In your personal attacks on me (for a typo) and your accusations against me, you are indeed the new liberal, the mirror image of Trumpism and the reincarnation of McCarthyism. The irony is in your last paragraph, which I am in complete agreement with, should have George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden fac…
In your personal attacks on me (for a typo) and your accusations against me, you are indeed the new liberal, the mirror image of Trumpism and the reincarnation of McCarthyism. The irony is in your last paragraph, which I am in complete agreement with, should have George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden facing the "severest repercussions" (a typo or misspelling which will not have me casting aspersions upon you). Perhaps if Obama had not said "we must look forward not backward" granting immunity to the Bush administration's torturers we would be in a different place right now. Accountability is the key, and while Democratic Party state media holds Republicans accountable and Republican state media holds Democrats accountable, this only serves to divide our country more without any movement towards justice, truth or equality. But I disagree with you that the "Big Lie" is the cause of any of this, and that is not to diminish the sickness of Trump and his minions or the damage they have done. The problem is that only the minions face any type of (minimal) accountability, while members of Congress who have threatened violence against other members, pose for holiday and campaign photos fetishizing weapons of war, and likely aided the insurrection directly remain in office with no repercussions. A system such as this is not democracy, and the Democrats are indeed culpable in their errors in judgment (eg appointing Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden as their nominees) and political expediency (where is the outrage over Yemen or Israel or Saudi Arabia or Biden's theft of Afghanistan's Central Bank funds etc) and complete failure in protecting us from every threat from gun violence, perpetual war, the prospect of World War III, police brutality and violence, a failing health care system, loss of women's reproductive rights, wealth and income inequality, poverty, and Trumpism to name a few I find it hard to cheer them on. That being said, I do canvass, donate to and do anything I can for Democratic candidates who do not take corporate money and have helped some to get elected. As for posting about the GOP (Gross Old Perverts) and their treason, I think Thom Hartmann, MSNBC and the other Democratic Party media outlets have that covered more than adequately.
Lol — “Got a live one on line 5. Over.” “Roger. Commence firing. Out.”
This latest scud missive with no para breaks invites the usual clichés: the rule of holes; can’t see the forest for the trees; can dish it out but can’t take it; if you can’t take the heat…; better to remain silent... (fill in the blanks). Breathlessly dishing out manure by the shovelful, and then whining about incoming turds, is the most revealing (and priceless) tell. C’mon, tell us you’ve never been in a “road apple” fight as a kid? Shit happens.
Of all the other more serious points to begin a rant and set the tone, it seems the most umbrage was taken with a tongue-in-cheek comment about a glaring typo that laughably undermined the whole shtick of being the learned intellectual professional recommending borrowed wisdom from scholars and thought leaders on the left, haughtily assuming the rubes are less informed, which smacks of elitism. Why wouldn’t someone take a swing at such an easy softball? Now I feel like Jimmy Kimmel when he’s forced to explain himself to the audience.
Okay then: Pointing out a common misspelling of the name of one of the most famous liberal scholars on the planet, whom you loudly touted as a central authority figure to lend a veneer of credence to personal, rather biased viewpoints, while assuming the reader isn’t privy to the required esoteric knowledge to be considered a true progressive activist — to match your own definition of activism, of what a proper liberal, progressive, leftist, or whatever, should say and think — well all of that is just to say that someone who makes everyone acutely aware of his credentials as a professional, bragging on his reading list, and promoting his idols, just wouldn’t make such a silly mistake that would turn his point into a joke, especially for doctors expected to be, paid to be, extremely meticulous. You’d think, anyway. So, the typo just points to the larger irony. No? Not funny? Sorry.
Then maybe this will tickle the old funny bone: Your gleeful gotcha, tit-for-tat retort about my own alleged typo kinda falls flat since it wasn’t actually a typo. Womp womp. (Though, I always welcome constructive criticism to improve putting thoughts to paper, a never-ending learning curve.) My best guess is that it’s an allusion to the superlative suffix of the word severe? But that’s okay. Adding the word “most” is more common, although, with certain words, both forms are totally fine, depending on how it sounds to one’s ear, such as clearer, rarer, etc. Can that be any more clear? (Didn’t mean to offend your ears.)
But let’s be intellectually honest. You started this petty fight with the most horrendous ad hominem attacks imaginable, all repulsively untrue, basically accusing Biden of starting a proxy war of aggression against poor old Putin, the right’s new hero. Attacking the owner of this blog, Democratic liberals and progressives in general, me personally, and the entire Democratic Party (according to the doc’s highly questionable judgments anyway) as the wicked accomplices in escalating to “Cocked Pistol,” Defcon 1 nuclear annihilation, is most insulting. Democrats will, OF COOOURSE!, be responsible for us all “hanging off a sliver of the earth.” Well, that’s about as ad-hominem-y as it gets, buddy. Pardon me for slapping back.
(While imagining people somehow surviving on a fractured remnant of Earth is certainly colorful, albeit unoriginal imagery, perhaps lifted from the fifth season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alas, humans aren’t likely to survive a nuclear holocaust, given the staggering stockpile of potential lethality. But the Earth will. Given enough time to erase the human stain, the seeds of life will begin anew... without us.)
And not to be outdone by yourself, the rest of this harangue has conflated the ad hominem logical fallacies to include a dizzying array of other angry accusations, in effect blaming the Democratic Party for just about everything under the sun that you could squeeze into a dense screed, but mainly, for not solving all of society’s problems caused mostly by Republican policies and attitudes. We’ll try to accomplish all that to your satisfaction in the next seven months. So please vote Democratic.
This brings us full circle back to the very simple, salient point that I and so many others are trying desperately to make in a rapidly closing window of time and opportunity before the midterms, which you and so many others refuse to honor or address: That unfairly bashing Democrats this late in the election season for failing to resolve intractable problems centuries in the making, despite Herculean efforts to solve them, and then blaming Democrats for the mountain of Republican sins while going light on them, is not only hypocritical but serves the cause of fascists by driving voters away from the only party that can fight back effectively, which they have done on many fronts throughout history.
Think about that as you make the perfect the enemy of the good while enjoying all that hard-won (by Democrats) “evil” socialism people enjoy every day, yet take for granted. Another cliche comes to mind: cutting off the nose to spite the face.
I won’t bother to address all the other misconstrued misreadings above — dripping snot normally discharged by Trump apologists — except to clarify what I meant generically about the “Big Lie” in the context of the central point: Warmongers predicate all their wars on colossal lies. Trump’s big lies about Ukraine, Zelensky, and NATO begot Putin’s big lies about Ukraine, Zelensky, and NATO, which he is now using “bigly” to justify unjustifiable genocide.
Or was it the other way around? And does it even matter who the bigger liar is at this point? In the end, it’s all straightforward corruption to the nth degree! But regardless of who was feeding whom deadly, bat-shit conspiracies, even the most dumbed-down Fox News dummies should have enough brain cells left to connect those big fat dots in rare moments of unguarded honesty. (Then again, probably not.)
Okay, one last counterpoint to the doc’s last point, I promise (should’ve taken Daphne’s advice):
The Doc’s parting shot says it all: “As for posting about the GOP (Gross Old Perverts) and their treason, I think Thom Hartmann, MSNBC and the other Democratic Party media outlets have that covered more than adequately.” Ouch, my neck — whiplash on steroids! After very pointed, targeted, fiery criticism hurled almost exclusively at Democrats and their liberal base. Now, suddenly, (Say it quietly and quickly on the down-low.) let’s do a 180 and argue that Democrats are actually doing the right thing by going after perverted Republicans.
Okay, yeah, great — thanks, sunshine soldier, for letting others do all the heavy lifting with no help from the peanut gallery. And don’t get any mud on that crispy uniform. It’s like the final sprint to the finish line and some indolent bystander drinking a beer sticks his foot out. What fun, eh?
In your personal attacks on me (for a typo) and your accusations against me, you are indeed the new liberal, the mirror image of Trumpism and the reincarnation of McCarthyism. The irony is in your last paragraph, which I am in complete agreement with, should have George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden facing the "severest repercussions" (a typo or misspelling which will not have me casting aspersions upon you). Perhaps if Obama had not said "we must look forward not backward" granting immunity to the Bush administration's torturers we would be in a different place right now. Accountability is the key, and while Democratic Party state media holds Republicans accountable and Republican state media holds Democrats accountable, this only serves to divide our country more without any movement towards justice, truth or equality. But I disagree with you that the "Big Lie" is the cause of any of this, and that is not to diminish the sickness of Trump and his minions or the damage they have done. The problem is that only the minions face any type of (minimal) accountability, while members of Congress who have threatened violence against other members, pose for holiday and campaign photos fetishizing weapons of war, and likely aided the insurrection directly remain in office with no repercussions. A system such as this is not democracy, and the Democrats are indeed culpable in their errors in judgment (eg appointing Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden as their nominees) and political expediency (where is the outrage over Yemen or Israel or Saudi Arabia or Biden's theft of Afghanistan's Central Bank funds etc) and complete failure in protecting us from every threat from gun violence, perpetual war, the prospect of World War III, police brutality and violence, a failing health care system, loss of women's reproductive rights, wealth and income inequality, poverty, and Trumpism to name a few I find it hard to cheer them on. That being said, I do canvass, donate to and do anything I can for Democratic candidates who do not take corporate money and have helped some to get elected. As for posting about the GOP (Gross Old Perverts) and their treason, I think Thom Hartmann, MSNBC and the other Democratic Party media outlets have that covered more than adequately.
Lol — “Got a live one on line 5. Over.” “Roger. Commence firing. Out.”
This latest scud missive with no para breaks invites the usual clichés: the rule of holes; can’t see the forest for the trees; can dish it out but can’t take it; if you can’t take the heat…; better to remain silent... (fill in the blanks). Breathlessly dishing out manure by the shovelful, and then whining about incoming turds, is the most revealing (and priceless) tell. C’mon, tell us you’ve never been in a “road apple” fight as a kid? Shit happens.
Of all the other more serious points to begin a rant and set the tone, it seems the most umbrage was taken with a tongue-in-cheek comment about a glaring typo that laughably undermined the whole shtick of being the learned intellectual professional recommending borrowed wisdom from scholars and thought leaders on the left, haughtily assuming the rubes are less informed, which smacks of elitism. Why wouldn’t someone take a swing at such an easy softball? Now I feel like Jimmy Kimmel when he’s forced to explain himself to the audience.
Okay then: Pointing out a common misspelling of the name of one of the most famous liberal scholars on the planet, whom you loudly touted as a central authority figure to lend a veneer of credence to personal, rather biased viewpoints, while assuming the reader isn’t privy to the required esoteric knowledge to be considered a true progressive activist — to match your own definition of activism, of what a proper liberal, progressive, leftist, or whatever, should say and think — well all of that is just to say that someone who makes everyone acutely aware of his credentials as a professional, bragging on his reading list, and promoting his idols, just wouldn’t make such a silly mistake that would turn his point into a joke, especially for doctors expected to be, paid to be, extremely meticulous. You’d think, anyway. So, the typo just points to the larger irony. No? Not funny? Sorry.
Then maybe this will tickle the old funny bone: Your gleeful gotcha, tit-for-tat retort about my own alleged typo kinda falls flat since it wasn’t actually a typo. Womp womp. (Though, I always welcome constructive criticism to improve putting thoughts to paper, a never-ending learning curve.) My best guess is that it’s an allusion to the superlative suffix of the word severe? But that’s okay. Adding the word “most” is more common, although, with certain words, both forms are totally fine, depending on how it sounds to one’s ear, such as clearer, rarer, etc. Can that be any more clear? (Didn’t mean to offend your ears.)
But let’s be intellectually honest. You started this petty fight with the most horrendous ad hominem attacks imaginable, all repulsively untrue, basically accusing Biden of starting a proxy war of aggression against poor old Putin, the right’s new hero. Attacking the owner of this blog, Democratic liberals and progressives in general, me personally, and the entire Democratic Party (according to the doc’s highly questionable judgments anyway) as the wicked accomplices in escalating to “Cocked Pistol,” Defcon 1 nuclear annihilation, is most insulting. Democrats will, OF COOOURSE!, be responsible for us all “hanging off a sliver of the earth.” Well, that’s about as ad-hominem-y as it gets, buddy. Pardon me for slapping back.
(While imagining people somehow surviving on a fractured remnant of Earth is certainly colorful, albeit unoriginal imagery, perhaps lifted from the fifth season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alas, humans aren’t likely to survive a nuclear holocaust, given the staggering stockpile of potential lethality. But the Earth will. Given enough time to erase the human stain, the seeds of life will begin anew... without us.)
And not to be outdone by yourself, the rest of this harangue has conflated the ad hominem logical fallacies to include a dizzying array of other angry accusations, in effect blaming the Democratic Party for just about everything under the sun that you could squeeze into a dense screed, but mainly, for not solving all of society’s problems caused mostly by Republican policies and attitudes. We’ll try to accomplish all that to your satisfaction in the next seven months. So please vote Democratic.
This brings us full circle back to the very simple, salient point that I and so many others are trying desperately to make in a rapidly closing window of time and opportunity before the midterms, which you and so many others refuse to honor or address: That unfairly bashing Democrats this late in the election season for failing to resolve intractable problems centuries in the making, despite Herculean efforts to solve them, and then blaming Democrats for the mountain of Republican sins while going light on them, is not only hypocritical but serves the cause of fascists by driving voters away from the only party that can fight back effectively, which they have done on many fronts throughout history.
Think about that as you make the perfect the enemy of the good while enjoying all that hard-won (by Democrats) “evil” socialism people enjoy every day, yet take for granted. Another cliche comes to mind: cutting off the nose to spite the face.
I won’t bother to address all the other misconstrued misreadings above — dripping snot normally discharged by Trump apologists — except to clarify what I meant generically about the “Big Lie” in the context of the central point: Warmongers predicate all their wars on colossal lies. Trump’s big lies about Ukraine, Zelensky, and NATO begot Putin’s big lies about Ukraine, Zelensky, and NATO, which he is now using “bigly” to justify unjustifiable genocide.
Or was it the other way around? And does it even matter who the bigger liar is at this point? In the end, it’s all straightforward corruption to the nth degree! But regardless of who was feeding whom deadly, bat-shit conspiracies, even the most dumbed-down Fox News dummies should have enough brain cells left to connect those big fat dots in rare moments of unguarded honesty. (Then again, probably not.)
Okay, one last counterpoint to the doc’s last point, I promise (should’ve taken Daphne’s advice):
The Doc’s parting shot says it all: “As for posting about the GOP (Gross Old Perverts) and their treason, I think Thom Hartmann, MSNBC and the other Democratic Party media outlets have that covered more than adequately.” Ouch, my neck — whiplash on steroids! After very pointed, targeted, fiery criticism hurled almost exclusively at Democrats and their liberal base. Now, suddenly, (Say it quietly and quickly on the down-low.) let’s do a 180 and argue that Democrats are actually doing the right thing by going after perverted Republicans.
Okay, yeah, great — thanks, sunshine soldier, for letting others do all the heavy lifting with no help from the peanut gallery. And don’t get any mud on that crispy uniform. It’s like the final sprint to the finish line and some indolent bystander drinking a beer sticks his foot out. What fun, eh?