He positively relishes the suffering of others. And by others he obviously considers them literally "others" in a dehumanizing way that allows him to assign them no worth.
He could use some of the advice Brad Torgersen gives in Tyranny of the Safe:
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Tyranny of the Safe. You can have intellectual latitude, or you can have intellectual comfort. But you cannot have both. Larry Niven was 110% correct: there are minds which think as well as yours, just differently. Silence the other minds, and you will ultimately find you have silenced yourself. Because any rules you install today, are guaranteed to be abused by your opponents tomorrow. The mob you join in — to metaphorically encircle and burn the homes of the “wrong” people — will encircle and burn your home eventually. Commanded reverence — for an institution, an idea, or a demographic — begets simmering contempt. And the harder you push and punish, the more you use threats and pressure, the more obvious it is that your concepts cannot endure objective criticism.
This is no laughing matter. If we snuff out the Enlightenment, for the sake of protecting ourselves from hard truths, it might be a very costly fight — to right the foundering ship."
And yet he and his brethren are struggling mightily to snuff it out. They (mostly) know not what they do. (I hope)
Absolutely true. As to knowing not? He's been told that giving 'his' party a certain power is guaranteed to be used when the other guys are in office. Whether he just believes deep down that the other guys just cannot ever be in that position is perhaps the only reason he can't fathom the concept.
Yeah, that's something I've wondered about him. It's almost like a religious belief with him that Democratic Party power is a ratchet over the long haul. Just like Marxists' faith in the glorious, "scientific" march towards socialism. Gee, you don't there's a connection in his mind do you? :-D
LOL, in a new development - one of the only comments on Marxy's blog by other than him or Nikto in the last several months is someone commenting on this post that he is:
"Glad to see that you have come around to my way of thinking" "Jack"
Why is it that anti-gunners are so violent? Seems a common enough trait, and that in itself is reason enough not to ever part with the second amendment.
Isn't it amazing how violent anti-gunners are?
ReplyDeleteIt's quite the bloodlust, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteHe positively relishes the suffering of others. And by others he obviously considers them literally "others" in a dehumanizing way that allows him to assign them no worth.
ReplyDeleteWhat a guy.
He could use some of the advice Brad Torgersen gives in Tyranny of the Safe:
ReplyDelete"We must not allow ourselves to become a Tyranny of the Safe. You can have intellectual latitude, or you can have intellectual comfort. But you cannot have both. Larry Niven was 110% correct: there are minds which think as well as yours, just differently. Silence the other minds, and you will ultimately find you have silenced yourself. Because any rules you install today, are guaranteed to be abused by your opponents tomorrow. The mob you join in — to metaphorically encircle and burn the homes of the “wrong” people — will encircle and burn your home eventually. Commanded reverence — for an institution, an idea, or a demographic — begets simmering contempt. And the harder you push and punish, the more you use threats and pressure, the more obvious it is that your concepts cannot endure objective criticism.
This is no laughing matter. If we snuff out the Enlightenment, for the sake of protecting ourselves from hard truths, it might be a very costly fight — to right the foundering ship."
And yet he and his brethren are struggling mightily to snuff it out. They (mostly) know not what they do. (I hope)
Absolutely true. As to knowing not? He's been told that giving 'his' party a certain power is guaranteed to be used when the other guys are in office. Whether he just believes deep down that the other guys just cannot ever be in that position is perhaps the only reason he can't fathom the concept.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's something I've wondered about him. It's almost like a religious belief with him that Democratic Party power is a ratchet over the long haul. Just like Marxists' faith in the glorious, "scientific" march towards socialism. Gee, you don't there's a connection in his mind do you? :-D
ReplyDeleteThe glorious progressive march? Yeah, I can see some version of that in his thoughts.
ReplyDeleteLOL, in a new development - one of the only comments on Marxy's blog by other than him or Nikto in the last several months is someone commenting on this post that he is:
ReplyDelete"Glad to see that you have come around to my way of thinking"
"Jack"
Why is it that anti-gunners are so violent? Seems a common enough trait, and that in itself is reason enough not to ever part with the second amendment.