Cultural appropriation? Hindu nationalists used yoga as an anti-colonialist export

[PatRx2]

Ah, but you see, here a little cultural appropriation from the Scots simplifies things immensely: tatties are tatties, neeps are neeps, it’s a dreich day in November, and the only drama that’s occurring is while hiding the body of the deej next door who decided to practise his pipes at the crack of dawn.

[smut_clyde]

@Missy_Pants

whole mango/green-pepper thing in Ohio!

Mangos are (as any fule kno) mangelwurzels.

[anon61221983]

@GulliverFoyle

Observing Western white middle-class liberal academia is like watching an especially dumb snake eat its own tail.

[ETA] Not ALL middle class liberal academics!

[Medievalist]

I love potatoes… which is why I must avoid them. It’s an abusive relationship!

They’re easier to turn down when they’ve been adulterated with turnips, though.

[smut_clyde]

@GulliverFoyle

Observing Western white middle-class liberal academia is like watching an especially dumb snake eat its own tail.

[GulliverFoyle]

@anon61221983

[ETA] Not ALL middle class liberal academics!

Definitely not! I purposely chose academia over academics.

[anon61221983]

Fair enough… but that’s because all institutions and bureaucracies have a tendency to turn out that way.

[GulliverFoyle]

@anon61221983

Fair enough… but that’s because all institutions and bureaucracies have a tendency to turn out that way.

I literally could not agree more. You’ve succinctly and eloquently expressed my own thoughts.

[adonai]

Adultery, turnips, hmm…

[anon15383236]

@popobawa4u

Thug is, not unlike Yoga, an Indian term. which itself was appropriated by British colonialism, and subsequently by African-American culture. It seems weird to protect its appropriation by a later group, but to deny it to an earlier one.

Hegemony, how does it work??

[popobawa4u]

@anon15383236

Hegemony, how does it work??

I would argue that it doesn’t work, really!

One of my most basic critical thinking exercises is that if something seems “true”, but somehow only for a certain group of people, that there is almost certainly a BS factor involved.

[anon15383236]

@popobawa4u

One of my most basic critical thinking exercises is that if something seems “true”, but somehow only for a certain group of people, that there is almost certainly a BS factor involved.

That’s pretty much an argument that hegemony does work, actually. If the BS works.

[popobawa4u]

@anon15383236

That’s pretty much an argument that hegemony does work, actually. If the BS works.

Only if/when people accept the BS instead of being critical of it. Some do, some don’t. People who rely upon BS are merely those who have failed to present a persuasive argument, so it would be folly to indulge them.

[anon15383236]

Speaking of people whom I’d temporarily forgotten it would be folly to indulge…

[popobawa4u]

You don’t say…

Maybe you prefer to not insist upon an evidence-based society, that can be your prerogative. I think it is worth demonstrating to people how hegemony does/doesn’t work and encouraging people to be critical of it, rather than being taken along for the ride. People would benefit from being more careful and deliberate in choosing their allies.

[enso]

@popobawa4u

Maybe you prefer to not insist upon an evidence-based society, that can be your prerogative.

Wot? I mean…wot?

[GulliverFoyle]

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Speaking of people whom I’d temporarily forgotten it would be folly to indulge…
[/quote]obama will GIF

[anon33466019]

I grow those!!

[GulliverFoyle]

@japhroaig

I grow those!!

Ha!! So do we. Next time I show off our garden, I am totally presenting it as “Oh, and here is where I grow my snaps!” while snapping my fingers. Thanks!