tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post2042045804599119993..comments2024-03-18T21:52:45.757-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: Back to post-mortemsDavid Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-79687468863502108742016-12-02T21:53:34.163-08:002016-12-02T21:53:34.163-08:00And that's exactly my point. There is no self ...And that's exactly my point. There is no self reflection, just indignant bitterness. Unfortunately, I know what lummpen proletariat is, having to have studied Das Kapital while still in my teens. The inner city food-stamp demographic (which Clinton has openly called upon to support her) is it. <br /><br />And the Union is not in a Civil War yet, thankfully. If it gets to that point, the "North" will no longer have the Iowa, Kansas and any other heartland regiments. And I wouldn't count on Air BnB programmers to fill the ranks, either. <br /><br />What's really interesting is that the self-appointed intellectuals refuse to even consider the possibility of having been wrong in something. I thought open-mindedness was a virtue, diversity and all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-4345460951875380312016-12-02T21:09:48.797-08:002016-12-02T21:09:48.797-08:00onward
I won't be back here.
onwardonward<br /><br />I won't be back here.<br /><br />onwardDavid Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-59713594317256886522016-12-02T21:09:30.678-08:002016-12-02T21:09:30.678-08:00" The question is: who are the Dems a party o..." The question is: who are the Dems a party of now?"<br /><br />Everyone except white aging-boomer, angry, non-educated males WABANEMs and their browbeaten wives. All the people who either went to college seriously wanting to learn, or who went into professions that required a facility for facts. <br /><br />Sure there is a caste or class component. The REAL proletariat knows that the DP fights for them, the way that almost all members of the Greatest Generation adored FDR above all living humans. The WABANEMS claim to admire The Greatest Generation while spewing venom at everything they stood for. <br /><br />" The question is: who are the Dems a party of now?"<br /><br />The United States of America... the Union in this ongoing Civil War. A nation that believes that science and facts matter and have helped us spectacularly and will help us more, tomorrow.<br /><br />BTW the WABANEMs were outnumbered at the polls. By 2.5 million and rising and probably vastly more, since the pop[ular vote was tweaked in every red state where voting machines have no audit capability.<br /><br />What are WAMANEMs? Look up the term "lumpenproletariat." The same clade who fought against their own class interests for the plantation owners. Oh, be proud of the confederacy's victory.<br /><br />It won't last.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-82248959280547755322016-12-02T20:58:00.117-08:002016-12-02T20:58:00.117-08:00Clinton lost for many valid reasons. Until the lef...Clinton lost for many valid reasons. Until the leftists (Democrats) take a very close look in the mirror, they will still have no clue as to why she lost. This is not taunting, trolling, or an attempt to get a rise out of the generally leftist folks commenting on this site. But think of the irony - the "blue" Democratic party is blaming working class guys for losing the election. The question is: who are the Dems a party of now? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-25908314805363472942016-12-02T19:29:43.983-08:002016-12-02T19:29:43.983-08:00locumranch:
Once there was a fluffy bunny ... Did...locumranch:<br /><i><br />Once there was a fluffy bunny ... Did this bunny DESERVE to be eaten? Ought it merit special protections? No, no, a thousand times no.<br /></i><br /><br />If our founding document read "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all living creatures are created equal," then you'd have a point. <br /><br /><i><br />David insists that (1) scientists, experts & professionals deserve to be obeyed, <br /></i><br /><br />You're confusing roles. It's not about what the scientists, experts, and professionals deserve. It makes sense to take their advice because they know stuff. You are correct that you have as much right to ignore advice of people who know stuff as others do to pay attention to it. But when reality doesn't work the way you require it to, it's not because the scientists, experts, and professionals have harmed you.<br /><i><br />(2) the US Democrat party ...<br /></i><br /><br />excuse to stop reading right there.<br /><br /><i><br />Larry_H argues that fascists deserve defeat (because 'bad' = undeserving?) & liberal progressives deserve victory (because 'good'= deserving?); <br /></i><br /><br />Fascists deserve defeat because they necessarily make war on the rest of civilization. Civilization's implicit compact is to live and let live, but the ones who refuse to "let live" thereby void their own rights, including the "live" part. Society must protect the law-abiding from the lawbreakers, or else it makes no sense at all. By the rules of war, of course, fascists have the right to try to win, but over the long term, it never happens. I'm articulating the law of psychohistory which explains this fact.<br /><br />You obsess over the word "deserve" when the rest of us are arguing that humanity has performed many experiments of how societies can be structured, and that one which respects the rights and dignity of its citizens works better than the others. Yes, "works better" is subjective, and you can argue that a Holnist America would be more to your liking than what we currently have. Just understand that that is what we're arguing. "Deserve" doesn't come into it. Also understand that I personally believe that you are incorrect in your belief that you'd be happier, more contented, whatever measurement you want to use, if your dream ever came true.<br /><br />And in that case, yes, I'd think you <b>deserved</b> to be miserable.<br /><br />Best!<br /><br />LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-9266313876498175582016-12-02T16:46:46.565-08:002016-12-02T16:46:46.565-08:00@locumranch: Liberals make fascists
Garbage histo...@locumranch: <i>Liberals make fascists</i><br /><br />Garbage history as well as David’s recognition of the lies.<br /><br />Liberals in the oldest sense didn’t appear on the seen until the English went Dutch. Your fascists display ancient behaviors. The Fascists of the 20th century were a kind of counter-reaction, but their roots go far back into history before liberals ever appeared.<br /><br />Arguing that liberals make fascists is like arguing that adding water to dirt containing compostable material makes worms. Sure looks like it, but it ain’t so.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-56626858252570060562016-12-02T16:31:48.315-08:002016-12-02T16:31:48.315-08:00onward... to space! (Tacitus... time for science...onward... to space! (Tacitus... time for science!!!<br /><br />onwardDavid Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-8624964892178244082016-12-02T16:31:24.940-08:002016-12-02T16:31:24.940-08:00@Catfish N. Cod: If you parse Treebeard carefully,...@Catfish N. Cod: If you parse Treebeard carefully, he appears to be using the darker sense of nationalism. That attitude among roughly equal powers has led to megadeaths. One doesn't have to give up the concept of nation and sovereignty to avoid that danger except in the minds of people who can't imagine anything other than false dichotomies. <br /><br />Treebeard is essentially accusing enlightenment thinkers of being nationalists (dark sense) where we self-identify with each other no matter what borders our relationships cross. Our way is better than theirs and we are willing to fight them to force our institutions upon them. Those are strong words, so I think they meet the darker meaning in nationalism.<br /><br />He happens to be mistaken. Enlightenment thinkers ARE willing to do battle with the feudalists, but it usually requires provocation. In simply existing, we pose a threat to feudalist institutions. History shows this. However, this doesn't mean we bring violence and war to them simply by existing. That usually comes later when they constrain us somehow and run up against our 'Sovereign Unto Ourselves' attitudes. True Aristocrats expect to rule. Peasants expect to be ruled. The Bourgeoisie expects to be let alone mostly so they can trade or not, relate or not, love or not, and think or not. It’s not hard to see how most Americans are bourgeois. <br /><br />I'll admit old school liberals hold some old grudges against the oldest forms of power that we fought for a few centuries. There is a reason Americans have a visceral response to even discussions of social strata. The petite bourgeois looks upon the educated clerisy and sees the snobbiest upturned noses. The clerisy looks back upon them and sees peasants too willing to suck up to the haute bourgeois oligarch wanna-bees. They look upon the petite as a source of labor from which they can profit and the clerisy as a source of boffins and wild cannons. However, we are ALL bourgeois. The US doesn’t have aristocrats in any real sense of the term. When one tries to surface, many of us start taking shots at them. Look up the life and times of Huey Long and note how he died. As for church power, don’t get me started. 8)<br /><br />Confederate foot soldiers fought for the last of the American bourgeoisie who tried to live as aristocrats. The plantation owners found a way to motivate them to fight and die for a system with which they identified, but one that did not serve them in any higher fashion than as members of the petite clade. No doubt some of them were distant cousins of mine as the Scots and Irishmen can be found thick through Appalachia. I get loyalty to clan, but I’m too educated now to put up with what my so-called masters would have of me. I will not accept being returned to the peasantry and have higher aspirations than as a member of the petite clade. I’d rather my distant cousins had higher expectations of themselves too, but I won’t go to war with them to force them to water they can drink. I’d rather wait for them to get thirsty first.<br /><br />Treebeard isn’t thirsty yet, but he does appear to be suffering the symptoms of dehydration. I tell my progressive friends to wait patiently for him and his friends, but help make sure they don’t burn the place down while we wait them out.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-70653020879189142762016-12-02T16:31:16.403-08:002016-12-02T16:31:16.403-08:00"David insists that (1) scientists, experts &...<br />"David insists that (1) scientists, experts & professionals deserve to be obeyed, (2) the US Democrat party deserves political hegemony and (3) GOP climate deniers deserve utter defeat;"<br /><br />1 = Liar.<br /><br />2= Outright, strawmanning look in the mirror asshole liar, attributing to others the only way HE can imagine power and that he seeks.<br /><br />3 - Absolutely. Stunning traitors to our children who manipulate armies of gullible morons who hate people who know stuff out of puerile, 3rd grade playground resentment of teachers' pets who actually know stuff.<br /><br />===<br /><br />Twominds.... in The Transparent Society and elsewhere I keep explaining... *Nothing that outraged activists do will prevent the police from seeing you!* If you gain temporary victories, all you'll do is drive the powers into secret corners. The very notion that facial recog won't be as trivial as breathing, available in 10,000 ways, ten years from now is proof of lack of imagination bordering on self-lobotomization.<br /><br />The trick will be always to have these powers ourselves. To make police less needed and thus fewer! To recognize police and hold them accountable. And to easily catch the voyeurs and peeping toms who would violate our privacy by judgmentally peering at us.<br /><br />It is a long shot... but it is our only shot.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-23279828231479066512016-12-02T16:08:15.717-08:002016-12-02T16:08:15.717-08:00Once there was a fluffy bunny who was harmless, ho...<br /><br />Once there was a fluffy bunny who was harmless, honest, inclusive, tolerant & completely incapable of making any enemies whatsoever, yet all manner of predatory animals hunted, maimed, devoured & thrived upon this fluffy bunny's misfortune. Did this qualify as victimisation? Did this bunny DESERVE to be eaten? Ought it merit special protections? No, no, a thousand times no.<br /><br />Relative 'deserving-ness' is completely irrational, irrelevant & non-empiric in regards to this circumstance & many others.<br /><br />Yet, this question of 'deserving-ness' is exactly what David, Catfish N. Cod & Larry_H obsess over:<br /><br />David insists that (1) scientists, experts & professionals deserve to be obeyed, (2) the US Democrat party deserves political hegemony and (3) GOP climate deniers deserve utter defeat; Larry_H argues that fascists deserve defeat (because 'bad' = undeserving?) & liberal progressives deserve victory (because 'good'= deserving?); and Catfish N. Cod doesn't "give a damn about anyone deserving anything but the opportunity to make the maximum contribution to society" (implying that society 'deserves' that maximum contribution).<br /><br />This is a thoroughly childish, non-empiric & un-scientific indulgence, this retreat into the Magical Thinking of Should-ism, Ought-ism & Deserving-ness, which gives rise to the irrational circular logic that I cite (and Catfish rightfully dismisses above) about how the 'Superior Virtue of the Oppressed' fallacy gives rise to an unending cycle of victim empowerment, predation & victimisation.<br /><br />Liberals make fascists; Fascists start wars; and Liberals end them (sometimes), making more fascists.<br /><br /><br />Best<br />_______<br />Nobody can be said to deserve anything, Catfish, since what we call 'deserving-ness' represents a transaction at best, ending & beginning with personal benefit.locumranchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-62587131447659742072016-12-02T15:32:01.182-08:002016-12-02T15:32:01.182-08:00@Alfred Diller: I'd be careful saying just nat...@Alfred Diller: I'd be careful saying just <i>nationalism</i>. Nationalism by itself is merely attachment to the concept of one's country and that its sovereignty should be assured. For all the 20th century, nationalism was a necessary thing as European imperalism collapsed, first in Europe itself and then across the world. Most Americans were nationalists of some sort during that period, too, as we asserted ourselves and our identity against the tides of Anarchism, Bolshevism, Fascism Mark One, Stalinism, and Maoism. From 1980 to 2000 no one seemed to be coming up with any of these new -isms, and we thought we could relax, for the favored -isms of America -- Liberalism and Capitalism -- seemed to be doing well. Even when one new -ism arose, Jihadism, we did not think our self-identity and security were threatened seriously; Jihadism could strike us here (and did) but was primarily something that happened Over There. A measured nationalism, and a recognition that it required tempering, served us and many other nations well.<br /><br />But we let our guard down, and now Putinism is biting at the entrails of all the Western powers even as Mandarism (for lack of a better term) arises in the East. If Putinism succeeds, there will still be the diplomatic concept of a West, but it will mean something completely different: a Russian-led coalition of angry klepto-fascist populists striving to extinguish this horrible Otherness in all its collective midsts. Such a West deserts any efforts to lead or influence the world to nurse its own self-inflicted internal wounds, and leaves China to inherit leadership of the rest of the planet. (India could one day challenge that; but it would only be after they could tear its attention away from the death grip with their cousins in the Indus Valley.) I predict in such a nightmare that Germany would be the last to go down; and it would not go down easily.<br /><br />For you see, nationalism taken too far becomes chauvinism; and chauvinism sometimes becomes jingoism, and leads to fields of poppies; and chauvinism frustrated becomes xenophobia, and soon the former nation is a <i>Festung</i> with searchlights on the borders and internal checks for undesirables and dark, secret places where those undesirables disappear and mass graves where they reappear.<br /><br />And Germans have seen and done far too much of that; and they know they can do better.<br /><br />So can we; but we must choose for it not to happen. locum, we hear your nightmares. Now see ours. Maybe it sounds ridiculous to you, but then see how we see yours, and be -- shall I say it? -- enlightened.Catfish N. Codnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-63621958080802810542016-12-02T15:12:37.266-08:002016-12-02T15:12:37.266-08:00@Larry Hart, 11:12AM
A murder victim wasn't ne...@Larry Hart, 11:12AM<br /><i>A murder victim wasn't necessarily good just because he happened to get killed? </i><br /><br />I think I know where locum has that 'victims are/must be angelic or they aren't victims' idea: it's a theme in society, for instance in murder investigation shows like Investigation Discovery channel. In the intro the victim is almost always described as bright, beautiful, the soul of the family, just starting life etc etc, especially when the victim is female. So the horror of her murder is thrown in stark clair-obscur and we will have more sympathy for her and her family. Very formulaic.<br /><br />locum then runs to extremes with this idea, in his last posts far into bizarro land.<br /><br /><br />And now that I'm here, I'm going to ask this question again:<br />Donzelion, and Dr Brin if you have time, what is your opinion on this <br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/11/should_police_bodycams_come_with_facial_recognition_software.html" rel="nofollow">article about police bodycams with facial recognition</a>?<br /><br />If I read it correctly it's not yet a thing, but would you think the main result would be a chilling effect on the trust of citizens, or could the net effect still be positive?<br />My first gut reaction is "hmm, not sure if I'd be happy with it" because I'd wonder about its implementation. It could lead to a greater imbalance of power, when implemented with that aim in mind, instead of leading to greater transparence of a good (not nosy) kind.<br /><br />TwomindsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-25220317752796868922016-12-02T14:56:11.096-08:002016-12-02T14:56:11.096-08:00TCB: Again, it's the treatment that differenti...TCB: Again, it's the treatment that differentiates. While the Bundy family themselves appear to be bull-headed grifters, any frank discussion with people in that part of the country frequently turns to how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), being the primary landowner in the area, has arbitrary and near-dictatorial control over nearly everything outside city limits in that part of the country. And since primary economy (farm/ranch/forest/mine/etc) is king out in that area, that means the usual rhetoric about the Heavy Hand of Unrepresentative Federal Interference is more than just hooey. It's still trivial compared to many grievances, but just because it's a <i>minor</i> grievance doesn't mean it's not <i>real</i>.<br /><br />As for donors, what's really amusing is that <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php" rel="nofollow">Soros isn't even the biggest giver</a> to Democratic causes. But you really have to hunt to find the people complaining about Tom Steyer. Catfish N. Codnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-56553620264817238332016-12-02T14:28:02.670-08:002016-12-02T14:28:02.670-08:00@LarryHart
I think what you are looking for is ...@LarryHart<br />I think what you are looking for is 'one of us'. Ruby Ridge and Waco had 'victims' that looked mainstream white or conservative. THOSE sorts of people aren't to be treated the same way as that trash other group.<br /><br />The way hippies and minorities are treated doesn't even enter the conservative psyche except as an example of 'jerks getting what they deserve by upstanding authority'. <br /><br />But let it be a group of white conservative leaning men and watch their outrage meter peg out. ESPECIALLY if they can make it an 'abuse of authority' by Democrats as proof that dems are illegitimate authority. <br /><br />I wonder if Timothy McVeigh is still a secret lefty in their circles?Berialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-88251848203084853852016-12-02T14:26:09.119-08:002016-12-02T14:26:09.119-08:00@treebeard: Like I said, liberals are good at mak...@treebeard: <i> Like I said, liberals are good at making war on</i>...<br /><br />Nations with no McDonalds franchise. Get with the times dude. 8)<br /><br />Seriously, though, nationalism is what you are describing and history shows it tends to lead to wars. If two roughly equal nations butt heads that way, pretty much everyone gets stomped into the dirt and grave stones are erected later if we can find them. It is generally a bad idea as it willingly surrenders a powerful, first level tool of foreign policy. Soft, economic power.<br /><br />Avoiding nationalism doesn't mean we have to avoid basic patriotism or love of country and community. It means we shouldn't be overly prejudiced about it.<br /><br />When it comes to the Germans, they certainly didn't bomb themselves to rubble. They DID try to use hard power on potentially two front wars both times in the 20th century, though. We might accept the argument that they were ignorant of the consequences the first time, but not the second time. Many see the two world wars as one war with a pause, so we might shrug our shoulders and say it was a tough lesson to learn. They learned it well, though. <br /><br />When it comes to Americans, the case can be made that we haven't yet learned what the Germans learned. Our Civil War stopped in 1865, but was never really resolved. The subcultures involved still exist, still disagree, and still claim to be the best definition of what it means to be American. We can agree to disagree as we often do, but that becomes difficult when anyone is willing to tell another to change their way of life. What we have to decide for now is which of our differences is worth a fight.Alfred Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01170159981105973192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-33752434812102200392016-12-02T14:16:44.196-08:002016-12-02T14:16:44.196-08:00TCB:
I've noticed that when the far right wan...TCB:<br /><i><br />I've noticed that when the far right want to complain about being brutally assaulted by the government they always mention Waco and Ruby Ridge.<br /></i><br /><br />Apparently, those are exceptions to the rule they otherwise hold to for how the forces of "law and order" should deal with armed terrorists. Or even un-armed protestors.<br /><br /><br /><br />LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-90314502881889602832016-12-02T14:12:06.395-08:002016-12-02T14:12:06.395-08:00Hi Larry
Re the hereto/homo thing - and others
My...Hi Larry<br />Re the hereto/homo thing - and others<br /><br />My understanding is that the brain operates "ahead" of it's data stream <br /><br />Have you ever seen aircraft - you can see what it is - count the engines - then it comes closer and it's a seagull?<br /><br />Your/our visual processing grinds until it gets a solution and then moves on - sometimes the solution is wrong<br /><br />This is because if it waited for full data the saber-tooth would get us before we decided to dodge<br /><br />Saying that it does seem to be worse now than it was when I was youngerduncan cairncrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153725128216947145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-10100815504189664342016-12-02T13:55:09.516-08:002016-12-02T13:55:09.516-08:00Also note that Menominee County is nearly complete...Also note that Menominee County is nearly completely a reservation, with a very large majority of the population being, well, Menominee. Only important if you're considering the makeup of the counties when looking at the recount or original results.raitonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-44334102535358332772016-12-02T13:08:17.358-08:002016-12-02T13:08:17.358-08:00I've noticed that when the far right want to c...I've noticed that when the far right want to complain about being brutally assaulted by the government they always mention Waco and Ruby Ridge. When they want to complain about super-wealthy backers of left-of-center politics, it's always George Soros.<br /><br />Why always the same examples? Because if they had more examples they'd mention those too!<br /><br />Let's face it, when the government (local or federal) uses needless brutally on some political activists, it's usually the hippies and black activists, anti-corporate Occupy, and so on. Just look at how the people are being treated at Standing Rock, compared with the militia at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. The militia got pretty kid-glove treatment. One managed to get himself killed, but he really had to provoke the cops to do it. Had he surrendered, he'd have gone free like the rest.TCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153506222271955110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-54718681414404839742016-12-02T13:06:03.031-08:002016-12-02T13:06:03.031-08:00WI updates as they come along. That first county r...WI updates as they come along. That first county report was so prompt because almost nobody lives there.<br /><br />Down ticket a ways...<br /><br />"Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, says a recount has upheld her victory over Republican Dan Kapanke in the 32nd SD.<br /><br />Shilling said she hoped to "put this election behind us and continue moving forward on the issues that working families are concerned about. It’s time to get to work strengthening our schools, investing in infrastructure and expanding economic opportunities in our state."<br /><br />Kapanke, who lost a 2011 recall election to Shilling, congratulated his Dem opponent, saying she will "represent all of the voters in the 32nd" when she returns to Madison.<br /><br />"I requested this recount to ensure that each and every vote that was cast was recorded correctly and fairly. This recount has ensured that," Kapanke said."<br /><br />TacitusTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-10953684655984598052016-12-02T12:56:53.815-08:002016-12-02T12:56:53.815-08:00Fox News tries for equivalence by coining the term...Fox News tries for equivalence by coining the term "alt-left." http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/12/02/liberals-get-hysterical-over-alt-right-but-are-living-in-their-alt-left-world.htmlmatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17757867868731829206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-55750282830475994962016-12-02T11:58:23.960-08:002016-12-02T11:58:23.960-08:00I have repeatedly made clear that I know there def...I have repeatedly made clear that I know there definitely exist PC-Bullies and elements on the FAR left who are -- at heart -- as hateful and prejudiced as anyone. We are human, and that personality type will seek avenues to engage in sanctioned bullying: stunning, self-righteous indignation against perceived enemies. The left is a tool for such behaviors. Those who would spill such bile at white males do exist and I have made clear that I despise them.<br /><br />But locum and his ilk never seek to make or prove a case that lefty, PC-bullying is more than an irritant, anywhere outside of college campuses. (Where it can rise to major irritant and even -- anecdotally -- really mess up a few lives.) The existence of massive white privilege - historical and present day - is overwhelming. In contrast, locum's ilk gather no statistics on how vastly their kind of people have been harmed or persecuted. And the reason is simple...<br /><br />....because all they have is anecdotes and personal impressions Some of those are valid and injustices should be addressed! But it all merges swiftly into the far larger motivation... wish fantasies that their kind could be on-top again without having to earn it. As a birthright, not a slight born-advantage.<br /><br />Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. That is what the rage of little white-boy whiners mostly boil down to. <br /><br />Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. Anecdotes, assertions and ravings. <br /><br />Some of the anecdotes are valid reasons for some specific attention... though women and minorities can offer vastly more, and you deserve our compassion for your anecdotal plaints only if you are willing to also nod at theirs. <br /><br /> Assertions? Make a smaller fraction of them bilious made-up trollery crap! That would offer something called "credibility." look up the word. C... R.... E.....<br /><br />Ravings? Ah... that is nearly all you do, man; so again, look up that "c" word.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-50113056635721357822016-12-02T11:40:52.124-08:002016-12-02T11:40:52.124-08:00TAcitus, we breathlessly await reports. While par...TAcitus, we breathlessly await reports. While part of me wishes to find a huge, smoking gun, and reverse enough electors so that the remaining electors of conscience might do something historic...<br /><br />I am willing to adjust my categories:<br /><br />REDUCE my impression-guess that Scott Walker's already-proved corrupt-cheating administration cheated via voting machine fraud.<br /><br />INCREASE the smaller hypothesis... that they knew this day was coming and supplements machine fraud with old fashioned box-stuffing etc. <br /><br />Naturally, that pushes me farther toward Wing-nut territory and I am thus somewhat deterred, except to hope that lavish whistleblower (henchmen) rewards might shine transparency on the entire thing, someday.<br /><br />WHat I do expect is that more red states will eliminate paper ballots. Watch. Let's make that a bet. As a "reform."<br /><br />David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-10436637292960938372016-12-02T11:17:16.238-08:002016-12-02T11:17:16.238-08:00Susan Watson:
Talking about Reagan, Trump sells h...Susan Watson:<br /><i><br />Talking about Reagan, Trump sells his supply-side “Voodoo” plans by talking about how Reagan’s tax cuts paid for themselves. Only they didn’t. The deficit exploded under the Reagan administration. Facts, man. Go with facts.<br /></i><br /><br />Unfortunately, your example shows the flaw in what you argue for. If facts mattered, Supply Side would have already been discredited after 2008, if not after 2001. The fact that Republicans can still successfully run on that program, and the fact that voters actually believe that the Reagan and Bush tax cuts paid for themselves means that facts simply <b>don't</b> matter.<br />LarryHartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-40088543457236516402016-12-02T11:12:20.269-08:002016-12-02T11:12:20.269-08:00locumranch:
The truth is that DESERVING has nothi...locumranch:<br /><i><br />The truth is that DESERVING has nothing to do with victimisation, progressivism, the human condition or anything.<br /></i><br /><br />I don't entirely disagree, but that's really irrelevant.<br /><br />Referees and umpires enforce the rules of a game. When they call a penalty or declare a runner to be out, it's not because the other team is more angelic--more "deserving" in the sense you mean it. It's because the play went against one team fair and square. Both teams and in fact the entire sport "deserves" to be called fairly.<br /><br />Likewise, members of society deserve to be fairly judged and fairly treated as equal citizens. Victims of extra-legal social practices deserve to be made whole in that sense--not because they are "better" but because they have been wronged.<br /><br />How else can you defend law and order at all? A murder victim wasn't necessarily good just because he happened to get killed? A robbery victim might beat his wife or shoot puppies on the weekend, so why should his property get special protection from the robber? Etc.<br /><br /> <br />LarryHartnoreply@blogger.com