Comments on: Something to Cry About: A Failure of the Imagination & Post WWII Japan vs. The Hetero Male Psyche http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/something-to-cry-about-a-failure-of-the-imagination-post-wwii-japan-vs-the-hetero-male-psyche/ artificial intelligence Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:46:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: TOUGH GUISE: Byron Hurt, Hip-Hop & Black Masculinity « COLINRESPONSE http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/something-to-cry-about-a-failure-of-the-imagination-post-wwii-japan-vs-the-hetero-male-psyche/#comment-660 TOUGH GUISE: Byron Hurt, Hip-Hop & Black Masculinity « COLINRESPONSE Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:28:55 +0000 http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-660 [...] [Something to Cry About] [...] [...] [Something to Cry About] [...]

]]> By: colinresponse http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/something-to-cry-about-a-failure-of-the-imagination-post-wwii-japan-vs-the-hetero-male-psyche/#comment-476 colinresponse Thu, 22 May 2008 20:46:41 +0000 http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-476 Thanx sincerely for your wise words edy.macktivist. LOL @ "no emo." IMa definitely hafta add that to my repetoire. =P I think the important thing for me to try and remember is that even though i can see terrible sh*t and keep a face that looks apathetic, at least inside i can notice how wrong it feels, and that part of my consciousness hasnt been beaten out of me. i personally know way too many dudes who have been desensitized beyond being able to have remorse of ANY kind for women and/or LGBTQ folks. I modefintiely wanna check out "Of Water and the Spirit." Sounds like the jumpoff. Hope youre well king. Sorry we werent able to connect when you came back to Santa Cruz a lil while back. Have a blessed day and yes, Japanese gadgets are infinitely tighter than weapons. The part I think about a lot is how Japan suffers because it has to rely heavily on someone else protecting it. In this same way, many women (but not all) are forced to rely on men to protect them, and many times this is factored into them choosing a partner. But that's a whole 'nother post altogether. =P Blessings brother. Please tell Mr. Silverbaker I sed whadedo. C Thanx sincerely for your wise words edy.macktivist. LOL @ “no emo.” IMa definitely hafta add that to my repetoire. =P
I think the important thing for me to try and remember is that even though i can see terrible sh*t and keep a face that looks apathetic, at least inside i can notice how wrong it feels, and that part of my consciousness hasnt been beaten out of me. i personally know way too many dudes who have been desensitized beyond being able to have remorse of ANY kind for women and/or LGBTQ folks.

I modefintiely wanna check out “Of Water and the Spirit.” Sounds like the jumpoff. Hope youre well king. Sorry we werent able to connect when you came back to Santa Cruz a lil while back. Have a blessed day and yes, Japanese gadgets are infinitely tighter than weapons. The part I think about a lot is how Japan suffers because it has to rely heavily on someone else protecting it. In this same way, many women (but not all) are forced to rely on men to protect them, and many times this is factored into them choosing a partner. But that’s a whole ‘nother post altogether. =P

Blessings brother. Please tell Mr. Silverbaker I sed whadedo.
C

]]> By: edy.mac http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/something-to-cry-about-a-failure-of-the-imagination-post-wwii-japan-vs-the-hetero-male-psyche/#comment-475 edy.mac Thu, 22 May 2008 16:19:42 +0000 http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-475 I FEEL you... (no emo). Developing our historical callus is one of the most tragic things that has been done to us as globally oppressed people. I think it is a direct result of colonization, slavery and imperialism. This kind of emotionless male is an entirely Western and relatively new concept. I suppose it's functional to be unable to cry or feel empathy especially when you're transporting human cargo across seas to be raped, murdered, and exploited, dropping bombs on people's homes, and kicking people off of their native lands... Imperialists can't be soft. Aime Cesaire wrote a lot about that in Discourse on Colonialism (dealing with humanity and savagery and language involved with colonization). Also, I just read this book by Malidoma Patrice Some called Of Water and the Spirit (goes) It has to do with ritual magic and colonialism and specifically the ways in which the spiritual and magical world are destroyed by European imperialists. The way he speaks of crying and public grief is amazing. When I get home I'll send you the exact quote that this post made me think of, because I don't have the book on me now. Anyway I felt I had to biggup you for writing this because I just came out of a long conversation with one of my students about men crying. Japanese gadgets are great, they're so much better than weapons. I FEEL you… (no emo). Developing our historical callus is one of the most tragic things that has been done to us as globally oppressed people. I think it is a direct result of colonization, slavery and imperialism. This kind of emotionless male is an entirely Western and relatively new concept. I suppose it’s functional to be unable to cry or feel empathy especially when you’re transporting human cargo across seas to be raped, murdered, and exploited, dropping bombs on people’s homes, and kicking people off of their native lands… Imperialists can’t be soft. Aime Cesaire wrote a lot about that in Discourse on Colonialism (dealing with humanity and savagery and language involved with colonization). Also, I just read this book by Malidoma Patrice Some called Of Water and the Spirit (goes) It has to do with ritual magic and colonialism and specifically the ways in which the spiritual and magical world are destroyed by European imperialists. The way he speaks of crying and public grief is amazing. When I get home I’ll send you the exact quote that this post made me think of, because I don’t have the book on me now. Anyway I felt I had to biggup you for writing this because I just came out of a long conversation with one of my students about men crying.

Japanese gadgets are great, they’re so much better than weapons.

]]> By: colinresponse http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/something-to-cry-about-a-failure-of-the-imagination-post-wwii-japan-vs-the-hetero-male-psyche/#comment-473 colinresponse Wed, 21 May 2008 05:53:04 +0000 http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-473 Dummy gadgets right? Daahahaa! Your comments are never "not smart enough." The only dumb thing you've ever done is question your own intelligence cuzcuz. I'm just glad that even though you felt like your comments aren't smart enough, you do that sh*t anyway! YEE. I literally can't remember the last time I cried. I'm trying right now and all I can think of is when my Grandfather died in 2001. Wow. It sounds like when you opened up in front of your pops and brother, that they appreciated it and it actually made things better. I've been finding recently that when we take the difficult path, that usually is what ends up happening. Things get better. Here's to baby boys healing and Japanese scientists designing a car that runs on sewage. C+ Dummy gadgets right? Daahahaa!

Your comments are never “not smart enough.” The only dumb thing you’ve ever done is question your own intelligence cuzcuz. I’m just glad that even though you felt like your comments aren’t smart enough, you do that sh*t anyway! YEE.

I literally can’t remember the last time I cried. I’m trying right now and all I can think of is when my Grandfather died in 2001. Wow. It sounds like when you opened up in front of your pops and brother, that they appreciated it and it actually made things better. I’ve been finding recently that when we take the difficult path, that usually is what ends up happening. Things get better.

Here’s to baby boys healing and Japanese scientists designing a car that runs on sewage.

C+

]]> By: slavename http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/something-to-cry-about-a-failure-of-the-imagination-post-wwii-japan-vs-the-hetero-male-psyche/#comment-472 slavename Wed, 21 May 2008 05:08:10 +0000 http://colinresponse.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-472 Damn boy, that's some real ish. After i read these incredibly intelligent posts/essays I feel like my comments aren't smart enough to put up...but i'ma still leave one anyway. I actually "broke down" and cried the other week and it was one of the more embarrassing/vulnerable moments that i feel like i've had in a long time. It was in front and because of an incident with my pops and older brother, the last two people I want to see me cry, especially in reaction to ways they are making me feel. It was crazy, before that happened i couldn't tell you the last time i cried was. Something that I think about a lot is that i used to cry ALL the damn time when I was little, it was always at home and in front of my mom, SHE even called me sensitive, but after a certain point of going through shit i just felt like i couldn't cry anymore, even when i wanted to. *I just remembered the time before this recent time when I cried and it was like two years ago* It's real when you talk about the ability to see fucked up shit and just not be affected because you've seen and been through a bunch of fucked up shit. That shit about the u.s. forcing japan to disarm their military is crazy too, i never knew about that shit. ya'll be making hella gadgets. Mad gagets cuz. G. Damn boy, that’s some real ish. After i read these incredibly intelligent posts/essays I feel like my comments aren’t smart enough to put up…but i’ma still leave one anyway.

I actually “broke down” and cried the other week and it was one of the more embarrassing/vulnerable moments that i feel like i’ve had in a long time. It was in front and because of an incident with my pops and older brother, the last two people I want to see me cry, especially in reaction to ways they are making me feel. It was crazy, before that happened i couldn’t tell you the last time i cried was. Something that I think about a lot is that i used to cry ALL the damn time when I was little, it was always at home and in front of my mom, SHE even called me sensitive, but after a certain point of going through shit i just felt like i couldn’t cry anymore, even when i wanted to.

*I just remembered the time before this recent time when I cried and it was like two years ago*

It’s real when you talk about the ability to see fucked up shit and just not be affected because you’ve seen and been through a bunch of fucked up shit. That shit about the u.s. forcing japan to disarm their military is crazy too, i never knew about that shit. ya’ll be making hella gadgets. Mad gagets cuz.

G.

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