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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Slate Explains Why White Males are 'Punchable'
Ann Althouse makes a very good point about an incredibly rude Slate article by writer Heather Schwedel. "Slate must think the word 'male' in this headline makes it not just okay but hilarious," Althouse wrote. The article in question has a headline that asks, "What Makes a Face 'Punchable?'" It begins:
There’s a certain class of public figure whose face routinely gets described as “punchable.” He’s usually male; though arguably society shouldn’t be encouraging the punching of anyone (with possible exception for Nazis), good etiquette would seem to indicate that women are considered the less punchable sex. The guy with the punchable face is usually white; it’s hard out there for white men lately, in case you hadn’t heard. He’s usually young, too: What’s more annoying than the know-it-all grin of impetuous youth? In addition to the privilege that being young, white, and male already affords him, he of high punchability often has a look that somehow scans as extra-privileged, a mouth seemingly born with a silver spoon in it.
I love it that Schwedel brings "good etiquette" into the conversation from the get-go. What article about knee-jerk animosity would be complete without at least a nod to what Miss Manners might think? Who's on Schwedel's hit list? "Martin Shkreli, Scott Disick, Ryan Lochte, Miles Teller, Justin Bieber, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr.." She then goes on to point out that the adorable star of Baby Driver, Ansel Elgort, is the most recent addition. Why? Among other reasons, he's....
There’s a certain class of public figure whose face routinely gets described as “punchable.” He’s usually male; though arguably society shouldn’t be encouraging the punching of anyone (with possible exception for Nazis), good etiquette would seem to indicate that women are considered the less punchable sex. The guy with the punchable face is usually white; it’s hard out there for white men lately, in case you hadn’t heard. He’s usually young, too: What’s more annoying than the know-it-all grin of impetuous youth? In addition to the privilege that being young, white, and male already affords him, he of high punchability often has a look that somehow scans as extra-privileged, a mouth seemingly born with a silver spoon in it.
I love it that Schwedel brings "good etiquette" into the conversation from the get-go. What article about knee-jerk animosity would be complete without at least a nod to what Miss Manners might think? Who's on Schwedel's hit list? "Martin Shkreli, Scott Disick, Ryan Lochte, Miles Teller, Justin Bieber, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr.." She then goes on to point out that the adorable star of Baby Driver, Ansel Elgort, is the most recent addition. Why? Among other reasons, he's....
‘Defend Europe’ Militia Sets Sail In The Mediterranean To Chase Migrants
A citizen militia called “Defend Europe” is about to set sail in the Mediterranean to track down migrants and return them to Libya.
The group announced Tuesday that it has raised the 76,000 euros ($87,000) needed to rent a vessel. The anti-immigration initiative includes people from several countries who aim “to expose the true face of so-called humanitarian organizations, their collaboration with smuggling mafias and the deadly consequences of their actions at sea,” according to organizer Clement Galant.
Defend Europe says it has no intention of hurting the migrants and will keep them safe while they wait for the Libyan coastguard to take them back.
“When boats full of illegal migrants cross, our mission is to call the Libyan coastguard so that they can come and rescue them,” Galant said in a videoposted on social media. “We will keep them safe in the meantime.”
More than 101,417 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean sea during 2017, with almost 85 percent arriving in...
The group announced Tuesday that it has raised the 76,000 euros ($87,000) needed to rent a vessel. The anti-immigration initiative includes people from several countries who aim “to expose the true face of so-called humanitarian organizations, their collaboration with smuggling mafias and the deadly consequences of their actions at sea,” according to organizer Clement Galant.
Defend Europe says it has no intention of hurting the migrants and will keep them safe while they wait for the Libyan coastguard to take them back.
“When boats full of illegal migrants cross, our mission is to call the Libyan coastguard so that they can come and rescue them,” Galant said in a videoposted on social media. “We will keep them safe in the meantime.”
More than 101,417 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean sea during 2017, with almost 85 percent arriving in...
Democrats intentionally used disinformation from Russia to attack Trump, campaign aides
Paid Liar, Christopher Steele. |
The disinformation came in the form of a Russian-fed dossier written by former British intelligenceagent Christopher Steele. It contains a series of unverified criminal charges against Mr. Trump’s campaign aides, such as coordinating Moscow’s hacking of Democratic Party computers.
Some Democrats have widely circulated the discredited information. Mr. Steele was paid by the Democrat-funded opposition research firm Fusion GPS with money from a Hillary Clinton backer. Fusion GPS distributed the dossier among Democrats and journalists. The information fell into the hands of the FBI, which used it in part to investigate Mr. Trump’s campaign aides.
Mr. Steele makes clear that his unproven charges came almost exclusively from sources linked to the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He identified his sources as “a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure,” a former “top level Russian intelligence officer active inside the Kremlin,” a “senior Kremlin official” and a “senior Russian government official.”
The same Democrats who have condemned Russia’s election interference via plying fake news and hacking email servers have quoted freely from the Steele anti-Trump memos derived from creatures of ...
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