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He wasn't saying pseudo-academic isn't a legit word, just that sociology isn't a pseudo-academic field. It's an academic field, but as a social science, it might be called pseudo-scientific.Ah, DWW with his antiquated and fixed rules. Is my use of "pseudo-academic" equivalent to wearing chinos with oxfords? Language is a living thing used to express meaning in a community. The use of the term "pseudo-academic" is firmly extablished in language use.
Have you read his political writings? Not on the forum, but in published journals? There are stronger grounds for calling him a white supremacist than just "he disagrees with me."... Ah yes, he is a white supremacist, because he disagrees with me...
It's not a sad picture, the Allies have liberated Europe from the Nazis and finally things are looking up for the kid and his feet wont be cold and wet no more!!!!
Yey, it's sad and joyous at the same time. Joyous because of his joy, the liberation, the gift. But sad because his extreme joy is due in part because of his prior deprivation. I only learned the history of the photo when looking for it recently. I don't know when I first saw it. Perhaps a @bengalstripe post or avatar. But even if one doesn't know the history, the reason for sadness should be apparent.it’s a very moving picture and indeed joyous yet sad at the same time.
Perhaps we can stop labeling one another as Nazis for just a little while and reflect on what the Nazis actually did.
Yeah, it's easy to blend in, since most people who wear CM don't take a lot of interest in it. But there are levels of depth that one could explore for a long time. This has been apparent to me every time I've met someone like @iammatt, @dopey, @Parker, @lefty, or @gdl203 in person.im personally not very interested in straight line CM at this point because (1) it’s pretty easy to execute enough to blend in if you stick to an easily understood formula and ...
Are you saying we should dismiss entirely someone's style because of their politics? I'm not sure I agree with that. But I do agree that DWW would be better off if he spent less time replying to trolls and fools. I also like how he posts other icons with similar style.As I said very deliberately, "I know you know" - I wasn't in any way implying ignorance, so there's no need to defensive! It was an invitation to conversation and thought. So rather than just fighting with trolls and fools, can we not consider the question of nostalgia and its more unsavoury connections as much as those positive lineages and impressions? I am surely not the only person who cringes every time someone (once again) posts a picture of the Duke of Windsor as some sartorial role-model, or Gianni Agnelli... we had a little of this in the Stylish or Cool thread before it was shouted down by the usual suspects who while being entirely motivation by very particular politics try to claim that politics doesn't below in discussions of clothing.
Btw, you mentioned that cowboys "were originally mostly black." I know there were large numbers, but do you have a source for the "most"? And when I hear "originally," I think Spanish, Native American, or Latinx. Here's a pic from one of my favorite books as a kid, Dean's Gold Star Book of Cowboys, written and illustrated by English twin sisters, Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone. Here's a page from their book:
Their drawings have great style.