tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post4274269016043136347..comments2023-10-06T12:08:56.879-04:00Comments on 3W: What do I know from global warming?!Zevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02174266905866513724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-32812930658908725742010-03-15T20:56:48.165-04:002010-03-15T20:56:48.165-04:00I agree, my story is kind of weak. But I still lik...I agree, my story is kind of weak. But I still like the basic account--mutate seemingly irrelevant characteristics in order to stave off assimilation (in the Borg sense).Zevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174266905866513724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397350.post-86504877797412141892010-03-15T15:09:44.760-04:002010-03-15T15:09:44.760-04:00with the exception, perhaps, of fancy law schools,...with the exception, perhaps, of fancy law schools, the forms of (conspicuous) consumption you list have little to do with liberalness. <br /><br />I thought you were going to say the opposite -that when the frum block started to have/think it had certain things in common with the, err, republican base, frum folk aslo shifted their other values to conform to their new allies due to proximity. <br /><br />adopting "right wing" causes as a form of counter-cultural self-definition may be a real phenomenon among frum ivy league undergrads - i don't know. but i don't think that is the explanation at all re: what you call the "Monsey crowd."<br /><br />miriamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com