tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post4039365952846161804..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: More of (Not)Kit's ThoughtsAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-5275485985301899182015-11-15T11:29:20.305-05:002015-11-15T11:29:20.305-05:00Scott, I considered expounding on my scoffing comm...Scott, I considered expounding on my scoffing comment, but opted to be succinct. I see you posting that link with the comment that it is borderline parody, so I know you understand what was meant by me and the other conservative scoffers. I just wish you wouldn't actively choose to characterize it in the worst possible way. <br /><br />When you generalize that conservatives either deny X, Y, and Z exists, or isn't as bad in some shithole, I can't exactly deny that's the case--especially since, by combining those two broad responses, you've hedged almost everything. That's generalization used dishonestly. <br /><br />To my knowledge, no conservative of note denies that racism is a thing that exists. But they will deny racist intent exists behind every conflict that crosses racial lines. Likewise, no conservative says that sexism is not a thing. But when feminists pick petty battles over "manspreading" or some such thing with hyperbolic howls of oppression, it's hard to take them very seriously. Here's another, no conservative says rape doesn't happen, but they have no tolerance for false claims of rape. And don't even get me started on trigger warnings, safe spaces, and all that! <br /><br />As to third-world comparisons, that response is pretty well reserved for hyperbolic assertions that America is the most backwards dump on the planet or to put extreme pettiness in its place. Besides, as Saul Alinsky said, "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." Politics is a rhetorical arms race in which conservatives are routinely cajoled into disarming. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-15031718839345994192015-11-13T22:21:54.384-05:002015-11-13T22:21:54.384-05:00Bev -
Yes we do, and yes we are.
And if you want...Bev -<br /><br />Yes we do, and yes we are.<br /><br />And if you want to read something that's borderline parody, <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/13/amherst-students-demand-no-free-speech-signs-or-else.html" rel="nofollow">check this out.</a><br /><br />I want to sympathize with these people but after reading each and every "demand" of theirs, I just kept thinking, "Go f--- yourselves." :-) ScottDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619078842202925064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-1797775269255803532015-11-13T22:09:42.035-05:002015-11-13T22:09:42.035-05:00Scott - and the Middle screams silently into the d...Scott - and the Middle screams silently into the darkness wishing everyone would JUST SHUT UP FOR ONE DAMN MINUTE!!!! Just one moment of silence...no offense, but we are better off than [insert shithole country here]. BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-32864812544456997222015-11-13T21:28:54.665-05:002015-11-13T21:28:54.665-05:00I have no words about Paris at the moment...
Re: ...I have no words about Paris at the moment...<br /><br />Re: the misadventures at Mizzou and my line about life not being peachy for everyone, I guess I was going for something like this:<br /><br />It's as if the left automatically says, "Yeah, it's not peachy and we blame X, Y, and Z and anyone we don't like should be wiped off the face of the planet"...<br /><br />...while the right says either, "X, Y, and Z don't exist" or "They should be thankful to live in America - X, Y, and Z are much worse in [insert shithole country here]." <br /><br />I hope that made sense! :-)ScottDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619078842202925064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-78275515352708223722015-11-13T20:56:36.151-05:002015-11-13T20:56:36.151-05:00Thought this might interest you.<i>Thought</i> this might interest you.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-708651131230740602015-11-13T20:53:14.672-05:002015-11-13T20:53:14.672-05:00Though this might interest you.
From Max Boot'...Though this might interest you.<br />From Max Boot's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Armies-History-Guerrilla-Warfare/dp/0871406888/ref=sr_1_1" rel="nofollow"><i>Invisible Armies</i></a>:<br /><br />--------------------------------<br />Between 1892 and 1894 Paris was the scene of eleven bombings, which killed nine people.As a result, wrote a newspaper correspondent, "the Parisians of 1894… lived in a daily dread of some fresh eruption. … If a trifling mishap occurred to a tramcar, through an electric wire getting out of order, people imagined that an explosive had been deposited on the line." (Anyone who was in New York after 9/11 will recognize the reaction.)<br />--------------------------------<br /><br />It's worth a read.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-91860726250878213832015-11-13T20:52:09.844-05:002015-11-13T20:52:09.844-05:00I was only 11 and living in a small, podunk town t...I was only 11 and living in a small, podunk town that only the most desperate (and pathetic) would-be terrorist would try to attack, so I was fortunately free of such anxieties.<br /><br />To me, this is more reminiscent of the 2013 Boston bombing. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-20139725768992429992015-11-13T20:42:43.592-05:002015-11-13T20:42:43.592-05:00Kit - Yes. I understand the fear that grips Paris...Kit - Yes. I understand the fear that grips Paris right now. They don't know where to turn. Trying to find a ledge to grip onto from the free-fall fear in the minutes, hours and days to come trying to make sense of anything.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-7068075372006597502015-11-13T20:23:51.495-05:002015-11-13T20:23:51.495-05:00Yeah. Shitty stuff.Yeah. Shitty stuff.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-53439557205343421102015-11-13T19:59:49.277-05:002015-11-13T19:59:49.277-05:00September 11?September 11?Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-41808106361336633802015-11-13T19:56:36.498-05:002015-11-13T19:56:36.498-05:00Bev, I've been watching the news. This is ver...Bev, I've been watching the news. This is very similar, isn't it? Hang in there!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-52473268799156348502015-11-13T19:48:56.392-05:002015-11-13T19:48:56.392-05:00No, just flashbacks...No, just flashbacks...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-54105967374665598082015-11-13T19:19:18.426-05:002015-11-13T19:19:18.426-05:00You have friends in Paris?You have friends in Paris?Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-14204657624210907172015-11-13T19:07:21.242-05:002015-11-13T19:07:21.242-05:00Just for the record, I am having a minor freak out...Just for the record, I am having a minor freak out....BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-40167658982533227782015-11-13T19:01:54.260-05:002015-11-13T19:01:54.260-05:00France has shut their borders and deployed their m...France has shut their borders and deployed their military to Paris. Right. Ow there are 100 hostages being held in a theatre. It is a concert by a an American symphony. 4 separate attack sites.<br /><br />And commenters on HuffPo are admonishing the Press to not jump to conclusions that it is a coordinated terrorist attack or in anyway related to the refugee influx or Islamic relates at all. They are blaming Americn conservatives for some reason.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-35873387282981487502015-11-13T18:41:27.890-05:002015-11-13T18:41:27.890-05:00Bev, This is how the left implodes.Bev, This is how the left implodes.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-5092656414647243592015-11-13T18:08:29.805-05:002015-11-13T18:08:29.805-05:00Brutal terrorist attack in Paris.
France24.com:
&...Brutal terrorist attack in Paris.<br /><a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20151113-several-simultaneous-shootings-paris-casualties-reported" rel="nofollow">France24.com</a>:<br /><br />"French police officials and witnesses have reported an explosion in a bar near a Paris stadium, a shootout outside three Paris restaurants and a hostage situation in a concert hall, leaving at least 35 dead."Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-46110892653613584052015-11-13T17:45:31.244-05:002015-11-13T17:45:31.244-05:00Several colleges have announced a new "progre...Several colleges have announced a new "progressive" fight song<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyTIamfYve0" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-89097189434752935282015-11-13T16:47:01.041-05:002015-11-13T16:47:01.041-05:00Scott and Tryanmax - They have been so outrageousl...Scott and Tryanmax - They have been so outrageously unreasonable to point of setting the house on fire just to light a cigarette, that no one can help but mock them. They had their "Million Student Walkout" yesterday across the country demanding free tuition, and, seriously, who can keep up. So far 5 college administrators have resigned with more to come, professors are being fired for wanting to give exams, and a college theatre production was cancelled because the playwright took exception that the cast was diverse. Oh, there's more, but it is just getting exponentially more stupid and destructive, it is hard to keep up.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-2846133376684506682015-11-13T16:20:52.507-05:002015-11-13T16:20:52.507-05:00tryanmax, Agreed. These people are whining about ...tryanmax, Agreed. These people are whining about things that aren't even real and, if they are, are no different than what other people face every day. They have no sense of what real hardship is.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17479492619283796242015-11-13T16:19:22.566-05:002015-11-13T16:19:22.566-05:00Bev, I could see John Mayer. I thought about Shee...Bev, I could see John Mayer. I thought about Sheen, but I don't see him as any sort of A-lister at this point. They also said the actor was worried that he would be remembered for having the disease rather than "as a great actor." That sounds like someone like DeCaprio to me.<br /><br />I don't know how you get AIDS these days? It's very avoidable.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-18854070661501541582015-11-13T13:32:09.495-05:002015-11-13T13:32:09.495-05:00Scott: Life isn't peachy for everybody out the...Scott: <i>Life isn't peachy for everybody out there.</i> I think that's exactly the reason so many conservatives <b>do</b> scoff. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17055303685386177662015-11-13T13:17:59.553-05:002015-11-13T13:17:59.553-05:00"I'm Sista Souljah and I still… exist.&qu..."I'm Sista Souljah and I still… exist."Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-85541627392088371702015-11-13T11:40:54.306-05:002015-11-13T11:40:54.306-05:00Also - In this day and age, HOW DOES SOMEONE CONTR...Also - In this day and age, HOW DOES SOMEONE CONTRACT AIDS???? Have we learned nothing?BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-78365262294378481542015-11-13T11:39:37.923-05:002015-11-13T11:39:37.923-05:00Despite the disclaimer: Kermit? Nah, he's a o...Despite the disclaimer: Kermit? Nah, he's a one-pig frog, not a pig-frog. . But Leo DeCaprio is a good/sad choice.<br /><br />My money is on John Mayer...he seems to be the "rebound boyfriend" of all the A-List actresses who break up with A-List boyfriends.<br />There's always Charlie Sheen too, but I don't think he's dated A-Listers...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.com