Exceptionalism, nationalism, fascism, totalitarianism, identity politics, and authoritarian discourse

This is what I wrote on these matters in a post yesterday: What is it about the Freyre apologists? 1. Arrogance: they are an enlightened elite and everyone else is unsubtle. 2. Argument by authority: because of their identity they have special knowledge nobody else can have. 3. Apologetics: they have excuses for everything; only they … More Exceptionalism, nationalism, fascism, totalitarianism, identity politics, and authoritarian discourse

GRE

It has changed. Under the new system my scores would have translated to 165 quantitative, 169 verbal. It appears that 169 verbal is unusual in many schools although it is only 3% higher than 165 in terms of percentile (95/98). But many of those who actually go to graduate school, have very high quantitative scores, … More GRE

LXXVII

Graniza tanto, como para que yo recuerde y acreciente las perlas que he recogido del hocico mismo de cada tempestad. No se vaya a secar esta lluvia. A menos que me fuese dado caer ahora para ella, o que me enterrasen mojado en el agua que surtiera de todos los fuegos. ¿Hasta dónde me alcanzará … More LXXVII

Internalization

What if it is not “I hurt them terribly, in ways it was not fair of me to do and that still cause them daily pain, by being research oriented” — as I have always said since I accepted this as truth and repented for having disbelieved it for so long ago — but the … More Internalization