[FRIAM] Revising the American Revolution

[Frank Wimberly]

Most people would spell that, "nanner, nanner, nanner", I think.  It's
heard on playgrounds all over, or it was in the 40s and 50s.  In Mexico
they sing, "lero, lero, lero",  using the same notes.

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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 7:35 AM uǝlƃ ☤>$ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have no idea how to respond to this post. I don't know what "neener,
> neener, neener" means, unfortunately. But the grand narrative I'm talking
> about is the (I suppose Rawlsian?) social contract, including the wall of
> ignorance. That's distinct, I think, from the altruism of joining a
> collective effort to take responsibility for the future. The social
> contract argument seems fundamentally self-serving, especially the wall of
> ignorance fulcrum. It's a neo-liberal rhetorical device used to bridge the
> chasm between self-serving and pro-social perspectives.
>
> It's that bridge that is the grand narrative of the social contract. If
> you don't buy into that story, then the whole thing comes crumbling down.
> Most of my generation (X) and the Y's and Z's are calling the emperor naked
> at this point. So when you tell the story of the pre- and post- civil war
> understanding of the constitution to anyone under, say, 50 years old, you
> *might* want to consider that.
>
> For some reason, I feel like King Arthur at the base of the French castle
> in The Holy Grail: https://youtu.be/QSo0duY7-9s
>
>
> On 10/26/21 1:03 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
> > Grand narratives. Oh, neener, neener, neener.  I assume that we are all
> endowed with a very fuzzy ruleset from which patterns of association
> arise.  What's grand about it.  I admit to a desire to join with others in
> taking responsibility for our future.  I think that such a joining is a
> "good", even while conceding that, given complexity, that the future we
> plan for is unlikely to be the future we get.
> >
> > How DARE you pin me with a categorical pin.  Besides, I am much more
> pomo than you are.
> >
> > As I said: Neener, neener, neener.  And so's your old man.
>
> --
> "Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie."
> ☤>$ uǝlƃ
>
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