Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Today's Tweet - The Sequel
Shit gets worse
U.S Border Patrol ran over an O’odham man today on the Tohono O’odham Nation.— Indivisible Tohono (@Indivisible_TO) June 15, 2018
This is an example of the fear O’odham have to face everyday because BP ravage our communities & are careless with our lives. pic.twitter.com/ZEbVlIe5cl
The Tohono O'odham Nation, or Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, is a major reservation located in southern Arizona, encompassing portions of Pima County, Pinal County, and - wait for it - Maricopa County.
Would anybody with a living thinking brain be at all surprised if we find out Joe Arpaio had a hand in formulating this bullshit policy?
I Fucking Love The InterToobz
This just might be the best example of Poe's Law ever - which is very high praise considering we're stuck here in the time of Cult45.
Poe's law"I hate to see children separated from their parents like this, but we can hardly blame Adolf," Eva Braun, 1939 pic.twitter.com/uAgS6x7uEq— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 17, 2018
Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture stating that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the parodied views.[1][2][3]
One Small Bit
...of good news (a guy can hope anyway).
The Pluralist:
Breitbart's online traffic declined in May for a seventh consecutive month, marking a rapid fall from grace for the one-time right-wing darling.
And the big take-away:
The Pluralist:
Politico reported the traffic numbers Saturday, citing comScore. Over the past year, Breitbart's readership has nearly halved, from 12.1 million unique users in May 2017 to just 6.4 million last month.
Conservative commentator Matt Lewis told Politico that Bannon's departure is indeed part of the reason for Breitbart's decline.
“Nationalism and populism always requires a charismatic leader,” he said. “The ideas are not persuasive enough to work without a cult of personality.”
Rubes follow. That's what they do - they're joiners and they're followers. As adamant as they can sound when denouncing everything they construe as political, eg: "the stoopid gubmint"; and as much as they insist on being perceived as fiercely independent-minded, they vote for leaders who do their thinking for them - who can provide them bumper-stickers and t-shirts and simple 10-word answers for every gnarly complicated problem.
Because thinking can be very difficult. And a political discussion can spoil the groove, and ruin your whole picnic.
So they're really not all that dumb, but they can be intellectually lazy in the extreme.
They just want to spend their free time playing with their toys &/or hangin' with their buds &/or just straight-up loafing.
And none of that is necessarily a bad thing. The problem is that you can get real good at not thinking.
(Sweeping Generalization Alert)
Rubes follow. That's what they do - they're joiners and they're followers. As adamant as they can sound when denouncing everything they construe as political, eg: "the stoopid gubmint"; and as much as they insist on being perceived as fiercely independent-minded, they vote for leaders who do their thinking for them - who can provide them bumper-stickers and t-shirts and simple 10-word answers for every gnarly complicated problem.
Because thinking can be very difficult. And a political discussion can spoil the groove, and ruin your whole picnic.
So they're really not all that dumb, but they can be intellectually lazy in the extreme.
They just want to spend their free time playing with their toys &/or hangin' with their buds &/or just straight-up loafing.
And none of that is necessarily a bad thing. The problem is that you can get real good at not thinking.
Today's Tweet
"...an excuse not to think, for people who did not want to think anyway."
"The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to think anyway." - They Thought They Were Free. The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayerhttps://t.co/2l7l0bQV1e@crookedmedia— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) June 18, 2018
Sunday, June 17, 2018
The Shit Show
It's emerging now that Stephen Miller (to the surprise of absolutely no one) is the guy behind the Zero Tolerance bullshit being "enforced" at our borders, giving rise to a new generation of Koncentration Kamp Kids.
There's some value to the humanitarian appeals, and the fully justified scolding of chickenshit Republicans who won't even say they're somehow mildly bothered by some of this.
The problem there is that we're trying to appeal to a sense of honor that doesn't exist in the GOP anymore.
And still, it's hard to get with the thought that they're really so callous as to ignore the plight of children altogether.
So I think I'm left with this:
Republican policy causes pain. Not so much because they enjoy watching people suffer (although there's an element of that), but because they intend to demonstrate just how bad they're willing to make it for all of us if we step out of line and resist their Daddy State plans.
This shit has to be stopped and we do that by putting constant pressure on legislators everywhere, and then by showing up and voting these assholes out of office come November.
There's some value to the humanitarian appeals, and the fully justified scolding of chickenshit Republicans who won't even say they're somehow mildly bothered by some of this.
The problem there is that we're trying to appeal to a sense of honor that doesn't exist in the GOP anymore.
And still, it's hard to get with the thought that they're really so callous as to ignore the plight of children altogether.
So I think I'm left with this:
Republican policy causes pain. Not so much because they enjoy watching people suffer (although there's an element of that), but because they intend to demonstrate just how bad they're willing to make it for all of us if we step out of line and resist their Daddy State plans.
This shit has to be stopped and we do that by putting constant pressure on legislators everywhere, and then by showing up and voting these assholes out of office come November.
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