Elsewhere (169)
Kevin Williamson on being the wrong kind of brown person:
For his political conservatism, Governor [Bobby] Jindal, like Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina and conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza, also Republicans of Indian origin, is savaged as an Uncle Tamas — an Indian guilty of acting white. The charge has been led by the New Republic, the former political journal turned vanity press owned by Facebook millionaire Chris Hughes, one of the whitest white men in the history of whiteness, an argyle sock of a man… Jindal, D’Souza, and Haley stand accused of the worst sort of heresy: being members of an ethnic minority group who neither present nor understand themselves as the white man’s victims, whose stance toward the country in which they all reside and in which two of them were born — the country they love — is not one of opposition. The Left needs neediness, and these three aren’t offering up much of that.
Tim Blair explores the subtle, compassionate mind of Clementine Ford, a writer of “feminist social analyses” who tells us “abuse is not a joke.”
And Brendan O’Neill on austerity and its champions:
Before they developed their new-found emotional attachment to describing everything they don’t like as ‘austerity’, [leftist critics] were openly calling for austerity. George Monbiot is one of the Guardian’s chief complainers about Tory austerity — the same George Monbiot who in 2006 proudly described environmentalism as a “campaign not for abundance but for austerity” and who inspired the radical group Riot 4 Austerity. His colleague Zoe Williams likewise complains about “austerity” yet a few years ago she was dreaming of introducing Second World War-style food rationing, because “the lesson from the 40s is that to fix a public-health problem… you need big government.”
Yes, the chronically unhappy and tormented George Monbiot, who one week claims that austerity is crushing the poor and is “an assault on public life,” and then another week calls for his readers to “riot for austerity. Riot for less.” Because, says he, economic growth is “a political sedative,” a tool of false consciousness, “snuffing out protest” in our dulled, befuddled minds. And so Mr Monbiot denounces “the blackened waste of consumer frenzy,” by which he means shopping, and instead wants “a campaign not for more freedom but for less… a campaign not just against other people, but against ourselves.” “Unpleasant as it will be,” says George, and while “some people [will] lose their jobs and homes,” austerity and recession will avert “ecological collapse,” while saving us from those jet skis and diamond saucepans that we’re all intent on buying, and the mere existence of which robs him of sleep.
For more of Mr Monbiot’s strange mental adventures, see here, here and here.
Feel free to share your own links and snippets in the comments.
Because, says he, economic growth is “a political sedative,” a tool of false consciousness, “snuffing out protest” in our dulled, befuddled minds.
Misery loves company.
Peak leftism?
“Everyday Feminism definitely believes in giving people a heads up about material that might provoke our reader’s trauma. However, we use the phrase “content warning” instead of “trigger warning,” as the word “trigger” relies on and evokes violent weaponry imagery. This could be re-traumatizing for folks who have suffered military, police, and other forms of violence. So, while warnings are so necessary and the points in this article are right on, we strongly encourage the term “content warning” instead of “trigger warning.”
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/06/guide-to-triggering/
we use the phrase “content warning” instead of “trigger warning,” as the word “trigger” relies on and evokes violent weaponry imagery.
Yes, it is rather precious. But for the kinds of people entranced by such things, the signalling of piety and theatrical compassion – and therefore superiority – is what’s most important. An awareness of the absurd is one of the first things to go.
“riot for austerity. Riot for less.”
Well, you’ll certainly have less after your done rioting, if your stupid enough to riot in your own city and your own neighborhood. Less job, less places to shop, less areas that look like pleasant to be in. Looks like Georgie boy actually came up with a strategy that works.
“a campaign not for more freedom but for less… a campaign not just against other people, but against ourselves.”
I’d say something about self loathing here, but when a leftest says “ourselves”, he often means “yourselves”.
c /your done/you’re done/
Shorter Monbiot, ‘filthy kulaks!’
sH2 – I love Everyday Feminism!
On Twitter, there is a man. Nay – a *legend* – called Godfrey Elfwick. Xe is a genderqueer transblack Muslim atheist and darling of the BBC.
But Everyday Feminism spends every day trying to make Godfrey obsolete, by expanding the parody horizon as if politically correct spacetime itself is inflating at the speed of light.
Some recent highlights:
Proof That Racism Is a Booming Business with Ridiculously Successful Advertising – And How You Can Help Destroy It – too true, I’ve made a pretty penny investing in race hate, and my pension is managed by the BNP.
How to Support Your Young, Indigenous Daughter in Fighting Hypersexualization – it’s a fight for the ages.
We Don’t Need a Cure for Autism – And Pushing One Is Really Messed Up – trying to cure a brain disorder is totes triggering, you guys!
4 Reasons Why the US Police Force Is an Extension of Slavery and White Supremacy (That You Were Probably Never Taught) – getting a speeding fine is literally the same thing as being lynched.
Help – I’m a Feminist and I Have All These Sexist Thoughts! – the cilice and hair shirt should help.
Want to Be an Effective Ally in the Fat Acceptance Movement? Fight Your Internalized Fatphobia First – I have long wanted to be an Effective Ally to fatties, but the anti-blubbermonster indoctrination I received during my sexist, racist childhood spent watching a saggy old cloth cat being fat-shamed and lazy-shamed by singing mice has rendered me incapable of empathy. Just as the Patriarchy intended.
Through the politics of environmentalism and the use of questionable mental-health arguments — with desire for more material goods refashioned as a mental malaise: ‘affluenza’
Affluenza: If you want a house as nice as Oliver James’s there’s something wrong with you.
For an entertaining rant that, IMHO, exemplifies the frustration developing amongst the insufficiently guilty People of Pallor, the readership might click the following link: http://fredoneverything.org/are-white-men-gods-ii-getting-the-facts-straight/
Affluenza: If you want a house as nice as Oliver James’s there’s something wrong with you.
Heh. Absolutely. That’s the nub of his “theory.” But Mr James is another anhedonic hypocrite who projects his own disposition onto the world at large, claiming repeatedly – with no credible evidence – that wealth and its associated freedoms are very bad for “us,” by which he means bad for you. According to Mr James, half the population is being made mentally ill, or driven to the verge of such, by capitalism, which is the cause of all modern ills. And if we say otherwise, well, we don’t know our own minds. False consciousness, anyone?
Though it’s possible that material comfort may occasionally induce dissonance in the joyless Mr James, at least when he’s writing articles for the Guardian, due to his inability to resolve the contradictions of being a well-heeled middle-class lefty.
Affluenza: If you want a house as nice as Oliver James’s there’s something wrong with you.
And remember, among patrician leftists it’s a very common theme.
Before they developed their new-found emotional attachment to describing everything they don’t like as ‘austerity’, [leftist critics] were openly calling for austerity.
A Leftie of my acquaintance has just posted some incoherent anti-Western guff from Chomsky on FB and said (I paraphrase to preserve his privacy) that one of his major concerns is that economic growth remains a priority for any society, since the natural consequences of the pursuit of growth in the West are that other people’s children suffer in order that his thrive.
Leaving aside the crass error of assuming that wealth creation and trade constitute a zero-sum game, last week he was championing the cause of the anti-austerity marchers and vilifying the current government’s programme of “savage cuts”.
But if you point out the flaws in their thinking or the lack of consistency in their views to them, no matter how gently, they get awfully shouty.
Why not cut to the chase …. “Humanity needs to die off to save the planet”. Even though the planet really doesn’t give a shit one way or the other … it’s a spinning ball in space with no agenda whatsoever. I know that is a hard grasp for the Gaia freaks.
I found myself laughing out loud upon reading this latest Elsewhere (169). That’s more than any satirical TV show on my ABC has caused me to do in the last ten years, and I pay for that through my taxes. So, on principle, I must give you money. And do not acknowledge me with your whimsical entreaties about drinks at the bar or even cake trollies.
[ Shoos away cake trolley. Rubs self with cash. ]
re: jabrwok
That’s a magnificent rant. I love the idea of Charging race hustlers like Cornell West and Al Sharpton licensing fees on the outputs of “white privilege”
4 Reasons Why the US Police Force Is an Extension of Slavery and White Supremacy (That You Were Probably Never Taught) – getting a speeding fine is literally the same thing as being lynched.
Steve:
There is a double standard, but it’s cop vs. non-cop, not racially based. Consider this story from New Jersey two weeks ago:
They’d never let a non-cop resume shooting; they’d shoot him dead. They also wouldn’t console a non-cop like that.
It’s enraging that the media only wants us to discuss police abuses through the lens of race.
Guardianista humour: it’s not for everyone.
I was a person of color, before sanity was the new edgy.
Really crazy people are interesting. Before and after popularity.
content warning
Content warning. Content warning.
I’m not going near the anti-feminist implications of “cont”….
Why are brown or female conservatives so loathed by the left?
White guys are expected to be conservative (defined loosely here as “not outright socialist”). We are the enemy by virtue of birth. We can’t help ourselves, so if caught we are just thrown into POW camps until the war’s over.
But brown or female conservatives are not enemies but traitors, and traitors are shot as an example to other would-be traitors.
Quite, Rabbit: vide Thomas Sowell and Sarah Palin.
“Paradigm shifting” modern art. Brace yourselves…
http://sea.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1188192/marina-abramovics-paradigm-shifting-australian-power-play#
I can just see Moonbat’s solar-powered micro-housing unit, cabinets stuffed full of white boxes with black printing that say only “Fud” and “Drink”.
Why are brown or female conservatives so loathed by the left?
The bigotry of the left is pretty blatant on this issue. Why, it’s almost as though they judge someone by the colour of his skin, not the content of his character.
Hmm …. Monbiot, moonbat, whatever.
Here’s Greece in a nutshell:
And the NYC in the other half of the nutshell:
“How can something like this happen without prior warning?” asked Angeliki Psarianou, a 67-year-old retired public servant
The warning came when you retired at 55 on full pension.
Trillions Spent, but Crises Like Greece’s Persist
To end the crises, you need to save the trillions.
As Iowahawk puts it, “Hangovers persist, despite chugging ouzo.”
Speaking of Greece’s retreat deeper into socialism, here’s George Will:
Needless to say, and along with many Guardian contributors, Laurie Penny thinks the rise of Syriza is way cool.
“Paradigm shifting” modern art. Brace yourselves…
From the article:
“At one time or another throughout my own two-week Marina Abramovic experience I am screamed at, watch the artist eat an onion, stand on a plinth with my eyes closed while holding the hand of an Abramovic Method “facilitator,” get tucked into a camp bed, sit opposite a complete stranger and stare into their eyes, wear noise cancelling headphones while sitting on beach chairs in a “chamber of silence,” stand under a giant crystal geode to experience “crystal energy transference,” sit in front of a wall and stare at a rectangle of color, participate in a series of breathing exercises, and separate and counted grains of rice and lentils from a large pile, twice, all in the name of artistic enlightenment. But not just any form or artistic enlightenment, Abramovic’s unique and singular vision of artistic enlightenment”
Crystal energy transference? That’s so interesting. I am inspired and thus will try my hand at some creative writing…
In a barren white room Modern Art squats gollum-like before the public crowd, grinning mischievously and crooning art-theory garbage while tickling its prostrate with its gnarled fist. A giant black crystal floats ominously above the crowd, thrumming audibly with malevolent energy. Soon enough Modern Art reaches its climax and screams with ecstasy, “ENLIGHTENMENT!”. The crowd is momentarily stunned into silence before breaking into an applause of trembling jazz hands and loud-mouth clicks.
You forgot the bit about government (ie taxpayer-provided) funding.
George Will: “(R)eality does not respect a democracy’s delusions”
That.
“To end the crises, you need to save the trillions”.
Ah, but you have surely noticed than whenever a politician – and not just in Greece – talks of “investing”, he means “borrowing money and spending it”. It’s become the standard usage.
I’ve made a pretty penny investing in race hate, and my pension is managed by the BNP.
To be fair, my mortgage is with BNP. 🙂
Blimey, it’s warm out.
Blimey, it’s warm out.
Make the most of it David. If evil Eurosceptics take us out of the EU, there’ll be no more ‘Euro-style’ warm weather, it’ll be back to cold and rain all year round.
Euroscepticism causes climate change.
Trillions Spent, but Crises Like Greece’s Persist
Still misspelling so, I see.
Ah, so as a Eurosceptic, I’m a more successful, more evil version of King Canute. I don’t know why the Imperial March doesn’t just follow me around as I walk.
“We need nicotine gum, stat!”
I don’t know why the Imperial March doesn’t just follow me around as I walk.
I’m sure it can be arranged.
OK, I really don’t like being an American jackass but can someone please explain to me who won this election y’all have been flagellating about?
http://www.jammiewf.com/2015/bbc-may-stop-using-islamic-state-since-it-offends-muslims-or-something/
Cameron’s the guy what won, right? I mean…what’s the point…
Please feel free to mock US conservative stupidity. I admit, I’ve asked for it. And we have it in spades as well. But…damn.
one week claims that austerity is crushing the poor and is “an assault on public life,” and then another week calls for his readers to “riot for austerity. Riot for less.”
David, David, David. You simply need to break the code. There is bad austerity. This is any limitation on the ability of the government to provide itself with all it desires. Government is the font of all good things: thus, cuts in government spending prevent good things from happening, so such cuts are bad.
Then there is good austerity. This is any limitation on the ability of people to provide for themselves. People, you see, will make all the wrong decisions. They will spend money on things their betters have determined are bad for them, or bad for society. The less money people have, the better off they are! So taking money away from people keeps bad things from happening, so it’s good. (If taking that money away in taxes, it also provides more money to government, so it’s extra good [see above]. But simply destroying the wealth of ordinary people is good too.)
Looked at in this light, the views of George the Moonbat are utterly consistent.
White guys are expected to be conservative
Well, yes. Not everybody can be on welfare. See also (h/t jabrwok)
http://fredoneverything.org/are-white-men-gods-ii-getting-the-facts-straight/
OK, I really don’t like being an American jackass but can someone please explain to me who won this election y’all have been flagellating about?
The BBC is reviewing its use of the phrase ‘Islamic State’ after more than 100 MPs backed David Cameron’s call for it to change the way it describes the terror group.
Actually, that does make sense—And I, for one will be cheering ’em on.
Consider that some random collection of hipsters takes up burning random paperback books. Being hipsters, they also insist that they are to be admired, absolutely, by everyone, and that there is no capability of objection by anyone. Next the collection of useless book burners then announce that their name is the New England Patriots—and remember, they are hipsters, therefore they are to be admired, absolutely, by everyone, and that there is no capability of objection by anyone. Furthermore, everyone and anyone else claiming to call themselves the New England Patriots is to be executed, because that is heresy—remember, being hipsters, they are to be admired, absolutely, by everyone, and that there is no capability of objection by anyone. Furthermore, they are to be recognized—by everyone–as being the entirety of the NFL—National Football League, for those many of us with basically zero interest in sports—and of course, any one who questions any of this is to be executed, because that is heresy—remember, being hipsters, they are to be admired, absolutely, by everyone, and that there is no capability of objection by anyone. . . . .
Now, as for the actual collections of idiots using the same reasoning . . .
The extremists are variously known as Islamic State, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Daesh, based the Arabic acronym for the group.
Islamic State is out. They’re not Islamic, they’re not a State. At best, they manage to be a large scale version of the assorted American and Italian Mafia.
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are out. For the latter, as already noted above. For the former, absolutely more so, because Isis is extremely previously and quite preemptively noted as being the name of a classical Egyptian goddess and a lot of women and girls
For longtime readers here, a claimed name of Icess doesn’t count as Isis under any circumstances.
Sooo, that really does leave Daesh, based the Arabic acronym for the group. . . . . .
:George Monbiot is one of the Guardian’s chief complainers about Tory austerity — the same George Monbiot who in 2006 proudly described environmentalism as a “campaign not for abundance but for austerity” and who inspired the radical group Riot 4 Austerity.”
David, this is a DIFFERENT kind of austerity.
OK?
Just accept what has to be.
HIS flying around the globe is NOT child abuse……
Just ours….
On the false god of liberty and individualism, and its victim, communism, which is wrongly judged for competing against same. Or something,
They’re not Islamic, they’re not a State., etc.
So…as a person of German ethnicity, can I now insist that the entity that ruled the Germanic peoples of central Europe (do we include Austria, not sure) between 1933 and April of 1945 be called, everywhere and all the time, the Nazi state. Not “Germany”. They didn’t represent true Germans like Beethoven or Gunter Grass (heh). Same for the Holy Roman Empire. They were, like all of us, mighty far from holy and starting sometime in the 17th century, they didn’t control Rome…so perhaps Maria Theresa Land. Romania should be referred to as possibly Dacia, forthwith for similar reasons. There are others, I’m sure you can imagine.
You can do what you wish with the New England Patriots for all I care. Never cared for the either of the logos. Though I would note that no Bengal Tigers ever roamed Cincinnati. Nor, come to think of it, did Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus ever lay eyes on the place. But now I’m just being silly.
Why the TSA is evil
They’re not Islamic, they’re not a State., etc.
So…as a person of German ethnicity, can I now insist that the entity that . . . . .
Well, having a general look online regarding the rather deluded thieves and despoilers of imagery, I’m reminded that a, if not the, correct term wasn’t Germany as much as The Third Reich . . . which has always led to the easy and amused observation of oh, oops, so sorry, the thousand year reich only managed to come up nine hundred eighty-eight years short of that . . .
I grabbed the Patriots as the first random reference that came to mind to play with.
The problem with your example of the HRE is that they did actually have quite a good run, under whatever the name—Functioning government and care of people did occur. A better large example is the Chinese communists, where when one looks at [font size=200 pt, bold] China [/font], whatever the piddling little [font size=3 pt] maoist dynasty [/font] finally gets called by history, it will remain one of the truly pissant little eras of Chinese history that will be best remembered for its utter and absolute dedication to the complete despoiling and degrading of all Chinese at a scale that’s absolutely trumped the minor efforts of the even the European and Japanese colonialists.
Sooo, getting back to Daesh, calling the Third Reich the Third Reich is perfectly fine, ’cause all one gets there is the Third Reich. In turn, calling Daesh anything other than Daesh is the problem. Consider that Daesh is indeed merely a large but ultimately useless assembly of mere murderers, thieves, and assorted sycophantic eunuchs that may not even last as long as the Third Reich. Consider that where the Third Reich was indeed not Germany, then in exactly the same manner, the best practice will indeed be to call Daesh by its name, rather than to abuse and harass innocent children, and adults.
the Prophet Muhammad and the four rightful caliphs, undertook to murder infidels as one of their primary activities, and that the Prophet waged jihad operations 77 times in the first 10 years as head of the Muslim community in Medina…
This differs from ISIL to what degree?
Stole that from somewhere on this site. Five bucks to whoever finds the right link. No cheating.
Well, I’m trying to arrange a remote fix, but so far the preview projects to expect more italics.
David, do go ahead and delete or amend this when you fix the dribbling italics . . . .
“Paradigm shifting” modern art. Brace yourselves…
From the article
Ooooohhhhh, Dear . . . . Menotes that the author of the article doth protest too much.
‘k, that bit about focusing on The Now only happens to go back who knows
how long, with a fellow named Gautama credited with a rather major example of Such, with rather a few others here and there following suit with the same message . . .
From there,
Really? If indeed so—that bit about aboriginal capabilities, as would have been practiced by aboriginals doing the actual practices—, then while that’s not something I’d read about before as being done by Australian aborigines, those details wouldn’t really surprise me . . . only because that sort of practice and results have already turned up way elsewhere way many times.
Oh, and regarding;
Yeah, see also;
In short, sometimes . . . or sometimes all the time . . . a flower is just a flower.