tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post670845240458895914..comments2024-03-18T22:38:30.952-05:00Comments on Althouse: "On the right, hateful words are fired like bullets. I still ride a bike."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29609123254037036322010-10-07T16:04:48.850-05:002010-10-07T16:04:48.850-05:00That someone actually pays this man to write makes...That someone actually pays this man to write makes me feel better about spending so much of my workday bored on the internet. In that sense, he provides a valuable public service. And only in that sense.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552241491427101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55873274518957963512010-10-07T06:42:06.379-05:002010-10-07T06:42:06.379-05:00The Tea Party is associated with arson and intimid...The Tea Party is associated with arson and intimidation such that the National Guard has to be called out to establish martial law? Or was that just the Kent State SDS?Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24940429231507262762010-10-06T12:58:01.624-05:002010-10-06T12:58:01.624-05:00I look forward to the day I can own an amoral robo...I look forward to the day I can own an amoral robot. <br /><br />Just sayn'Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15791211521465006952010-10-06T06:57:54.787-05:002010-10-06T06:57:54.787-05:00How many words did it take Ritmo to say that Beck ...How many words did it take Ritmo to say that Beck hams it up for his show because he's a performer; something likely to have everyone agree with for the most part?<br /><br />And all in a way that guaranteed disagreement, and involved a technical truth used as an outright lie.<br /><br />He's brilliant!Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311191981918160095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33845427724287935592010-10-05T23:53:36.854-05:002010-10-05T23:53:36.854-05:00I have never seen it personally, experienced it my...<i>I have never seen it personally, experienced it myself</i><br /><br />You mean, you've never applied to UofMichigan Law School, or taken a race-normed promotion exam?furious_ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239113391394176670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15398142567729791252010-10-05T23:16:07.247-05:002010-10-05T23:16:07.247-05:00lohwoman,
I was sure it was one of the Daniels (S...lohwoman,<br /><br />I was sure it was one of the Daniels (Shorr or Pinkwater); but you're right, it was Scott Simon in the Wall Street Journal. Thanks!<br /><br />wv: niaggi. Oh, great, now Montagne will declare that the wv algorithm is racist...Martin L. Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554126977342152497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89824891596635176182010-10-05T22:51:45.757-05:002010-10-05T22:51:45.757-05:00Please allow me to re-phrase an awkwardly worded s...Please allow me to re-phrase an awkwardly worded sentence above:<br /><br /><i>But I just can't believe that someone who is willing to go to such extremes satirizing what on regular occasions strike the rest of us as very unusual or extreme emotional displays, is not acting as often as he is genuinely emoting.</i><br /><br />There. Better. Apologies for the incoherence.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81932301004376133892010-10-05T22:46:34.180-05:002010-10-05T22:46:34.180-05:00It works the other way around? You have to have in...<i>It works the other way around? You have to have intelligence in order to declare it? <br /><br />You're statement doesn't seem to make any sense. Even an drooling idiot can claim to be intelligent.<br /><br />Can you explain what you just typed?</i><br /><br />It was just a quick response to Alex. Yes, anyone can declare anything. I realize in inverting his statement I turned a conditional into a straightforward declaration. But that was rhetorical. Of course someone can claim intelligence without having it - as easily as they can correctly claim having the intelligence they do possess. <br /><br />It was a challenge to Alex's emphasis on appearances and possibilities. I'm not 100% right but neither am I as out in left field as many allege, and oftentimes I am scorned for making a sensible proposition while committing the sin of it not being an obvious one.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85488055144271331692010-10-05T22:41:34.378-05:002010-10-05T22:41:34.378-05:00It's okay to admit your error, that you jumped...<i>It's okay to admit your error, that you jumped on some "fact" without properly assessing it's content. The truth will only make you smarter, so why insist on dumbing yourself down?</i><br /><br />Christopher, I appreciate you taking me to task and challenging me on this. I should have made a bigger deal of the specific context in the video. But I just can't believe that someone who is willing to go to such extremes satirizing what on other occasions are his own regular, displays of what strike the rest of us as very unusual or extreme emotional displays, is not acting as much as he is genuinely emoting.<br /><br />Seriously. The guy gets paid very well for this schtick. Don't you think it's at all possible that Glenn Beck's become so accustomed to crying on cue that it's not always as genuine as it is when prompted by a cold remedy?Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16614546220719720612010-10-05T22:39:34.599-05:002010-10-05T22:39:34.599-05:00"Ritmo - just because you declare intelligenc..."Ritmo - just because you declare intelligence doesn't mean you have it.<br /><br />That's right. It works the other way around."<br /><br />It works the other way around? You have to have intelligence in order to declare it? <br /><br />You're statement doesn't seem to make any sense. Even an drooling idiot can claim to be intelligent.<br /><br />Can you explain what you just typed?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841069044142566704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48022066493378256642010-10-05T22:36:48.157-05:002010-10-05T22:36:48.157-05:00All right. I'm sorry I used the phrase "d...All right. I'm sorry I used the phrase "dumb fuckers" and I appreciate that Beck might be (partially) sincere when he's not doing photo shoots for GQ. About his career, that is.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79825221111170002412010-10-05T22:36:07.848-05:002010-10-05T22:36:07.848-05:00"I was right. Watch the video."
It'..."I was right. Watch the video."<br /><br />It's okay to admit your error, that you jumped on some "fact" without properly assessing it's content. The truth will only make you smarter, so why insist on dumbing yourself down?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841069044142566704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9259067079644552782010-10-05T22:31:54.275-05:002010-10-05T22:31:54.275-05:00Ritmo - just because you declare intelligence does...<i>Ritmo - just because you declare intelligence doesn't mean you have it.</i><br /><br />That's right. It works the other way around.<br /><br /><i>In fact the most intelligent people I know would never make such a claim.</i><br /><br />I only do that when I face opposition who repeatedly insults me while refusing to employ reason for claiming I'm wrong. <br /><br /><i>Also you could learn a little humility.</i><br /><br />Who couldn't?Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87030705416276712732010-10-05T22:29:41.458-05:002010-10-05T22:29:41.458-05:00You were claiming that Beck used Vick's to mak...<i>You were claiming that Beck used Vick's to make himself cry. You were wrong and stupid. End of.</i><br /><br />I was right. Watch the video.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39610403696254818652010-10-05T22:28:23.637-05:002010-10-05T22:28:23.637-05:00nobody accused you of being arrogant.
Not in this...<i>nobody accused you of being arrogant.</i><br /><br />Not in this thread, at least. From thread to thread I get accused of being everything in the book. Except right, of course. Or plausible, even. Just names. A lot of those. <br /><br />There are exceptions, and I know the people who make them, who read without prejudice and don't fear engagement between differing perspectives.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57959640048530157762010-10-05T22:28:01.275-05:002010-10-05T22:28:01.275-05:00Ritmo - just because you declare intelligence does...Ritmo - just because you declare intelligence doesn't mean you have it. In fact the most intelligent people I know would never make such a claim. Also you could learn a little humility.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10351975611359361382010-10-05T22:26:59.822-05:002010-10-05T22:26:59.822-05:00"Anyone who's willing to create that exag..."Anyone who's willing to create that exaggerated a satire of their own, typical reactions - and have that much fun doing it, could not have meant them sincerely in the first place.<br /><br />The guy's a pro. A completely professional, dehumanized fraud and one whom only other similarly detached and dehumanized frauds will believe."<br /><br />You were claiming that Beck used Vick's to make himself cry. You were wrong and stupid. End of.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841069044142566704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27542115817591992872010-10-05T22:24:00.418-05:002010-10-05T22:24:00.418-05:00"My explanations wouldn't seem so arrogan..."My explanations wouldn't seem so arrogant if you didn't reach so far down into your own crap bags for worthless ideas. Try a little harder and maybe you might come up with a superior thought of your own every now and then.<br /><br />In the meantime, your mediocrity is not as impressive as you believe it to be - as satisfied with it as you are."<br /><br />lol nobody accused you of being arrogant. Your the poker player that's given the rest of the table a tell.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841069044142566704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8516570377153471802010-10-05T22:18:19.271-05:002010-10-05T22:18:19.271-05:00Alex thinks his resentment of intelligence is what...Alex thinks his resentment of intelligence is what constitutes "decency".Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73235551708968689432010-10-05T22:16:24.321-05:002010-10-05T22:16:24.321-05:00Notice how Ritmo spews a lot of words, but no actu...<i>Notice how Ritmo spews a lot of words, but no actual substance. It's pure mental masturbation.</i><br /><br />That's just your illiteracy and lack of an education talking.<br /><br /><i>How does it feel to engage in self-invalidation? Believe me after that little turd of a statement, nobody here with any decency will pay you any heed.</i><br /><br />To pretend that I need lessons in decency from people so dumb is really a howler. <br /><br />Where I come from, the decent people don't scorn intelligence. We actually have both - not that you would know what that's like. Or care. <br /><br />What's so "decent" about embracing stupidity?Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30306692522922656292010-10-05T22:13:18.717-05:002010-10-05T22:13:18.717-05:00I may be younger than a lot of you dumb fuckers (e...<i>I may be younger than a lot of you dumb fuckers (esp. the amoral robot DBQ) but I stand by the quality of these entirely uncontroversial observations.</i><br /><br />How does it feel to engage in self-invalidation? Believe me after that little turd of a statement, nobody here with any decency will pay you any heed.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83878705313014860932010-10-05T22:11:54.092-05:002010-10-05T22:11:54.092-05:00Notice how Ritmo spews a lot of words, but no actu...Notice how Ritmo spews a lot of words, but no actual substance. It's pure mental masturbation.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25438470360277077042010-10-05T22:08:24.312-05:002010-10-05T22:08:24.312-05:00Are you really that stupid? That was a video for a...<i>Are you really that stupid? That was a video for a magazine photo shoot, most likely the GQ one where he's satirizing his own persona as a crybaby.<br /><br />Liberals are really living in bizzaro world right now where their brains automatically ignore obvious context in order to confirm in their own minds how terrible and phoney their enemies are.<br /><br />Seriously sad.</i><br /><br />Anyone who's willing to create that exaggerated a satire of their own, typical reactions - and have that much fun doing it, could not have meant them sincerely in the first place. <br /><br />The guy's a pro. A completely professional, dehumanized fraud and one whom only other similarly detached and dehumanized frauds will believe.<br /><br />Genuine people take their own emotional reactions seriously. Not Glenn Beck, though.<br /><br />I may be younger than a lot of you dumb fuckers (esp. the amoral robot DBQ) but I stand by the quality of these entirely uncontroversial observations.<br /><br />My explanations wouldn't seem so arrogant if you didn't reach so far down into your own crap bags for worthless ideas. Try a little harder and maybe you might come up with a superior thought of your own every now and then. <br /><br />In the meantime, your mediocrity is not as impressive as you believe it to be - as satisfied with it as you are.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3254593245032164392010-10-05T21:56:42.908-05:002010-10-05T21:56:42.908-05:00First off, Richard Cohen has no love for Crosby, S...First off, Richard Cohen has no love for Crosby, Stills, or Nash? After all, they collaborated on the song as well.<br /><br />The funny thing is Cohen says “On my bike, I recalled those days and wondered if they have not returned. Sticks and stones may break bones, but words--that singsong rebuttal notwithstanding--can kill.”<br /><br />While what happened at Kent State was a tragedy, it wasn't words that caused it. The protesters broke rule #1. "Don't throw rocks at dudes with guns." Unfortunately they learned the hard way, and innocent bystanders got caught up too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78600270803184235402010-10-05T20:47:24.591-05:002010-10-05T20:47:24.591-05:00DBQ, Ritmo's posting style is a function of hi...DBQ, Ritmo's posting style is a function of his youth. He's at an age where he thinks everything he says is wise and fascinating.jungathearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052796343893692840noreply@blogger.com