tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post7130739116932687463..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-17840097610143628732008-03-10T18:44:00.000-07:002008-03-10T18:44:00.000-07:00Isn't it gym time reserved for women in general, n...Isn't it gym time reserved for women in general, not just Muslim women? Seems reasonable enough. Granting a request from a Muslim groups doesn't make you a <I>dimmi</I> automatically.<BR/><BR/>i.p.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-89324158703029859192008-03-09T10:30:00.000-07:002008-03-09T10:30:00.000-07:00It was only a very small number of Muslim female s...It was only a very small number of Muslim female students who had asked for women-only gym hours. I've heard that there may have been as few as six of them. The proposal probably would've gotten nowhere, but then Harvard's main women student group picked up the cause and got it implemented. This women's group is overwhelmingly non-Muslim, in fact given Harvard's demographics I would imagine that it has a substantial Jewish percentage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-2442619987564557852008-03-08T15:44:00.000-08:002008-03-08T15:44:00.000-08:00I'd also like to point out that an extant domestic...I'd also like to point out that an extant domestic group would be a more likely choice of antithesis than a German politician who died over 60 years ago, but I really need another issue to cement this theory. Can you think of anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-22518482130334279842008-03-08T15:42:00.000-08:002008-03-08T15:42:00.000-08:00Oh, to a first approximation you're pretty spot-on...Oh, to a first approximation you're pretty spot-on. Hitler is the bugaboo of the left kind of like Communism is the bugaboo of the right. (Notice that 'socialist' is still an effective term of abuse in many circles.) That's how you can have silliness like the 'Soup Nazi' and 'grammar Nazis'.<BR/><BR/><I>Liberals would guess that Hitler likes JWs, for example, because they're hardcore religionists, so it's not the actual Hitler I'm speaking of, just the crude image.</I><BR/>Depends on how educated the liberal is about history. Unfortunately I really can't call the guys at Harvard uneducated, now can I?<BR/><BR/>What I <I>really</I> think the Harvard guys' rule is is WWRO: what would rednecks oppose. Or, rather, what would <I>Harvard's image of</I> a redneck oppose. The anti-Mormon bigotry of the Republican base was lost on a lot of people I know. Recall, Harvard thinks they're defending civilization against proletarian red-state hordes. <BR/><BR/>OK, here's the test: can you think of something where Hitler and the rednecks would split? I'd say the American flag (remember Harvard made an employee take it down), but of course the proper analog would be the German flag for Adolf. So then our real question is: what would <I>an American version of Hitler</I> oppose?<BR/><BR/>Well, domestic neo-Nazis aren't too big contrary to the beliefs of some of my friends and neighbors. But here's an interesting thing that I think would split the Christian right and the American Nazi party: Israel. As I'm sure you're well aware, the Christian Right is in love with Israel, and the Nazis, well, are not.<BR/><BR/>What's Harvard's opinion on Israel? Not sure, but given the fondness of modern lefties for the Palestinian movement, I'd suspect moderately anti (at least relative to America as a whole; you might think America is too pro-Israel, but political positions are relative; what matters here is less how pro-Israel the university is in the absolute sense than how they position themselves relative to the USA in general). <BR/><BR/>Can you think of another issue where the American Nazis and the rednecks split? I don't want to bring Israel into this if I don't have to, just because all the commenters will start talking about that instead of the original topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-64072221978329371272008-03-08T15:04:00.000-08:002008-03-08T15:04:00.000-08:00sfg: Yes, I thought about JWs. To be more precise,...sfg: Yes, I thought about JWs. To be more precise, WWHO is What Do I Imagine Hitler Would Oppose. Liberals would guess that Hitler likes JWs, for example, because they're hardcore religionists, so it's not the actual Hitler I'm speaking of, just the crude image.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-39536745223043555082008-03-08T13:22:00.000-08:002008-03-08T13:22:00.000-08:00Well, Hitler put Jehovah's Witnesses in concentrat...Well, Hitler put Jehovah's Witnesses in concentration camps (purple triangles). And apparently he suppressed the Pentecostal church as well.<BR/><BR/>So WWHO isn't too far off, but there are a few exceptions. Mostly it has to do with New England class privilege, I think; traditionally oppressed groups OK, low-status rural groups not OK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-50818845406689423832008-03-07T13:09:00.000-08:002008-03-07T13:09:00.000-08:00That might about sum it all up.One exception I've ...That might about sum it all up.<BR/><BR/>One exception I've always wondered about is the popularity of Volkswagen Beetles, which were sponsored by Hitler. Did advertising man David Ogilvy somehow charm people into forgetting that back in the 1960s?Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.com