If there's one thing that can lift me out of general malaise......it's the baffling, cryptobigot wording of this Gawker post: Muslim-by-way-of-Portland blogger Laila Lalami celebrates the publication of her first novel, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, with a reading at the Barnes and Noble on Astor Place tonight. If you’re gonna be a Muslim blogger in this country, you might as well be one in Portland.Did you know that Muslim is a nationality? Did you know that second sentence is a complete and total non sequitur? But, yes, as reported by Gawker, Laila Lalami will be reading at the B&N Astor Place tonight, which happens to be located in New York City, the perfect city to live in if you're gonna be a Jewish blogger in this country. Posted by Dana at 04:44 PM
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Little Man with a Gun in His HandI particularly likes the Gotahmist post the other day where they were all, "We thought Christopher X. Brodeur was African-American ... What's up with his middle initial?"
Jesus Slam Dancing Christ, 99 times out of 100, X stands for Xavier, an incredibly common Irish-Catholic name. What exactly DO these people know, anyway?
Posted by: sakebomb at November 7, 2005 06:10 PMJesus Lap Dancing Christ, I have at least 11 friends with the middle name of Xerxes.
Posted by: Marco at November 8, 2005 02:05 PMIt's especially charming that the Gawkerites love to bitch about other people's racism- but if a non-white somehow makes it onto their own radar screen, an offensive comment inevitably follows.
Posted by: noted at November 8, 2005 07:22 PM