Comments on: 2012: the Year of the Asshole? http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/ History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Sat, 25 May 2013 04:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: TSS http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1265940 TSS Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:16:36 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1265940 To add to the syllabus: The late, great Molly Ivins's essay on Camille Paglia, in which Ivins argues that "asshole" ought to be used in a more gender-neutral way so that one can say of Paglia, "Sheesh, what an asshole." TSS To add to the syllabus: The late, great Molly Ivins’s essay on Camille Paglia, in which Ivins argues that “asshole” ought to be used in a more gender-neutral way so that one can say of Paglia, “Sheesh, what an asshole.”

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]]> By: Historiann http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1261408 Historiann Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:06:54 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1261408 There are a lot of post-1789 European assholes, aren't there? And just think about how energized your students will be by your interpretive angle. They might even do the assigned reading in a class on assholes! There are a lot of post-1789 European assholes, aren’t there? And just think about how energized your students will be by your interpretive angle. They might even do the assigned reading in a class on assholes!

]]> By: Matt_L http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1261384 Matt_L Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:58:49 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1261384 Wow! What a great post! I am inspired... I think I could easily transform my Western Civilization 1789 to the Present. How about, _A History of European Assholes and Assholery, 1789 to the present_ ? Wow! What a great post! I am inspired… I think I could easily transform my Western Civilization 1789 to the Present. How about, _A History of European Assholes and Assholery, 1789 to the present_ ?

]]> By: Historiann http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1261325 Historiann Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:17:04 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1261325 All worthy entries. Someone I can't believe I overlooked: Wayne LaPierre. He's the face I see each time I read that line that "If one is special on one’s birthday, the asshole’s birthday comes every day." All worthy entries.

Someone I can’t believe I overlooked: Wayne LaPierre. He’s the face I see each time I read that line that “If one is special on one’s birthday, the asshole’s birthday comes every day.”

]]> By: LouMac http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1261176 LouMac Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:10:31 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1261176 Sorry, I had to come back in the interests of gender parity, to nominate Ann Coulter and Camille Paglia. Sorry, I had to come back in the interests of gender parity, to nominate Ann Coulter and Camille Paglia.

]]> By: LouMac http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1261166 LouMac Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:04:09 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1261166 I also nominate all of those toxic talk show hosts, especially Buchanan and Beck. They're not just wrong, they're assholically wrong. I also nominate all of those toxic talk show hosts, especially Buchanan and Beck. They’re not just wrong, they’re assholically wrong.

]]> By: LouMac http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1261162 LouMac Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:01:32 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1261162 And to complete his asshole credentials, Rousseau penned a multi-volume treatise on how to educate boys. Those who talk the most about What Children Need (mothers at home! all the time!) would not, themselves, know one end of a child from the other. That hasn't changed either. And to complete his asshole credentials, Rousseau penned a multi-volume treatise on how to educate boys. Those who talk the most about What Children Need (mothers at home! all the time!) would not, themselves, know one end of a child from the other. That hasn’t changed either.

]]> By: Susan http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1260368 Susan Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:17:09 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1260368 This is definitely challenging. You could just indicate the whole Republican assault on women's bodies -- it's really hard to choose. I think I need to nominate Rush Limbaugh for his attack on Sandra Fluke. The book reminds me of the lovely little book by Harry Frankfurt _On Bullshit_. This is definitely challenging. You could just indicate the whole Republican assault on women’s bodies — it’s really hard to choose. I think I need to nominate Rush Limbaugh for his attack on Sandra Fluke.

The book reminds me of the lovely little book by Harry Frankfurt _On Bullshit_.

]]> By: truffula http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1259913 truffula Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:57:04 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1259913 All I had to do was read about how private "equity" firms like <a href="http://m.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/01/30/120130ta_talk_surowiecki" rel="nofollow">Bain Capital</a> work to decide Romney is a premier asshole. The whole of his life seems to be defined by the idea that if <I>he</I> is doing it, it cannot be wrong. All I had to do was read about how private “equity” firms like Bain Capital work to decide Romney is a premier asshole. The whole of his life seems to be defined by the idea that if he is doing it, it cannot be wrong.

]]> By: Lance http://www.historiann.com/2013/01/05/2012-the-year-of-the-asshole/comment-page-1/#comment-1259891 Lance Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:37:22 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=20315#comment-1259891 This is fun. Also, upon reflection, I think DSK should (maybe) repeat again. I'm thinking global assholes here. This is fun. Also, upon reflection, I think DSK should (maybe) repeat again. I’m thinking global assholes here.

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