tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post3458897610730263796..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Possibly The Most Stunningly Delusional Speechdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-30982130169043522312014-04-20T17:33:49.356-05:002014-04-20T17:33:49.356-05:00So, Mr Brooks is obviously not Adam I, and he is c...So, Mr Brooks is obviously not Adam I, and he is certainly not Adam II, is he saying that he has no character? About this question he may accidentally be right.olandpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6963533976564866642014-04-19T02:23:46.829-05:002014-04-19T02:23:46.829-05:00Or head injuries.
And that is power.Or head injuries.<br /><br /><i> And that is power.</i>Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-37977895541889058312014-04-18T20:23:05.621-05:002014-04-18T20:23:05.621-05:00i think that is an unfairly gross simplification o...i think that is an unfairly gross simplification of Messr. Pierce's opinion and really misleading equivalence. Purity trolling indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-45702460992921715582014-04-16T18:15:11.056-05:002014-04-16T18:15:11.056-05:00I believe the topic was David Brooks, not Charlie ...I believe the topic was David Brooks, not Charlie Pierce... lemme see here, which fallacy is it ... ah: false analogy. Or maybe it's association fallacy. But purity trolling is also good.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300961605043014522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-71526807614648698812014-04-16T12:03:20.972-05:002014-04-16T12:03:20.972-05:00Good one.Good one.CMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72601841320560862632014-04-16T10:16:03.329-05:002014-04-16T10:16:03.329-05:00Nobody mentions or really drills at the failings o...Nobody mentions or really drills at the failings of their own circle Driftglass. See your own failure to fault Charlie Pierce for worshiping at the feet of a crazy crank who backs the oath keepers and other yahoos pulling armed insurection in Nevada right now.<br /><br />When you hold Pierce to the fire and burn him to ash, then complain about others failure to do so with Brooks. Till then, you're living in a glass house with nothing but stones.<br /><br />Sadly you're becoming proof that both sides DO.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-63761917668957396642014-04-16T08:12:50.730-05:002014-04-16T08:12:50.730-05:00It is a weakness of the human brain that we tend t...It is a weakness of the human brain that we tend to believe anything, however absurd, if we are repeatedly told it is true for a long enough period of time. This enables unscrupulous humans to manipulate their peers with lies, some of them surprisingly blatant.<br /><br />However, there are hazards to use of this strategy. <br /><br />A fairly obvious hazard is that enough of the people who are being deceived might see through the lies, and turn on the liars.<br /><br />A more subtle hazard is that the liars are human, too, and so they share the same weakness of the brain. Therefore, since they are always hearing their own lies, they may forget that the lies ARE lies. One of the many reasons the Axis Powers lost WW2 is that many of their civilian and military leaders started believing their own propaganda about their invincibility, and took foolish gambles which failed--the Japanese, once they sobered up from that intoxication, called it <i>"Victory Disease"</i>.Monster from the Idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-18499814529780822872014-04-16T06:06:31.528-05:002014-04-16T06:06:31.528-05:00Now you're killing it.
It's hard for me t...Now you're killing it.<br /><br />It's hard for me to predict, but when you kill, you kill.<br /><br />Hat's off.Compound Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754909356084772352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-54770019077722180242014-04-16T02:48:59.148-05:002014-04-16T02:48:59.148-05:00Senator Roark said it:
"Power doesn't co...Senator Roark said it:<br /><br />"<b>Power</b> doesn't come from a <b>badge</b> or a <b>gun. Power</b> comes outta <b>lying</b> and lying <b>big</b> and getting the whole damn <b>world</b> to play <b>along</b> with you. Once you got everybody <b>agreeing</b> with what they know in their <b>hearts</b> ain't <b>true,</b> you got 'em <b>trapped. You're the boss.</b> You can turn reality on its <b>head</b> and they'll <b>cheer you on.</b>"Frank Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717740988326817494noreply@blogger.com