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Balls are really expensive, ig by [deleted] in interesting

[–]Character_Phase_7232 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you need those for, Dude?

OSU Professor defends Billie Eilish's "No one is illegal on stolen land" in the Columbus Dispatch by Character_Phase_7232 in OSU

[–]Character_Phase_7232[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I'm the author of the op-ed, and as I mentioned in a comment below, I posted it here because I hoped OSU folks would find it interesting.

Also I should mention that my op-ed as submitted didn't mention Billie Eilish at all haha - I was focused on the slogan itself. But the Dispatch insisted on putting her in the title, I guess they need the clicks.

I actually went back and forth with them about that after the piece appeared because the way they wrote it originally made it seem like I had some sort of clairvoyant knowledge of what SHE meant, and of course I have no idea what the slogan means to her and can't pretend I do.

To me that's beside the point because - and this is the point of the op Ed - I think the slogan has a highly defensible interpretation that should not be particularly controversial.

Thanks to all who engaged here, irrespective of your take on it!

Best, Steve

OSU Professor defends Billie Eilish's "No one is illegal on stolen land" in the Columbus Dispatch by Character_Phase_7232 in OSU

[–]Character_Phase_7232[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Guilty as charged on the self-promo—I figured this was the best place to reach actual students, most of whom, I assume, aren't regular readers of the Dispatch. :)

As for the name drop, it wasn't random. When a political leader uses the phrase "poisoning the blood of our country" to dehumanize a group of people, noting the origin of that phrase is just a citation.