tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post3068968767920117688..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: Huckleberry Finn to Eat SoapUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-45065833737190429542011-01-08T10:00:34.144-05:002011-01-08T10:00:34.144-05:00There seems to be a hierarchy of "sensitivity...There seems to be a hierarchy of "sensitivity" among different social levels. The better the person, the less "sensitive." Think of prisons, say, as the lowest level. Plenty of hair-trigger "sensitivity" there, I understand. Or go even lower: religious wackadoos. The only thing bothersome about this parasitic ass pandering to the lower orders is that it has become the norm. Common decency, if not law, demands that the book be titled "NOT Huckleberry Finn".Slade Calhounnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-81921211407708787572011-01-07T15:25:30.605-05:002011-01-07T15:25:30.605-05:00This reminds me of the Harry Potter books where th...This reminds me of the Harry Potter books where the characters are terrified to mention the name of the "dark lord". Even to hear someone else mutter it sends them into fits of fear... It's as if just hearing it is dangerous.<br /><br />But it points out the cowardice that is bred by the refusal to acknowledge the truth of a thing. The goal seems to be to destroy a concept by deletion rather than conquering it with truth and courage.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283312915111581912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-25783633384506600592011-01-07T15:02:42.277-05:002011-01-07T15:02:42.277-05:00More lunacy from academe. For goodness sake, if yo...More lunacy from academe. For goodness sake, if you don't like the book's vocabulary, don't read it--don't "teach" it--don't use it. Duh? Go find another. Or go write your own. Twain's is Twain's, and not yours to tamper with. Easy principle to grasp, and to follow: so easy, only an academic could get it wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-49921983579967889732011-01-07T12:46:16.738-05:002011-01-07T12:46:16.738-05:00Ryan: I'm foggy on the meaning of "honky,...Ryan: I'm foggy on the meaning of "honky," as well. It might have something to do with geese. Go figure. I provided a link to a web page that gives a history of the term "nigger." (Links are underlined in the text.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-85997600716551191682011-01-07T10:13:40.221-05:002011-01-07T10:13:40.221-05:00I don't understand this line of thinking. I do...I don't understand this line of thinking. I don't understand a teacher who is incapable of teaching (with the use of this book) why racial epithets are hurtful. I have no idea what a "honkey" is, so the term when heard is ironically funny to me. The word "nigger" on the other hand has a history, a history that every American should learn, just as they should learn of all aspects of this nations history. White washing the past does nothing but paint over scars, it does nothing to heal them. <br /><br />Great article, Ed. Until next time, keep on cracking, Cracker...Ryan W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-47136687815529980232011-01-07T03:20:23.969-05:002011-01-07T03:20:23.969-05:00Those strong-spirited black people of past generat...Those strong-spirited black people of past generations who had to contend with ACTUAL racism while forging their individual achievements, I'm sure would be appalled at today's "spiritually anemic" weaklings who are frightened or offended by a mere word.Bill Buckonoreply@blogger.com