Comments on: The Personal Is Not The Political. I Don’t Care What that Hippie Told You http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/06/the-personal-is-not-the-political-i-dont-care-what-that-hippie-told-you/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/06/the-personal-is-not-the-political-i-dont-care-what-that-hippie-told-you/comment-page-1/#comment-677531 Jimmie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:29:48 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7359#comment-677531 I wonder, though, if they had never said anything about politics, if anyone would know or care about their affiliation? I certainly don't think about it. I only care about what a musician does with music. Surely I can't be the only one. Welcome, then! I hope you come back soon. I wonder, though, if they had never said anything about politics, if anyone would know or care about their affiliation? I certainly don't think about it. I only care about what a musician does with music. Surely I can't be the only one.

Welcome, then! I hope you come back soon.

]]> By: tim maguirehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/06/the-personal-is-not-the-political-i-dont-care-what-that-hippie-told-you/comment-page-1/#comment-677527 tim maguire Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:02:06 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7359#comment-677527 I'm afraid you're wrong. In the liberal (progressive? in what way, exactly, do any of these people support progress?) world view, the first and most important thing, the necessary but not sufficient (although almost!) determiner of your worth as a human being is your belief system. You absolutely MUST, above all other considerations, believe the right things. Only after it is established that you believe the right things can you be judged according to your acts--Are you a creative genius? Generous to the poor? (nice, but optional) Kind to your mother? (or, if she's conservative, do you tolerate and occasionally humor her patriarchically imposed narrow mind?) That stuff comes later. So if Michael Tilson-Thomas wants to be admired for his art, he must first establish his adherence to the proper belief system. Otherwise, his public won't even get to the art part. FWIW, I surfed in off The Anchoress's recommendation. I'm afraid you're wrong. In the liberal (progressive? in what way, exactly, do any of these people support progress?) world view, the first and most important thing, the necessary but not sufficient (although almost!) determiner of your worth as a human being is your belief system. You absolutely MUST, above all other considerations, believe the right things.

Only after it is established that you believe the right things can you be judged according to your acts–Are you a creative genius? Generous to the poor? (nice, but optional) Kind to your mother? (or, if she's conservative, do you tolerate and occasionally humor her patriarchically imposed narrow mind?)

That stuff comes later.

So if Michael Tilson-Thomas wants to be admired for his art, he must first establish his adherence to the proper belief system. Otherwise, his public won't even get to the art part.

FWIW, I surfed in off The Anchoress's recommendation.

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