I'm observing that we live among many people who give their accomplished masters every reason to loathe them. They FAIL TO INSPIRE MERCY, so they do not receive it.
"We should despise people because they aren't as strong as us or different from us? "
No, what I said referred to the specific differences that make them an irritating superstitionist mob who can only be dealt with by manipulation because they bitterly resent science and logic. How is that not clear?
The elites don't necessarily shape the masses. One need not breed the horse to ride it.
The masses have always been populist since the country was founded. The masses in a democracy elect their legislators, and the system they shape by action and inaction is of their choosing. The masses do not tolerate anything that doesn't affirm their cherished identity, and are vicious when riled. The elites didn't make them that way, they are that way be relentless choice.
The proles are grumpy ATM, but were never noble.
"The religious right was able to seize upon this unease and started pushing people into finding meaning in their life by becoming religious zealots."
That's how ALL religion works. The Religious Right isn't new, and is just a normal manifestation of American superstitionism. The KKK burned the Croix de Feu to bring light (it was NOT a desecration), and they were mainstream not so long ago.
I'm in-between. The categories aren't strictly defined.
I'm not powerful, but I make my living from knowingly serving the system. I support the military-industrial complex which is the fountain from which all blessings flow.
"Yes, a mugger's life is more important than your wallet. No, it's not more important than your life. "
The society one protects by not waiting to find out if the mugger is a gentleman bandit or a psycho who will give you a kerbie is worth more than the muggers life. The mugger volunteered to die when he chose to mug. No means no. Don't mug, end of story.
"The thing that really strikes me these days is the hatred for ordinary Americans by the elites."
Ordinary Americans have allowed themselves to become loathsome. They think religion is science, they crave circuses instead of information, they are lazy, and they let their pandering media pundits of choice think for them.
It's natural to despise such people. They cannot be changed, improved, or made noble, but they can be milked.
"It's a shame that when we start doing something about it we'll be completely unarmed, defenseless, and powerless."
Who's "we" Kemosabe? Join the NRA (even some Kos folks figured out why we have the Second Amendment!), be politically active, and study war in case you ever need to wage it. There can't be enough police and military to control a country this large (hint, many times larger than A-stan) against determined resistance.
You weren't in error at all. Some people are offended by the concept of self-defense, but if your only option to instantly stop an obvious assailant is to disable their central nervous system by "shooting them in the face" that is what to do.
Some are of the belief that the victim is worthless, the assailant is the victim of society (weeps...), and that you should wait to be mugged or injured rather than shoot back.
"While I understand the idea behind your approach, I feel that it is ill-advised."
Quite. I would have a plan to lie my way through any such class and come through with top grades. There is ZERO moral obligation not to lie to your enemies, and I encourage anyone taking such useless classes to fake their way through them with style to inflate their GPA.
The proper response to bullshit is deceit. It's school, the goal is a grade and a job afterwards. Learning deception will be useful long after school is but a memory.
Take a page from convicts who show up for parole "saved, shaved, and sorry". Learn and exploit religionists inherent blind side. Taliban don't deserve respect.
"Would secession really be such a bad option? Just because we started out united doesn't mean we have to stay that way, does it?"
We support the right to self-determination everywhere but on our own soil.
The former CSA could secede, maintain trade, and a weakened "former-US" would be less of a threat to the rest of the world and to its own real interests. Won't happen because Federalists prefer their empire, but not at all a bad idea.
Instead, promote segregation via school vouchers so Muslims can go to madrassas, Christians can go to their version of the Westboro Baptist Church, and the few secularists can get a quality education without being forced to socialise with lesser humans.
"This is not really a fair option. Religious people's taxes pay for the public schools as well. They have every right to fight for what they think should be thought to their children in public schools, rather than paying for their education twice (once through taxes, and again through private school fees)."
That's exactly why we should have school vouchers. Secular, modern people can self-segregate, and so can superstitionist primitives. Modern man should seek separation from religious man, and seek power through superior education. What I learn can give me advantage over the competition.
Let the white trash rot in their trailers, handle snakes, and inbreed. That's exactly what they deserve.
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You confuse race with culture. They are not the same.
I'm not interested in "not being despised".
I'm observing that we live among many people who give their accomplished masters every reason to loathe them. They FAIL TO INSPIRE MERCY, so they do not receive it.
"We should despise people because they aren't as strong as us or different from us? "
No, what I said referred to the specific differences that make them an irritating superstitionist mob who can only be dealt with by manipulation because they bitterly resent science and logic. How is that not clear?
"They get all the soundbytes (and as such, appear to be the norm) because they're nutjobs, but really, they're not the ordinary ones."
Many, many elections argue otherwise.
"they will have to get off their fat asses or they will be sent back to their basement in shame."
What drivel! I'd never leave Mumsy's sweet, sweet basement in the first place.
The elites don't necessarily shape the masses. One need not breed the horse to ride it.
The masses have always been populist since the country was founded. The masses in a democracy elect their legislators, and the system they shape by action and inaction is of their choosing. The masses do not tolerate anything that doesn't affirm their cherished identity, and are vicious when riled. The elites didn't make them that way, they are that way be relentless choice.
The proles are grumpy ATM, but were never noble.
"The religious right was able to seize upon this unease and started pushing people into finding meaning in their life by becoming religious zealots."
That's how ALL religion works. The Religious Right isn't new, and is just a normal manifestation of American superstitionism. The KKK burned the Croix de Feu to bring light (it was NOT a desecration), and they were mainstream not so long ago.
I'm in-between. The categories aren't strictly defined.
I'm not powerful, but I make my living from knowingly serving the system. I support the military-industrial complex which is the fountain from which all blessings flow.
Companies are always a threat. Disclose anonymously to the company, wait, then disclose to public without warning.
There is no reason to offer your neck to your enemies. There is no reason to want recognition from them.
Remember basic security, tell no one who you are, and don't go attention-whoring after you release.
"Yes, a mugger's life is more important than your wallet. No, it's not more important than your life. "
The society one protects by not waiting to find out if the mugger is a gentleman bandit or a psycho who will give you a kerbie is worth more than the muggers life. The mugger volunteered to die when he chose to mug. No means no. Don't mug, end of story.
"The thing that really strikes me these days is the hatred for ordinary Americans by the elites."
Ordinary Americans have allowed themselves to become loathsome. They think religion is science, they crave circuses instead of information, they are lazy, and they let their pandering media pundits of choice think for them.
It's natural to despise such people. They cannot be changed, improved, or made noble, but they can be milked.
"It's a shame that when we start doing something about it we'll be completely unarmed, defenseless, and powerless."
Who's "we" Kemosabe? Join the NRA (even some Kos folks figured out why we have the Second Amendment!), be politically active, and study war in case you ever need to wage it. There can't be enough police and military to control a country this large (hint, many times larger than A-stan) against determined resistance.
"And if the motorcyclist had exercised his "rights" he'd be 100% dead."
Kindly explain the mechanism by which a dead assailant can continue an assault? (Zombies are an option I guess...)
If the cyclist shot the assailant in the face first, the non-functioning cop would have no way to render him "dead".
You weren't in error at all. Some people are offended by the concept of self-defense, but if your only option to instantly stop an obvious assailant is to disable their central nervous system by "shooting them in the face" that is what to do.
Some are of the belief that the victim is worthless, the assailant is the victim of society (weeps...), and that you should wait to be mugged or injured rather than shoot back.
"His weapon was drawn before he announced that he was a police officer."
If Joe Citizen were to do that, they could get busted for "pointing and brandishing" the firearm.
"Divide and conquer."
Primitives deserve to be conquered, so that happens. Inconvenient for the rest of us, so we should strive to exploit the system and be rewarded.
"While I understand the idea behind your approach, I feel that it is ill-advised."
Quite. I would have a plan to lie my way through any such class and come through with top grades. There is ZERO moral obligation not to lie to your enemies, and I encourage anyone taking such useless classes to fake their way through them with style to inflate their GPA.
The proper response to bullshit is deceit. It's school, the goal is a grade and a job afterwards. Learning deception will be useful long after school is but a memory.
Take a page from convicts who show up for parole "saved, shaved, and sorry". Learn and exploit religionists inherent blind side. Taliban don't deserve respect.
"Hiring policies based on religion are illegal in the USA. As they very well should be."
Hiring policies based on relevant, detailed subject knowledge are not illegal. Extremely detailed placement tests are not illegal.
"Please mark it, so I know, so I can hire only the people who learnt actual science."
Test prospective hires, and make the test as demanding as you wish.
"Would secession really be such a bad option? Just because we started out united doesn't mean we have to stay that way, does it?"
We support the right to self-determination everywhere but on our own soil.
The former CSA could secede, maintain trade, and a weakened "former-US" would be less of a threat to the rest of the world and to its own real interests. Won't happen because Federalists prefer their empire, but not at all a bad idea.
That's still promoting specific superstition.
Instead, promote segregation via school vouchers so Muslims can go to madrassas, Christians can go to their version of the Westboro Baptist Church, and the few secularists can get a quality education without being forced to socialise with lesser humans.
"I think it's reasonable to think that the guy really does want Christianity established in the US,"
If one is a Christian, one is disloyal to God to want other than Godly dominion over all of society.
To be faithful is to be a Fundamentalist, for anything else is literally something less.
Religious beliefs are offered BY the proponents of superstition in their places of worship.
There is no reason to discuss superstition in a place devoted to learning facts as distinct from faith.
School is not a place of superstition unless it is a parochial school.
"This is not really a fair option. Religious people's taxes pay for the public schools as well. They have every right to fight for what they think should be thought to their children in public schools, rather than paying for their education twice (once through taxes, and again through private school fees)."
That's exactly why we should have school vouchers. Secular, modern people can self-segregate, and so can superstitionist primitives. Modern man should seek separation from religious man, and seek power through superior education. What I learn can give me advantage over the competition.
Let the white trash rot in their trailers, handle snakes, and inbreed. That's exactly what they deserve.
What's the point of mooning the Man (unless that IS the point) when you could publish the information offshore without attribution?
"Most of all, WWII was "government spending" proving for all time that government spending can indeed jump start an economy."
When it buys smokestack industry labor-intensive products.
Smokestack industry = largely gone (not moved, gone).
"What more do you want?"
Our mistake. Drown the thugs and send the pelicans to Houston.