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Senior editor at Mother Jones wants you to know that you should stop eating three meals a day for reasons including the fact that it is "racist." Yes — she actually uses the word "racist:" "Dogmatic adherence to mealtimes is anti-science, racist, and might actually be making you sick," proclaims the subhead to Kiera Butler’s Wednesday article, titled "Why You Should Stop Eating Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner."
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I actually read the article. The headline is the only part of that whole article that uses the word racist; the rest of the article is more or less just a history lesson, with scientific studies thrown in there to show that there's no 'correct' amount of meals to eat in a day, and that fasting might actually be beneficial. So clearly, the headline is just there to provoke and shock, in order to gain more readers. In that, I think she succeeded (as evidenced by this thread). There isn't anything overt or even subtly racist about the article; she doesn't even condemn the settlers. Just a shock headline to gain eyeballs, nothing more.
I actually read the article. The headline is the only part of that whole article that uses the word racist; the rest of the article is more or less just a history lesson, with scientific studies thrown in there to show that there's no 'correct' amount of meals to eat in a day, and that fasting might actually be beneficial. So clearly, the headline is just there to provoke and shock, in order to gain more readers. In that, I think she succeeded (as evidenced by this thread). There isn't anything overt or even subtly racist about the article; she doesn't even condemn the settlers. Just a shock headline to gain eyeballs, nothing more.
If that is the case then it is pretty stupid to use the racist word in that way.
Everywhere we turn we hear racist this and racist that. Eventually the word will lose its impact and people won't be shocked by it anymore. People throw the word around to scare or shut up someone. We have seen this in politics, blah blah blah,,, "YOU RACIST" ""silence""
Racism is a 4 letter word today. If we look at another 4 letter word that starts with "F" we hear it all the time in Rap music and in movies. Teenagers use it all the time when they are together. It is shocking when directed at you but with the overuse it has lost its value.
I actually read the article. The headline is the only part of that whole article that uses the word racist; the rest of the article is more or less just a history lesson, with scientific studies thrown in there to show that there's no 'correct' amount of meals to eat in a day, and that fasting might actually be beneficial. So clearly, the headline is just there to provoke and shock, in order to gain more readers. In that, I think she succeeded (as evidenced by this thread). There isn't anything overt or even subtly racist about the article; she doesn't even condemn the settlers. Just a shock headline to gain eyeballs, nothing more.
That's funny, because, I read the article and I took the exact same points away from it. The use of "racist" in the headline seemed like a cheap way to grab attention but the overall article was about the history of eating patterns and making the argument that it's not necessary to eat a big breakfast or eat breakfast at all to be healthy.
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"Racist' has come to mean basically anything that those on the Left don't like. If you are against Obama, you are a racist. If you are against illegal immigration, you are racist. The author is against three meals a day, so it's racist. It's just the natural progression of the word.
I actually read the article. The headline is the only part of that whole article that uses the word racist; the rest of the article is more or less just a history lesson, with scientific studies thrown in there to show that there's no 'correct' amount of meals to eat in a day, and that fasting might actually be beneficial. So clearly, the headline is just there to provoke and shock, in order to gain more readers. In that, I think she succeeded (as evidenced by this thread). There isn't anything overt or even subtly racist about the article; she doesn't even condemn the settlers. Just a shock headline to gain eyeballs, nothing more.
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Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd
If that is the case then it is pretty stupid to use the racist word in that way.
Everywhere we turn we hear racist this and racist that. Eventually the word will lose its impact and people won't be shocked by it anymore. People throw the word around to scare or shut up someone. We have seen this in politics, blah blah blah,,, "YOU RACIST" ""silence""
Racism is a 4 letter word today. If we look at another 4 letter word that starts with "F" we hear it all the time in Rap music and in movies. Teenagers use it all the time when they are together. It is shocking when directed at you but with the overuse it has lost its value.
I can agree with this. To me, the article headline did come across as 'shock jock' material just to get readers. And yea, overuse of a word does tend to dilute its meaning.
The real story is that someone took a Mother Jones article seriously. Nothing from that leftist rag surprises me.
Many left-leaning C-Der's take Mother Jones (and other radical Leftist sites such as AlterNet, Salon, et al.) very seriously, quoting them often in their political discussions, which is why I needed to post this.
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