Just read your article on Steve Albini. I'm responding to the following line you made about Montana from the article:
"...for a nerdy kid living in a cultural vacuum..."
And then people like yourself wonder why we have MAGA.
Fuck off, you pretentious asshole. What you know about the Rocky Mtn states, or any part of the western US that is NOT Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle, would fill a cockroaches dick.
Anger? No, just annoyed at how your thinking helps drive division and hate. You exude pretension. You are so fucking hardcore that you can dismiss people from Chi Town's burbs because you are so 'real'.
Sorry, but you suck. I don't have to pretend to have some punk credibility because I was an adult enjoying real anger and angst when these bands were relevant.
Phrases like "fly over states" and other commentary meant to convey that people between the coasts are either primitive or irrelevant helps fuel the MAGA movement. Trump capitalizes on this sentiment to convey the impression that a dumb, fat Queens Cheeto cares more about these folks more than you do. Anyone living in these communities that you imply somehow lack culture (YOUR culture, not theirs) is immediately suspect for Blue State/City residents. Their angry, gun-toting Rednecks who only care about white supremacy. Your presumed superiority is evident in how you casually you jammed that comment into your article.
Perhaps the saddest part of this colloquy is that I really liked your article otherwise, and that I am a progressive. It pains me to see how out-of-touch young writers like yourself have become, or have always been. Do you know people from Montana - or any Red State? Do you automatically assume that they are dumb, or that they lack culture because they have never left their small, ignorant communities?
I stand by my earlier post and challenge you to review your commentary about places you've never lived in to see if you would accept those words if someone were discussing foreign countries. Most liberals encourage their fellow Americans to see people for who they are, not where they live. They also encourage Americans to get out of their comfort zone and try to engage people on their terms, not assume that their values and "culture" is somehow superior.
Try that and you might actually learn something before you reach my or Steve Albini's age. Who knows, you might actually learn from Albini's example. Your article gave me the impression that you admired him.
I'll answer you sincerely, this time: Your post is so off-base and presumptive in nearly every facet — about my life, my experience of the world, about the basic function of writing — that to counterpoint you would be a true waste of my time. I say this earnestly, without any irritation: I think you should contemplate what it means that you read a single line of an article and became so incensed that you invented an entire fiction about a total stranger, just to prove some point you've been meditating on for years. I am sorry you are so quick to anger and judgment, but it's not my problem. Good luck with everything, Mark, and don't talk to me again.
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Just read your article on Steve Albini. I'm responding to the following line you made about Montana from the article:
"...for a nerdy kid living in a cultural vacuum..."
And then people like yourself wonder why we have MAGA.
Fuck off, you pretentious asshole. What you know about the Rocky Mtn states, or any part of the western US that is NOT Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle, would fill a cockroaches dick.
Eat shit, too.
One line about someone else’s experience in an article is why you you’re MAGA? Seems like an anger problem
Anger? No, just annoyed at how your thinking helps drive division and hate. You exude pretension. You are so fucking hardcore that you can dismiss people from Chi Town's burbs because you are so 'real'.
Sorry, but you suck. I don't have to pretend to have some punk credibility because I was an adult enjoying real anger and angst when these bands were relevant.
Phrases like "fly over states" and other commentary meant to convey that people between the coasts are either primitive or irrelevant helps fuel the MAGA movement. Trump capitalizes on this sentiment to convey the impression that a dumb, fat Queens Cheeto cares more about these folks more than you do. Anyone living in these communities that you imply somehow lack culture (YOUR culture, not theirs) is immediately suspect for Blue State/City residents. Their angry, gun-toting Rednecks who only care about white supremacy. Your presumed superiority is evident in how you casually you jammed that comment into your article.
Perhaps the saddest part of this colloquy is that I really liked your article otherwise, and that I am a progressive. It pains me to see how out-of-touch young writers like yourself have become, or have always been. Do you know people from Montana - or any Red State? Do you automatically assume that they are dumb, or that they lack culture because they have never left their small, ignorant communities?
I stand by my earlier post and challenge you to review your commentary about places you've never lived in to see if you would accept those words if someone were discussing foreign countries. Most liberals encourage their fellow Americans to see people for who they are, not where they live. They also encourage Americans to get out of their comfort zone and try to engage people on their terms, not assume that their values and "culture" is somehow superior.
Try that and you might actually learn something before you reach my or Steve Albini's age. Who knows, you might actually learn from Albini's example. Your article gave me the impression that you admired him.
I'll answer you sincerely, this time: Your post is so off-base and presumptive in nearly every facet — about my life, my experience of the world, about the basic function of writing — that to counterpoint you would be a true waste of my time. I say this earnestly, without any irritation: I think you should contemplate what it means that you read a single line of an article and became so incensed that you invented an entire fiction about a total stranger, just to prove some point you've been meditating on for years. I am sorry you are so quick to anger and judgment, but it's not my problem. Good luck with everything, Mark, and don't talk to me again.