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Oct-18-16
 | | Fusilli: <K13> I came across that study a month or two ago, via this article: http://reason.com/blog/2016/09/22/a... It does seem pretty weak. |
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Nov-02-16
| | Fusilli: I voted! First time that I vote in the US (I became a citizen last year). Last time I voted was in an Argentine election in 1999. Seventeen years without voting came to an end today! |
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| Nov-02-16 | | parisattack: Good for you <Fusilli> - and congratulations! I always feel good when I vote. I've voted in every national election since 1972 save for 2000. |
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Nov-03-16
| | Fusilli: <parisattack> Thank you! Why not in 2000? |
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Nov-03-16
 | | ketchuplover: Vote like you castle-early and often! |
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| Nov-03-16 | | parisattack: <Fusilli: <parisattack> Thank you!
Why not in 2000?>
I couldn't handle either candidate. Similar circumstances this year - one is a pathological liar with narcissistic personality disorder, the other a career criminal. But I voted. |
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Nov-04-16
| | Fusilli: <parisattack> <ketchuplover> I am glad it will soon be over. We need a break. But I am worried about the future of this country. Polarization has increased. The maps in this article show it clearly: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... Homophily is also on the rise. Social media does not make it easy to mingle and communicate with those who hold alternative views. To the contrary, it strengthens the bonds between those who think alike, making them more sure of their positions and more hostile to others. See http://www.theatlantic.com/press-re.... Those of us who see ourselves as moderates, and subscribe to checkered politics, are shrinking as a group. And the extremes get more and more extreme over time. These trends are worrisome, and bad for the country. |
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| Nov-04-16 | | parisattack: <These trends are worrisome, and bad for the country.> Fully agree <Fusilli>. The polarization and inability to compromise and work for a common good are extremely worrisome. There is no longer the sense we are all in this together as a group that I felt in the 1950s-1960s. The unity and 'belonging'are gone. And, what little social conscience this country once had has all but disappeared. I, me and mine... |
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| Nov-10-16 | | Knight13: As a center-leftist, I was with the conservatives and against the progressive liberals in this cycle. The Democrats forgot that they can't just do whatever they want without real consequences, no matter how morally righteous they believe themselves to be. |
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Nov-10-16
| | Fusilli: <K13> Inserted as I am in the liberal academic environment, I have had enough of liberal arrogance and condescension. I am tired of group-think. This, for example, upsets me: http://reason.com/blog/2016/11/10/c.... I don't know, perhaps the same exams would have been cancelled on account of a Clinton's victory anyway, because, you know, the students would have been too excited. Speaking of that, my favorite Onion article: http://www.theonion.com/article/col.... BTW, I deleted your previous post because I was afraid that partisan replies would follow your question. Notice that I added a note at the end of my profile blurb. I really don't want my forum to become a political forum, but I do not mind some analysis if partisanship instincts can be restrained. |
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| Nov-10-16 | | Boomie: <Fusilli: Love Me I'm a Liberal> The folk song writer, Phil Ochs, was especially peeved by liberal hypocrites. "I love everybody as long as they don't move in next door and marry my daughter." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLq... |
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Nov-13-16
| | Fusilli: <Boomie> Cool song! I didn't know it, thank you. |
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| Nov-13-16 | | heuristic: <fusilli>
my background and profession is STEM-based. I see a lot of issues related to misunderstanding of STEM concepts. this article says it better than I can:https://aeon.co/ideas/what-i-learne... I know little about sociology. so I ask you; is there much auto-didactism in this field? and if so, what is your perception of the issues? for instance; I see a lot of self-taught folks espouse aspects in psychology and archeology; but rarely in this domain of the social sciences! since this is your forum and you're active in managing it's content; feel free to delete this. |
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Nov-14-16
| | Fusilli: Hi <heuristic>, thank you for stopping by! I appreciate your question, and will answer it, but this week looks like I'll be swamped. So, I may take some time, but will get to it. Cheers! |
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| Nov-17-16 | | Knight13: They want diversity in everything except ideas. Remember, never question. |
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| Dec-01-16 | | Knight13: <Fusilli> Have you come across any good academic feminist studies done by a feminist? |
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Dec-04-16
| | Fusilli: <K13> I don't read much of the most focused gender literature, but feminists write about a lot of things, so yes, I have read good work by feminists. These days I am mostly concerned with surviving the semester! The last stretch is punishing! |
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| Dec-06-16 | | Knight13: <Fusilli> I wanna read them, if you could recommend some. |
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Dec-14-16
| | Fusilli: <K13> How about this one: https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Womens-M... |
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| Dec-14-16 | | Knight13: <Fusilli> That will take a while. Anything online that's free and under 50 pages (excluding bibliography)? |
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Dec-19-16
| | Fusilli: <K13> Look up Paula England on google scholar. You'll find plenty of articles. Hopefully some of them available online. Another demographer who is a prominent gender scholar is Susan Watkins. |
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| Dec-19-16 | | Knight13: <Fusilli> None of them are third-wave feminists. Coincidence? Thanks. I will look into them. |
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Dec-20-16
| | Fusilli: If anyone is interested, my review of Gary Alan Fine's "Players and Pawns" for the American Journal of Sociology is posted on my academia.edu page: https://www.academia.edu/29077365/R... |
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Jan-07-17
 | | perfidious: <parisattack....I couldn't handle either candidate. Similar circumstances this year - one is a pathological liar with narcissistic personality disorder, the other a career criminal. But I voted.> The choice was indeed between Scylla and Charybdis. <Fusilli....Homophily is also on the rise. Social media does not make it easy to mingle and communicate with those who hold alternative views. To the contrary, it strengthens the bonds between those who think alike, making them more sure of their positions and more hostile to others.....> Ah, a new word for my lexicon today!
The phenomenon you have described above may be observed at a page here which I do not propose to name, especially with regard to one particular religion. <....Those of us who see ourselves as moderates, and subscribe to checkered politics, are shrinking as a group. And the extremes get more and more extreme over time. These trends are worrisome, and bad for the country.> This polarisation can only carry negative consequences in my view if left unchecked. Whilst my political leanings have always been to the left, and were indeed socialist in my youth, I have little truck with the extreme positions of either conservative or liberal ideology, both of which in my view propose to very neatly classify others, most especially those who are not as themselves, and dictate the behaviour of the latter. <....Inserted as I am in the liberal academic environment, I have had enough of liberal arrogance and condescension. I am tired of group-think....> Give me a person who disagrees with my every point of view but knows how to use their head any day over someone who is only capable of marching in lockstep. |
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Jan-12-17
| | Fusilli: Thank you <perfidious>. I always value your wit and your opinions. Stop by my forum any time! |
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