Thank you for posting that link, I had never seen it. It occurs to me that I think I told a similar story about me being the only white person in Flaming Sally's in Macon Georgia on a Saturday night in around 1980. No Planet of the Apes but the same, "you know what, they were cool with me." Monday at the bid whist table in the break room…
Thank you for posting that link, I had never seen it. It occurs to me that I think I told a similar story about me being the only white person in Flaming Sally's in Macon Georgia on a Saturday night in around 1980. No Planet of the Apes but the same, "you know what, they were cool with me." Monday at the bid whist table in the break room someone who had seen me there told everyone what a terrible dancer I am, and they all laughed. That was cool too. Context, you could say it was a woke moment for Rogan. A demonized subculture that was OK with him being there. Every white person needs that experience.
Your last paragraph belongs in a picture frame on a wall where it will be reread every day. For that chance we will understand each other better.
"you could say it was a woke moment for Rogan. A demonized subculture that was OK with him being there. Every white person needs that experience."
Absolutely. One of the many flaws with the cancel culture mindset is that it demands people be perfect straight away. It's not enough to make a mistake and learn from it, even though that's one of the ways we *all* learn, any error, however long ago, is evidence that you're forever irredeemable.
Thank you for posting that link, I had never seen it. It occurs to me that I think I told a similar story about me being the only white person in Flaming Sally's in Macon Georgia on a Saturday night in around 1980. No Planet of the Apes but the same, "you know what, they were cool with me." Monday at the bid whist table in the break room someone who had seen me there told everyone what a terrible dancer I am, and they all laughed. That was cool too. Context, you could say it was a woke moment for Rogan. A demonized subculture that was OK with him being there. Every white person needs that experience.
Your last paragraph belongs in a picture frame on a wall where it will be reread every day. For that chance we will understand each other better.
"you could say it was a woke moment for Rogan. A demonized subculture that was OK with him being there. Every white person needs that experience."
Absolutely. One of the many flaws with the cancel culture mindset is that it demands people be perfect straight away. It's not enough to make a mistake and learn from it, even though that's one of the ways we *all* learn, any error, however long ago, is evidence that you're forever irredeemable.