Unspeakably good satire (or something) about two party politics and human nature from A. Barton Hinkle at Reason.com: The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win
… it’s clear that the people on the Other Side are driven by mindless anger – unlike My Side, which is filled with passionate idealism and righteous indignation. That indignation, I hasten to add, is entirely justified. I have read several articles in publications that support My Side that expose what a truly dangerous group the Other Side is, and how thoroughly committed it is to imposing its radical, failed agenda on the rest of us.
Read it all here at Reason.com.
Fabulous! Reminds me of the justification for dirty tricks waged closer to home we talked about when discussing the science of fear and how it applies to political adversaries:
It seems to me from what Cameron and I discussed, that Right Wing spin doctors and bloggers/activists/schemers like him (and only a handful of others – in NZ anyway) have convinced themselves that their Left Wing ‘opponents’ are waging a dirty, unprincipled propaganda war and will stoop to virtually any sleazy strategy to gain influence or advantage. So strongly do they, as a group, hold this belief that they (the Right-wing cabal) feel they are therefore completely justified in waging a dirty, unprincipled propaganda war and to stoop to virtually any sleazy strategy to gain influence or advantage. I bet some on ‘the Left’ think exactly the same way. (Trevor Mallard, I’m looking at you. And you Martyn Bradbury.)
– P
via David Pell’s Next Draft
Brilliant! Thanks, Peter.
Sounds like a very apt and accurate description of how christianity and other pollutants of the monotheist persuasion function. The doctrine of specifics … according to the people defining the specifics.
Kicking sand in someone’s face, Ivan?
I admit it – im being a bully – Graeme is an unabashed monotheist supporter and while I think he is a good person i feel the overwhelming need to beat the shit out of him when he appears to be glib and sort of “ooh daaahling” in his acceptance of glib and clever pronouncements. Its all just so passe and cafe society.
he is better than that and so are you – O paragon of glibness.
What we are all searching for – is absolutes … “thus far and no further” .. “this is established reality” sort of shit. Politics and the communication of its vile foundation simply says things that make the collective psyche depressed and docile.
Anyway – i’ve been naugty here and i’m admitting it.
Doesnt mean i wont try it again however …
“O paragon of glibness.”
LOL! – P
Well you are … I can almost smell the sweet aroma of cafe society glibness on you.
Graeme has a whiff of french bread and pate and trust fund about him….. you however have a distinct whiff of “in the right place at the right time..” about you. A glib opportunist.
And here I was thinking all my success was down to a combination of good taste, natural talent, and hard work … tsk!
Ivan, I wouldn’t know café society if it bit me on the crescent.
(But I have admitted to being shallow.)
– P
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