Moral absolutes - do not want

[essayel]

I've just been reading John C Wright's FIVE POST justification of his views on love, marriage, sex and his absolute conviction that whoever else burns in hell fire it won't be him. The link is to part one BTW if anyone has the stomach to sit through it.

Now I feel slightly dirty and wholly ashamed of being a middleaged, white, married heterosexual in case people think I'm like him.

I think I'll go and draw some more cartoon strip. In the next section - for absolutely valid, in character, historically verifiable reasons - Anatolios loses his clothes! *reaches for Burne Hogarth*

ETA - actually can I just make it clear that I know very well that drawing and writing the stuff I write and draw doesn't actually make me any the less privileged in my life. I've seen LOTS of references to 'checking your privilege' lately and I'm not quite sure how to do it but I think it's something to do with being ashamed that you've had it so easy.

Comments

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

I read a bit of his rantings when Sam posted about him-- he's not worth the trouble. For a self-proclaimed writer, he makes too many bad BAD grammatical errors for me to have any respect for what he thinks.

Regarding checking your privilege-- so what?? Find a copy of "The Outliers" and read the man's very interesting take on genius vs. being in the right place at the right time AND having the time and assistance to use your talent. Nobody does it alone-- NOBODY.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Yes, - like Gwen John is a far more talented artist but was so busy cooking and cleaning for her brother Augustus that she got hardly any work completed. Also she was a girl and nobody took her seriously, poor lass.