Look, this coy bullshit does not look good on grown adults. "It could be some other reason", my ASS- Voter ID legislation is a plot cooked up by the GOP and Teabagger Party that is in fact an attempt at Voter suppression. It is specifically aimed at poor people and people of color, and its primary aim is to disenfranchise those people so that they won't vote for Obama. It is grounded in a philosophy of White Supremacy, a well-documented long term campaign that started at least many decades ago and is implicity supported by the Republican Party.
Honestly- conservative ideology strikes me as just...dumb, from top to bottom. About the only things I can at least tentatively agree with are the two ideas of fiscal conservation of public monies and the need for a strong defense. Otherwise, everything, whether a concept rigorously explained or a talking point glibly disseminated, is complete trash- antisocial, antihuman, anti-American, and stupid. To me, the smart way to govern (and more importantly, the JUST way) is to share and steward all public resources, and ensure that no citizen goes without basic necessities. I consider basic necessities to be all the very latest luxuries, by the way, so in at least that regard I personally am in accord with the opening scenes of Plato's Republic.
And that means Socialism. Nationalize all production, subsidize every worker. Beyond that, leave the people to their own devices. But when you eliminate poverty, which is not just possible but essential in a culture like ours, you have performed a scientific experiment with rigor- you've removed one factor that affects your bottom line in the inscrutable algorithm that controls the Sim City that is your life. This leaves you free to concentrate on what remains, which, who knows...crime for fun? Repent, Harlequin....mrmee, mrmee, mrmee................
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
hengh!
I admit it- the real reason that I like to get in Faceweb Pissing Matches is because I ALWAYS WIN!!! YAY ME!!!
So someone explain this to me please...you need picture ID to get into the Democratic convention but they oppose picture IDs to vote? Am I missing something here?
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Bad Dudes(tm)- Some thoughts on those who aspire to Elite Deviance
John Derbyshire, Mohammed Atta, Ayn Rand, Newt Gingrich, Ann Coulter, Ghost Breitbart, Michelle Malkin and ultimately Kim, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, McCarthy. These are putative intellectuals who form their philosophy in bad faith with the rest of society. Where do they come from, these theorists of the KKK, Nazi Party, Al Qaeda, Hamas, Republican Party, any antisocial group (ha! irony)? And why are they so dangerous?
You are someone who lives in good faith with the rest of society. You pay taxes, stop at red lights, wave to your neighbors. But there exists a type of person who, although they may do those things, also burns with nihilist glee inside, actively seeks schadenfreude against the whole of humanity, is filled with spite for the endeavors of others. These cynics may even be us; I'm sure most have had at least a moment of "all politicians suck balls". But there's a difference; you, the non-cynic, have (haz?) bought in to society, at least to some degree, and you've made your peace with it. A Bad Person (tm) never does, in a basic way. He or she spends their twenties and thirties justifying their outlier status with hatred, and is never brought into the fold and never experiences a mellowing of negative friction with their fellow man. This results in something like sociopathy, which it just might be: a grown man or woman with poisonous attitudes, a negative view of life, convinced of their own moral and intellectual superiority. Bad People (tm) can sometimes possess a great amount of energy and motivation, that occasionally, combined with healthy amounts of luck, propels them into the seat of power. And then we're truly screwed, because such ideologues drag us all right to the brink of what Samuel R. Delany called 'cultural fugue', which means the death of the planet.
F'r instance- John Derbyshire makes a big deal out of his quiet lifestyle, but every aspect of it is a sham. He's married to a Chinese woman, but he penned an essay that explicitly states that a good reason to form a relationship with someone of another race is so that you can have intellectual ammo for arguing your racist point of view. He's apparently some kind of math professor, but the sciences are not immune from Bad People- you've got your Carl Duisberg, your Mengele, your Unit 731, MK-ULTRA etcetera. J. Frank Parnell! Jack Parsons!! He thinks that any thinking person will take his article about "The Talk" as an honest argument; but he doesn't really think that, he seeks only to score single points in the most dishonest and odious way possible.
The point is, he's not for anything; he's against everything. This kind of outlook is a reaction, and thus reactionary. And quite frequently this reaction (abreaction?) is channeled into revenge on the world. Bad People seek to punish the rest of us, for our laughing carefree ways, our smarmy well-adjusted disgusting pinkness. They hate us for our freedoms! And rightly so...I have certainly been, and continue to be, alienated a little bit, so I know how it feels. If anyone deserves punishment, it's the whole of our species. Bad People go too far, though. They consider themselves qualified to judge, they pursue opportunities to do so, all while showering contempt on everyone who disagrees with them.
You are someone who lives in good faith with the rest of society. You pay taxes, stop at red lights, wave to your neighbors. But there exists a type of person who, although they may do those things, also burns with nihilist glee inside, actively seeks schadenfreude against the whole of humanity, is filled with spite for the endeavors of others. These cynics may even be us; I'm sure most have had at least a moment of "all politicians suck balls". But there's a difference; you, the non-cynic, have (haz?) bought in to society, at least to some degree, and you've made your peace with it. A Bad Person (tm) never does, in a basic way. He or she spends their twenties and thirties justifying their outlier status with hatred, and is never brought into the fold and never experiences a mellowing of negative friction with their fellow man. This results in something like sociopathy, which it just might be: a grown man or woman with poisonous attitudes, a negative view of life, convinced of their own moral and intellectual superiority. Bad People (tm) can sometimes possess a great amount of energy and motivation, that occasionally, combined with healthy amounts of luck, propels them into the seat of power. And then we're truly screwed, because such ideologues drag us all right to the brink of what Samuel R. Delany called 'cultural fugue', which means the death of the planet.
F'r instance- John Derbyshire makes a big deal out of his quiet lifestyle, but every aspect of it is a sham. He's married to a Chinese woman, but he penned an essay that explicitly states that a good reason to form a relationship with someone of another race is so that you can have intellectual ammo for arguing your racist point of view. He's apparently some kind of math professor, but the sciences are not immune from Bad People- you've got your Carl Duisberg, your Mengele, your Unit 731, MK-ULTRA etcetera. J. Frank Parnell! Jack Parsons!! He thinks that any thinking person will take his article about "The Talk" as an honest argument; but he doesn't really think that, he seeks only to score single points in the most dishonest and odious way possible.
The point is, he's not for anything; he's against everything. This kind of outlook is a reaction, and thus reactionary. And quite frequently this reaction (abreaction?) is channeled into revenge on the world. Bad People seek to punish the rest of us, for our laughing carefree ways, our smarmy well-adjusted disgusting pinkness. They hate us for our freedoms! And rightly so...I have certainly been, and continue to be, alienated a little bit, so I know how it feels. If anyone deserves punishment, it's the whole of our species. Bad People go too far, though. They consider themselves qualified to judge, they pursue opportunities to do so, all while showering contempt on everyone who disagrees with them.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Trayvon Martin. Here's the thing- he was just about as good, as straight-arrow, as together, as a teenager can be. He was FUCKING INNOCENT. And here's this shitbag, Zimmerman, saying "they always get away". Well, he was gonna make damn sure that this one didn't; come hell or high water, he wasn't gonna let his chance to plug a "coon" slip through his fingers. Do I need to couch my desire to lynch this fuck in meta? Along with the Chief of Police?
Friday, February 03, 2012
Hey Crack! Here's one for you- a bunch of New Age hucksters fawn over this bullshit painting, I call bullshit, and they try to beat me up. Ain't that some shit?
p.s. Facebluch convo is slightly disjointed because Mark Ryan deleted some of his stupid bullshit before I could screencap it.
p.s. Facebluch convo is slightly disjointed because Mark Ryan deleted some of his stupid bullshit before I could screencap it.
This is a pretty amazing painting done by artist Jon McNaughton. A larger pictur...See More
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