tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post111825392273363187..comments2023-10-26T01:54:35.116-07:00Comments on Guerilla Orthodoxy: DecalogueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1128051244544044822005-09-29T20:34:00.000-07:002005-09-29T20:34:00.000-07:00Sampson,Sometimes I think you subscribe to a laten...Sampson,<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think you subscribe to a latent Neitzsche philosophy, or one that is a reactionary thereof.<BR/><BR/>"Will to power" is heresy.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101239830142078005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1118900754155488882005-06-15T22:45:00.000-07:002005-06-15T22:45:00.000-07:00Dear Owen,All language is rooted in human experien...Dear Owen,<BR/><BR/>All language is rooted in human experience, and all human experience is situated within structures in which some voices have more power than others. See some of my earlier posts on cultural invisibility if you are interested in my thinking on this.<BR/><BR/>The reality is that racial slurs against Aftrican-Americans do invoke power and violence in a way that other insults do not. They are backed up by a long history of violence, the historical legacy of oppression, inequality and injustice. These words are more than mere insults; they are in effect a way of telling black people to remember their place, to get back in line, or else.<BR/><BR/>S.Paul4peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821389305503938933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1118758209498106552005-06-14T07:10:00.000-07:002005-06-14T07:10:00.000-07:00Dear Owen,In cases like these, I think it is much ...Dear Owen,<BR/><BR/>In cases like these, I think it is much more helpful to listen to people's voices, rather than to impose our own voices on them. Zanna has offered her testimony as to how a word that is charged with overtones of racial violence affected her and her husband. How about sitting with that, rather than trying to replace her experience with your own?<BR/><BR/>S.Paul4peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821389305503938933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1118520140052519162005-06-11T13:02:00.000-07:002005-06-11T13:02:00.000-07:00See my blog: www.morningcoffee.blogspot.com for m...See my blog: www.morningcoffee.blogspot.com for my commentAlanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169732072381476940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1118470568334525572005-06-10T23:16:00.000-07:002005-06-10T23:16:00.000-07:00Dear Zanna,I am humbled by your comment, and deepl...Dear Zanna,<BR/><BR/>I am humbled by your comment, and deeply appreciative that you took the time to write. For me, this issue is still one primarily of words on paper. For you, it is an all-too-present reality. The world is a different place today than it would have been if you had responded with cursing, a better place.<BR/><BR/>St. Augustive wrote that Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger and Courage. Anger that sees the world as it is, and Courage to change it.<BR/><BR/>S.Paul4peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821389305503938933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1118417844264320142005-06-10T08:37:00.000-07:002005-06-10T08:37:00.000-07:00Sampson -- how poignant to read this today, the da...Sampson -- how poignant to read this today, the day after my husband was referred to as a "coo_" by one of his co-workers. We spent most of yesterday and last night fighting the urge to curse the perpetrator of such hatred, and eventually got to the place of asking for God's redemption of the situation. I am tired of the battle over whether written words can be placed here or there, tired of the lip service paid to the victims of racism and prejudice, and just plain tired. Thank you for your words. Thank you for understanding. O God, Our God, break open the hearts of us all that we might come to love as you have called us. Until then, let the battle be not over words carved in stone, but words writ on our hearts. amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com