My. He's certainly got the shallow-eyed, English-mangling, born-on-third-base-and-thinks-he-hit-a-triple thing down.
I couldn't help feeling a little sorry for Li'l Danforth from 2001 through 2008. Can you imagine what the poor guy must have gone through every time he saw George of the Bungle explainifying and misunderestimating and fooling people twice-won't get fooled again deciding the decisions and and putting food on workers' families and falling off segues? All the while knowing that he (Danforth) had been laughed off the stage for the exact same gaffes and bumbles?
This has got to be the best analogy of privilege I've ever heard. I'm totally using it instead of "invisible knapsack" the next time I have to explain privilege.
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Date: 2010-08-13 12:14 am (UTC)My. He's certainly got the shallow-eyed, English-mangling, born-on-third-base-and-thinks-he-hit-a-triple thing down.
I couldn't help feeling a little sorry for Li'l Danforth from 2001 through 2008. Can you imagine what the poor guy must have gone through every time he saw George of the Bungle explainifying and misunderestimating and fooling people twice-won't get fooled again deciding the decisions and and putting food on workers' families and falling off segues? All the while knowing that he (Danforth) had been laughed off the stage for the exact same gaffes and bumbles?
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Date: 2010-08-13 05:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-08-13 02:43 pm (UTC)This has got to be the best analogy of privilege I've ever heard. I'm totally using it instead of "invisible knapsack" the next time I have to explain privilege.
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Date: 2010-08-13 04:29 pm (UTC)I believe the phrase originated with the late, great Ann richards, who said it about George Bush, the other guy on the Bush-Quayle ticket.
About Quayle, she said "He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."