Not Quite Comprehending The Meaning Of Words

Doesn’t she read the Babylon Bee?
‘WASHINGTON, D.C.—The dangerous, evil, all-powerful, fascist, Nazi dictator Donald Trump has been voted out of office and censored, as is tradition for evil dictators.
“I never thought I’d live to see the day where America is ruled by a dictator!” said concerned American Kelly Lampler. “But at least now he’s a dictator that has been effortlessly silenced online!”
“We are living through scary times indeed under the rule of this fascistic tyrant,” said worried CNN reporter Zeeke Chambers at a time when zero journalists or dissenters have been silenced, jailed, or executed by this administration.’
https://babylonbee.com/news/dangerous-fascist-dictator-censored-and-voted-out-of-office

She is stunning and brave! She says so herself!
Alas, this afternoon she was admitted to a hospital emergency ward with a dislocated shoulder. Patting yourself on the back can be hazardous.

Strange typo in the tweet. Her finger slipped from the ‘I’ key, and hit ‘w’ and ‘e’ instead.

Well then, Amy, that makes two evil hatey dictators from the “right” peacefully voted out of office, then. How many from the Left?

the first rule of modern leftism is to flatter oneself, preferably in gratuitously dramatic terms
It appears to be all about the pretending amongst themselves, and forcing you to pretend along with them.

“Can’t be said enough”
LOL

“Related.”
We’re going to build your next house based on race/trans/gender equity.
Instead of like, you know, maths.
’cause that’s rayciss.

…because a sort of neo-feudal oppressive state, crushing and bloated, is necessary for an ideological purification of the population…. Mustn’t Pepe over Tovarich Bernie, famed for his smashing of the system.

I blame the promotion of the flabby, bullying solipsism of self-esteem.

the first rule of modern leftism is to flatter oneself, preferably in gratuitously dramatic terms
Also circle jerks of flattery, as when “scholars” of any of the grievance “studies” cite each other in an endless circle of idiocy and fraud.

Also circle jerks of flattery, as when “scholars” of any of the grievance “studies” cite each other in an endless circle of idiocy and fraud.
Like the Irish policemen in an old Bugs Bunny cartoon, except conceited and not funny.
“Aye, that it was, wasn’t it O’Hara”
“Aye, that indeed, wasn’t it Clancy”
“Aye, that it was, wasn’t it Bugs”*
*cue Bugs adopting an Irish policeman’s expression and continuing the gag

Certainly dodged a bullet, in any case

Four more years of a president who pushed absurd conspiracy theories about a “stolen election” and incited a violent attack against his own legislature, for starters. I’m sure another term would have just gone swimmingly…

Rafer, Trump did not incite violence. This is in stark contrast to numerous “respectable” politicians on the left (to say nothing of journalists, academics, entertainers, etc) who explicitly incited violence.

Rafer, you mean like these statements?
“I just don’t know why there aren’t uprisings all over the country. Maybe there will be.”
“Protesters should not let up.”
“There needs to be unrest in the streets.”
And for the Biden Administration: “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
That what you mean?

1. Donald Trump is greatly defective, but for the last four years the U.S. has enjoyed non-warfare and economic prosperity (with even some spring-back after the lockdowns). And he hasn’t tried to censor me (or get his partisans to shut me down or get me fired) for my speaking of my own deviant, roughly Objectivist, political inclinations.
Most of the practical political chaos during the last four years arises from efforts, often underhanded, to be rid of him. Even if all that is amplified by his habit of handing himself into the clutches of his enemies.
2. As for a stolen U.S. election… well, there were enough evident examples of fraud and misbehavior in big municipalities for us to know that there were numerous *attempts* to steal the election. There always are some, and surely more this last year than usual. What’s unclear (and what the Trump camp cannot quickly prove) is that is was of the quantity needed to steal the election. At present, we don’t have strong protections against election fraud in the U.S.; they are far weaker than those in Western Europe. We must only *presume* that the last election was not stolen.
3. If we do want to have some basic political peacefulness in the U.S., it’s going to require some restraint by many people who aren’t accustomed to it. It makes no sense to slander Donald Trump (or Joe Biden) as a literal fascist, and then treat his lack of probity as some sort of limbo bar to slip under. This Amy Siskind’s delusions are the same as the BLM and antifa rioters, and their self-excuse.
The Capitol Hill mob surely felt themselves justified to disorder on account of the 2020 riots. I think the Capitol Hill mob will be a one-off… for now. But a partisan double standard for political violence *cannot* hold forever.

Is there a word for this level of stupidity, ignorance, and cluelessness?
Yes, “academic”, or “journalistic” both come to mind. If you want to go a level higher than mere “academic”, you can use “Ivy League”.

Darn those right wing authoritarians and their dictators.

We must only *presume* that the last election was not stolen.
We can also presume through their actions. Democratic governors have repeatedly resisted any attempts at checking voter rolls, and any attempt to do so is considered voter suppression and racism.

“We must only *presume* that the last election was not stolen.”
Nothing to see here.

Nothing to see here
Despite all that it was still necessary to simultaneously stop counting in 4 (or was it 5) key states to allow the 4 a.m. vote dumps to “right the ship”.

Speaking of lefty self-delusion, is it just me or was the poem read yesterday at Biden’s inauguration, particularly banal and inept?
I mean how about this:
…there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.
That’s real facebook poetry right there.
Yet, already all my lefty friends are cooing over it and quite beside themselves with adoration for its writer. And no doubt it will now be on all school reading lists along with similar doggerel by Maya Angelou.
And if you don’t like it, then you’re clearly a bad person.

Perceptions of wrong-doing are strong and can last lifetimes. The feeling that the establishment and particularly the media have been part of it are especially strong. Continuing to rub it in your face is counter-productive in the extreme unless they are really convinced that 1984 worked and that Twitter reflects the nations mood. I don’t see how this Dear Leader schtick can end well.

Strangely, Portland police appear to have rediscovered their gonads and responded with a crackdown including CS gas.
What could cause such a reversal of policy, I wonder?

” Speaking of lefty self-delusion, is it just me or was the poem read yesterday at Biden’s inauguration, particularly banal and inept?”
There’s always something ridiculous about poetry written for modern political occasions. Essentially poetry celebrating dull bureaucratic occasions.
Sure, there was court poetry in previous centuries. But the court poets were largely left to their own devices.
Gorman really did her best with the formal requirements of the occasion: it called for inoffensive traditional-sounding platitudes.