AtD translation: posted trail

[Mark Kohut]

Kit says "we're all just night-riders here" and we know he is not KKK. Kit
says we are all doers of violence on the trail. The trail of life?. ...

Perhaps the dismissal of (by ridicule) 'racial memory' as an explanation
moves it right out of KKK meanings? And, that riff on "overrun and
conquered" as the meaning of racial memory, what's that about?
The masochistic slave mentality in history? Being dominated sexually?
.....Where "out looking for some Hun' makes us think of aggressive actions
against, whereas, 'suppose I do" indicates he wants to be dominated by said
Hun [maybe] ?


   1. Night Rider | Definition of Night Rider by Merriam-Webster
   <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20rider>
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   Jul 17, 2019 · Definition of night rider : a member of a secret band who
   ride masked at night doing acts of violence for the purpose of punishing or
   terrorizing Examples of night rider in a Sentence


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Riders

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/night-riders-3008/

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 10:20 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Interesting. In the other three instances in the book, "night-riders"
> refer to the KKK, so I thought "making pests of ourselves" meant harassing
> passers-by. I'm not sure why innocent riders should be even shot _at_ for
> risking their own lives in the wilderness. On the other hand, a violent
> gang definitely should be.
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> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 5:38 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> *"Postings* are trails or areas of the park that have been posted as a
>> warning to visitors to be especially cautious. Postings typically are put
>> in place to warn visitors of heightened safety concerns in the area, such
>> as frequent bear or mountain lion sightings close to a trail. The areas
>> remain open and visitors should proceed with caution."
>>
>> Metaphorically, I would suggest Kit cuts off abstract discussions of
>> racial memory and like that by simply asserting that others have gone this
>> way leaving us warnings. But we go ahead anyway, making pests of ourselves
>> so---we should be shot at because we've been warned it was dangerous. We
>> don't need no 'racial memory' bullshit nor a logical refutation of whether
>> it applies or should be to us.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 3:08 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> P598.29-37   “But you are being used by your racial memory here,”
>>> declared
>>> Humfried indignantly, “you are out looking for some Hun.”
>>>        “Are you saying I want to be overrun and conquered, Humfried?”
>>>        “Did I say that?”
>>>        “Well . . . suppose I do, is that, one, any business of either of
>>> you, two, anything I feel that I must apologize for, two point one—”
>>>        “Yash, you are flat correct,” Kit nodded, “we’re all just
>>> night-riders here miles up a posted trail, making pests of ourselves.
>>> Ought
>>> to be shot, well, shot at, anyway.”
>>>
>>> What is a "posted trail" exactly?
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>>