Your Affirmation Is Mandatory
And he will “take note” of who does not obey:
I expect Liberal MPs to march in the pride parade in Ottawa, even if they do it without party approval. I will take note of who does not. https://t.co/IPxXmgGH9b
— Jake Landau (He/Him) 🇵🇸🇺🇦 (@JakeLandauTO) August 19, 2024
Mr Landau, since you ask, is a “left wing, progressive Liberal organiser” – pronouns “he/him” – who spends a lot of his time being “exhausted and sad.” Oh, and he doesn’t like people who “suppress… dissenting voices.”
Mr Landau has not yet specified what he will do to those reluctant to march on demand. Something progressive, no doubt. Sadly, Mr Landau, our champion of radical dissent, is not permitting questions or replies from those insufficiently like-minded.
Via Mia Hughes.
Update, via the comments:
Rafi adds,
Ah, but, you see, they’re “dissenting,” albeit in a very conformist way. And any failure to “dissent” – on demand, as instructed – will be punished. Compliance under duress being the way of the dissenter.
The rhetorical inversions may, I grant you, take some getting used to. But you will start celebrating now, comrade, spontaneously, and with great joy.
Lest your hesitation be noted.
Update 2:
Oh, and speaking of affirmation being demanded:
BREAKING: DNC Protesters BLOCK CARS demanding they say “Free Palestine”, angry driver drives through, gets out of the car to CONFRONT protesters when his window was dented pic.twitter.com/HuSWTyJ43Q
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) August 23, 2024
Behold our betters and their recreational malice.
I thought pride was one of the seven deadly sins?
You will start celebrating now, comrade.
Funny how support sounds like a lot like obedience.
Also, note the signature aversion to reciprocation. No Golden Rule. And so, if you don’t wish to be associated with a terrorist movement or competitive depravity, and choose to do something else, then you must be trying to “suppress our dissenting voices” and are therefore A Bad Person, someone to be punished. But when he “takes note” of who demurs, however politely, with implications of serious consequences, this is all fine and dandy, all tickety-boo. It’s “fighting the good fight.”
This is who they are.
Oh, and note that Mr Landau, our champion of progress, is not permitting replies from those insufficiently like-minded.
Symbolism, baby.
Compelled speech isn’t enough. Now it’s compelled marching.
Ah, but, you see, they’re “dissenting,” albeit in a very conformist way. And any failure to “dissent” – on demand, as instructed – will be punished. Compliance under duress being the way of the “dissenter.”
The rhetorical inversions will, I grant you, take some getting used to. But you must struggle on, comrade.
Lest your hesitation be noted.
[ Post updated. ]
Freedom is slavery.
Diversity is our strength.
Conformism is dissent.
During the last local Pride March in the town where I live, a number of ex military veterans, all gay, attended, wearing T shirts showing the Union Flag (Union Jack) with the words “MY PRIDE FLAG” above.
Despite others carrying Palestinian flags, and calling for the genocide of all Jews, it was those veterans who were singled out by the Police for possibly causing a breach of the peace.
Also, “Queers for Palestine” didn’t seem to get the irony. Words fail me.
Sounds a bit ableist to me. What if you can’t march? Or walk?
It does not seem to have occurred to Mr Landau that those he threatens might return the favor, that people who previously were inclined to allow him to quietly get on with his life as he sees fit might now be inclined to withdraw the social contract and treat him as an enemy of civilization towards whom no courtesy or even tolerance is owed.
This is the inevitable trend of all “progressive” causes: First is the demand for tolerance. Then passive acceptance (but still called tolerance.) Then strict adherence to speech codes. Then public displays of celebration.
At every stage, liberals will deny the reality of what they are demanding.
Mr Landau boasts of being employed the CBC News Network. I’m guessing they found his values in accord with their own.
Why not “take note” of when the CBC employs such creeps?
It makes you think maybe those leading the protests are running a honey pot.
*shocked face*
By the way, should anyone care, I finally got around to watching the season two finale of House of the Dragon. Bit wobbly and underwhelming, frankly. The weakest episode, I’d say, and not at all well-paced. All set-up, more set-up, and needlessly long detours into peripheral events, and no actual pay-off.
For many years the libs I knew would deny that the depravity even existed. When it became too difficult to deny, some switched to “none of your business”. The same was true of the terrorism.
Meh. You’re all overreacting. It’s no big deal. Not worth being concerned about. You see, these problems have ways of working out for themselves. Plus, it’s just God’s will anyway.
Not entirely unrelated, “Hot damn, looky them thar camafluge hats! Now me and all my buddies out here in Flyoverlandia are gonna be a-votin’ for that Harris gal ’cause they are totally like me now!”
Said no one ever. These leftoids are so out of touch it is not funny. Read through the article linked at the tweet at our own risk. You will be surprised to learn the writer is NYC born and bred and doing her damnedest to turn Nashville into the Portland of Tennessee.
Also, leftist women with tattoos positioned seemingly at random are probably best avoided.
…leftist women with tattoos positioned seemingly at random…
That, believe or don’t, is the Veep’s stepdaughter who is a model.
They are really are and it really isn’t.
On this side of the Atlantic, Supreme leader Keir Jong Un and his inner circle have made that clear with unnecessarily impressive abundance.
The only bright spot?
They have so lost control of the ‘narrative’ that everything they say now is having the direct opposite effect to the one intended.
Related to nothing…
TBF, we and the Soviets got all the good rocket scientists…
It does not seem to have occurred to Mr Landau that those he threatens might return the favor
Who, the Liberal MPs? The CBC is 100% funded by the Liberal government. This is all theater. The Liberal Party withdraws so they won’t be tarnished by the spectacle of their pet groups brawling in the streets, while the individual MPs march so they can keep those same votes.
Plus, CBC TV has ads.
Landau is, in his own words, “Bi Liberal DemSoc Jew.”
That is consistent with “left wing, progressive Liberal organiser,” but it is also very much more than that.
Behold the awesome power of trading on your stepmother’s fame.
Ah yes, those ‘dissenting voices’, raised to drown out those who . . . dissent.
When done in public it is my business – and yours and that of anyone else who goes into public spaces.
It’s Rolling Stone – they’ve make CNN look sane.
One or two discreetly placed tattoos on a woman (or man for that matter) is one thing. Looking as if your child got hold of a Sharpie while you were passed out is another.
I think I see the problem.
I’m not a fan of tattoos generally, aesthetically, but when I see someone who has lots of them scattered seemingly at random, unrelated, as if wherever there was space would do, then I think this counts as fairly important information.
And maybe even honest.
It’s neck tattoos that scream ‘Danger Will Robinson!’
Let’s not get crazy.
In regard to the public depravity documented by Zombie, I was told “just avoid those streets”.
It used to be understood that in a democracy/republic, different people have different interests and wants. Politics was a way to balance those needs. Politicians tried to find balanced solutions or spent too much to try to satisfy all constituencies. Now the desire of progressives is to use politics to completely dominate the public, no matter what their wishes. If you disagree with prog policies, you are the problem. There is no concept of compromise. You no longer have a right to have different wishes.
That is baked into progressive ideology–well, all leftist ideologies.
By the way, now that I’ve finished watching season two of House of the Dragon, I’m on the lookout for some other last-thing-in-the-evening viewing. Nothing too emotionally taxing. And nothing with gangsters or hoodlums.
An old Cary Grant movie?
A light-hearted murder mystery perhaps?
As I type, The Other Half is watching Howard Hawks’ 1955 epic, Land of the Pharaohs. Picture, if you will, plotting, scheming and tomb-building in ancient Egypt. With Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins and – obviously – James Robertson Justice.
I’m half expecting Terry-Thomas and Margaret Rutherford to appear.
Ella Emhoff is who I immediately think of as a perfect rep of Southern …er … wait, that would be Southern California where she grew up in Brentwood, went to a $50K/year private school and now resides in New York.
:::snort:::
You know, I can’t remember the last time a leftist gave me affirmation.
It’s called ‘strange new respect’ and you only get it when you’ve lost your self-respect.
Now that’s an expression I’ve not heard in a long time.
I’m on the lookout for some other last-thing-in-the-evening viewing
Of late I’ve been watching a lot of reality TV that involves rapidly building effective things with limited time and money. Homestead Rescue, The Bridge, and others. Minimal squabbling, technical competence on display, and some clever ideas.
If you’re looking for drama, the first five seasons or so of Chicago Fire are surprisingly wholesome – and based – before the show lurches wholeheartedly into woke idiocy.
Those parades celebrate other deadly sins as well, especially lust, gluttony, wrath, and envy.
Progressivism long predates Marxism and the revolutionary movements common to the same time frame, yet progressives love to parrot the rhetoric and ape the postures of Marxist revolutionaries because it ties them, in their own minds, to October ’17, and thus makes them more macho by propinquity. They see themselves as fellow warriors. The reality of course is that the number of Queer Unltd. franchise offices in Moscow or Beijing is vanishingly small, yet no matter comrade, forward to victory! I suspect the Progessive’s true understanding of revolutionary movements in general rivals that of a chimp trained to use the proper fork when served the salad.
I’m on the lookout for some other last-thing-in-the-evening viewing.
How mindless do you want to go? Does a 22 minute comedy work? My wife and I just finished Loudermilk. There are three seasons with 10 episodes each season. He’s an irascible, recovered, alcoholic, asshole who runs an AA group who takes a run at a lot of politically correct crap. For a sitcom, it has its moments.
Me I finally got onto GoT. Finished season 7 last night. So I’ve got a three or four day watch to finish the series.
Mr Landau, since you ask, is a “left wing, progressive Liberal organiser” – pronouns “he/him” – who spends a lot of his time being “exhausted and sad.” Oh, and he doesn’t like people who “suppress… dissenting voices.”
Sounds like the majority of people who live in Ottawa.
Are you sure? Doesn’t Marxism predate Progressivism? The one dating back to the mid 1800’s and the latter to the late 1800’s?
I suspect the Progessive’s true understanding of revolutionary movements in general rivals that of a chimp trained to use the proper fork when served the salad.
At least the chimp can see what’s on the other end of the fork.
Why not “take note” of when the CBC employs such creeps?
Because that’s pretty much everyone who works for the CBC.
Do I have to day it again? We stopped being a serious country 10 years ago when Justin Turdeau (sic) got elected. I’m sure I’m already on a list.
Not exactly light fare but wife and I watched Pinky last night. Not sure how that had slipped under my radar before but it was pretty good given the main subject matter being tre-tre PC. Some bits were not so PC in the current context. The acting was very good.
Except my implied point is to make bad publicity for the CBC at every opportunity. Wage a merciless propaganda war to discredit them and undermine public sympathy and support.
Except my implied point is to make bad publicity for the CBC at every opportunity.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to criticize you, but it’s almost impossible to create “bad” publicity for the CBC. It is publicly funded and receives over 70% of its revenue from the government. It is a sacrosanct institution in Canada witnessed by its ability to hire idiots like the one in this post. Even governments elected on a promise to defund the CBC never do.
In addition, their audience has been shrinking, they just laid off hundreds of employees at the beginning of the year and still paid out millions in bonuses to upper management and executives. Yet the CEO and Board that approved this are all still in place. They’ve tried to hide behind language, saying there are no bonuses, but only incentive pay, based on reaching goals. Some have said such goals wouldn’t have been reached without the layoffs.
We stopped being a serious country 10 years ago when Justin Turdeau (sic) got elected.
You hosers aren’t alone.
[ Schedules tomorrow’s Ephemera, slurps coffee. ]
Are you new here?
It’s difficult to say in advance what will work for me. I’m hoping to be pleasantly surprised. As it’s for last-thing-in-the-evening viewing, just prior to sweet oblivion, I tend to steer clear of anything real-world political in the present day. I get enough present-day during the, er, present day.
Previous viewing has included The Expanse; House of Dragons; I, Claudius; The Crown; various documentaries on physics and cosmology; and videos on bespoke table-building.
[ Checks tip jar. ]
Bless you, sir. When shopping for groceries, may you not be obliged to stand alone and unnoticed at the checkout, for a good 50 seconds or so, before an assistant finally arrives and then, immediately, instead of ringing up your purchases – a task of maybe 15 seconds – spends that time inviting you to use a self-service checkout, thereby prompting a steely look and the words, “No, I’d rather not.”
That. I hate self checkout. I’m already paying for the stuff (and the staff). I shouldn’t have to work the till too.
I don’t dislike the fact that it’s an option. For some people, just picking up a handful of items, I’m sure it’s adequate. The Other Half, for instance, prefers them, though he’s not exactly a big shopper. I do, however, resent the recent push to make self-checkout the default option, or even the only one.
Some places seem determined to make the customer feel devalued, an inconvenience to the staff who are doing something else. “Oh, must I come over to take your money? What a nuisance.”
I mean, seriously, fuck that.
National Citizens Inquiry (NCI | CeNC)
https://x.com/Inquiry_Canada/status/1825892470325903390
I guess she still thinks previous journalism was that much better.
This came to mind, from a comment last year:
And if I’m spending money in a store, and doing it regularly, a few seconds of human interaction don’t seem an outrageous expectation on my part. As opposed to the implication, upthread, that I’m being an insufferable nuisance by giving them money.
It is sad to see that what seemed to be a light-hearted tribute to Man’s Best Friend decided to become political.
Can’t we just have silly or heart-warming videos of dogs being dogs. As if this moment in front of an abortion clinic wasn’t completely staged. My dogs have no cognizance of political or social issues. They live for belly rubs, walks in the woods, and teasing the cat.
[ Schedules tomorrow’s Ephemera, slurps coffee. ]
[Sets alarm clock to wake up early]
It seems hard not to conclude otherwise.
If you’re interested, Matt Goodwin wrote something to same effect in a blog post this week in response to accusations that he has been radicalised by the far right:
The rest is here.
The tone is quite angry – not entirely unjustified under present circumstances.
No pressure, then.
I thought it important to let everyone at the bar now it’s your last chance to buy …
That’s quite sophomoric, although typical of feminists. Did Judy Chicago really say it? Although I’m aware in general terms of Judy Chicago’s feminist views in connection with her Dinner Party art installation, I’ve never bothered to dig into the details of her utterances. [ And now, off for morning exercise. ]
[ Thinks about remains of cheesecake currently in fridge. ]
That. I hate self checkout.
Me, only if they won’t take cash. If they do, at least I know my stuff will be bagged correctly.
Speaking of shopping, a new makeup line is launched. (Caution)
Bit radical, cash. I use hard currency for only three things: Taxis, the fish and chip shop, and food-delivery tips.
Oh, and the trollies at the supermarket, which require a pound coin to unlock.
[ Returns with aching arms and legs. Contemplates first cup of coffee. ]
A clever idea. I’ve never seen such trollies here in the States. Nor do we have one dollar coins in common use. But I do see pilfered trollies fairly often.
I was slow to adopt self checkout, being inclined to stick with the familiar, but eventually switched when the local supermarket experimented with hiring retarded boys to bag groceries. There are few things more irritating than watching a kid slowly handle and examine each item–and sometimes comment–before putting it in a bag. Now, long after the end of that experiment, I prefer self-checkout because I can bag things exactly as I prefer (soft vulnerable items always go on top.)
You do get the coin back when you return the trolley. And if you don’t have a coin, there’s usually a desk by the entrance where you can pick up a token that does the same job. It does seem to have some effect on random trolley abandonment. Which always struck me as a sign of having no class.
I’ve never seen such trollies here in the States.
Aldi’s has the pay-fer-cart/buggy depending on where you live..
Trolley.
Cathy is “genuinely baffled.”
Also, leftist women with tattoos positioned seemingly at random are probably best avoided
Also, their step-mothers.
Cathy is “genuinely baffled.”
Cathy, of course, is also intellectually indolent as the argument against is unchecked illegal immigration, not immigration, but being an NPC who writes for, among other rubbish, Vice, she must spout the party line.
England and America, separated by a (seemingly) common language.
Is it time for another round of “al-oom-in-num” vs “al-yoo-min-eum”?
I’m coming to the conclusion that in sufficient numbers such women could be the downfall of civilisation. The immediate, signature hostility to anything, however necessary, that sounds insufficiently indulgent and generous, as they use the term. Which generally means someone else, someone who isn’t them, being imposed upon or footing the consequent bill.
And the apparent imperviousness to any contrary evidence, regardless of how glaringly obvious it is.
Farther down in the thread, Wayne writes:
Heinlein thought that way, in his younger progressive days, before he traveled around the world and saw people for what they really are rather than what the left (and travel brochures) portray them to be. He quickly dropped his fantasies about one-world government etc.
Is it time for another round of “al-oom-in-num” vs “al-yoo-min-eum”?
Only if you want to start the cart vs. buggy war or worse the pop vs. soda war when every one knows the right answer is Coke regardless of what it actually is.
There’s a trend amongst conservatives on this side of the pond to push using cash more. Pros and cons each way for both consumer and business. Here in the mountains many businesses, even some upscale restaurants, upcharge 3% for using a credit card. Usually the service type businesses and mom & pop shops, not grocery store chains.
Also in that thread:
Cathy replies:
Obvious conclusion:
Cathy cares far less about “the losers” than do her critics. Very “progressive” of her.
I’m coming to the conclusion that in sufficient numbers such women could be the downfall of civilisation.
Fact check: True.
Their delusions about their own competence are immeasurable.
Absolutely. There’s no in-group status to be had in pretending to care about them. Instead, she pretends to care about more exotic demographics.
See also Simon Schama.
And hey, no-one’s shitting on his doorstep.
Many years ago…like a quarter century or more, Fuddruckers burger joints did that. They would have those people bring your food out. Which to me was NBD per se. They would sometimes take food to the wrong table or wander about not sure where they were going. Sometimes. But one day at work, at a time when we were very busy, the meeting I was in decided to break for lunch and somewhat continue the conversation over lunch. Whilst discussing where to go, someone brought up Fuddruckers. I said, as politely as possible (this was…again…25+ years ago when I was still a decent human being for most part…no, really), that since we were so bloody busy (I just wanted to order out but that gets complicated and stupid as well) I didn’t think my patience could stand being served by the mentally challenged just then. Oooh, was I the bad guy. Especially as my “conservative” Christian, very very “conservative” Christian coworker, seized upon the opportunity to signal his virtue. F*** people. F*** “conservatives”.
From your lips to God’s ears.
See also the Guardian‘s Zoe Williams, who exhibits the same tendency.
The Guardian regularly publishes articles telling us how wrong it is to think in terms of the deserving and undeserving. As if any attempt at discernment were wickedness itself and far worse than the behaviour of people like Mr Murgatroyd, mentioned at the link above, the man who mugs the elderly in graveyards, and his lovely brood. It goes without saying that those writing such articles tend not to live anywhere near the creatures in question.
Apparently, we shouldn’t register any difference between that nice Mrs Wilson, who doesn’t have much but is always friendly and obliging, and the laughing ferals who trashed her tiny flat, nicked her pension, and pissed all over her carpets and furniture.
And they call it being progressive.
Yes. This is where I usually like to point out that we all hate the French. But lately I’m thinking a round or two of the Marie Antionette Chop-and-Drop Challenge might be something the people of the UK need to consider. But not so much with the royalty. The Labor Party. Start there.
@WTP
Here in the mountains many businesses, even some upscale restaurants, upcharge 3% for using a credit card.
3% is the usual commission the card issuer charges the business and so the business is recovering that from the user – despite it being specifically not permitted in the issuer’s terms of service. Happens most everywhere I think especially with small businesses with thin margins, honoured more in the breach than the observance.
This should fit right in.
That’s why I refuse to use the self-checkout.
David, if an angel appears to you, please try to bargain him down to only ten righteous people.
Yep. We’re pretty well past that sufficiency now, methinks.