Post 2

I’ve been trying to think about this post all weekend. I know the answer could be fairly simple but I still struggled to really grasp the idea. However, I was reading the blog post over and over again and for some reason when Dr. Fletcher pointed out gingers, it made me think of the episode in South Park when Cartman is on video talking about how gingers do in fact have souls despite what other youtubers out there have said.  See below:

Well, is that only for natural redheads? What if I decided to change that about myself? What if I decided to perform the act of dying my hair red? Would that take my soul away from me? I wasn’t always a ginger before this. Cartman identifies with being a ginger and he’s sticking up for his “people.” On the other hand, what if Cartman decided to dye his hair brown or blonde? Does his soul jump back into his body? Is this a whole “You can take the ginger out of the person but you can’t take the person out of the ginger?” type scenario?  

Cartman then makes a point to identify as Christian and that he goes to church. This obviously means that he has a soul, right? (Oh Cartman) You can be Christian and not always go to church. But because you step into a chapel or any place of worship, you identify (most of the time) with that religion. It alters the reality from when you were say, at school or work, to being in the moment of worship and God. 

I don’t know if this is exactly on the money or not, but hopefully I’m heading in the right direction with this idea of felicitous and infelicitous performance acts. If not, please let me know so I can get on the right page!