The meaning is always in the context. The same act in one decade will have opposite meaning in another decade. So the questions of the legality of the act is really mute, if it is okay then but not now when it is the same act. Actions and context are mutually interdependent. The context of Obama is different from the context of Reagan. The Meaning of Reagan was that he was personally Okay, so his actions were referenced by his goodness. The Meaning of Obama is that he is personally not okay, so all his actions are referenced to his badness for meaning. In the same way if a black man in a hoody is not okay, then all his actions, like hes reaching for his ID, is referenced to the imagined threat, so he is reaching for a gun. Obama is a president in a hoody.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:57:38 +0000