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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 14, 2023 11:28:36 GMT -8
Before anyone is handed their Libertarian Party card, that ought to have to sign a pledge that says they have read and understood the problem with the above.
Adopting the attitude of children and assuming the good intentions of others – and that all that matters is floating in one's own little world of self-congratulation – is a recipe for disaster. We have guardrails for a reason...in order to enable honest and hard-working people to enjoy freedom and opportunity. You can't have it all. You can't do it all. Utopia is not a serious option. And it's not "oppressive" or a sure sign of an authoritarian "right wing fascist" regime to acknowledge this. You need cops. You need guardrails. Warm-fuzzy feelings are not enough.
Being a hippie was about not growing up. It was a desire to stay in a child-like state where you have no responsibilities or cares.
That the hippies could be co-opted by "radicals" was as foreseeable as night following day because the entire ideology was inherently radical. If you (thinking like a woman, which is at the heart of this) project onto all of society the reasons for your own personal problems, then the only answer is to tear down and refashion society … sort of like a sex-change operation before such a thing became medically viable.
And just like those sad souls who have engaged in this self-mutilation, so does the self-mutilation of one's society have similar consequences.
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 14, 2023 11:45:39 GMT -8
I wanted to be as fast as Bob Hayes, as handsome as Franco Nero, as tall as John Wayne, as intelligent as Albert Einstein, as rich as Croesus and to live as long as Methuselah. Hell, I would be more than happy if just one of these wishes came true.  Knowing the reality of things, I got on with my life. Throughout my life, I have disliked profanity. It is vulgar and course. But I find the time is past for genteel discussions. The the time is past for responding to galactic stupidity and dishonesty with tact. I have, therefore, and you possibly noted this in my posts over the last months, decided to resort to a language and style that these vermin understand. I apologize for this. That said, the guy who wrote that quote above is a fuckwit! Period. He might very well also be dishonest, but in any case, he should have FUCKWIT tattooed across his forehead. "Eventually overtaken by the more violent world.?" Let us give him the benefit of the doubt for a moment. Perhaps he is analogous to a fish who doesn't realize he is in water. Nothing was overtaken. It was always there and always had been. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 14, 2023 19:18:01 GMT -8
First, read this. It will make you feel better: Progressively MentalI believe what you meant to say was "...above is a forklift." Either that, or Mrs. Flu has logged onto your account and having a go at it. Hi, Mrs. Flu. I watched one of my favorite movies today, Field of Liberal Dreams. And I fully admit this is a liberal movie even though it is mixed with America's pastime, baseball. You've seen the movie. I've no need to spell it out. But it provides a warm-fuzzy vision of life in Liberal Utopia. Iowa is Heaven. The offenders in the Black Sox scandal are just sad victims. Old Country Doctors never think of themselves and always have a free handout to give to those in need. And only the true-believers can see the players (not that awful brother-in-law who insists that Ray stop plowing under his cornfield and actually make some money). Without being too overtly liberally obnoxious (except for Annie in the book-banning scene), you get the soft glow of how liberals envision a society where everyone is nice, everyone cares for everyone else, you don't really need to work and make a living, and any sin (by a liberal, at least) can be instantly forgiven because they were fighting for "the cause." It's a nice vision and in this movie it plays out wonderfully. I do understand the appeal of the can't-we-all-just-get-along Utopia. Indeed, if more people acted in accordance with civil behavior instead of, say, committing crimes or bullying other people because they don't have the right ideology, we would approach the Field of Dreams life. But read that above article. This dream is turning people mental, and for reasons quite eloquently stated by the author. There is no magic pill for happiness. But it sure as hell isn't grievance, the absence of gratitude (another good call in that article), and just being angry all the time. Be that as it may, talking about it won't change it. We are surrounded by people who are bona fide kooks. Anyone who has "she/her/hers" on her business card needs to have her head examined. We are being inundated by nuts, flakes, perverts, idiots, and belly-rolling cowards (who enable this stuff) every day. And there seems to be no prospect that it's going to get better anytime soon. So the flip side of calling these guys "forklifts" is just to laugh at them. I don't see that there's much we can do as individuals. We can exercise the power of our wallets, and that's something. The fucktards at Apple will not get one more dime out of me than I can help. And I pledge to become an alcoholic just so that I can drink gobs of beer that is not Bud Light. But rest assured of one thing: There is a significant, if somewhat silent, group of people who see the same craziness that we do and know that it is crazy. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 14, 2023 19:47:44 GMT -8
Silly me. I did mean to write "Forklift" and the video below illustrates why this is appropriate. Forklift |
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 14, 2023 20:16:33 GMT -8
Social justice is even more than that. It is a Socialist/Communist phrase which has been used for many decades now. Your father's book,"American Political and Social History" which you sent me, uses the term more than once. It is the fifth edition printed in 1948, but the first edition was printed in 1937. My history book, "European Civilization" also uses the term. My edition was printed in 1969, but the first edition was also printed in the 1930s.
The phrase has over time and after constant repetition insinuated itself into our general vocabulary as something of a truism. Its more recent use is specifically aimed at whites because we, fools that we are, have allowed the left to bring so many non-whites, who have little connection to or understanding of our culture, into this country that the left smells they are close to their goal of subjugating everyone through crushing those whites who stand in their way. Hitler had the Jews. The Bolsheviks had their Petite Bourgeoisie, Kulaks and Capitalists, today's left has its Whites.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 15, 2023 7:41:42 GMT -8
Catholics may have been the first major organization to ingest and normalize this phrase. I surely heard that phrase before use by them (the nuns are into it big-time) but that's when I first remember it being used in polite company.
It, of course, is thoroughly Marxist because it parses right and wrong by class, not by the individual. And we've seen where that's taken us.
So basically, as an organization for the dispensing of biblical morals, the Catholics ate their doctrinal gun, as it were, decades ago, if not centuries ago. Protestants are following suit. I think only the Jews (secular and/or religious) exceed the Catholics in their belief in "social justice." We should not forget for one moment that the only reason anyone allows the squatters to live on the sidewalk is the belief in "social justice." You see, it's not the person's responsibility to stay off drugs or get a job. It is "society" that is to blame.
Most people believe in "social justice" if only because they have no moral or educational background in order to be able to parse this bit of linguistic trickery. But the active ingredient by SWP (stupid white people) seems to be to cater to this stuff in attempt to be the last one eaten by the alligator.
It's remarkable how Marxism has corrupted our institutions, both religious and secular.
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Post by artraveler on Apr 15, 2023 13:05:16 GMT -8
It's remarkable how Marxism has corrupted our institutions, both religious and secular. Way back in 1980s I had a conversation with Rush at KFBK Sacramento. It was the first time I met him. We were talking about the greens in Germany and across Europe. Rush said, "when the Soviets fall apart, communism will not die it will just change into the environmental movement and the social justice warriors. It will become a bigger threat because ordinary people think it gone, and it's not." I practicably carved that on my shaving mirror. |
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 15, 2023 14:08:31 GMT -8
I warned people in much the same way. A good number of people did believe that the demise of the U.S.S.R., proved communism didn't work. It would reside in the dustbin of history.
I countered that Marxists never go away. They are always around waiting for their chance to take over. I would then warn my friends that the Marxists would use the U.S.S.R. as an excuse to carry on by saying that the Soviets were not true communists and had never applied true communism to the country. Therefore, true Marxists needed to have another go at it using correct methods and beliefs. Since the people of the U.S.S.R. had suffered through 70 years of Bolshevism, the new communist state would likely arise elsewhere. Think the West.
The left always uses the excuse that their failures are a result of imperfect application of their theories, while the truth is their theories are so imperfect as to allow no room for success. Thus the peoples who come under their rule are condemned to misery.
Perhaps the two outstanding characteristics of Marxist intellectuals (in fact all intellectuals) are:
1. They value theory over practice.
2. They value ideas over people.
They are going to force that square peg to fit into that round hole even if they have to destroy the peg and hole trying to do so. There are plenty more where those came from.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 15, 2023 20:30:43 GMT -8
Hard to argue with that.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Apr 23, 2023 18:32:38 GMT -8
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Post by kungfuzu on Apr 23, 2023 18:38:30 GMT -8
Let me repeat a couple of American truisms. "Please don't confuse me with the facts. I know what I believe." Or, "Never let the facts get in the way of a good narrative."
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Post by Brad Nelson on May 8, 2023 9:30:45 GMT -8
This video will start at the 1:23 mark. The relevant portion is within the next few seconds:
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Post by kungfuzu on May 8, 2023 12:43:20 GMT -8
An example of the excellent service provided by many "Americans." That said, I have never had any problems with FedEx, but I don't buy much for home delivery.
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Post by Brad Nelson on May 8, 2023 13:27:55 GMT -8
Glad your experiences with FedEx have been good. My experience is that they are indeed rough handlers. But then you don't know if damage occurred in the warehouse or by the final delivery person.
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Post by kungfuzu on May 8, 2023 13:33:40 GMT -8
Since I don't buy much which is breakable over the internet, my experience may be abnormal. I do recall a couple of boxes being a bit damaged, but that did nothing to effect the contents.
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Post by Brad Nelson on May 11, 2023 19:08:27 GMT -8
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Post by Brad Nelson on May 22, 2023 16:37:53 GMT -8
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Post by kungfuzu on May 22, 2023 17:05:15 GMT -8
Nice is an insipid word over used by Americans who don't seem to have a very extensive vocabulary.
Isn't she nice? Isn't that nice? Isn't that a nice picture? Isn't it nice weather? Jeffery Dahmer seemed like such a nice man.
Nice is a word that is too often carelessly used. Used when some minimum amount of thought might be required for one to come up with another, more exact and descriptive word. Such as....kind, loving, beautiful, gentle, accommodating. My Desk Top Oxford Dictionary defines "Nice" as "pleasant, agreeable. satisfactory, good-natured, kind"; all of which are better and more specific words than the word "nice" as used in the American vocabulary.
We do no such thing. If God exists, we can do nothing to neutralize or domesticate him. We can simply fool ourselves.
The author is an idiot. In the paragraph before this sentence, she goes through a litany of the evils visited upon society and out-of-wedlock children and how long-lasting they are. As is the case with many faux-conservatives who appear to be embarrassed by their beliefs, she weakens her argument by hedging, unnecessarily softening her critique so as not to hurt anyone's feelings. In effect, she makes excuses for such behavior, thus destroying her previous observations. She doesn't seem to have the courage of her convictions.
Is there any wonder the Satanists are winning when there are Christians like the author?
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Post by Brad Nelson on May 22, 2023 17:47:16 GMT -8
Abso-friggin-tively. I’m glad you called that out so well. The feckless conservative world in a grain of sand.
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Post by Brad Nelson on May 23, 2023 8:33:23 GMT -8
I just took another look at that. And "Casey" is actually a guy. I thought it was a woman as well. Talk about transgender. It really is difficult to tell the men from the women because so many of the men have been wimp-a-fied.
Had it been a black box, I would have put the odds at 90/10 that it was a woman who wrote that. And I would have been wrong. I would not thought it likely that even a pseudo-conservative male writer could make a 180 degree turn in one paragraph. That kind of unhinged irrationality I've always associated with women.
Live and learn.
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Knowing the reality of things, I got on with my life. 