TownieDeac
words are futile devices
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I think it's adorable that Townie thinks jhmd is interested in a legitimate discussion
I certainly don't think this.
I think it's adorable that Townie thinks jhmd is interested in a legitimate discussion
If this is your idea of a legitimate discussion, then I'm good not having one with you. Thanks.
The studies, about Daily Show viewers and better-sized amygdalae, are knowing. It is the smug style's first premise: a politics defined by a command of the Correct Facts and signaled by an allegiance to the Correct Culture. A politics that is just the politics of smart people in command of Good Facts. A politics that insists it has no ideology at all, only facts. No moral convictions, only charts, the kind that keep them from "imposing their morals" like the bad guys do.
Knowing is the shibboleth into the smug style's culture, a cultural that celebrates hip commitments and valorizes hip taste, that loves nothing more than hate-reading anyone who doesn't get them. A culture that has come to replace politics itself.
The knowing know that police reform, that abortion rights, that labor unions are important, but go no further: What is important, after all, is to signal that you know these things. What is important is to launch links and mockery at those who don't. The Good Facts are enough: Anybody who fails to capitulate to them is part of the Problem, is terminally uncool. No persuasion, only retweets. Eye roll, crying emoji, forward to John Oliver for sick burns.
I've tried having legitimate discussions with you for years, but you're just a troll. Be glad I even bother to read your posts.
Be glad I even bother to read your posts.
I really do find this to summarize a good deal of the Politics Knowers I've encountered online, here and elsewhere.
[1]who could possibly accuse you of being intentionally obtuse?
On one hand, there's a universally beneficial vaccine that stupid people won't take, and so [2]for their own good we force them to take it, with universally no ill effects. On the other hand, women and doctors are prosecuted for abortions. [3]Which is the greater trampling of personal rights?
On one hand, there's [4]a political party actively trying to throw democracy aside by claiming fraud even after it has been proven that none took place. On the other hand, [5]a political party refuses to allow blatant lies to be a part of serious discourse. [6]Which is the party of fascism?
thinking about how the most popular variation of the (arguably) most popular internet meme ever -- one that played a foundational role in the formation of the altright et al. -- signifies Smugness
[4] Wait until you hear about what happened in America between the years 2016 to 2020.
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feel like distracted boyfriend has quickly risen in the ranks
or were you talking about Strongbad
feel like distracted boyfriend has quickly risen in the ranks