Not Quite Getting Over It
From time to time, I wonder whether I overuse the word psychodrama. And then, within days, I find another one of these:
Update, via the comments:
Apparently, Ms Cranz is “ignoring those fucks” – the boys who upset her at school, the boys who could “DEVASTATE” her by smirking or being confident, more confident than she was – and she’s ignoring them by referring to them, passionately, angrily, as if they were of crushing importance, and letting them shape her worldview as a supposedly grown woman. Such that she publicly airs her hang-ups about confident, smirking schoolboys, and construes those hang-ups as activism. Proof of woke righteousness. You see, she’s “dismantling their power structures” by letting them have power over her, in her mind, years later.
Regarding the “boy from Kentucky,” the one whose expression and skin colour so enrage Ms Cranz, see this, and this, and this.
Oh, and this too.
Via Ben Sixsmith.
Today’s word is ‘issues’.
“My existence trumps your experience”
I wonder where that bit of projection is coming from.
Today’s word is ‘issues’.
Yes, I think so.
Apparently, Ms Cranz is “ignoring those fucks” – the boys who upset her at school, the boys who could “DEVASTATE” her by smirking or being confident, more confident than she was – and she’s ignoring them by referring to them, passionately, angrily, as if they were of crushing importance, and letting them shape her worldview as a supposedly grown woman. Such that she publicly airs her hang-ups about confident, smirking schoolboys, and construes those hang-ups as activism. Proof of woke righteousness.
You see, she’s “dismantling their power structures” by letting them have power over her, in her mind, years later.
They already hate this kid more than they hated Sarah Palin, with even less reason, and they’re just getting started.
Sounds like the cool boys didn’t fancy her.
Back in the day, such a person would be advised to get laid.
“Few things make me as angry as that smirk.”
Oooh, liar, liar, pants on fire! I bet there’s REAMS of things that make her that angry.
Damn those white males & their happiness.
Back in the day, such a person would be advised to get laid.
Or simply to ‘go forth and multiply’.
It has to be asked – how much of Social Justice is just the frothing of neurotic ugly women?
Sorry just answered my own question.
The fragility of these ‘social’ ‘justice’ ‘warriors’ is astounding.
I think I must have mist some news story — who exactly is “that boy from Kentucky”, and what exactly has he done that’s so terrible (apart from being white and male)?
I think I found her a boyfriend. I will denounce myself for assuming her preference in sex or political gender.
…who exactly is “that boy from Kentucky”, and what exactly has he done that’s so terrible (apart from being white and male)?
I am guessing either Senator McConnell, the senate majority leader who is not only white and male, but also old and Republican – a foul tip and three strikes.
If not him, maybe Daniel Boone, Muhammed Ali, or Colonel Sanders with his wee beady eyes and that smug look on his face, “Ooooh, yer gonna buy my chicken, oooh.”
If your experience is working at Gizmodo then yes, my existence does Trump your experience.
@Mr X
https://twitter.com/AG_Conservative/status/1086803454549524480
*Adds oppressive smirking to list of things-not-to-do*
Ann Althouse has two huge posts up about this, which seems to have blown up overnight.
CNN detailed an encounter at the Pro-Life march between smirking Catholic school boys and an elderly Native American with a drum. From an edited video of the encounter, CNN portrayed smirking Catholic school boys (one of them wearing a MAGA hat) as abusive, racist, and nogoodniks.
Cue outrage machine.
Scott Adams jumps in with his take, based on the CNN footage. Catholic school officials join in with abuse of the boys and promises of terrors to come.
Later, the complete video comes out. Turns out it was some kind of encounter between polite but euberant Catholic school boys, and racist white hating black Christians. Indian jumps in the middle, gets in the face of the Catholic school boys, beats his drum, and they accept him as a fun distraction and have a good time in his presence.
No racism (on the part of the schoolboys), no hatred, and a big nothingburger, except that CNN gets a fake news story out of it.
Again, I just came from Ann Althouse’s site, so it’s best to jump in over there to get a more complete idea of the fun.
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2019/01/scott-adams-apologizes-for-believing.html
Bill
I refused to get sucked into that Twitter mob because the snippet I saw raised every red flag in my mind. But I’m not surprised CNN and other fake media jumped because OMG teenagers of pallor in MAGA hats? And CATHOLICS too? Obviously Hitler Youth and anything we can say bad about them is just fine.
BTW – the Lamestream media goes out of their way to ignore the March for Life every year regardless of number of participants. But a chance to make Catholics look bad? Boy howdy!
We keep getting told how awful bullying is, but the establishment absolutely loves to bully badthinkers.
Can we call them Fake News yet?
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/379288.php
Can we call them Fake News yet?
I think it’s pretty much imperative at this point.
Let’s add a little fuel to the fake news fire.
The comments condemn the kids. One of them allegedly smirked, which as we all know is violently devastating.
The comments condemn the kids
The confidence and condescension from those criticizing the kids really doesn’t surprise me at all. And even the fact that Ace and some similar on the right initially jumped on the kids as being somewhat in the wrong doesn’t surprise me. Whole damn civilization’s been cucked. It’s just a matter of degree.
The videos I have seen of unmasked Antifa fascists in the USA show the smirking faces of the passive aggressive hooligans crowding into the personal space of others in public places daring them to retaliate with numerous cameras waiting to catch an incident that can be used for legal and political reasons by said insolently smirking thugs. As always the Left news-services selectively edit and comment. What I saw on the video was the Indian move to the school crowd as he banged his drum. Apparently he has been in the news before and is described as ”a “radical separatist” and “activist with a history of claiming harassment”.
https://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1086836596895334400
Also see:https://victorygirlsblog.com/march-for-life-media-attention/
It’s just Cecil the fucking lion all over again.
Oh my, the wonderful quality of character of Congresscritters.
Heh
https://twitter.com/Yo_Susanna/status/1087060797203787776
I’d add the media as well. They seem to be poisoning American minds. But of course THAT would be censorship so…umm…
Apparently he has been in the news before…
Likewise the black guy agitating and who appears to be out of plumb as if the comment at Ace’s is correct, it seems he is an adherent of this fresh hell.
…@RepJohnYarmuth
Ban all the things. To no one’s surprise, he is a democrat from Kentucky’s largest city, and a former newspaper editor (speaking of fake news). IOW, playing to his crowd.
As with Pallywood, only a small percentage of people are ever even exposed to the unedited footage. Out of those, a good chunk will immediately go into crimestop mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3EC1_gcr34&index=17&list=PLr9hM0F87v5ZND2hO8YYQ6QxgLMowqWg5&t=0s&app=desktop
@Squires
Regarding the aforementioned black guy, I rest my case, thanks for that.
More. https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-nathan-phillips-video
She must be a tortured soul. God help any significant other.
Almost evokes sympathy.
Clam,
Damn. Even Reason has Twitter-level blockhead commenters.
Even Reason has Twitter-level blockhead commenters.
I try (and often fail) NOT to read the comments there.
Viewing conditions are perfect for the Super Blood Moon where I live. It looks eerie.
Steve E:
According to the Science Lady on NPR (a pro astronomer, apparently, unfortunately attempting to go along with the breathless Announcer), it actually a
SUPER WOLF BLOOD MOON!!!11
Super: Moon is near perigee (closest approach to earth) and appears about 14% wider and about 60% brighter.
Wolf: Any full moon in January
Blood: Well, apparently this is because of the various colors that appear during a lunar eclipse, which in my experience include pretty much everything except bright green.
also, it’s RARE. Although lunar eclipses of some flavor or other occur about every 18 months.
Totality just happened. Best colors usually about 30-90 minutes before and after totality.
this has been your Astronomy Information Bulletin for today.
Brought to you by DESERTCO, Inc., purveyors of the finest Hump Fat on the Planet.
Fred thank you for that erudite summary. I got my last look about 40 minutes ago. I had to stop because my wife was yelling at me and my son for opening and closing the doors. It was spectacular. The moon was straight overhead in the sky. It started an orangy, pinky colour and worked it’s way to a very dark red and then started reversing the colour spectrum it had just gone through.
I was unable to enjoy any Hump Fat during my viewing. It was very cold here tonight -20-degrees-Celsius which caused the Hump Fat to congeal and harden and become rather unpleasant.
If you ever get the chance to see a Super Wolf Blood Moon I would definitely recommend it.
Another unhappy woman sees “white patriarchy” in a grin.
Our betters at work.
It is not uncommon for people who are unsure of themselves, nervous and even anxious to display a fixed grin or smile. One has to look at the context of the whole interaction: here was an elderly Indian Man marching into the personal space of a teenage boy in a public space and then banging a drum in the lad’s face for a prolonged period. As the lad and his mates were waiting as directed by teachers for a bus to take them home, he could not escape the situation. Nor should he have moved; he had a right to be where he was. No wonder the lad displayed a nervous grin. What else could he do? I suspect the Indian may have hoped for some incident to occur so as to gain him publicity – he has a record in this regard. To expect the lad to understand the political game being played by Nathan Phillips is unreasonable. Phillip’s actions were provocative and, given he is a mature man and a combat veteran, he had a real power advantage over the lad[s]. I consider him a bully.
Incidentally, various people have been directing Ms Cranz to video evidence undermining her indignation, along with quite a bit of mockery. Naturally, our grin-detesting progressive has chosen to ignore the actual details of the story that she invoked and I’ve yet to see any acknowledgement of her own error. Instead, she’s mocking the idea that anyone but white people can be racist.
Oh, and tweeting her excitement about the latest episode of Supergirl.
Instead, she’s mocking the idea that anyone but white people can be racist.
Another one ‘severely educated’.
Instead, she’s mocking the idea that anyone but white people can be racist.
Cuz we gots that sonic color line to maintain.
Another one ‘severely educated’.
Well, quite.
And as Ben suggests in his tweet, linked at the end of the post, you have to wonder exactly how much intersectional sanctimony is grounded in a lingering resentment at being insufficiently statusful, or confident, or attractive, at school.
Cuz we gots that sonic color line to maintain.
Or, twisted and damaged individual wishes to twist and damage others.
Oh Alex Cranz is a girl? I thought from the photo it was a nerdy IT student.
#FaceCrime
Naturally, our grin-detesting progressive has chosen to ignore the actual details of the story that she invoked and I’ve yet to see any acknowledgement of her own error.
Neither she nor the left in general alone in this denial of error. Many on the NeverTrump right are as equally unhinged in regards to this young man. See, he wore a MAGA hat. That literally, in the traditional sense of literally literally meaning literally, is all you need to know. You will also note that his high school, the archdiocese to which he belongs, his city’s mayor, and members of the Kentucky congressional delegation have condemned this kid. The adults in the room. None of these bastards should be in a position of public trust ever again but I can almost guarantee you that none of them will pay the appropriate price for how they have joined the mob in attacking this young man. At most, slaps on the wrist.
My mistake on one thing. There was only one KY congress critter who condemned the kid. His own rep did speak up for him but I don’t see any response one way or the other from the ther half dozen representatives.
Spiny and Darleen:
Reason went off the rails about two years ago and a lot of the good old commenters decamped elsewhere, for several reasons.
One was the Trump Derangement Syndrome, but the other was the shameful way they treated one of the commenters (and donors). The guy’s mom was a victim of police brutality when she (a retired nurse) attempted to help a student at a basketball game who collapsed on court with an asthma attack. Reason refused to cover the police brutality because they claimed it was “too local”.
The really irritating thing is that the local news stories I can find on it all dutifully report the cop propaganda and scrubbed reader comments from people who were at the game and said when the story first came out that what was on the newspapers’ websites isn’t what happened at all.