tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post697394186908207609..comments2024-03-29T09:44:42.638-05:00Comments on Althouse: Bret Easton Ellis is feeling the new zeitgeist.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90052527191189431762017-07-18T00:07:56.266-05:002017-07-18T00:07:56.266-05:00Detested, more accurately.Detested, more accurately.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25172131298139239652017-07-18T00:06:34.314-05:002017-07-18T00:06:34.314-05:00"You have no idea how many of us think you Tr...<i>"You have no idea how many of us think you Trumpists to be fools."</i><br /><br />LOL, apparently, you guys had no idea how deeply America despised Hillary.tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10001818712572707312017-07-17T15:45:10.423-05:002017-07-17T15:45:10.423-05:00History teaches this: Civilizations usually disint...History teaches this: Civilizations usually disintegrate from within. Outside forces merely take advantage of the weakness resulting from the decadence. That is what the Islamic terrorists are doing.gracklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138997480493469444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28668572692316738592017-07-17T10:11:47.955-05:002017-07-17T10:11:47.955-05:00Buwaya said,
Again, its not the left.
If it were ...Buwaya said,<br /><br /><i>Again, its not the left.<br />If it were the left, actual Marxian socialists, it wouldnt matter.<br />The reason this madness matters at all is because its proponents, and victims, are the American gentry, and especially its aristocracy.</i><br /><br />It's a curious thing that, since the rise of modern leftism in the French Revolution, there has been an alliance (of varying strength and duration) between the <i> sans-culottes</i> and what we can call for lack of a better word "the establishment."<br /><br />The <i>haute bourgeoisie</i> rarely shied away from finding ways to co-opt the populist dynamics that the socialist left sought to encourage and profit from. Establishment leaders seemed to realize that a) the left were rarely well-organized enough to be an existential threat and b) if they could form an invisible alliance with them--keeping them in control--their power would never actually be threatened.<br /><br />It took some time for this dynamic to find its stride but here we are today: the American "progressives" are totally in bed with the Goldman Sachs/Ford Foundation/Carnegie Institute/Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation pushing pseudo-leftist causes like "fighting climate change" or "transgender rights." Both here and in Europe "the left" has been thoroughly tamed and easily deployed as an instrument of the very class enemies they (the left) think they are fighting.<br /><br />Karl Marx might shudder but Antonio Gramsci would be proud.Marty Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592136716581562644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42747440781958582532017-07-17T08:42:17.054-05:002017-07-17T08:42:17.054-05:00"You have no idea how many of us think you Tr..."You have no idea how many of us think you Trumpists to be fools."<br /><br />Not that many but you sure are loud.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37561169188654263442017-07-17T04:34:41.559-05:002017-07-17T04:34:41.559-05:00The ''birther/Trump' issue that has be...The ''birther/Trump' issue that has been brought up has a relevance, here.<br /><br />Trump pushed the birther thing, creating or amplifying a leftist hysteria. Trump found out he was able to control both the left and the presidency. After he conceded, this resulted in the left, at a pinicle of anger and hysteria, nowhere to direct it.<br /><br />While not a complete reason, Trumps tweets and off-hand comments are designed to unhinge the left (not sure how many hinges they have). They have the inability to recognize that pretty much every tweet of this design actually has no everlasting substance. For example, when he tweets about crowd size (small crowd, he tweets big!), the left go nuts on something that does not matter one iota.stlcdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407669183827851656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15586935476344869982017-07-17T03:05:29.603-05:002017-07-17T03:05:29.603-05:00Can Althouse describe how a zeitgeist, any old zei...Can Althouse describe how a zeitgeist, any old zeitgeist will do to satisfy logic's known realm, being contemporaneously described as "new" lacks not a crypto-despicable redundancy born of a seemingly genetically-based condescension?<br /><br />Isn't it just another so-called zeitgeist, just different, specifically meaning that any zeitgeist by definition must always be current. Otherwise it ain't no damn zeitgeist to begin with.<br /><br />It would be "the old spirit of 'that" age" or "the new spirit of 'that' age" not the spirit of 'the' age, in order for a redundancy to not occur (to me).<br /><br />You can't have a new spirit of an age. Different zeitgeists for different ages and contained within that concept is the logic I feel excludes the "new" label from being accurately applied here.<br />Guildofcannonballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352588747567045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71869999390647983212017-07-17T01:04:57.206-05:002017-07-17T01:04:57.206-05:00Thanks Michael for explaining why the false memori...Thanks Michael for explaining why the false memories stopped. Insurance. Who would have thought.<br /><br />Agree Obama loved to troll his opposition, very Alinsky. Make the other side like by their own rules. So he did not provide a birth certificate for the longest time.<br /><br />Clinton always used a third party for slinging dirt. Always had deniability. Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69463404993428274652017-07-17T00:01:06.284-05:002017-07-17T00:01:06.284-05:00Personally, I'm inclined to think Barack Obsma...Personally, I'm inclined to think Barack Obsma's birth certificate was forged. Not that he wasn't born in Hawaii -- I accept that he was. But we're his parents legally married? Because the eight years of Obama's tenure in office convinced me that he's a bastard through and through.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88238905363203372932017-07-16T20:36:52.983-05:002017-07-16T20:36:52.983-05:00"But ladies and fuckwits, we don't live i...<i>"But ladies and fuckwits, we don't live in that world. We have only one choice: The death of the West, or Trump."</i><br /><br />That is both incredibly sad, and incredibly true. Fuck. <br /><br />And the crazy thing is that most of the emasculated "men" and shrill "women" who spend so much time denouncing Western Civ are its biggest beneficiaries. How many diversity officers, campus rape counselors, professional bloggers and think-tankers would be needed in a pre-Enlightenment society?<br /><br />I like my cushy, air-conditioned, white-collar existence, but if push came to shove I know how to fix and use weapons, I've trained and led troops, and I've built (and blown-up) bridges. Life would be harsher and harder, but I would get by (or die in battle, whatever). Oh sure, I suppose a few of those "men" could find positions as Court eunuchs, and a few of the prettier leftist ladies would made decent third wives or members of a harem, but that's about it. Forget about transgender rights unless maybe you're part of some sort of travelling comedy troupe. And ladies, enjoy pumping out 12 or so kinds before you get to die in childbirth. <br /><br />You want to see a real patriarchy? Get rid of Western Civ, and put the straight white male back on top for real. holdfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206911009978107266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80646750669707458122017-07-16T19:30:22.822-05:002017-07-16T19:30:22.822-05:00I wish that we had more than one politician willin...I wish that we had more than one politician willing to unapologetically make the case for defending our civilization. <br /><br />I wish it were a bipartisan project, with both parties on board. <br /><br />I wish I could trust the Democrats to do what was best for the country. <br /><br />I wish I could trust the Republicans to not be corrupt and spineless. <br /><br />I wish we had a pure and shining exemplar, a modern Galahad, to lead us in this righteous cause. <br /><br />But ladies and fuckwits, we don't live in that world. We have only one choice: The death of the West, or Trump. If we can save our civilization, if we can roll back the fifth column of the left, if we can gain another generation's time, then sure, we can argue over how polite our politicians should be required to be. We can argue over what sort of health care system would be best. But we cannot argue over the idea that western civilization is the best one available, and that our nation should be run primarily for the benefit of its own citizens. You know, securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, all that jazz. Until that question is settled, along with the hash of all leftist filth, we must make do with the champions we have available. Tarrouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558820517153425253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26646200749576000632017-07-16T19:15:20.250-05:002017-07-16T19:15:20.250-05:00Bay Area Guy said...
Yes, the Left is fucking...Bay Area Guy said...<br /><br /> Yes, the Left is fucking nuts.<br /><br /> Because of their nuttiness, they have made people who had qualms about Trump (like me) much more sympathetic and supportive.<br /><br /> The Leftwing riots, the campus protests to quash free speech, the Pussy Hats, the bogus Russia investigation, the softball sniper, are so over the top, that I feel obligated to defend and support Trump.<br /><br /> But, I would add, that substantively, Trump's immigration policy, fracking policy, climate change policy, SCOTUS appointment have all been exceptional on the merits.<br /><br /> So, now I feel real good about defending and supporting Trump.<br /> 7/16/17, 12:15 PM <br /><br />Yeah, me too. Another longtime embedded libertarian in the SFBA.<br />As with GK1, I avoid talking politics.<br />My husband does one better. Anyone brings up politics, he asks "do you really want to talk about politics?" and if they say "yes" he unsheathes a sword of argument based on 50 years of Hobbesian libertarianism, 500 years of Lutheran pastors in his ancestry and decorated with a double ruby in debate. Very few of his interlocutersmever bring up politics again.EMyrthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754760101298461402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-956429935196827672017-07-16T19:10:22.396-05:002017-07-16T19:10:22.396-05:00"You have no idea how many of us think you Tr..."You have no idea how many of us think you Trumpists to be fools."<br />That's OK. because Hillary Clinton will never be president of the United States. You people seem to have a problem with how big of a deal that is. <br />Yes indeed he is an odd choice for a savior of the republic, but his instincts are sound and, quite frankly, I'm looking at any success with his agenda as a bonus.<br />The leftists and never trumpers are the ones making fools of themselves.<br />Trump is president<br />The left and GOPe go nuts<br />SuccessRustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88733991110079839552017-07-16T18:26:34.506-05:002017-07-16T18:26:34.506-05:00We are all well aware that there are tens of milli...We are all well aware that there are tens of millions of people who think Trumpists are fools. Fortunately, their quantity is far more impressive than their quality. In fact, we've noticed that just about every one of them is 'projecting' his/her own utter foolishness on others. Some anti-Trumpers are so foolish they either (a) can't figure out how to pick a recognizable pseudonym so the rest of us can tell whether later comments come from them or someone else, or (b) don't care enough to do so. Most likely the latter in this case, since it's easy enough to append a pseudonym to every comment before posting it, as some 'Unknown's do.Dr Weevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059306888033890029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19066397118958333662017-07-16T17:41:28.439-05:002017-07-16T17:41:28.439-05:00"If yo defend scum people will think you like..."If yo defend scum people will think you like scum so the reaction is very predictable <br /><br />Here now – no need to be so hard on the NeverTrumpers. They’re just fools; there’s no need to call them “scum.” They can be safely ignored."<br /><br />You have no idea how many of us think you Trumpists to be fools.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491417913698360451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43870265894228719402017-07-16T17:27:39.749-05:002017-07-16T17:27:39.749-05:00with the claim of African birth there on one of hi...<i>with the claim of African birth there on one of his bios from one of his autobiographies. </i><br /><br />Until that blurb is explained, I remain skeptical. He either lied (for: Reasons) or it is the truth that he was born in Kenya.<br /><br />There are no reporters walking maternity wards waiting breathlessly to call in scoops to their newspapers. They are called in like classified ads and run.<br /><br />And if I wanted the blessings of liberty bestowed on my child, I'd get back home and make that call.eddie willershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624004872700778288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66307188299702370522017-07-16T17:13:50.428-05:002017-07-16T17:13:50.428-05:00Jim at said...
"True nutballs really DO ruin ...Jim at said...<br />"True nutballs really DO ruin political conversations."<br /><br />"Written by Chuck. Without even the slightest hint of self-awareness or irony.<br /><br />Made my day. Thanks."<br /><br />I'm still laughing.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7326405458145792632017-07-16T16:57:15.516-05:002017-07-16T16:57:15.516-05:00Yes, the left is nuts. Read the dang news if you ...Yes, the left is nuts. Read the dang news if you bother to any more. Batshit crazy is more like it. And I'm not a big fan of Republicans either. Folks have lost their dang minds. There is a significant part of the population who are tired of the way things have been going. Hence, President Trump. And all this crazy since his election just affirms their thoughts.GrapeApehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124275158320213273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11678394442482796282017-07-16T16:41:21.697-05:002017-07-16T16:41:21.697-05:00If yo defend scum people will think you like scum ...<i> If yo defend scum people will think you like scum so the reaction is very predictable </i><br /><br />Here now – no need to be so hard on the NeverTrumpers. They’re just fools; there’s no need to call them “scum.” They can be safely ignored.gracklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138997480493469444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17398065359464738972017-07-16T16:33:33.219-05:002017-07-16T16:33:33.219-05:00Sorry, I see the good Doctor already covered this....Sorry, I see the good Doctor already covered this. Chuck, you got to check your premises occasionally. Bad premise = wrong conclusion. pacwesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818912698472924712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18796287233946642852017-07-16T16:18:06.839-05:002017-07-16T16:18:06.839-05:00"Is there any better, bigger, clearer example..."Is there any better, bigger, clearer example of a derangement syndrome, than the Birther claim?"<br /><br />I'm thinking maybe the claim that W ordered the attack on the towers?<br />pacwesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818912698472924712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20353686374068353472017-07-16T15:48:39.864-05:002017-07-16T15:48:39.864-05:00The real problem with derangement syndromes is tha...<i>The real problem with derangement syndromes is that they take perfectly normal people with them.</i><br /><br />I read an interesting column yesterday that compared this hysteria to the 1980s day care hysteria.<br /><br />That also affected "perfectly normal people" who became lynch mobs and sent other "perfectly normal people' to prison for 20 year because of fanciful tales that went so as to include childrens' fantasies of being cut open with no scars created.<br /><br />The McMartin Daycare site was dug up looking for tunnels the children described to credulous (or evil) interrogators.<br /><br />I got quite interested in the subject and read a lot about it. It only ended when malpractice insurance companies refused to write policies covering psychologists' "Recovered Memories" treatment.<br /><br />Then it was like turning off a switch. The phenomenon ended that quickly but, unlike the Salem witch trials, there were no apologies to the innocent who were harmed.<br /><br />The only thing that might end this insanity might be a crashing defeat for the Democrats in 2018.<br /><br />After that, Civil War, if it does not end.<br />Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5215371370656929392017-07-16T15:43:51.568-05:002017-07-16T15:43:51.568-05:00Nuts? Yes they are and quite obviously so.Nuts? Yes they are and quite obviously so.stevewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253727732365900942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53188058179560823092017-07-16T15:41:08.729-05:002017-07-16T15:41:08.729-05:00it is nothing compared to the dubious nature of Do...<i>it is nothing compared to the dubious nature of Donald Trump Jr.'s dabbling with reputed Russian government agents in the course of his own oppo-research on behalf of his father's campaign.</i><br /><br />OK, Drago. I agree he's a lefty Democrat.<br /><br />I had my doubts but this insane comment convinces me. <br /><br />I thought chuck was a Krauthammer "He used the wrong fork !" snob but this is far enough off the sanity scale that I'm convinced.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10598822928373722042017-07-16T15:37:36.783-05:002017-07-16T15:37:36.783-05:00Living in the bay area I only once made the mistak...Living in the bay area I only once made the mistake of talking politics at a social occasion when someone was loudly stating every president had affairs and with eyebrows raised I said "Even Harry Truman?" and after a 3 second delay "Especially Truman!" (They were defending Bill Clinton at the time in 1998 so this was blasphemy to even opine having open affairs in office may be aberrant behavior) Lefties are so very open minded until they are challenged. So I just avoid any political topic. In blue california its just assumed you hate republicans and if you don't somethings wrong with you. Such children.Gk1https://www.blogger.com/profile/05684001554547696317noreply@blogger.com