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[new] I don't believe anybody (Avg. Score: none / Raters: 0) (#1)
by amy on Sat Jan 10th, 2004 at 11:48:11 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Hmm, I don't think I filter the same way you do, Aileen. I find myself "yeah but"-ing no matter whose opinions I'm reading. Often the "yeah but" is a "yeah, but what about... ?" where I feel like a certain point has been glossed over as possibly inconveniently at odds with the author's argument.

Of course I find my opinions are influenced by others' that I read. And yes, I find that if I agree with many of someone's arguments on a particular topic, I'll be more receptive to considering that person's other arguments on that same topic. For example, before reading Butler, I had opinions on Israel public-criticism/anti-semitism issues similar to hers - but not identical on all points. So I might find myself at least a bit more receptive to the rest of her arguments on Israel than those of someone with whom I disagree strongly. But I wouldn't find myself actively looking to a text by Judith Butler to help me decide what to think... And I definitely don't find myself particularly excited one way or the other about her views on gender - but that's possibly because I'm not especially interested in gender theory to begin with.

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