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chaichilaquiles

POst MOdern Philosophy Bash

May 22, 2011 16:39

So much to write about and so little time! How can I just get all of my thoughts out so I can just be a little bit liberated from them? I have a lot of strong opinions about a lot of things I have seen recently.

One, about the rapture that was suppose to go down yesterday. One person I know on facebook just did not want to let it down. He is an ( Read more... )

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cknk May 23 2011, 01:09:25 UTC

I remember the story of X mentioned in that article.

I believe there is a huge middle ground where people can raise children to sort of fit in with gender roles without gender roles being a big thing.

I completely agree with your line that: "But ironically enough... I have seen that the more you feel that you are "part of the whole" that than an entity unto oneself... the more value you will really find in your life."

i_saw_the_fall May 23 2011, 07:44:22 UTC

I hated Waiting for Superman, mostly because of it's anti-union stance. But I'm pretty pro-union. It's funny though because when I was in high school, I never understood the point of unions. But then I was so naive and thought that employers were intrinsically good and would never do things to make their workers unhappy or break rules and laws. Boy howdy, how that changed quickly.

chaichilaquiles June 3 2011, 01:18:55 UTC

well we are almost 30 now... we are on the countdown before all of the youthful idealism gets sucked right out of us.

hashishinahooka May 23 2011, 20:53:16 UTC

I'll have to disagree. The point really isn't that we all should change how we live. The idea is that those who don't fit into the gender roles society created shouldn't have to conform. People should be allowed to do their own thing if that's what they choose.

If having a child was my only option in life, I would be miserable. Yet, I can appreciate the value it brings to the life of others.

chaichilaquiles June 2 2011, 04:57:13 UTC

I think this article made it sound more like the parents pushed the counter culture po mo philosophy on the kids. In her response letter she makes it sound like her oldest son wanted it and then that is how she got involved.
People can do whatever they want and I don't even think her youngest will be scarred for life, but I think that hiding the gender is pushing the ideology on her youngest and that by omission she will actually magnify the issue rather than diminish it.
It would be miserable to not have the choice to have children or not- however I think that Americans are being conditioned to NOT value children or rather see them as a burden and not a blessing (in the secular meaning of the word, but wth- the religious one too). At least I have felt incredibly cheated and lied to by the media and the other messages on the subject as I was growing up. I was a reluctant mom myself so I definately feel I have some authority to say that.

hashishinahooka June 2 2011, 10:26:07 UTC

When you parent, you pass on your culture to your children period. Should they not pass on their values to their children ( ... )

chaichilaquiles June 3 2011, 01:51:23 UTC

So I guess one would have to decide if it is "reasonable" to hide the sex of the baby for reasons of flouting the gender norm. I agree that we as a society should not only be tolerant, but accepting of the outliers on the gender spectrum...but I don't see the point of purposely of flouting the gender norm if it does not come innately from within the person doing the flouting ( ... )

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