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| Wretchard Packs A Wallop |
| 2004-11-05 |
Wretchard, at one of my favorite sites, Belmont Club, takes an oh-so-polite chainsaw to Jane Smiley:In this account, the bulk of Ms. Smiley's enemies consist of a single, undifferentiated mass of red staters with the bestial appetites and intelligence of retarded slugs. Unfortunately for the Democrats, they are led by diabolically clever manipulators -- "the big capitalists, who have no morals" -- who employ cant, superstition and lies to lead their dimwitted mob around for the purposes of rapine and coarse gratification. We are vouchsafed a glimpse of the 'good guys', the Progressives, the champions of the workers and consumers. These Progressives are somehow resistant to blandishments of the "big capitalists". Something -- superior intelligence or a finer moral fiber perhaps -- has made them insusceptible to ignorance and manipulation. And they alone stand in the way of the Darkness. See, kids - that's how you call somebody a pretentious asshole and make it sound like a compliment.... |
| Posted by:mojo |
| #8 Don't mind if I steal that, do you? Be my guest. I probably stole it from someone else. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-11-05 2:45:59 PM |
| #7 "Leftist Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Indignation" Me too Angie. Bitter fruits I pray daily, happy to. But I don't ask anybody to hold my hand and join in, UTMWT. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-11-05 2:00:50 PM |
| #6 #5 is me. Don't know why I got one of the "interesting" names. Still going to steal your description, Angie. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-05 11:49:07 AM |
#5 Angie Schultz:Leftist Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual IndignationBeautiful! Don't mind if I steal that, do you? ;-p |
| Posted by: Jereque Ebbavish9446 2004-11-05 11:31:51 AM |
| #4 Many of us on this site ridicule the Europeans for "playing the dhimmi" in the face of Islamic parasitism, but at some point we are also going to have to put the smackdown on the asshats in our midst. The non-left tends to play with kid gloves for fear of being branded racist, fascist, hurtful, etc. This has got to STOP. We need to be more vocal in our criticism and our ridicule, both on the net and IRL. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-05 10:43:10 AM |
| #3 Here's Smiley on why Bush won: Here is how ignorance works: First, they put the fear of God into you—if you don't believe in the literal word of the Bible, you will burn in hell. ... Next, they tell you that you are the best of a bad lot (humans, that is) and that as bad as you are, if you stick with them, you are among the chosen. ... Third, and most important, when life grows difficult or fearsome, they (politicians, preachers, pundits) encourage you to cling to your ignorance with even more fervor. She's right. This is the reason Bush won: the mindset of people like this. Like her. This describes a certain red-faced strain of Christianity, and I won't deny it's there. I used to rant about it all the time. I haven't seen it much since I moved from Missouri; Old Testament thunder doesn't get into the newspapers very often. But intolerance, ignorance, and elitism ("if you stick with them, you are among the chosen") are now liberal hallmarks, not conservative ones. I've been writing a blog post on this topic, but the short version is that the intolerant, blue-nosed Christian scolds of my youth have been replaced by the Leftist Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Indignation, always eager to sniff out sin (racism, sexism, etc) wherever it might be lurking. Bush's victory is a rejection of the intolerance of the Left. When the intolerance of the Right gets to be as bad, I'll go back to compaining about it. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-11-05 10:21:30 AM |
| #2 One slug, one vote. That's all I have to say about that. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-05 9:04:11 AM |
| #1 'Tis a beautiful sight. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-11-05 8:47:09 AM |