tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post116545406497578947..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: The Cult of DiversityPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1165521132911459372006-12-07T11:52:00.000-08:002006-12-07T11:52:00.000-08:00This one is definitely less hideous and gut kickin...<I>This one is definitely less hideous and gut kicking, and still serves, I think, to illustrate your point - maybe more so,</I><BR/><BR/>Well, the golf tees seemed very appropriate, given their recreational use, their class associations, and Derbyshire's cultural baggage. I was imagining P.G. Wodehouse's golf stories reduced to a howl of <I>ressentiment</I> against the darkies.<BR/><BR/><I>Seems to have been one of the "break out" times, like the 60s. </I><BR/><BR/>Oh, absolutely. A very interesting and inspiring time politically, in a lot of ways.<BR/><BR/><I> feel the only "innovative" thing left for them to do is revive the past.</I><BR/><BR/>I actually have a grudging respect for Derbyshire, because he's one of the only conservatives who can be described as honest. He leaves very little to the imagination, in terms of his conservatism being a complex of racism, mommy/daddy issues, and aestheticism. It's all right there on the surface, which is kind of refreshing.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1165515141866412392006-12-07T10:12:00.000-08:002006-12-07T10:12:00.000-08:00I have a tube of Darkie toothpaste that my cousin ...<I>I have a tube of Darkie toothpaste that my cousin picked up in Japan many years ago. It depicts the exaggerated visage of a smiling African with bright white teeth. Not the kind of thing to carry about. It sits at the back of a closet.</I><BR/><BR/>I used to have a tube of that too...it's pretty awful. It's called "Darlie" now, and they've whited out the black in the character's face.<BR/><BR/>I've made a fairly long study of ragtime/vaudeville-era culture, so as you might imagine, I'm up to my elbows in this sort of imagery.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1165514422828470962006-12-07T10:00:00.000-08:002006-12-07T10:00:00.000-08:00But, and probably needless to say, for once I real...<I>But, and probably needless to say, for once I really, really dislike your choice of picture for illustration.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, it's not intended as a pleasant thing to look at, of course, but it probably wasn't a good idea all the same. I wanted an image from "the days of do anything, say anything." And this seemed exemplary inasmuch as it's "silly" in Derbyshire's sense, but it's also completely appalling.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'll see if I can find something a bit less hideous.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1165505033672131782006-12-07T07:23:00.000-08:002006-12-07T07:23:00.000-08:00I have a tube of Darkie toothpaste that my cousin ...I have a tube of Darkie toothpaste that my cousin picked up in Japan many years ago. It depicts the exaggerated visage of a smiling African with bright white teeth. Not the kind of thing to carry about. It sits at the back of a closet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1165468484866151672006-12-06T21:14:00.000-08:002006-12-06T21:14:00.000-08:00EGN,What gets to me is that he's lamenting the lac...EGN,<BR/><BR/>What gets to me is that he's lamenting the lack of silliness (and offhanded racial mockery) in American culture, while posting at The Corner. That's like longing for sunny skies while wandering in the Sahara.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1165466912068414482006-12-06T20:48:00.000-08:002006-12-06T20:48:00.000-08:00El frotacionado Derbyshire ees also irked that eet...<I>El frotacionado</I> Derbyshire ees also irked that eet ees frowned upon to lech after jour host's barely pubescent daughters, but what ees he supposed to do, wait until they are old hags of 20 or 21?<BR/><BR/>so.¡El Gato Negro!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08509511643397177839noreply@blogger.com