You’re Itching For One

Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Yanks!
How dare you, you racist, sexist, homophobic patriarch.

shipping a load of our snivelers to their former home to see what actual oppression is
Like a walking, whining biological weapon?

let alone toast or avocados.
I jest, but actually, if you wanted to cripple a society, to degrade it, perhaps irreparably, then eroding the population’s stoicism and self-possession, and their sense of gratitude, would be a pretty good way to go about it. Especially if you could do it to the extent that even the quiet expectation of such things would invite sneering and opprobrium from the children of the upper middle class.
Just sayin’.

…quiet expectation of such things would invite sneering and opprobrium from the children of the upper middle class.
Marginally related: My eldest is studying in Europe and her program has quite a few American ex-pats. It’s quite a diverse group with representatives of various races, religious traditions, political persuasions, geographic origins, etc. For the past several years, the eldest has organized a Thanksgiving dinner, which inter alia has necessitated hacking various classic American recipes from European ingredients. (Exception: Libby’s canned pumpkin, condensed cream of mushroom soup and Jiffy Corn Muffin mix which we send every October.)
What my daughter has discovered is that in Europe, all the differences among her American friends which would take on an large significance in the states fade to nothing when they’re all together in a different country trying to celebrate a semblance of Thanksgiving. There’s a “we’re all in this together” vibe which probably wouldn’t exist were they together in the states, or at least to the same extent. (Best story: A black guy from North Carolina teared up last year upon seeing my Alabama grandmother’s recipe for corn casserole on the table. It reminded him of his grandmother.)
Perhaps there’s a shred of hope after all.

Re: The Good Men Project; their strapline is: The conversation no-one else is having.
Can’t we just get them headbands with a big “L” on the forehead?
Same message, but oh so much quieter.

The angry, demented bees (good name for a band) have protected their tweets, can someone describe the cage match?

Leftist cage match of note.
It’s like watching a jar of angry, demented bees.
Darn … account protected… I miss all the fun.

I missed it too, Darleen, above I asked for someone to fill us in.

Or maybe not. OK – the gist – an argument between a feminist, a jihadi, a commie, and a Buddhist. Feminist says there is no “positive masculinity”. Commie says Mao was masculine. Side bar between commie and Buddha about Mao being authoritarian which lead to this remarkable comment:

Jihadi says Mao was a barbarian for destroying art and culture. Commie says he didn’t, but it didn’t matter that he did because the art destroyed was reactionary.
Part of the soup sandwich here.charming “feminist”, not to be outdone the equally charming commie.

…I can’t help but recall Bill Ayers figured he’d have to murder at least 25 million Americans to get to his socialist ideal.
And then I can’t help but recall that mainstream American liberals were untroubled by this or by Obama’s close ties to him.