Hey, you >o Haven't seen ya around lately. What's been happening? ^^
By the way, saw in the forums that you're into the theater. Totally awesome! I wanted to be an actress at one point, but just because the feeling ontsage is incredible doesn't mean it's right for me. I actually started to prefer backstage work in my last couple of years at school. More recently, I just finished my 2 year performance certificate, which is prerequisite to a teaching diploma with the LAMDA external exams over here. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to teaching or not, but... it's a really good qualification to have, and the academic side suits me down to the ground. And who knows? Actually working with people might bring me out of my shell a bit.
Haha thank you, I think. I do use more words than I need to, as I worry so much about getting misunderstood. It upsets me a lot more than it should when people say they do not understand what I am trying to say. u.u Communication is something I sadly struggle with.
As for political terms, I personally have learned the Westminster definitions for liberalism etc. Which is unsurprising given I live in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Although I really need to remind myself that terms and concepts are not static, and their meanings can differ historically and culturally. While I understand this, and do actively try to employ it there are certain terms I struggle with. Communism is one such term as I used to be a Neo Marxist Feminist. So while I now reject Neo Marxism and particularly Historical Materialism, I have an emotional attachment to the term Communism if you can call it that. While I present it so exclusively at times as being an end stage of Historical Materialism, this is in all fairness for biased reasons. On one hand I have my old attachments to a specific understanding of it, on the other by tying it to nineteenth century evolutionism I am dismissing it's credibility as a concept.
Finally I would totally disagree with your assertion you are a pleb. You strike me as a very intelligent and thoughtful person! That is why I love your posts so much!!
Haha like last time, it proved to be an enjoyable exchange with you. I guess we have gone too far off topic though in the Obama thread. I do acknowledge this was my fault though xD. In fairness I do need to acknowledge that my grievances towards other usages of the term communism are quite akin to me taking offense to the American (read as USA) usage of the term liberal. As I am someone who does, and has, championed that culture and terms do not remain constant but are in a constant state of flux it would seem you win this round. Nicely played, as I mentioned the exchange was enjoyable. n.n
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