tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post5952008172979230758..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: The Wall of IndifferenceMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-4281247524433103532016-10-08T08:07:32.155-07:002016-10-08T08:07:32.155-07:00I hope.I hope.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-14135979183200473482016-10-08T08:06:35.121-07:002016-10-08T08:06:35.121-07:00Call me an old fart, if you will, but why do I get...Call me an old fart, if you will, but why do I get the distinct impression that the current generation of academicians is going to help screw up any kid whose feet are not firmly planted on the ground by the time of arrival on campus?<br /><br />I mean, it's one thing if your kid knows who he or she is and what he or she wants at the age of 18, but otherwise everything is fair game.<br /><br />When you take 37 identity-types and multiply that by all the possible combinations within those 37 and THEN throw in all the hatred and condemnation that now goes along with the wrong slip of the tongue, it's difficult to imagine how any kid could manage such a gauntlet without coming out the other end entirely fucked up.<br /><br />Nonetheless, my guess is that most of 'em will be just fine.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-13751492482470350912016-10-08T07:57:40.844-07:002016-10-08T07:57:40.844-07:00I'll take the heads-up. Thanks, man.I'll take the heads-up. Thanks, man.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-15281194622845355432016-10-08T07:38:41.864-07:002016-10-08T07:38:41.864-07:00Jeff, the "alt-right" serves a function....Jeff, the "alt-right" serves a function... the very same function that Emmanuel Goldstein serves in the "two minutes of hate" in Orwell's 1984 and the very same function that the Tea Party served in the last election cycle... except for the small fact that the Tea Party is, y'know, real.<br /><br />It's a means of focusing hatred on some "other" for the purpose of bolstering support for the dominant politics of the Obama era.<br /><br />It is also a means of garnering support for the Democratic nominee because when these evil alt-right people are not chasing down ethnic minorities on horseback or beating their women for overcooking the steak, they can be found burning crosses at Klan Rallies for Trump.<br /><br />Who knew that The Art of the Deal would turn out to be the 21st century version of Mein Kampf?Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-9864681104472126912016-10-08T01:24:11.722-07:002016-10-08T01:24:11.722-07:00Mike,
I have been seeing this "alt-conservati...Mike,<br />I have been seeing this "alt-conservative," or "alt-right" all around lately, and I have absolutely no idea what it is supposed to mean, but I know what it smells like. My question is can "cis" be added to it or would "cis" have to be a replacement for "alt." Tell me if I'm getting warm. <br />JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-66859182951229762092016-10-08T01:04:01.294-07:002016-10-08T01:04:01.294-07:0037 genders at Amherst? For some reason I thought ...37 genders at Amherst? For some reason I thought it might be 57. :0)JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-20602163084599878102016-10-08T00:35:33.392-07:002016-10-08T00:35:33.392-07:00"hung by cranes" should be "hanged ..."hung by cranes" should be "hanged from cranes."<br />Sorry, Mike, but this is my personal obsession. The past tense of sense 2 of hang, i.e., killing someone by tying a rope around his/her neck, is "hanged." Pointing it out constantly seems to piss some people off. One such person opined to me that I know what the commenter meant so what's the big deal, and of course, the big deal is that it's the wrong form and we should get it right because someone getting hanged is a big deal. JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-64742012042635150572016-10-07T14:53:37.353-07:002016-10-07T14:53:37.353-07:00In the words of that famous militant, Jesus Christ...In the words of that famous militant, Jesus Christ, "The poor will always be with you".<br /><br />So while the left, and to be fair, their opposites, pick and choose different things in exotic far off places that attract their attention while ignoring others, they are simultaneously ignoring huge swaths of things that happen here, right here every day. I don't mean BLM or the 37 genders at Amherst. I mean the reality that at least one out 8 children in this country, here, today, go to bed hungry every day. And that's with 50 million people on food stamps already. I'm talking about the reality that working class is essentially dead and the middle class is dying and the best that our moral better angels can suggest is new A/C standards so that not living in Malarial west African conditions is unaffordable and unattainable for millions. I'm talking about the reality that millions of people are permanently homeless, here. I'm talking about how the average college student takes 6 years for a 4 year degree and winds up barely more educated than a 10th grader of 35 years ago. <br /><br />We can pay attention to strange people far away and their funny hats. We can wring our hands over the atrocities of the world which will always be with us or we can address more tactical things here. Because trust me, 'here' isn't that great. Here we have huge problems. 5 years after the ACA and mortality is up across the board in every age bracket. People are sicker now, dying faster and getting worse care now than we 'couldn't afford it'. and medical mistakes are now the 3rd leading cause of death. More than all gun deaths and traffic deaths and almost every disease excepting lung and heart disease combined. <br /><br />So all I can say is you should pick a battle you can win because it's the right battle to win. Riding your flotilla boats to Gaza and bullhorning Republicans over Iraq are fine, as hobbies, as avocations. But they don't do anything. To me all you accomplish is studied failure and irrelevance. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.com