PGage wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Phil Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> I disagree. The shows and the movies are funny and to many people they find >> it pretty true to life. Jim on the other hand is crap. > > Fair enough - we disagree about the merits of Mr. Perry's work. But > you are actually not disagreeing with my underlying point. When you > say "Jim is crap" do you expect the answer "but Jim is popular with > the White culture"? Wouldn't that be something of a non sequitor? > > To elaborate a bit on the point: I get the feeling what some people > might mean by this reply to criticism of Perry is really something > like "Perry's work might seem like crap to some non-black people, but > when viewed in cultural context it can be seen to be of high quality". > If that is what they mean, then I think they should just say "No, > Perry's work is not crap, it is good", and then make the case for what > it is that they think is good about it. OTOH, some people seem to mean > something like "Yes, I think Perry's work is crap too, but we can't > say that since it is popular with black people". Or, even worse, maybe > something like "Perry's work is crap, but black people like crap and > we have to give them something to watch too".
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