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The LA apartment is packed away into brown cardboard and this feels like the true farewell. During our last weeks here, Nikki and I finally had the campus photo shoot we've talked about for so long. It was an effort to capture details that eventually escape memory's grasp - the quietude of that small arcaded corridor east of Royce. The sweeping blue fir nearby, and that ethereal way its branches illuminate the shadows. Perhaps we were also after something like the candid shots in the old twenties and thirties yearbooks I found at the library one fall - long-ago coeds posing against brick and ivy in oxford heels, cloche hats and tailored coats. Chasing that old collegiate glamor, I'm quite sure that lipstick and a good dress are indispensable. Enter Ingrid by Shabby Apple, a vintage inspired number from their 1943 collection. It checks out in my book - a high waist, versatile black and white, and ruffles that make just enough of a statement. And the best news? Shabby Apple has been so kind as to offer you all a chance to win one of their dresses. Just comment here and share your favorite Shabby Apple dress. The contest is open to U.S. residents only and will end next Friday at midnight, PST. Also be sure to leave an email or a way to contact you should you win. Good luck!Update: The comments are now closed. The randomly selected winner is comment Number 5 - Amy Kelly! Congratulations!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Alma Mater
Labels: Life, Photography
104 comments:
- EEMorris said...
Gorgeous photo shoot! Thanks for introducing me to Shabby Apple! I'm in love with the Berkshires collection...especially Cider. The neckline and that color are to die for!!!
- August 6, 2010 at 5:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
Lovely shoot. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite from the always fabulous Shabby Apple, but the Penelope & Odysseus sure is extra pretty!
:) Stephanie
s {dot} ripperton {at} gmail {dot} com
- August 6, 2010 at 5:22 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Stunning, stunning photographs! They capture the atmosphere so perfectly...
- August 6, 2010 at 5:30 AM
- Jenny Marie said...
oh my, oh my, oh my.
i love everything. i'll probably be broke now. forever. i want every dress! they're all so perfect.
my favorite though is the ooo la la dress. it's lovely and i'm very much into red/white stripes at the moment. fingers crossed i win!
- August 6, 2010 at 5:31 AM
- Amy Kelly said...
These photos are divine. I really love the feeling you captured, it's definitely reminiscent of times gone by.
I really love Shabby Apple's Truman dress, I think it would look fabulous and sophisticated with boots for fall.
- August 6, 2010 at 5:36 AM
- Theresa und Eva-Maria said...
Wonderful wonderful shoot and great outfit. I love the ruffles. Too bad I am not a U.S.-resident! Could you share where those shoes are from?
- August 6, 2010 at 5:37 AM
- Marinka said...
I really like the first two photos you really get that university feeling.Its a really lovely photoshoot
- August 6, 2010 at 5:54 AM
- Suzanne said...
So glad you introduced me to Shabby Apple! My 14-year-old daughter will admire the styles, as well. I think my favorite -- at this moment, anyway -- is a little black dress called V.P. It's sophisticated, yet innocent, and looks to be very versatile.
When you draw my name ;-) , you can contact me at jeffzanne1-at-gmail.com!
- August 6, 2010 at 6:05 AM
- Shani said...
I just too a scroll down your blog, and seriously, it is all beautiful! I love the headings you put on many of your photographs.
I'm yet to properly start my blog, I spend too much time looking at other peoples to make my own, but I will! haha.
And these photos are really cute, living on campus would be so much fun. :)
- August 6, 2010 at 6:16 AM
- Kate said...
Ooooh, Shabby Apple came on my radar when they did the Bright Side Project, though the prices are a bit out of my range. Also, as a 6'1" lady, the sizing worries me a bit. But if I were to pick one of the dresses I would be thrilled if it fit and not be all practical about it, I would love either the G Cooper or the West Coast Swing dresses. I went through the whole site, and kept coming back to the 1943 collection!
- August 6, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- Rachel Dangerfield said...
Ok, so first of all, thank you for introducing me to Shabby Apple. It was incredibly difficult to choose three favorites, let alone one! My favorites are V.P., Sandstone, and Cider. Goodness. My closet now needs a complete makeover.
And second, this shoot is beautiful. I wish I had done something like that to remember my school by. I'm only beginning to realize how sad I am that I won't be beginning another semester in a few weeks.
- August 6, 2010 at 6:33 AM
- angela said...
The San Gabriel dress is adorable! :D
- August 6, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- Hannah said...
How lovely! My favorite would be the "Beauty Mark" or "Slate". <3
- August 6, 2010 at 6:46 AM
- Alina Mayer said...
Dear Livy, is that you in those images? If yes, you're beauty. And even if the answer is no, the pictures are still absolutely amazing, especially the globe one. You managed to recreate that long gone atmosphere - it's so much better that your regular A&F shoot!
As for the dresses, this one http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-590-penelope-and-odysseus.aspx is amazing.
- August 6, 2010 at 6:49 AM
- Jaime @ Like a Bubbling Brook said...
Oooh! Beautiful dresses! My fave is probably Sophistique or Cider.... :)
- August 6, 2010 at 6:50 AM
- koritsimou said...
How does one get more classic than the Cider dress? A line, ruffle, scoop neck - and my husband's favorite, orange!
- August 6, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- Stacy Marie said...
The ENTIRE Skyscraper is so, so gorgoues...The CEO, the VP...all of them. Perfect for work and then with some heels+lip gloss a dinner out!
- August 6, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- Krishana said...
I am Madison Avenue all the way, Baby! http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-384-madison-ave.aspx
Thanks so much for sharing this site. I have long wished for a boutique featuring my 40's faves for today. Now, at long last, it is here!
- August 6, 2010 at 7:12 AM
- Sarah said...
Your photoshoot was absolutely gorgeous, and I think that in black and white, the photos might really look like they were taken from 1920's yearbooks. I love the dress as well, and would love to win a Shabby Apple frock of my own! Thanks for the opportunity, and for the beautiful things you post.
-- Sarah (email@example.com; www.pinkstreetdesign.blogspot.com)
- August 6, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Dana said...
My favorite Shabby Apple dress is the Washington Square Park...but on a grad student's stipend it's a little out of my reach :)
My email is firstname.lastname@example.com
- August 6, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- FerStin said...
Hey! Your pictures are gorgeous!
I love Shabby Apple dresses. I really like the West Coast Swing Dress. I just left my Alma Mater as well, so I know how you feel.
- August 6, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- blue china studio said...
What fun photos. Really like that 1940's look.
My favorite Shabby Apple dress is the La Tour Eiffel. I'm going back to their site to shop a little more. What great dresses!
- August 6, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
I love the photo shoot you did. They all look so stunning!
Tuileries is my favorite Shabby Apple dress. Every time I go to their site I have to stop and see if it is still there. Of course the Berkshire collection is also starting to grab my attention. Too much good stuff!
- August 6, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Sarah said...
Gorgeous, gorgeous shoot. Absolutely lovely. And speaking of lovely, Shabby Apple is a new favorite site!
Fav dress: Bette D.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
- August 6, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- kate said...
It's too much of a tie!
- August 6, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Alie said...
LOVE love love your photoshoot. Your dress is fantastic and I wish I could pull it off!
Yet for the next three months I'll still be carrying around a watermelon, so their maternity line will have to do. Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri, Aphrodite (!!) or Sicily. Love them all.
- August 6, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- AnnaKate said...
btw, my fave is the orange ruffled dress! :)
- August 6, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Sassy Sarah said...
I love that dress, which is currently my favorite of the 1943 collection. AMAZING! I hope to win it. :)
P.S. These pictures are stunning. Did you use a filter to achieve this effect? Or, were they edited in Photoshop? Love them! You always have such fantastic pictures on your blog. :)
- August 6, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Carolyne said...
Such gorgeous photos!
I love the Bon Voyage dress!
- August 6, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- OctPumpkin said...
Love Shabby Apple. My choice was from their new Berkshire line, the Cider dress. Perfect for our Indian Summers in Nor Cal.
- August 6, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Lisa said...
How fun! Its hard to pick a favorite, because they're all so fabulous, but my favorite is Madison Avenue. Thanks for the opportunity! lisawoj at hotmail dot com
- August 6, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- april said...
Oh. My. Word. Love these photos and LOVE Shabby Apple! I just spent like a half hour looking at their site. I love so many of their dresses. Tres Jole, and Carousel probably top the list.
Love your blog. Faithful follower. Please keep it up after the big move!
- August 6, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- kendall said...
These are so beautiful! I love the Champs Elysees and the Cortez!
- August 6, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Lisa said...
I think this dress is so incredibly lovely!
- August 6, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Kc said...
Love the photo shoot! And love Shabby Apple dresses! Champs Elysees is drawing my eye right now. But the entire skyscraper line are delicious too.
- August 6, 2010 at 11:33 AM
- Colleen said...
Beautiful photo shoot! I think all of the Shabby Apple dresses are gorgeous but this is my fav:
- August 6, 2010 at 12:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
i absolutley love this and all the dresses at Shabby apple thanks for the introduction to them. MY favs of course...San Gabriel, mary jane watson and madison Ave.. amazing and beautiful..
- August 6, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- wuvweesa said...
So hard to chose! The Ingrid dress has been on my list for awhile and I also love the Nantucket and Ballerina dresses.
- August 6, 2010 at 12:34 PM
- Brenda Leyland said...
Found your link at Victoria Magazine. Had to come and visit. You have a lovely site...it's a joy to browse through.
Beautiful photography!
- August 6, 2010 at 1:34 PM
- Modern Crush said...
Beautiful Liv - I think my favorite might be the Daisy - or the Beauty Mark - I dont know!! They are all so pretty!!
ps not sure if you saw, but I posted a few pics of us at Renegade on my lil blog:)
- August 6, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- goldie bell said...
I love Shabby Apple - how great is it to be able to shop by body shape!
So many beautiful dresses, but my favorite has to be Cider. It's the prettiest thing I've ever seen.
Thanks for the fun giveaway! Good luck everybody! =]
- August 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- Danielle said...
The Mt. Greylock dress. I already bought my fav one. I heart Shabby Apple! Thanks for the giveaway.
- August 6, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- Jennifer said...
Oh I love their shop! Beautiful clothes and LOVE the shop by body type feature. I think Jacob's Pillow is my fave at the moment! Love!
Love this photo shoot too. Beautiful!
- August 6, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- Janie said...
Who wouldn't love the Ingrid. It looks beautiful.
janiebrown at gmail
- August 6, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Sara said...
I love the photo shoot! And as for Shabby Apple, I'm rather in love with their Marseilles dress. So pretty!
- August 6, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- NGS said...
I love the Carnival dress (although the entire Carousel line could end up in my closet and I would not complain at all)!
cheatingpiggies at hotmail dot com
- August 6, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Kinsey said...
Oh, I love (and own!) Shabby Apple dresses. My current favorite is the orange Cider dress.
- August 6, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- monique said...
What a beautiful photoshoot!
- August 6, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- Hannah Greene said...
You look lovely! I absolutely adore those shoes.
And thanks for pointing out Shabby Apple. I've never heard of them before but now I'm going to have to buy half of dresses!
My personal favorite is the Orange Ruffle:
- August 6, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- Carolyn said...
Great photos! I didn't know about Shabby Apple before this, but I've already spent so much time going through their lovely collections.
I'm a fan of the Fifth Avenue dress: http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-386-fifth-ave.aspx
There's something really nice and funky about the classic silhouette with the tailored top and giraffe-print skirt.
carolynpurnell at gmail dot com
- August 7, 2010 at 3:42 AM
- Barbara said...
wow this are so beautiful!! you did a nice job! i love the editing too :)
- August 7, 2010 at 4:41 AM
- Jessica said...
what a beautiful photo shot!
I love the Ingrid dress!
- August 7, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Jean said...
So beautiful! That ruffle! Too cute. Shabby Apple - hmmmm
- August 7, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Angelique said...
Beautiful pictures!
I like the one you chose, but I think my favorite Shabby Apple dress is the Cider dress (or possibly the West Coast Swing dress ... difficult decision!)
- August 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Ade said...
amazing. i'm actually stuck on that very campus at the moment, hidden away in a science building. these photos are totally evocative and gorgeous though!
- August 7, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- MarieAntoinette said...
beautiful pictures, so moving and romantic!
- August 8, 2010 at 4:47 AM
- Cynthia L. H. said...
What a wonderful way to capture a mood! Your photo shoot turned out beautifully. I am a non-traditional student, returning to school a bit late in life, but I will be on a beautiful campus. I may borrow your idea! ;^)
I enjoyed looking at the Shabby Apple site...I like the "Lindy Hop" dress. Thank you for the opportunity. I can be contacted through by blog site and e-mail address there. Thank you!
- August 8, 2010 at 8:45 AM
- Louise said...
Beautiful shoot, and the dress is just perfect! Wish I could enter the giveaway but the sea is between us :)
- August 8, 2010 at 10:22 AM
- etow15 said...
I love the ruffle on the front and collar of this dress, but my favorite from Shabby Apple would have to be the Champs Elysee dress: http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-613-champs-elysees.aspx
- August 8, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- So Pickin' Cute said...
LOVE your photo shoot...LOVE your blog...LOVE Shabby Apple -- I'm so glad you introduced me! I browsed through all the dresses, and I would honestly love to have 'Indgrid' from the 1943 collection as well. Good choice! E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks!!!
- August 8, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Jenny Plumb said...
I love the Ingrid, Gypsy, or West Coast Swing. All are just beautiful. I love your photo shoot by the way.
- August 8, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Amanda Joy said...
I can't choose between the Ingrid and Appalachia!
LOVE the shoot too! Such great work you do. Every time.
- August 9, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Melissa Ann said...
I love Ooh La La and Appalachia. I'd be hard pressed to decide which I'd pick!
- August 9, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Down and Out Chic said...
fantastic photo shoot! i love shabby apple dresses and this one is a classic. crossing my fingers :)
- August 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Sylvia said...
I adore everything about this shoot, from concept to execution to post-procesing. Swoon! I'm in Canada and can't win, but that doesn't mean I'm not in love!
And if I wasn't trying to be financially responsible, I'd own half of Shabby Apple's inventory.
- August 9, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Design Everyday said...
beautiful shots! love the dress. i would pick la tour eiffel or bonheur. thanks! email@example.com
- August 9, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Krista Jones said...
What a perfect shoot! I absolutely love Shabby Apple. I'm so glad you featured them!
- August 9, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- nellimarie said...
super adorable concept.
The dress that i loved the most on their site was the "LA TOUR EIFFEL" dress!
- August 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Anonymous said...
Something about learning never ceases to be tantilizing. You've captured that well!
I regularly ghost-stalk your blog and shabby apple's website :] - I've got an envelope hidden in my ribbon box for rainy day savings toward the "fifth avenue" dress.
earthanddust - at - yahoo - dot - com. :]
- August 9, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Al said...
Those are lovely pictures!
My favorite dress (and it was very tough to choose just one) would have to be Oh La La (http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-606-oh-la-la.aspx)
(allisonq [at] gmail [dot] com)
- August 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love your blog! Found you a couple weeks aago and can't stop stalking your site! As for Shabby Apple, it is the Champs Elysees dress for me. Slightly nautical with those peekaboo pleats...what's not to love?
- August 9, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- Catherine said...
Such a sweet dress. I love the Sheep Meadow dress! It's perfect for summer!
- August 10, 2010 at 4:42 AM
- Elissa, ebb & flow said...
those photos are lovely. if i had to pick a dress i would definitely go with West Coast Swing. I've been needing some red in my wardrobe and i have the most perfect boots to go with it! can't wait to see who wins. elissabraun (at) gmail.com
- August 10, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Ms M said...
such stunning images! simply beautiful!
- August 10, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- kim said...
I also must give you thanks for sharing Shabby Apple! What great dresses- and the prices are so reasonable.
Of course it is impossible to pick ONE favorite- but if you twisted my arm, I'd have to say I love the 'Cortez' from the Baja collection.
- August 10, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Erin said...
I love the Liz & Darcy! You look so adorable. What a great idea! A college photo shoot!!! Brilliant!
- August 10, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Caroline said...
My favorite is the upper east side dress! I do love them all though...
- August 10, 2010 at 9:35 PM
- Lizelle said...
I love that dress, but my favorite would have to be Cider.
- August 10, 2010 at 11:56 PM
- Chelsea said...
i agree with your sentiments about the thirties and forties. don't the pictures make everything look so glamorous?
- August 11, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- Chelsea said...
oh! and i forgot to mention that i love the cleo and antony dress. beautiful design and lines.
- August 11, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- lupin lady said...
i would love another shabby apple dress-- they are great :)
natasha vermaak
- August 11, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- agnes said...
I <3 the photoshoot. What a memory to take with you and such beauty.
And as far as Shabby Apple goes, I <3 the central park collection. That one is just for me, the simple dresses for everyday, no matter how you feel, a dress always makes me feel better. :)
- August 12, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Eli said...
Ack! I am positively drooling over every single one of these dresses!
Appalachia from the Berkshires collection... or Cayenne from Baja.... or.. they are all so amazing!!
- August 13, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- Nadia said...
(I hope I am not too late!)
I am in love with the Baja collection, my favorite dress is perhaps the San Gabriel. What a beautiful baby blue dream it is. Speaking of beauties, your photos above are stunning!
- August 13, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Gretchen said...
Great pics! I love the romantic feel! And the dresses, WOW! I love the Maple, it is so pretty and I love the neckline! But the real reason I love Shabby Apple is...they have a size XL!!! Thank you thank you thank you Finally some beautiful vintage inspired dresses in my size!
- August 13, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- haley@bread of many said...
oh holy moly -- i have a *supercrush* on the Baja dress!!!!
email address : breadofmany [at] gmail .com
- August 13, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Chelsea said...
I LOVE Shabby Apple! I've gotten their emails for years, but never puchased anything, just because of budget. I had actually sent this link to some friends to tell them we should do something like this, and didn't read the text till tonight! I'm glad I did!
My favorite one right now is Azure Coast. It's a gorgeous color, and so practical! I think that style comes in a couple colors, and it looks great! I also like Jacob's Pillow and Nine to Five.
- August 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM
- Mandy said...
Oh I would love one! Also, UCLA is my alma mater too! Beautiful pics of Royce! I think you capture the atmosphere perfectly!
- August 14, 2010 at 2:27 AM
- AmeliaB said...
Simply lovely photos and clothes. :)
- August 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- agatheloff said...
You are really inspiring and amazing!
- August 16, 2010 at 2:46 AM
- Googlover/keishua said...
those shoes are delicious!
- August 16, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- Catherine said...
Great images.
- August 16, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- Plain and Joyful Living said...
I like the Cider dress from the Berkshires collection.
- August 17, 2010 at 6:11 AM
- agatheloff said...
I love your blog so much!
Great photos and style!
- August 17, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- ticklishfromadistance said...
Wonderful. That outfit is just gorgeous!
- August 17, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- found and sewn said...
Beautiful photo shoot! Love your blog
- August 18, 2010 at 4:06 AM
- Karina said...
I have been a long time fan of Shabby Apple! Their dresses are so comfy and so stylish!
I love La Tour Eiffel and La Artiste. They are so chic and classic.
karina (at) aniradesigns.com
- August 18, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- Gabri said...
I absolutely love Shabby Apple's Casablanca dress! actually I love them all :) email@example.com
- August 18, 2010 at 6:47 PM
- mbdc said...
Hope it's not too late! It's so hard to choose, but I adore the Jacob's Pillow dress, it's so cute!
- August 20, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Andrea said...
oh my!
- August 22, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- magdalena said...
you are really talented!those pics are mindblowing!love the "depressing" light!
- August 23, 2010 at 4:08 AM
- Monique said...
Phenomenal Photoshoot.
- August 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Sara said...
Such a beautiful photo shoot! I can't enter the giveaway but I'm happy just to get lost in these pictures all afternoon...
- August 24, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Aubree said...
Your photoshoot was beautiful!!
I am very inspired :)
I love Shabby Apple dresses, and especially love the camel Fifth Ave. dress! Very chic.
Thank you for this opportunity!
- August 28, 2010 at 5:59 PM


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Lamb Bolognese from 'Family Table'
We've written several recipes for bolognese sauce over the years here at Serious Eats, and these recipes usually fall in two camps: the traditional slow-cooked multiple-meat bolognese camp or the easier, lighter, faster meat-sauce-maybe-known-as-bolognese camp.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Winning the Minority Vote
Senator Marco Rubio seems like a nice guy, but if the Republicans are counting on him to deliver the Latino vote, they might want to take a closer look at his Senate win. While Rubio did indeed win the Cuban Latino vote, he only won 39 percent of the non-Cuban Latino vote. That's the same Latino margin of victory as Rick Perry got. It's the usual best score that Republicans get among Latinos.
Marco Rubio could be a guy named Mark Richardson for all the impact that he made among Latino voters. But that's because the "Latino" vote is a ridiculous oversimplification. Latinos consist of Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans, to name just a few. And they don't necessarily align.
Mayor Bloomberg ran against a Puerto Rican candidate and won the Mexican vote. Bloomberg may speak Spanish about as well as your Aunt Sally, but that didn't really matter because Moneybags didn't waste a lot of time telling stories about growing up poor in the slums of San Juan. Instead he worked with Mexican community leaders who were tired of being sidelined by Puerto Ricans, and advertised heavily on their radio stations and in their papers.
Race is certainly a factor, but it's not the only factor. Most Black voters initially supported Hillary Clinton. If Herman Cain ran against Hillary Clinton in 2016, Clinton would beat him by a high margin. A Zogby poll shows Rubio beating Clinton among Latino voters, but how well that poll would hold up after Latino leaders have spent enough time getting the word out is another matter. Clinton beat Obama among Latino voters on Super Tuesday. Assuming that she won't do the same to Rubio only because of his race is a risky bet.
There are two types of minority groups in the United States. Segregated and integrated. The more integrated a group becomes, the less of a bloc vote it is. A bloc vote is not simply a consistent pattern, it is the result of a segregated community that interfaces with the rest of the country through its leaders and local media. And those two areas are key.
It doesn't really matter how many Latinos speak at the Republican National Convention or how many Republican senators sign on to Amnesty. These events will, for the most part, be processed through the filter of those community leaders and their associated newspapers and radio stations. Republicans imagine that they're addressing Latinos, but aside from Univision appearances they mostly don't even have access to them.
The percentage of the Latino vote that is accessible to Republicans largely comes from those Latinos who have integrated and are in the Middle Class. That is why the Republicans did so much better with the Latino vote in Ohio than Virginia. Median income and English language skills remain a fairly reliable predictor of the Republican vote.
Winning the minority vote is not simply about policy or diversity. That is an elementary lesson of the urban political machine that the Republican Party has bizarrely forgotten, even though it's a lesson that goes back a century and a half in American politics. Diversity is not about finding binders of qualified candidates, but about elevating community leaders from minority groups who can deliver a share of the vote from their community.
It's not pretty, but it is practical politics. Lincoln understood it and applied that methodology right down to the appointment of generals. The Democrats built an entire network of votes in every state by taking their urban political machine national. But the Republicans seem to think that it's enough to have someone out there speaking Spanish. It's a nice touch and the urban political machines used it. Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr., the son of General MacClellan, spoke a bewildering number of the languages that his constituents did. Mayor LaGuardia also juggled languages. But those are campaign tricks. They are not how the vote is delivered.
An immigrant community is naturally segregated by language and custom. That's not a racial issue. It was true in its time for Polish immigrants or Italian immigrants or Jewish immigrants That leads to an isolated and vulnerable base that is dependent on its community leaders for access to services and for help navigating a strange new world. And the political structure is largely determined by those leaders and their contacts with the outside world. Integration removes much of that which is why it is in the interest of those leaders and their outside political allies to maintain that state of segregation.
The immigrant vote is largely shaped by their first contacts, by the political faction that first met them when they 'came off the boat' and took care of them. They perceive those groups as being the ones to represent their interests even when they resent them and are entirely aware of how corrupt they are.
Policies as the legislative level have a limited bearing on this perception. The political network may organize a thousand members of the group to march on City Hall to demand X, Y and Z, but any outcome of that match only reinforces the influence of the organizers, not of City Hall. Amnesty will not make the Republicans seem more likable, it will make the organizers seem more powerful for having successfully broken the Republican opposition to illegal immigration. That is all that such policy concessions accomplish.
All of this applies equally well to most immigrant and minority groups. A segregated group is largely controlled by its native power brokers who are controlled by local political power brokers. That role is not limited exclusively to the Democratic Party, the Republican Party did at one point have sizable contacts among some Eastern European, Cuban and Vietnamese immigrants. But those contacts did not move up the ladder to the national Republican Party. Nixon's efforts in that regard largely fell by the wayside with his own fall and the Republican Party forgot most of what it knew about community organizing along the way, concentrating on media buys and push polling.
That is why the Republican Party is performing so badly among newer Asian immigrants, namely PRC Chinese and Indians, while flailing among Cubans and Vietnamese. And it's why it has no clue at all about its hamhanded approach for trying to win the Latino vote.
Latinos, like every other group, have their own demographics. The types of immigrants that the Democrats want to bring in through legalization, poor, illiterate, unskilled and low on the totem pole in their own home countries, are ideal for their purposes and terrible for Republican purposes. Sure some of them might become the type of touching success stories that Republicans and Democrats both use as examples of American Exceptionalism, but for the most part they won't. At least not for a while.
The Democrats know the numbers. They know that their grip loosens as immigrants begin making English their first language, stop living in close-knit communities and start looking at how high their taxes are and how little they get in exchange. That doesn't mean that those people will magically become Republicans, mostly they will not, but some of them will. The immigration Ponzi Scheme requires that the balance be maintained on the side of controllable segregated immigrants. And the longer a group remains segregated, the more it remains a reliable source of Democratic votes.
Just as in the 2012 election, the Republicans are trying to win through displays of policy, while the Democrats rely on their keen knowledge of demographics. The Republicans are trying to win an argument, without realizing that the argument is not the point. The point is in the demographics.
The Republicans cannot win the argument with Amnesty. Amnesty is just another Get Out the Vote effort by Democrats. The Republicans cannot and will not benefit from it, in the same way that they cannot and do not benefit from any other Democratic GOTV operation.
If the Republican Party genuinely wants the Latino vote, it will dig a deep hole, toss Amnesty inside and then begin looking at different Latino groups by country of origin, by income level and by their community structures and try to see which of them it can zero in on. And then it will have to start finding community leaders who can deliver the vote in exchange for pork. It's not very conservative, but it's still more conservative than Amnesty, and unlike Amnesty, it can actually work.
Mostly though it will still be a waste of time. The Latino vote is a long shot. It will take a great deal of work to begin making real inroads. The Republican Party would have to build an infrastructure of business and religious groups that lead up into state parties. It's doable but the Democrats have far too much of a lead and too much control over immigration policy.
The Republican Party would be wiser to concentrate on the Chinese and the Indian vote, two groups that are easier to sell on the Republican agenda and that are still somewhat "fresh" and whose layers of political infrastructure hasn't completely solidified yet. But again the methods would have to be the same.
Minority groups and immigrant groups that are isolated don't just want a story about how free enterprise can benefit everyone. It's a great story, but it's also not going to fly. Those groups are going to want communal benefits. They are going to want to know what's in it for them. And that means pork and community organizers and all the tawdry gimmicks of urban machine politics that may be rotten, but that do win elections.
The Republican Party has two options on immigration. It can try to close it down. Or it can learn to play the same game as the Democratic Party if it wants to compete for their votes. What it cannot do however is pretend that there is a third option in which it can have open immigration and political campaigns based on the virtue of free enterprise by second-generation immigrant politicians who speak Spanish or Fujianese (not exactly a winner with today's Chinese immigrants) and still win.
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- IgorR said...
Marco Rubio may seem like a nice guy, but he is second only to Obama as the most dangerous politician to the survival of the United Sates. He is the designated Judas goat to lead the Republican base towards Amnesty. His boyish charm and the current obsession with Hispanics based on all the obvious factors are being used by the Rovian wing of the Republican party (essentially THE Republican party as its currently constituted) to provide Amnesty B to Obama's Amnesty A. As Amnesty A is currently not defined other that Obama wants almost immediate path to citizenship to anyone from the Third World that manages to plant two feet on American soil, Amnesty B presents a false choice. It is nothing more that what McCain was able to work out with Soros's funding that was soundly rejected during the Bush years.
While not a savage as defined by Daniel in the previous article, Rubio is a skillful liar who has been pro-illegal since his first entry into politics in Florida but who has at times "moderated" his position to get elected. Now this "Tea Party" shape-shifter is back to the full RHINO mode charming Limbaugh and Levin while selling "going to the back of the line" with as much fake sincerity as Obama on is best day. The point that 99% of the world's population cannot get anywhere into the line seems to escape him. Losing the Mexican vote in Florida is never brought up (so what hope does he have nationwide?) and the implicit and sometimes explicit conclusion that legalizing 11 million (are you sure?) illegals will somehow help the Republicans is charmingly advocated. Even if the Republicans manage to get the historic high of 40% ever achieved by any of their candidate, it's clear that each million of legalized Central Americans will net the Democrats 200K votes. Beware of Rubio even more than you would of Obama because his sheep's clothing hasn't been exposed to nearly the same degree as Obama's has, but he is a wolf just the same.
- 12/2/13
- Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog said...
Indeed, only Republicans can completely block a conservative agenda.
- 12/2/13
- lemon lime moon said...
The Republican party needs total change and reorganization. It is no longer conservative at all, it is liberal semi-lite.
Rubio is not someone I would ever vote for. He has some disgusting ideas of entertainment.
He is pro amnesty which mocks all those who came to America legally throughout the years.
- 12/2/13
- Rider said...
How is it he (Rubio) is even eligible? I haven't figured this out yet. Just because O did it with out show his REAL birth cert? Looking for answers. The way I see it, he isn't eligible! What am I missing?
- 12/2/13
- Joan of Argghh! said...
Money on the street is the oldest political ploy-- and is very similar to the oldest profession. Neither is going away soon.
- 12/2/13
- Anonymous said...
All this discussion about the Republicans winning minority votes reminds me of the song, or is it a saying, "Looking for love in all the wrong places". Minorities by a large are poor and look to whoever will give them handouts so naturally they will vote Democratic. Overlooked by the Republicans in their quest for votes are the millions of Americans who resent having to contribute their hard earned dollars to the newcomer immigrants. This group, ignored by the Republicans is where they should look for votes.
- 12/2/13
- VA_Rancher said...
Abandon Hope All Ye who LIVE Here!
We are lost. My children have no future, they will inherit outrageous debt, moral bankrupcy, and whatever remains of this formerly great land once the victors of the Second Civil War begin their Reconstruction II...
Stick a Fork in the GOP, it is done... I am officially changing my registration to "Independant"...
- 12/2/13
- Anonymous said...
Rider, Igor is right, but what does it all matter when as you say, Marco Rubio is in no way eligible to run for this office! Inelibible. He would be no less criminal than the present occupant in the White House. Grateful all the rest is being exposed as well.
- 12/2/13
- IgorR said...
Carole, whether or not Rubio is eligible the damage he is designated to do is in his current role as the Republican Hispanic of choice. Assuming that the US continues in perpetuity (a highly unlikely assumption given the current economic trends) and Amnesty is passed, even if elected he will be the last Republican President for decades as millions of welfare-seeking natural Democrats "reunite" with their even more dependent families from Mexico and the rest of Central America. He needs to be exposed and stopped now. Amnesty is death. There is a kind of quiet acceptance of him settling in, with some criticism but nowhere near the level of McCain and Bush when they were pushing this poison. He cannot be accepted, he is a pariah who came to destroy the United States, just like Obama. Do what you can to stop him not from becoming President but from legitimizing Amnesty..
- 12/2/13
- Doug Mayfield said...
'Bereft of ideas'. That is the Republicans in a nut shell.
When you have two Republican candidates both seeking major, nationally important, political offices, and both stumbling, bumbling, over the issue of pregnancy after rape, it's not surprising that Republicans lose.
Right or wrong, women voters in droves flee the party that supports such candidates.
I think most people, regardless of race, creed, color, origin, sex, or sexual preference, want to hear what the Republcians will do about our stunningly bleak economic and financial future in this country.
That bleak financial future is the direct result of the machinations of the dealers in Socialist poison, the Democrats, and the cowardly 'me too' semi-Socialist wing of the Republcian party.
The Republicans who can muster the courage to do so, should be hammering away at the
Democrats' 'big government, more government, more taxes, higher taxes, more bureaucrats, more fat bureaucratic pay checks and pensions,
and above the wanton deficits to pay for it all' approach.
Let the voters have their own lives culturally and religiously. Focus on the economic disaster which Washington is creating.
- 12/2/13
- Conservative Language Institute of America said...
We need an immigration moratorium, NOT amnesty.
Democrats: the party of the enemy.
Republicans: the party of traitors.
- 12/2/13
- meema said...
Wait! I have a revolutionary idea! What if the repubs completely reversed themselves upside down and backwards - come out in full force for abortion, gay rights, amnesty, legalizing pot, let me see, what else, what else...Oh! and promise to disband the armed forces. Maybe get a Pulitzer for world peace. Yeah, that's it - out democrat the democrats at every turn. They come out with something new - match 'em and raise 'em.
THEN, when they get in office from the Senate to the WH, they just ignore their promises and do what they want, reverse themselves again.
Isn't that kinda what O did? Didn't it work?
- 12/2/13
- Anonymous said...
Now why do I have a visual of Republican whispering into the ear of another: "Here's an offer we really can't refuse?"
All politicans care about it status and power People are just a means to an end. Pander to people, cave to the Dems but everyone keeps their jobs--Except Americans.
While I'm on a mini rant--higher education isn't the best way to rebuild the middle class. Industry is. Most people becoming lower or upper middle class by working for large factories. No glam jobs but good hard work=a good quality of life
- 12/2/13
- Anonymous said...
I know what you're saying Rider. Then again, I was born in the US, have a gov't issue birth certificate and gov't birth certificate card (accepted by all level of law enforcement from local to federal and yes, if I dare to cross into Canada I would get hassled and possibly not allowed back into the US because I don't have driver's license, non driver's ID, or a passport.
American citizenship is in the eyes of the beholder.
- 12/2/13
- JMW said...
The Republican party will never regain prominence until it has ridden itself of the evangelicals.
- 12/2/13
- Schnoorky said...
Something you wrote struck in this article particularly struck me: "There are two types of minority groups in the United States. Segregated and integrated."
It's taken as a given that "integrated" means assimilating into White America. It's taken as a given that self "segregated" minorities are OK. However, it's also taken as a given that self "segregated" Whites are nothing more than racist White supremacists.
Does anybody else see this? I do believe it's true that "integration" and "assimilation" are nothing more than code words for White genocide. I've never heard anyone say that non-white commnities need more "diversity". I've only heard it said that white communities need more "diversity". Come to think of it, I doe believe it's true that "diversity" is also nothing more than a code word for White genocide.
- 12/2/13
- Smith said...
Remove the evangelicals, you pull the base out of the party. The Libertarians don't win elections for a reason, because without a social conscience, the right's economics looks to most like letting Wall Street run amok.
- 12/2/13
- Anonymous said...
As brilliant and insightful as your analysis is in general and on this subject in particular, I believe you may have missed a viable option. The GOP, especially the constitutional conservative wing of the party, cannot and should not attempt to out-bribe the Democrats. Not only is this destined to fail given the entrenchment of the Dems in this area, doing so is a violation of principle and immoral. What we can do, however, is shut off the spigot so that no one is able to use public coffers or influence to bribe anyone. Not only is this the moral option, it is the politically wise decision, as well.
The current corrupt system serves as the piggy bank and enabler of the Democrats (and many Republicans, for that matter). If we want to restore constitutional governance and ALSO have a chance at capturing significant votes from the various minority voting blocks in the future, we have to stage an intervention. The long term result of breaking this dependency will be lifting many both from fiscal and moral poverty and transforming low-information voters into morally principled voters. The fact that the Establicans do not see this truth, or even want to consider this truth, is an indication that their hope and plan is still to out-corrupt the Democrats - a plan not only destined to fail abysmally, but one that will play right into the Dems strengths.
Seldom do flawed strategy and poor tactics overcome a disciplined opponent. If the GOP leadership will not lead on principle, they should at least stop leading in stupidity.
Constitutional Conservative
- 13/2/13


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Two sisters who were reported missing in 1985 have been found, and their mother is facing child snatching charges, Rhode Island State Police announced Tuesday.
Kimberly and Kelly Yates were taken by their mother, Elaine Yates, in Warwick on Aug. 26, 1985, police said. Kelly Yates was 10 months old, and Kimberly Yates was 4 when they were reported missing.
The child's mother, Elaine Yates, was located in Houston, Texas, and placed under arrest Monday. Her daughters were also found in the Houston area.
Police said Kimberly and Kelly Yates were "interviewed," but their current identities will not be released.
The girls' father, Russell Yates, was notified about his daughters' whereabouts after Elaine Yates was taken into custody.
Officials found the family after receiving an anonymous tip on Dec. 23, police said.
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Brian Mast is the senior director of Lipscomb's Academic Success Center. He and his wife are raising two young children. He is also close to completing his doctorate at Trevecca in leadership and professional practice. He returned to the mound at Ken Dugan Field Tuesday night to throw out the first pitch for the Bisons game against Belmont. He also spent some time talking with lipscombsports.com.
What sport did you play at Lipscomb? What years? Who were your coaches?
"I played baseball from 1990-93. I was a right-handed pitcher. (Editor's note: Brian had 30 career wins, 332 strikeouts in 279 innings and a 2.81 earned run average. In 1993 he was named the team MVP).
"As soon as I stepped on that rubber to throw out the first pitch I looked up in the stands for a minute. It brought back so many memories. It was exciting, especially throwing out the first pitch against Belmont."
"Ken Dugan was my coach. Roy Pardue was my pitching coach my senior year. Al Austelle was an assistant coach. Lynn Griffith and Andy Lane also helped out with the team."
"I am from Bremen, Ohio. I initially thought about coming to Lipscomb and playing basketball. I was an all-state basketball player, but I was not an all-state baseball player. I majored in social work and sociology."
What is your fondest athletic memory at Lipscomb?
"I have a few of them - pitching the game when Ken Dugan Field was dedicated in 1991. I also pitched coach Dugan's 1,000th win. Those were big events.
"When we came in as freshmen everybody was talking about coach Dugan's 1,000th win. We were several games away, but I knew it was going to happen during my four years here. To get the ball that day was quite special.
"In 1991 I pitched and beat Cumberland in the NAIA District Tournament my sophomore year.
"Another neat experience was standing out on the mound for a game and seeing a lot of my friends, who were not athletes, hanging `Ks' from High Rise."
Who had the biggest influence on you during your athletic career at Lipscomb? How?
"Coach Dugan and my teammates. Coach Dugan pushed us to be men. He taught us to respect people, our teammates and the people we were playing against.
"He made us work. He challenged us and made us believe that we could be better than we thought we could be."
(Editor's note: Brian was drafted in the 24th round in 1993 by the New York Mets. He pitched one season at Class A Kingsport. An injury in spring training the next season cut his career short.).
"When I told him I wanted to be a professional baseball player he basically told me what it would take. He told me that I would need to work header than anybody else in the United States because everyone had the dream to play pro baseball.
"He was very realistic. He told me that only a small percentage of people would ever realize that dream. He stressed academics and the need to have a back-up plan. But he always believed I could do it. He used Bo McLaughlin as an example because he was also from Ohio.
"That's when it really sunk in. I always wanted to play pro baseball. He pushed me to do the little things. He pushed me to work harder on the drills and to put time in on weekends. He pushed me to do whatever it took to throw the ball harder and more accurately.
"Matt Alexander was my roommate for all four years. We didn't know each other before we got to Lipscomb. We were both right-handed pitchers.
"He had a great career here as well. It was just a lot of fun to room with him. We became life-long friends from the first day we met on campus."
What is your fondest non-athletic memory from your time at Lipscomb?
"Obviously, it was the camaraderie with teammates and students off the field. I built relationships that have lasted a long time. I developed relationships with the parents of players, the faculty and former players. It was a great experience with the Bisons community off of the field.
"Also, I could never beat David Costello in Nerf basketball in the dorm."
What is the most valuable thing you gained or learned from your time at Lipscomb?
"I learned a number of valuable things. Coach Dugan taught us how to treat people with respect. He taught me to believe in myself.
"I remember meeting with him and having some pretty deep conversations about setting goals and believing in yourself and working to accomplish those goals. I still set goals for myself every day.
"A couple of those goals were to play professional baseball and to reach as high as I could academically. I will finish my doctorate at Trevecca in a year in leadership and professional practice."
Who was your favorite professor? Why?
"I had such caring, passionate professors that interacted with me both in the classroom and outside the classroom. It was always great to look up in the stands and see all of the professors that supported me.
"I will say Dr. Robert Hooper showed a major interest in me while I was a student. We had great conversations both inside and outside the classroom. I would always see Dr. Hooper's face in the stands."
Where do you live now?
"Franklin, Tenn."
Who is your employer? What is your occupation? What does your position entail?
"I am the senior director for the Academic Success Center. I have been here since July of 2012.
"Basically, we are a one-stop shop for all academic resources and support. We house the university's math lab and the writing studio. We do tutoring. We have technology the students can use. We have academic workshops and academic advising. We have academic coaching and student advocacy.
"I was the executive principal at Antioch High School last year. I spent almost 15 years with Metro schools. I have taught and coached.
"I was perusing the Lipscomb web site and saw the job was posted. I have worked with academic success. The job was very intriguing."
Tell us about your family.
"I am married to Lorri Forman Mast who teaches at Croft Middle School. We have two children - Eli, who is 4 years old, and Ella who is 9 years old. Eli was adopted from Ethiopia when he was six months old and Ella was adopted from China when she was 10 months old. They are great kids.
My e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com. My Twitter handle is @mastbrian.


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What's holding us back in Atheism 1.0? Could it be that we're too busy indulging in mind games? It's an issue of authenticity.
Self worth is best achieved by giving ourselves credit for our strengths and admirable traits. However, if something too painful occurs that we can't face, an attack by an authority figure when we're young or a rejection when we're at our most vulnerable, we can settle for provisional self-esteem based on invidious comparison. We soothe our wounds with "I'm better than somebody else." This easy fix is widely encouraged in the culture, socially acceptable.
In 1964 Eric Berne's Games People Play described the mind games of this "I'm OK, You're not OK" position. Instead of living in the full threatening chaotic experience of reality, players buy into a limited version in which it's easier for them to cope. Their reality is narrowed down so that every action is one of a victim, a rescuer , or a persecutor. They're not aware that they edit reality to fit their preferred game. It's just reality as they know it.
Many religious memeplexes include a version of VRP reality. The chosen people are victimized by a cruel, malevolent outside world, but they'll soon be rescued by a god and then it will be the turn of those awful persecutors to be victims in the end time.
If you identify as a Victim, you're morally superior to your persecutor.
If you're rescuing victims, you're morally superior to victims and persecutors.
But here's the kicker that Eric Berne identified. You can start out as a Victim and collect, as he put it, trading stamps. You can collect self-pity stamps, or you can collect anger stamps. When you have collected enough, you get to trade them in as justified persecution of your former Persecutors. You get to be mean without guilt, because "they deserved it", and you are morally superior. Players of VRP games always end up taking every role at some point.
So poor persecuted Christians can attack someone they deem undesirable or a threat, and still feel virtuous. Group bonding offers many opportunities to put your group members up, put everyone else down, and shore up fragile egos.
As I see it, it's no accident that Atheists are stuck in religion bashing and can't move on to construct an authentic vibrant secular community to compete with the religious communities. Part of our problem is that, for too many of our members, giving up theism was easy, giving up VRP too hard. These members can't help but steer our conversations back to the faults of religion.
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Maybe what is holding back Atheism is it appears to be divided amongst itself and there is in fighting among groups. Well .. I will say more later on this.
That's because there are stupid people in our movement just as there are in any other.
The problem seems to be that, as Sam Harris and others have pointed out, the concept of an "atheist community" seems a rather blunt instrument to build a secular community. People like Alain de Botton seem to be on a better track with regards to this.
Right Matt .. exactly right.
This sounds like a combination of over-generalization and a failure to recognize facts on the ground.
FACT - Religion and particularly evangelical religion is antipathetic toward atheism, while at the same time attempting to push its own agenda on a secular government. If atheists fight against those actions and attitudes, I don't think we can be blamed for doing so.
FACT - If they could leave us (and well enough) alone, there would be no problem for the large part. THEY CAN'T.
FACT - Evangelical religions proselytize; atheists don't. It's the believers who are being the aggressor here in large portion, and I for one am NOT about to turn the other cheek.
Personally, I don't start fights; I finish them. There are better things for me to do than go spoiling for religious arguments. On another board I work, there are religious and atheist groups. I have NO USE for the believers' groups and do not post or comment on them, yet I see numerous posts and comments by the theists in the non-believers' groups. I WILL defend my turf, but I see no point in lowering myself to their level by invading their groups and creating more unneeded drama.
And if you want to talk about transactional analysis, let's be real: too often, the conversation between a theist and an atheist is CROSSED, with the theist: they are the Parent, attempting to instruct the Child or the aggrieved Child complaining to a supposed Parent-atheist about how they are treated, where we are most attempting an Adult-to-Adult transaction, which they want no part of. If they could deal with us as Adult, again, you have a different matter, but that is the vast minority of interactions that I have observed.
I won't play their game to satisfy them, and if they don't like it, that's THEIR problem. If they want to make it my problem, then they inherit a far larger problem.
Just because religious converts live in a reality distorted towards victim/rescuer/persecutor roles doesn't mean we have to. There's a place for self defense. I never argued against that. What I'm suggesting is that we don't need to be stuck at that stage of self-actualization, when there are marvelous opportunities to create secular community that deals with all of reality. Religion self-defense alone is like blinders; it's tunnel vision.
Fine - I assert that I am NOT stuck at that stage. I merely deal with circumstances as they occur. If I were never visited by another JW in my life, that'd be great ... but I am virtually 100% certain of yet another visit (they said as much last time). They will be treated civilly. Their belief system will be treated with utter disdain.
'Nuff said.
I respectfully disagree. Religionists are actively working to keep religion dominant in society, supported at least indirectly by government and law. We have reactionary religionists like Santorum surging in republican polls, in part because christians are antimormon and in part because the religionists want to re-christianize the parts of society that have loosed the chains of religion. The Supreme Court is Catholic dominated.
Religion dominates much of the planet, as well as a significant influence on the US. I do not think it's a matter of "I am anti-religion because I feel superior" - I think it's "I am antireligon because religion is evil and will stop at nothing to regain lost ground". Too many religious people in the world would rather see me, personally, dead (Islamists and a significant number of christians), and at least 1/2 of the US do not believe that I should be allowed the same civil rights as other citizens. So I don't see why this is an issue of game playing. It's survival.
I also think that atheism, or secularism, is not held back. Seems to be growing day by day.
I'm with Sentient Biped on this one. I would also point out that any religious "battles" we have here in the US center around human rights, governance, science education, science in governance/legislation, egalitarianism, …none of which are issues of atheism, but all of which are under consent threat of creeping theocracy.
It's not just atheists who are vocal opponents to the Teabagger Taliban, there are also theists of many kinds on the side of secularism here, including noted theologians and clerics.
True .. Atheism in on the rise. We are growing!
I agree with Ruth, it sounds like many atheists and other non-believers are ready for a transition from the justified but ultimately self-destructive 'victim' status, to a more constructive status, one where we join communities such as this one in the hope that they can be the vehicle of a new reality, at least that's why I joined this community.
I don't know if Alain de Botton idea's of a religion for atheist is realistic, but it's a powerful paradigm shift that retires 'atheism 1.0' to a necessary but only initial step towards a truer form of atheism, one where we redefine society altogether. It seems like many non-believers are ready to stop focusing on believers and more on the next steps to materialize a 'new atheism' or 'atheism 2.0', whatever the name may be for a more enlightened atheism.
There's a brand new group forming to redefine society without religion. Imagine No Religion You might want to consider joining, Gareth.
I couldn't agree more with your point Matthew, it's a vicious circle that in order to fight against VRP we usually end up reproducing the same simplifications that created VRP, kinda like fighting evil with evil... I would suggest that taking your point a bit further, that indeed beliefs are coping mechanisms, and that the human race must evolve to accept reality as is or remain staring at the moving shadows in Plato's allegory of the cave.
I do believe that we can move on to such a cartesian acceptance of the world, there was a time when we believed the earth was flat and the sun revolved around us, there was a time when we believed illness were demonic curses, there was also a time when we believed the atom was the smallest and indivisible unit of matter. It seems to me the human spirit always finds a way to overcome, atheism another step towards that cartesian future, but I do agree that we have a long road ahead.
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