Comments on: Speaking of Double Standards… http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/06/17/speaking-of-double-standards/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Ewe http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/06/17/speaking-of-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-8089 Ewe Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=3292#comment-8089 I think you just accused the Supreme Court of collectively being <a href="http://oyez.com/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_83_724" rel="nofollow">"a pretty crude sort of formalist."</a> Or is that case not salient to your argument above? (The tone here is not supposed to be <i>gotcha</i>; I'm actually trying to clarify.) I think you just accused the Supreme Court of collectively being “a pretty crude sort of formalist.”

Or is that case not salient to your argument above?

(The tone here is not supposed to be gotcha; I’m actually trying to clarify.)

]]> By: B. Kennedy http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/06/17/speaking-of-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-8061 B. Kennedy Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:44:49 +0000 http://www.juliansanchez.com/?p=3292#comment-8061 I've never viewed club memberships to be particularly onerous unless the stated goal of the organization is overt racism, hatred, violence etc. like Neo-Nazi or Mexican Reconquista groups. Most social clubs are just that: social clubs. They are gathering places for like-minded peers of a certain status or profession, and the only reason some oppose them is because they oppose exclusivity itself in principle. When judging the merits of someone's racism, sexism, whateverism, or lack thereof, I chiefly look to their statements and actions. What they say, how consistently they say it, and the context in which they say it are better indicators to me than which social clubs they decided to join. I’ve never viewed club memberships to be particularly onerous unless the stated goal of the organization is overt racism, hatred, violence etc. like Neo-Nazi or Mexican Reconquista groups.

Most social clubs are just that: social clubs. They are gathering places for like-minded peers of a certain status or profession, and the only reason some oppose them is because they oppose exclusivity itself in principle.

When judging the merits of someone’s racism, sexism, whateverism, or lack thereof, I chiefly look to their statements and actions. What they say, how consistently they say it, and the context in which they say it are better indicators to me than which social clubs they decided to join.

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