August 14, 2001, 8:31 a.m. || un-reason
On the poppolitics.com forums in response to my
essay about the Alcatraz tour, a poster suggested that if I didn't like
the prison system, why don't I house and incarcerate criminals in my
home?
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In Alterity Politics Chris Nealon writes, "No one could reasonably believe that the
National Endowment for the Arts, which has a budget slightly less that
the U.S. Marine Corps Band, is the major instrument for the sinister
redistribution of wealth and the legitimation of homosexuality in
America; no one could reasonable believe that women on welfare have more
children simply to tack a few dollars a month onto their check; no one
could reasonably believe that the L.A. uprisings following the Rodney
King verdict were masterminded by secretive African American groups in
order to fleece the American government out of urban renewal monies. Of
course these things make no 'reasonable' sense, but the anger of
resentment doesn't work reasonably."
Recognizing this, how do you respond? (This is a plea for
answers.)