tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141261450326223185.post8310149692743751254..comments2023-03-30T10:20:30.146-07:00Comments on Mary Tracy: "Talking Rubbish"Mary Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07207819303495310169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141261450326223185.post-89957891955947837632011-08-25T10:42:07.676-07:002011-08-25T10:42:07.676-07:00Hi Mary Tracy, I just wanted to give you a link to...Hi Mary Tracy, I just wanted to give you a link to this article which discusses a slightly different perspective on the riots (though not this particular media piece that you are discussing): <br /><br />http://parallelexistence.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/im-disenfranchised/#commentsAhttp://feminist-reprise.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141261450326223185.post-81405015548931924762011-08-16T06:21:28.144-07:002011-08-16T06:21:28.144-07:00That woman was purposely picked to go on that live...That woman was purposely picked to go on that live debate to introduce a hysterical out of touch idiot, with no manners, to firestart and paint the voice of reason as 'trash'. What a circus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141261450326223185.post-86590496748960877362011-08-15T11:50:42.428-07:002011-08-15T11:50:42.428-07:00@Ursula And then getting upset because the council...@Ursula And then getting upset because the council had already cleaned everything. LOL! What are they going to do now? Clean mess that the riots hadn't caused? And without a camera to witness their heroic act?Mary Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207819303495310169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141261450326223185.post-74840652586867370372011-08-15T06:47:48.136-07:002011-08-15T06:47:48.136-07:00Hear, hear indeed.
And, white middleclasses get...Hear, hear indeed. <br /><br />And, white middleclasses getting out and about with their brooms to sweep away the scum'.Ursulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456416604694628857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141261450326223185.post-72479188350489067622011-08-11T10:36:35.228-07:002011-08-11T10:36:35.228-07:00Hi Mary Tracy,
I've been thinking about this ...Hi Mary Tracy,<br /><br />I've been thinking about this since I first read your post yesterday, and I think part of "doing it differently" is trying to have empathy for all perspectives. Being angry at someone trash-talking someone else (particularly someone who has lesser race and class status) is completely understandable; and yet, if my neighbors were putting other people at risk to prove a point, I might also be understandably upset, particularly since I'm not really the one causing the problems. You know? It seems like both parties in your post are using problematic tactics in trying to redress real grievances caused by people that neither of them has much chance of directly reaching.<br /><br />Whether we like it or not, we are all part of each other's society and what we do impacts all of us. The sooner we understand that, and behave as though we understand that, the better we will be able to address the problems that we face.<br /><br />Just my $0.02 US. :)<br /><br />AAhttp://feminist-reprise.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141261450326223185.post-29073191880200444402011-08-10T11:36:09.222-07:002011-08-10T11:36:09.222-07:00Hear hear.Hear hear.Robertnoreply@blogger.com