Comments on: Opt Out https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2016/02/23/opt-out/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: Anon https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2016/02/23/opt-out/comment-page-1/#comment-73061 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:57:24 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=2939#comment-73061 This was a fantastic post, neatly and concisely summing up a very real trap that essentially all of leftist academica falls into (in particular, the farther ‘left’ one seems to go, the more this trap seems to spring). Will be sharing with friends.

]]> By: W.P. McNeill https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2016/02/23/opt-out/comment-page-1/#comment-73056 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:23:52 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=2939#comment-73056 World-weary resignation is a luxury. It’s why well-off teenagers are often so good at it. If you’re in pain you’ll crave relief, however partial. If you approach all of life with a uniform cynicism, either you truly are defeated, or you’re only pretending to have skin in the game.

]]> By: leon https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2016/02/23/opt-out/comment-page-1/#comment-73053 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:14:53 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=2939#comment-73053 “habitas”

Is it tho?

]]> By: SocraticGadfly https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2016/02/23/opt-out/comment-page-1/#comment-73052 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:48:18 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=2939#comment-73052 I have occasionally seen this at Counterpunch. In the hands of Jeff St. Clair, it’s almost to the point of being a reflexive anti-American on foreign policy.

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