Reality Culture

Fil seems to be a very nice guy. At least on-screen, you're not likely to see him drop any f-bombs. But he made a point that perhaps most viewers (not yuze guys) missed. And that was the yutes likely prefer the fake voice, if only because they are immersed in it.

Makes sense. They are absolutely soaking in fakery all around them:

1) "Climate change"
2) Fake boobs (thought I'd throw that in)
3) Fake news
4) Fake compassion
5) Fake experts
6) Fake science
7) Fake knowledge
8) And it is my position that "social media" is mostly used for faking one's life.

So why not fake singing? Movies are full of fake plots, fake acting, fake directing, and fake screenplays. Movies, in particular, are racking up hundreds of millions via fake talent.

Politicians have always been fake. But this is not realized by the vast majority who actually take them at face value.

Vegetarianism is fake nutrition. They're even faking the sexes. What have I left out? Lots, because not all that much is real anymore. We are even getting to the point of having fake DEI airline pilots (United).

www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/02/bud_light_throws_a_hail_mary_with_super_bowl_ad.html

Absolutely love this comment:

I disagree with nothing that you say. And I say that it bothers me to buy from Amazon. But you won't catch me in Target. I don't drink beer, so Bud Light is irrelevant. Ben & Jerry's ice cream? Of, Jesus H. Any conservative who eats that deserves scorn and ridicule.

But at the end of the day, purity is very difficult to find. But that's the thing. I'm trying to be a good conservative citizen. Proof #1 is that it actually does bother me to give even one dime to these fiends which is why it may be a cold day in hell before I ever visit Seattle again.

But I've long noted the category of (geez...I've forgotten the name) of "conservatives" who display and wear all the right paraphernalia but can't be bothered to make even small efforts to stem the tide.

And that, my friend, is a pretty good sign that these are actually Consumers, not conservatives. Like I said, any kind of self-denial is out of fashion and completely at odds with our Consumerist culture. By their fruits you will know them. No pun intended, but it does work in that regard as well.

Instead of being down roughly 30% year over year, Bud Light (in an even moderately imperfect world) would be down at least 45%.

Leftists are giving pegans a bad name.

Today we watched an episode of To Tell the Truth that featured E. Fuller Torry, M.D. His book/topic being featured was Witchdoctors and Psychiatrists: The Common Roots of Psychotherapy and Its Future.

The topic sounded like a lot of malarkey. He was saying that witchdoctors produced the same results as psychiatrists. That seemed absurd on the face of it. Surely here was yet another multi-culti "noble savage" kook. And I still don't rule that out. But I certainly in this episode wrote him off as a liberal crank.

However, he wrote a number of books, including Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture. The first review at Amazon is a long one but a quite descriptive one. Here it is in full:

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If I had to live over again I should devote myself to psychical research rather than psychoanalysis. -Sigmund Freud

_Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture_ by psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey traces the role of Freudian theory (particularly that concerning the role of sex in childhood development) in American culture and thought. Freud postulated that the behavior of children was sexual in nature and maintained a highly dogmatic position about such notions as the Oedipus complex throughout his life. This book examines the harmful role of Freudian theory in American culture. Torrey argues that Freudian theory is not only unscientific but has been harmful leading to a culture of narcissism and irresponsibility.

Torrey begins by discussing Freud's practice as a psychoanalyst. Freud was very influenced by occult ideas, including numerology as well as the idea of his fellow physician Wilhelm Fliess that the nose is linked to human sexuality. This led Freud to operate on the nose of many patients, leading often to permanent disfiguration. In addition, Freud advocated the use of cocaine as a panacea for all physical and mental ills and took the drug heavily himself. Freud's system also was very denigrating towards women viewing the mother as the source of all mental problems and personal unhappiness. Nevertheless, because Freud openly discussed sex as the source of mental problems he became a favorite among those who advocated sexual liberation during the Victorian era. Prime among these figures was the anarchist Emma Goldman who became enthralled by Freudianism and advocated for birth control and sexual freedom. In America, Freud's ideas became linked to leftist political thought after the emigration to this country of anthropologist Franz Boas. Torrey contrasts nature and nurture showing how at the beginning of the Twentieth century rightists were associated with the nature side of the spectrum, often advocating eugenics and biological determinism as well as racialism. In contrast, leftists were associated with the nurture side of the spectrum, often appealing directly to Freud to show that social problems were rooted in child rearing methods. Cultural relativists like Franz Boas came to advocate leftist politics while appealing to both Freud and Marx against rightists such as the racialist Madison Grant. Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead, two of the students of Boas, became very famous with their anthropological work supposedly showing that in more "liberated" cultures adolescence was less stressful. Nevertheless, as Torrey shows the work of Mead in particular was heavily biased by faulty methods, she came to see in the cultures she examined exactly what she expected to see because her methods of questioning influenced her informers. Mead was a bisexual and this may have led to her adoption of Freudian theory. With the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler, the nature/nurture question became settled, making it in bad taste to argue that behaviors could be genetically determined. Torrey next devotes a chapter to the influence of Freud among various political radicals and social elites, particularly among a group of leftists in New York City who openly advocated for Trotsky. Torrey also shows how Freudian ideas became influential in both the nursery and the prison system. In the nursery, the ideas of Benjamin Spock, based on Freudian concepts, came to prevail for an entire generation. It should be remembered that before Spock mankind had been successfully raising children since time immemorial. Nevertheless, Spock would come to take a prime place among a generation of individuals. In the prison system, Freudian ideas were used often to argue that criminals were products of a dysfunctional childhood. This frequently allowed criminals such as Leopold and Loeb to be given lighter sentences and led to an abuse of the insanity defense. Indeed, the notion of personal responsibility became untenable in the light of Freudian theory. Torrey next turns his attention to the intellectual elite, including individuals like Marcuse, Goodman, and Brown who often advocated a combined Freudianism and Marxism as part of the New Left. It should be noted that although Freudianism was frequently linked to radical politics in America, that Freud himself was an elitist. Freud looked down upon lower members of society and his services were pretty much uniformly offered to only the wealthy class. Indeed, Freud refused to treat the severely mentally ill. Torrey suggests that Freudianism has led to a massive misallocation of resources, in which the most severely ill are never treated or treated with Freudian nonsense, while those who have only life complaints are given full Freudian analyses. Nevertheless, Freud must be credited for his promotion of the idea of the unconscious. Torrey also notes the similiarity of Freudian analysis to a religion, emphasizing its Jewish influence, something that cannot be overstated. Torrey concludes with two appendices in which he discusses the influence of Freud on intellectuals (...)

After reading this book, I became more convinced than ever that Freudian ideas have been highly harmful to the psychic well-being of many Americans. In addition, the linkage between Freudian ideas and elitist leftist politics has proven disastrous for this country and for man's freedom.

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Let's just say that anyone who can so forthrightly state that Freud was a destructive crank is alright in my book. And perhaps now I understand the concept of that other book. Psychoanalysts are indeed as valuable as a witchdoctor.

Let's assume for sake of argument that Jesus Is/was not a modern social-justice-warrior Jew. Let's also assume that I am self-ware enough to differentiate between the letter of the law and spirit of the law.

But the parable in Matthew 25 is an interesting one. I am frequently turning away the bums, blood-suckers, pirates, transients, and all of that kind who have been mis-branded as "the homeless." I turn them away every chance I get. I've denied them use of my bathroom and in one case even denied someone a request for a glass of water.

All of this must be seen within the context of the abuse heaped upon me and my property by "the homeless." And it has been relentless. I've come to know them only too well. Yes, occasionally there is a somewhat sympathetic person who passes through. But mostly they are barbarians who are quite sure that I don't actually own what I say that I do and the private property is obviously a concept they don't believe in. I do believe if these people gained power they would murder me in my own bed.

So how do I reconcile my outlook toward "the homeless" with that Jesus quote? I'll tell you:

A guy pulled into the parking lot a couple hours ago. He got out of the car and started messing around with something on the back of his car. It looked suspicious and I've seen this many times. People pull into the parking lot and just use it as, I guess, their temporary office away from home. I looked out the window a while and watch him while he's fiddling with something. It was a black guy in a truck that was a little beat up.

So I finally step out and say "Is there anything I can help you with?" He tells me he needs to replace his brake light. But from his speech, I can tell that he is mentally retarded. Not drunk. Not on drugs. Just a little slow.

He's got the bulb in hand and so I take a look at the cowling of the taillight. I say, "Wait a minute. Let me get a Philips screwdriver and I'll be right back."

So I go in and get the screwdriver. I tell him to tap on the brake lights so that we can see if one or both of them are out. It's only the left one that is out. So I unscrew the one screw (the other was missing) and it pops easily off. Wow...that's quite a step up from the pain-in-the-ass that my Ford Focus is. But I digress.

The old bulb housing easily unscrews. He has purchased the correct bulb so I swap that in and have him test it before we screw everything back in. It works. I screw the taillight back on and he's good to go.

He thanked me and I told him no problem. Have a great day. He took off soon after.

So I'm just saying I'm not a bad guy. But I'm also not suckered in by the vipers and vandals they call "the homeless." I've talked to them...many of them. These are, by and large, a really bad bunch of people.

But if someone needs help, I'll do what I can, if I can. It's not helping people that I object to. It's the entire false narrative that "the homeless" are just some down-on-their-luck people. No. There's much more going on than that. Most of them seem to be vandals, moochers, and just generally quite selfish and hostile.

I do believe that Jesus could make such distinctions. It's not that the homeless are not due some sympathy. But they are not "homeless." Their home is wherever they damn well want it to be, whether it is their property or not. I think Jesus, if he was walking the earth today, would have a special parable for the "homeless" and all the useful idiots who either support this evil and/or facilitate the degradation of their fellow human beings by normalizing anti-social behavior. Get them into drug and alcohol rehab, then we can talk.