Piety Detected
Via Ben Sixsmith, a new forbidden word. Please update your files and lifestyles accordingly:
When not publicly threatening to assault people who use the word woke, and being pleased about it, having wilfully construed the term as somehow racist, Mr Anderson writes for Slate, where he tells the world how things really are. Some of the comments by Mr Anderson’s Twitter followers, and their endorsements of his sentiments, are also worthy of note.
Ah. I see a theme developing.
Perhaps Mr Anderson is titillated by the idea of assaulting people and spends his time searching for some convoluted pretext. And having attracted the like-minded, we see people wrapped in a drag of progressive piety – with pronouns gratuitously stipulated, rumblings of opposing some unspecified “fascism,” and the word “ally” in their bios – who thrill to the prospect of white people being walloped simply for using the word woke. It’s a strange kind of righteousness.
Readers may recall former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger denouncing the word woke as a “meaningless sneer,” one “designed to stand in the way of thought or discussion.” That the word in question – which was deployed unironically in his own paper – is often used to denote a particular kind of contrivance, censoriousness – and above all, self-flattery – was apparently lost on Mr Rusbridger and his Twitter followers, who promptly equated wokeness, and thereby themselves, with “people who are thinking outward and forwards rather than inward and backwards.”
Update, via the comments:
Not that the term has anything at all to do with practised, insufferable, self-flattering pretension, you understand.
Over at Instapundit, regarding Mr Anderson, Glenn Reynolds adds,
Guys who work for big media corporations telling people what’s racist and encouraging violence is the very definition of “woke” in 2021. And because people understand that, the word carries a lot of baggage that guys like Joel don’t like. But the problem is, they are the baggage.
And Damian Counsell has some thoughts:
You can tell when a label is embarrassing to the media class when they start claiming it’s “racist” or “sexist.” They were fine with “Karen” when they were using it against less-well-off white women. When posh gals started being on the receiving end, it was suddenly “misogynist.” “Woke” was first co-opted from black people by white “progressives.” Then, non-progressives started calling exactly the same people who called themselves woke “woke” too. It was only because the behaviour of the woke was so appalling that it acquired such negative connotations.
Oh, and on Twitter, Mr Anderson has subsequently urged his followers to “not engage” with people who may disagree with Mr Anderson. His tweets, he boasts, have “stirred up a nest of racists,” by which he seems to mean people who dislike threats of racially-motivated violence. He’s also used the term “sons of Stormfront,” which appears to be directed at readers of this item in The Federalist, a characterisation that is, to say the least, a bit of a stretch.
Also, open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
Smug little POS, ain’t he?
Meanwhile, here’s another example of Forbidden Evil Hate Speech, in the U.K.:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-59179914
Some of the comments by Mr Anderson’s Twitter followers, and their endorsements of his sentiments, are also worthy of note.
Don’t do drugs, kids.
Don’t do drugs, kids.
Well, it is a little odd. I should imagine that, insofar as people picture anything when using the term, what comes to mind is more likely to be some blue-haired, septum-pierced woman of pallor with a worthless degree and a personality disorder.
Slate, you’ll recall, is a publication for the scrupulously progressive and not-at-all deranged.
For those who missed it.
So, if I happen to run into Mr. Anderson in person, I have his written word that he has threatened to harm me. A defense is called for.
He’s not thought this through well.
Back in the day, when I was a wee thug growing up on the streets of the Bronx in a neighborhood populated by shanty Irish, we would use the term “I call you out” to challenge someone to a fight. Quite often, it was employed because there was a consensus among the hooligans that some people needed to have their ass kicked for their own benefit due to their unnecessary and annoying displays of threatened violence, since a real man did not need to advertise his ability to handle any rough trade.
The reason why people like Anderson can spew this nonsense is that no one calls them out in the way of Norwood (my Bronx neighborhood). They will stop advocating violence when they meet it firsthand – until then, it remains a personal fetish or fantasy, as they play “Mr. Smith Goes to Fight Club” on a continuous loop in their mind with no commercial interruptions.
In short, that fellow needs a paddlin’ . . .
Oh, and speaking of bickering links . . .
https://twitter.com/newsbusters/status/1457418825645711372
Evidently the Ragin’ Cajun needs to make more memes.
Speaking of wokeness.
Not that the term has anything at all to do with practised, insufferable, self-flattering pretension, you understand.
When not publicly threatening to assault people who use the word woke, and being pleased about it,
Blacks in America are only about 12 percent of the population but commit over 50 percent of the murders and other violent crimes. And even middle class blacks have a much higher violent crime rate than whites.
But it probably has never occurred to him that his comments might be…unproductive.
There are a lot of black Americans who would eagerly work in death camps.
Back in the day, when I was a wee thug growing up on the streets of the Bronx
I’m now picturing Stephanie in a sophisticated evening gown, with a designer shiv strapped to her thigh.
On masculinity.
I’m now picturing Stephanie in a sophisticated evening gown, with a designer shiv strapped to her thigh.
I am reminded of a satirical drawing of then Chicago alderman Dorothy Tillman (a notorious black racist), titled “Help Her Dress”. Although a loud advocate of gun control, she had brandished a gun at a City Council meeting.
Ooooh, just the thought of those stubby little fingers clicking on my head fills me with fear! A fear I deem justified, he does have a caps-lock key and I don’t believe he’s afraid to use it. He is WOKE after all.
he does have a caps-lock key
Let’s hope he doesn’t start talking about “putting a cap in yo ass”.
He’s not thought this through well.
If you are white, white hispanic, or a black White Supremacist, you haven’t thought this through well either.
Communist party leader from Vietnam makes a show of visiting Karl Marx’s grave… before going to enjoy gold-encrusted steaks. All as part of the climate change conference. They always tell you exactly who and what they are.
This is a textbook case of how to apply the first and second amendments.
Ah. I see a theme developing.
What a pity poor Joel grew up without a father.
On masculinity.
They disapprove of masculinity in their own former voting base, working class white men now smeared and marginalized as Alf Garnett types.
They’re titillated by, and deferential towards, the high-self-esteem short-fuse territorial masculinity of blacks and Muslims.
The worse the behavior of the latter group, the greater the guilt that, by “Their homophobia is our fault” type reasoning, is to be rediverted onto the former group.
Oh why oh why won’t these ignorant, racist, red-neck cousin humpers vote for us?
Nephew of George Floyd is into intimidation of judges and jurors.
These are felonies.
Would that the FBI would investigate and prosecute these leftist and racist thugs as vigorously as the investigate and prosecute people that Democrats do not like.
I’ve never heard of this Joel D. Anderson before. Is there some reason that I need his permission to use whatever words I want to use?
The reason why people like Anderson can spew this nonsense is that no one calls them out
I’ve commented before that politeness and courtesy are a kind of Geneva Convention intended to stop people resolving their differences with violence. When the other side decides to use poison gas on the battlefield, you don’t wring your hands and continue fighting in a gentlemanly fashion; you bomb his civilian population until he agrees to stop.
We allowed these thugs to swagger and threaten us publicly until they escalated to burning down our cities and we still didn’t respond appropriately. There’s a violent civil war coming, the only question is when.
Blacks in America are only about 12 percent of the population but commit over 50 percent of the murders and other violent crimes
6%. It’s not the women committing the majority of those crimes (although they do have a higher incidence than non-black women).
6%. It’s not the women committing the majority of those crimes…
True. But then we should also adjust our description of the statistics to compare black men to white men, at which point I think we arrive at the same ratio as before.
…(although they do have a higher incidence than non-black women).
Sadly true. Much higher, I believe. In fact, I’ll bet that the ratio of black female criminality to white female criminality is similar to the black-white male ratio.
And it’s not just the criminals; it’s also the people who sympathize with the criminals: When I white thug is shot by his victim or the police, his relatives and neighbors are usually ashamed. When a black thug is shot, the relatives and neighbors are often angry at whoever shot him.
6%
It’s even worse if you filter for the age demographic. Look up victim/offender stats for black males age 15-29 and it’ll make your eyes water.
They’re titillated by, and deferential towards, the high-self-esteem short-fuse territorial masculinity of blacks and Muslims.
We’ve observed before that it takes a team of people more than fifteen years of patient, relentless, thankless work to turn a man into a gentleman. And these jokers want to elevate the former and denigrate the latter.
Perhaps Mr Anderson is titillated by the idea of assaulting people…
I am reminded of the observation that bullies do not want a fight.
They disapprove of masculinity in their own former voting base, working class white men now smeared and marginalized as Alf Garnett types.
They’re titillated by, and deferential towards, the high-self-esteem short-fuse territorial masculinity of blacks and Muslims.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
There are a lot of black Americans who would eagerly work in death camps.
Consider the invention and intended purpose of the “Palestinian”.
I’m now picturing Stephanie in a sophisticated evening gown, with a designer shiv strapped to her thigh.
For those who wish to learn a bit on the practical side of concealing edged weapons in evening gowns, Jill Bearup is the answer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDUps4lW07s
For those who wish to learn a bit on the practical side of concealing edged weapons in evening gowns,
If anyone’s getting aroused by this thread, I’m fetching the hamster urine.
Instalanche..
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/483944/.
Instalanche
I’m going to need more hamster urine.
When a black thug is shot, the relatives and neighbors are often angry at whoever shot him
Just once I’d like to see a police chief or even a bystander interrupt when some weepy mother cries “he was such a good boy, he was turning his life around” and say “no, he was a violent criminal and a drug dealer because you’re a shitty parent”.
And these jokers want to elevate the former and denigrate the latter
There’s many a jack made a gentleman, and many a gentleman made a jack.
When a black thug is shot, the relatives and neighbors are often angry at whoever shot him and the white victim or police officer who shot him is shamed by his white neighbors, relatives, political party, be it R or D, and they are frequently even angrier so as to assuage their white “guilt” and/or signal their virtue.
There. FIFY. Wordy and inelegant as crap though, but you get what you pay for.
Back in the day, when I was a wee thug growing up on the streets of the Bronx in a neighborhood populated by shanty Irish, we would use the term “I call you out” to challenge someone to a fight. Quite often, it was employed because there was a consensus among the hooligans that some people needed to have their ass kicked for their own benefit due to their unnecessary and annoying displays of threatened violence, since a real man did not need to advertise his ability to handle any rough trade.
Very interesting because, like ‘woke’, ‘call you out’ is a term that has gone on to be associated with a certain type of self-righteous internet behaviour – ie if someone offends against wokeness you might well ‘call them out’.
The act always makes me think of dramatic hamster.
Instalanche
Bartender, I’d like a healthful smoothie, please. Just like Glenn Reynolds makes ’em.
I was kicked off Breitbart comments once for joking (I thought) “It’s Okay to be ofay.”
(Ofay was a 1960’s era name for white people. Ofay is Pig Latin for Foe.)
Yeah. Why would the media bother interviewing the woman hounded out of her job by an intolerant, shouty mob, when they could interview one of the members of that intolerant, shouty mob? It’s a real mystery to me…
https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1457702004281782274
“It’s Okay to be ofay.”
To paraphrase Corporal Max Klinger, ‘pale skin makes good kin’. 😀
Marxist academic argues it’s time for the gloves to come off:
What could potentially be achieved [by acts of violence]? One, is to try to establish a kind of deterrent against investors: if you continue banking on machines and infrastructure that destroys the planet, you risk finding these wrecked. Though I don’t know how much action you need to establish that as a deterrent; how many refineries you would have to blow up to make that a credible threat.
That he’s making this call to arms in an ArtReview interview seems rather telling.
What could potentially be achieved [by acts of violence]?
Well, we might get these Marxist academics to shut the **** up for a change. Pour encourager les autres and all that.
On Twitter, Mr Anderson has subsequently urged his followers to “not engage” with people who may disagree with Mr Anderson. His tweets, he boasts, have “stirred up a nest of racists,” by which he seems to mean people who dislike threats of racially-motivated violence. He’s also used the term “sons of Stormfront,” which appears to be directed at readers of this item in The Federalist, and which is, to say the least, a bit of a stretch.
Uh … What?
Ah. I see a theme developing.
Guy’s got issues.
Guy’s got issues.
Again, it helps if you think of wokeness in terms of psychology, the kinds of attitudes, evasions, and contortions it requires, and the kinds of personalities to which such things might appeal. When the ostensible reasoning is so contrived and unrealistic, and so morally perverse, as for instance here, it’s fair to ask whether other, non-rational motives may be in play.
Damian Counsell has some thoughts.
Post updated.
Then, non-progressives started calling exactly the same people who called themselves woke “woke” too.
This is a recurring pattern: Remember when, many years ago, the American left started evaluating things in terms of “political correctness”? When their opponents started criticizing and mocking this, the left suddenly claimed to have only used the term ironically (as if the left had never demanded ideological conformity) or even claimed that the term was invented by the right.
[ Cue scare music] The Flemish Menace: We should ban Belgians from Twitter. I prefer Monty Pythonesque absurdity to the actually evil racism of a Joel Anderson and his paymasters.
Mr Anderson is adamant he is not saying he will do something, nor that he won’t do something, but like all these woke half-wits he ends up saying nothing much at all.
Oh, the nothing that Mr Anderson says is enough of a something to reach some conclusions that he would not like.