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I don't see that you've established anything other than what I conceded at the beginning of the discussion that the idea is often misapplied or applie...

Several are linked to at the end of the paper. I await your analysis with bated breath.

That kind of rhetorical tactic will only discredit you. No-one here is pro-child abuse.

2. Sure it sounds foolish when you represent it like that. But she didn't say it was "stealing" for a start and qualified that the problem was mostly ...

Let's take a look at your critique then. 1. Really? So this: "The Washington Redskins name controversy involves the name and logo of the Washington Re...

@"Vessuvius" If you could give a one line summary of your thesis, please, so the debate can be about that and not the writing style.

Just on the moral advancement / technological advancement proposed connection, it would be resassuring if it were true. It would suggest, for example,...

You're better off using the reply and quote functions if you want to interact. It's not going to always be clear who you are directing your comments a...

I originally thought it was about controlling immigration but it seems it's now about ensuring the right to make worse trade deals with other countrie...

I dunno, I probably wouldn't build a wall unless it was around your house.

I'm personally pro-immigration controls and have never argued for or know anyone who has argued for open borders everywhere, so the answer to your que...

Just on this one as it's so very far off point. Cultures and particularly historically imperialistic cultures can deliberately destroy the languages o...

If the author did think cultural appropriation was always racist, I definitely wouldn't agree, but I don't get the impression she does.

That, in context, is presenting a point of view of someone who thinks they're being accused of racism not necessarily the author's view.

At least you read it. I agree cultural appropriation isn't the same as racism. The author doesn't say it is afaik though there's a danger of conflatio...

Ohhh... that's a VERY good post.

Boris is doing a Trump. All tax cuts and xenophobia. Unfortunately, that's what works these days.

The problem with this attitude is you go from criticizing the excessive victim playing of the Sami to creating victims out of those who insulted their...

I don't know how you could read about the issue and be so glib. Try this one: https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/06/cultural-appropriation-wrong/ I don...

Ditto on that. :up:

Neither do I, I'd rather keep the original term 'appropriation' which has a different sense. I also like 'stupidly fucking with' but maybe that's a bi...

I don't think anyone here said this had something special to do with Americans or race. I didn't mention race once and the examples given were about A...

Where it becomes an ideological tool of intolerance, it's being misused and that has happened, but the term as originally introduced (in the 70s) in i...

You seem to be willfully missing the point. Even in this case, which is not all that serious, it's possible for a culture to be proud of a particular ...

You're definitely right about that.

Looks like Iran's cunning plan to make themselves look like every bad thing John Bolton said they were in order to help give him the excuse he needs t...

Cultures subsist in a tension between the sacred and the taboo. That's the energy that holds them together. Threaten that dynamic and they can fall ap...

It's clearly not only about money. Even in the examples given, that's only part of the equation. Aping cultures' (especially endangered ones') traditi...

@"Coben" has pretty well covered the type of examples I'd want to talk about though I may dig up a few more later. In any case, my issue here stems pr...

Ok, I'll leave my defence of our apehood at that. It is more or less off-topic.

I will leave this here though which presents a fairly balanced view of an issue that is not about PC outrage over people eating burritos or using Germ...

I tend to agree in this case. Male soccer players of a similar skill to those female players also get paid considerably less than the best male player...

Lol. Have I now upset your PC sensibilities? It was a joke. At least you got it, I suppose. Anyhow, try Googling cultural appropriation to find out wh...

I don't remember anyone saying we were "simply apes". And I have no idea what that would mean or why it would be reductive. Is there a claim anywhere ...

Oh dear, I hope you find a more appropriate place to put them. :halo:

It's a misused and misunderstood term as is apparent from your post. There are cases where vulnerable/dominated cultures may suffer degradation throug...

It may not be the point at issue but let's be correct. We are, unequivocally, apes and there's nothing wrong with that "A hominoid, commonly called an...

I got: You Are A: Chaotic Neutral Human Monk/Sorcerer (3rd/2nd Level) Alignment: Chaotic Neutral- A chaotic neutral character follows his whims. He is...

In a real quandary here. I'm planning on visiting the US. Should I tell them my Google+ handle is ledzkiltrumpwidfyre? Or should I just leave that one...

:up:

There's a clear ontological difference between God prima facie and Canada and the likes. Problem dissolved.

*Runs away*

Anyway, I don't really have anything to add. And it seems you started this topic to get around the last topic being closed, which isn't going to fly. ...

Should I say "Worth getting upset about" maybe? It started off as a reasonable question but ended up with what @"DingoJones" said. You did actually fl...

And we have rules about language use / flaming etc. which we will enforce regardless of what anyone's philosophical position on that is.

You're obsessing over an idea that no one else but you thinks is important and repeated expressions of incredulity at the fact that no-one else thinks...

I suggested we close it and @"Hanover" agreed and closed it. I thought it had some promise at the beginning but it seemed to have run its course philo...

I'm not deleting all that. Too much work. But if we could just call cut on the Life of Brian redux and get back on topic. Pretty please.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/social-ontology/

Any atheist with any sense would only claim that Canada is as real as it's supposed to be whereas God isn't. There's nothing more to it than that.