tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post3827235586252819294..comments2024-03-28T00:02:35.850-05:00Comments on driftglass: Sunday Morning Comin' Down: I Was Just Holding This Big Bag of Bigot For a Friend, Officer driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-11670526563366093472016-09-12T13:40:22.422-05:002016-09-12T13:40:22.422-05:00Bob Muir literally said it all.Bob Muir literally said it all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948571774423709195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-57042329930075052352016-09-12T13:25:11.814-05:002016-09-12T13:25:11.814-05:00My only criticism of what Hillary said is the clum...My only criticism of what Hillary said is the clumsy metaphor. She's not running to be Rabbi of the congregation. When she says "irredeemable", she means Trump supporters who can not be swayed from their murder-suicide mission. people who believe the 2nd Amendment was intended to make them the fourth branch of government, superseding the other three.<br />What got lost in the kerfuffle was the point she was making. White, middle-class men are not irredeemable, their vote should not be written off.<br /><br />Rows and flows of orange hair<br />And racist insults fill the air<br />And fascist banners everywhere<br />I've looked at clods that way<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703874181096449740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-25851515973492963602016-09-12T12:01:54.283-05:002016-09-12T12:01:54.283-05:00I am beginning to see from such appearances as thi...I am beginning to see from such appearances as this that Brooks et al.'s other job (when not absolving the sins of upper middle/upper class conservative white America) is to ratfuck conservations about the actual GOP voting base. <br /><br />As Driftglass/Blue Gal pointed out during the primaries, the Republican Party's problem isn't their policy, platform, or even voters...it is keeping everyone else's attention elsewhere while they pull out and put back their army of bigoted rubes as needed in order to achieve tax cuts, deregulation, and privatization. <br /><br />Trump has just made it difficult to push the GOP base back into its box like Brooks et al. did in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 when discussing the Republican voter on TV after the conventions was a forbidden topic. <br /><br />trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-26823022191348789192016-09-12T11:18:49.227-05:002016-09-12T11:18:49.227-05:00You don't need to go back as far as 2003 to se...You don't need to go back as far as 2003 to see examples of Brooks condemning others. Shit, that garbage is in his last book. Brooks has sworn for the last 15 years that we are a meritocracy, something that formed just a few years before his own birth (quelle surprise). And in <i>The Road to Character</i> he argues that this meritocracy which totally exists actually corrupts the soul, resulting in people that have "streamlined [their] inner humanity" and act on a "utilitarian calculus." He even describes an entire generation of parents as a pack of clinical narcissists who exhibit only "merit-based love" towards their children and have no genuine feelings for them.<br /> <br />In short, overt virulent racism doesn't harm your character at all, but meritocracy turn you into a sociopath. This is why the Iron Rule of the Beltway exists.Andrew Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780648896926049012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-54960795420877143092016-09-12T10:19:49.872-05:002016-09-12T10:19:49.872-05:00Bob Muir
". . . a sad transparent status hun...Bob Muir<br /><br />". . . a sad transparent status hungry petty courtier."<br /><br />Nailed it! Primo!bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19385770011683926252016-09-12T10:10:44.092-05:002016-09-12T10:10:44.092-05:00"People, even the people that say repugnant t..."People, even the people that say repugnant things at Trump rallies, are complicated and they're driven by complicated fears and anxieties to sometimes do some things, sometimes do beautiful things."<br /><br />Jesus Mary and Joseph what a load of codswallop. <br />Sure they are racists and sure they are full of hate but we should try and understand them because sometimes they aren't dreaming of lynching black people. <br /><br />David these are not complex people, they have hearts full of hate which over rides what brains they have and which is why they say and more importantly do horrible things you craven fish faced toad. <br /><br />And here's a clue - you're not complex either chump. You're a sad transparent status hungry petty courtier. Big words don't make someone complex. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735672073553660620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-16721172518726165152016-09-12T08:58:12.545-05:002016-09-12T08:58:12.545-05:00I believe I may have solved the mystery here.
Humb...I believe I may have solved the mystery here.<br />Humble spineless David Brooks has taken a lesson from our humble spineless cephalopod friends and learned to squirt massive amounts of ink to obscure, confuse and escape.<br /><br />I grant you full license to use this metaphor in any way you wish.bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-65704335270184113422016-09-12T01:00:41.729-05:002016-09-12T01:00:41.729-05:00"I never said that. Next question please!&qu..."I never said that. Next question please!"<br /><br />I am a bit surprised that that is not a common political answer.<br /><br />Unless, of course, the political press never asks follow-up questions anymore.<br /><br />If I could, I would put this entire comment in sarcasm font. FUCK YOU KIM-JONG UN!!zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-52653491260102513702016-09-12T00:55:10.150-05:002016-09-12T00:55:10.150-05:00I guess losing jobs is for proles and morlocks lik...I guess losing jobs is for proles and morlocks like you and me. People of the mid-echelon, they turn into CNN correspondents, and lame idiots like Chuck Todd become the top echelon. <br /><br />Maybe I start to feel like Orwell only had some particulars about the mechanics and the terms used.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com