under a true sushi master chef for 10 years? Where is the line drawn?
It seems to me that people confuse "appropriation" with "appreciation".
That's a good way to put it.
I never really got cultural appropriation as a complaint. Still don't, really.
I’m willing to bet that the prats complaining about cultural appropriation are closet racists, trying to “own the libs”. Even though, yes, what’s she’s doing is definitely cultural appropriation.
I do think fussing about cultural appropriation is the very definition of a first world problem. Should be a long way down the list of issues that need to be addressed in the world today. Anyone who might have a valid reason to complain about it is usually among the least likely to give a shit.
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Don’t get it either. To me it seems positive if people enjoy eachothers culture. Why shouldn’t anyone follow their passion because it’s origin is in another part of the world. Seems strange to me.
I always thought it stemmed from people fancy dressing as what is legitimately someone culture.
Even that is a strange complaint to me. As long as it's not your Halloween costume and you genuinely like to dress that way, then it shouldn't be a problem. Wearing clothes deeply connected to a religion without actually believing in that religion is probably not a good thing. But that strikes me more as blasphemy or pure disrespect than cultural appropriation.
I guarantee all of the idiots complaining about her are the 'my great-great-great grandfather's uncle was from Dooonegawl' MAGA idiots that flood Temple Bar every year.
I still think that's totally a non issue. For me the people who make a fuss out of that are the people who seek to be offended.
There’s definitely a sort of privilege Top Trumps that applies with these things. As an African-American she gets cut a bit more slack than someone with more privilege. If a Native American trans woman turned up at a fancy dress party in a sombrero and floppy moustache then woke twitter wouldn’t blink an eye. If Prince Harry did the same he’d be crucified.
To be honest, I think that’s fair enough. The more privilege you have the more of a responsibility you have to be aware of that privilege. It’s also completely trivial IMO. Such a dumb issue to get worked up about. Although the punters who spend all day trying to score points about this shit online will probably froth at the mouth about double standards.
To be honest, I think that’s fair enough. The more privilege you have the more of a responsibility you have to be aware of that privilege. It’s also completely trivial IMO. Such a dumb issue to get worked up about. Although the punters who spend all day trying to score points about this shit online will probably froth at the mouth about double standards.
Yes when I doing Salsa and Tango lessons I was malevolently stealing other peoples cultures.
I find that a lot of the calling out of cultural appropriation comes from the US. I find that a lot of young second or third generation migrants, who feel strongly about their heritage yet don't really have an immersive first hand experience of their own culture of origin, feel very strongly about things that "natives" living in that culture might brush off with a grin.
I think context and circumstance matters.
There was a case some years ago when a Mexican-American student in Copenhagen University complained about a university event where some Danish students showed up wearing ponchos, sombreros and fake moustaches. The university clamped down on wearing that kind of costumes to parties. Funnily enough the Mexican ambassador said in a interview that as long as it was all in good fun he saw nothing bad in it, and that it was great that Mexico as country could convey such strong imagery in far away countries.
A Mexican friend of mine added that he thought the context mattered. If the same thing had been done by some frat boys in the University of Arizona, then it would definitely be offensive considering the history between the two countries and the situation of Mexicans living in the US. But Denmark/Mexico have no such history at all, and Mexicans have no negative status in that country.
Wasn't Adele caught up in some similar row not so long ago
Well said, Sir!
This interesting and my impression as well. Americans are deeply interested in their roots and it seems like a ridiculously large number have taken a DNA test to trace their roots down to the decimal. "Oh, I'm 2.4% Egyptian? IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!"
The US is a young nation of immigrants, hyper-individualistic by nature and all about self-improvement and "knowing yourself", so it makes sense that they care so much. It's still funny to watch from the outside, though. I genuinely think third/fourth generation immigrants in the US care more about their heritage than the people currently living in said culture.
Ah yes, the same PragerU that just a couple of months ago released a video saying that Robert E. Lee crushing a slave rebellion was a good thing, and that because of that statues of him should be kept.
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Posting a PragerU video to try to make any kind of point is idiotic, tbf.
Crikey, then the current cancellation of BBC shows that do not agree with the Govt, and the draconian new Policing Bills are what, examples of the tolerant Right?
Firstly, the obligatory
at seriousposting anything from PragerU.Secondly, as Karl Popper said: To have a tolerant society, you need to be intolerant of intolerance. In a society that's 100% tolerant, the intolerant abuse this to put an end to tolerance. And you see that all the time, or at least attempts at it. The recent "super straight" bullshit was a perfect example of it, where the galaxy brains over on 4chan thought they could use the lefts tolerance of LGBQT+ as a weapon to attack the trans community.
Never heard of Prager University. You think what was said in the video is idiotic?
It is completely idiotic and propaganda. But feel free to explain why you think it's not completely idiotic.
It's quite funny. So far all I've seen is people actually demonstrating what the guy in the video was explaining
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I'm sure that some confusion is involved, but while doing exactly zero checking I'm betting that a lot of criticism is from people who normally think cultural appropriation isn't a thing. This girl I want to see naked can't wear a charicature of an American Indian dress formed as a see through bra for Halloween? Well then this black girl can't do Irish dancing professionally.
It's quite funny. So far all of seen is people actually demonstrating what the guy in the video was explaining
That we should be intolerant of intolerant views? You really think that's a gotcha? Go on over to 4chan or Parler then and bask in the glow "unfettered free speech".
A man claiming, "OMGZ the modern left doesn't want racism and homophobia, they are so intolerant" is really the line in the sand you want to fight over? You want people to be racist, homophobic, etc, and not receive pushback at all because "tolerance"?
Please explain more, you're doing great so far.
Well at least you're intolerant of the rhetoric. Progress.
Imagine not being tolerant of somewhere that holds opinions such as thinking black people being taken as slaves was a good thing and actually doing them a favour.
what the feck did I just watch?
Yes. I think most of you are thinking this.
Hilarious isn’t it. Still waiting for them to post their opinion instead of just hiding behind a video.