tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post7168669963645849930..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-56001754727748746342012-12-20T22:48:05.069-05:002012-12-20T22:48:05.069-05:00It's Sadie Hawkins Day?It's Sadie Hawkins Day?billcinsdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-24132248110062567632012-12-20T22:16:07.064-05:002012-12-20T22:16:07.064-05:00Onion rings? Don't you mean Play-Doh and bacon...Onion rings? Don't you mean Play-Doh and bacon?Origami_Isopodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-7603890907034029402012-12-20T10:08:19.112-05:002012-12-20T10:08:19.112-05:00What is the gay community going to do about Penn S...What is the gay community going to do about Penn State?<br /><br /><br />Continue to push back against campus homophobia, work to change minds so that marriage equality in Pennsylvania becomes ... Oh, wait, you guys were just displaying your normal vicious bigoted assholishness with the most goddamn stupid attempt at false equivalence I've seen this week. Never mind.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-16370344093265610772012-12-20T10:06:54.641-05:002012-12-20T10:06:54.641-05:00"What is the gun community going to do about ...<i>"What is the gun community going to do about this tragedy?"/"I dunno. What is the gay community going to do about Penn State?"</i><br /><br /><br />Jesus. OK, pretending for a minute there's a point anywhere in the vicinity of this notion(there isn't) because I have a vivid imagination and can try to imagine what it's like to be this brain damaged, how about if the first thing this "gay community" did was defend pedophilia as a right and constantly work to weaken pedophilia laws because, hey, they obviously don't work? Or maybe argue more people working with kids should be pedophiles because they'd be able to protect kids from the pedophilia of others? Enjoy your reductio ad absurdum, assholes.tigrismusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-49015934935503478242012-12-20T10:04:05.133-05:002012-12-20T10:04:05.133-05:00And despite repeatedly being very public embarrass...And despite repeatedly being very public embarrassments to the institutions that employ them.<br /><br /><br />Apparently, the only way they'd become very public embarrassments is if they used obviously metaphorical references to beheading [Double-checks the Ol' Perfesser's call for "heads to roll" over Benghazi] ... and weren't conservatives.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-61225617984693295462012-12-20T10:00:32.758-05:002012-12-20T10:00:32.758-05:00Well, I certainly support restrictions on clip siz...Well, I certainly support restrictions on clip size.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-87768886672201043812012-12-20T09:58:49.877-05:002012-12-20T09:58:49.877-05:00Why, yes, and it's ... open carry.Why, yes, and it's ... <i>open carry</i>.mdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-14400953772362347412012-12-20T09:06:52.104-05:002012-12-20T09:06:52.104-05:00he seems to think he's really funny anyway.he seems to think he's really funny anyway.dexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-13735105612854300712012-12-20T08:50:44.089-05:002012-12-20T08:50:44.089-05:00"What is the gun community going to do about ..."What is the gun community going to do about this tragedy?"/"I dunno. What is the gay community going to do about Penn State?"<br /><br />I didn't know Joe Paterno was gay.Radicchio Abs Absurd Dimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-87507188846379283592012-12-20T06:52:34.181-05:002012-12-20T06:52:34.181-05:00Nicely put.
I'd add that this condition is no...Nicely put.<br /><br />I'd add that this condition is not just a "relief" from introspection and evaluation, it is a core part of the very definition of a certain type of conservatism (i.e. wingnuts, teabaggers, etc, rather than those who choose conservatism for opportunistic or lazy reasons).<br /><br />While most people have developed internal ethical skeletons, which allow for a stronger society of folks who can stand on their own and make positive decisions and actions when environmental conditions change--in other words, social and intellectual adaptability--those creatures that fall collectively in the conservatoid branch of humanity did not develop any internal system of ethics or intellect, relying solely on artificial external sources of ethical support.<br /><br />This difference alone contributes to most conflict amongst social groups. Progressive and liberal solutions to challenges simply are irrelevant to the conservatoids, who are absolutely unable to function without a rigid external support system. Authoritarianism, whether in the form of organized religion, government, or "secret" societies, is not only very attractive to these types, it is probably a requirement for survival.<br /><br />I believe only a small number of self-described conservatives are truly this way, but there are enough cynical opportunists taking advantage of them for profit (riding the snails) and other frightened and intellectually lazy folks who take up the lifestyle unnecessarily just because it's such an easy way out of a complicated life.<br /><br />Problem is, it is an evolutionary dead end being artificially prolonged and could drag the human race down with it.Colenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-16951214411061297382012-12-20T06:29:42.598-05:002012-12-20T06:29:42.598-05:00Some libertarians do indeed believe in the right t...Some libertarians do indeed believe in the right to possess personal nuclear weapons. i'm not kidding.frasernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-45593527898985547642012-12-20T06:15:06.458-05:002012-12-20T06:15:06.458-05:00I blog quite often and I really appreciate your co...I blog quite often and I really appreciate your content.<br />Your article has really peaked my interest. I will <br />bookmark your website and keep checking for <br />new information about once a week. I subscribed to your RSS feed too.<br /><i>Here is my weblog</i> <b><a href="http://starcommand.cl0.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3152/lose-weight-with-phen375" rel="nofollow">easiest way to lose weight</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-90034204893302512342012-12-20T04:36:33.330-05:002012-12-20T04:36:33.330-05:00"... even Reynolds should begin realizing......."... even Reynolds should begin realizing...."<br /><br /><br />Ah, but that's the beauty of wingnut "philosophy." Recognition and awareness are completely unnecessary, because there's a superficial and wholly contrived "principle" to be preserved. <br /><br /><br /><br />Look at all the other ways "conservative" conventional wisdom is employed--from tax cuts for the rich increase jobs, to tax cuts increase revenues, etc., all justified as if they were sound, solid principles to be upheld, even though they've been proven in practice to be utterly fraudulent--and even when shown to be fraudulent, are then proposed as the means to correct the problem they created in the first place. <br /><br /><br /><br />Same with guns--the more disorderly society becomes due to unregulated firearms, the more there is a need to create order in society--with unregulated firearms. It's a lot like "we need tax cuts to maintain prosperity" in fat times, juxtaposed with "we need tax cuts to achieve prosperity" in lean times. There's no condition where tax cuts are not necessary. Equally, there's no condition where guns aren't essential. That's the conservative notion of a principle.<br /><br /><br />For Reynolds, this relieves him of any requirement for introspection and evaluation. The core value of contemporary conservatism is intellectual fraud, which in turn expresses itself in Reynolds and others as self-deceit. That's a powerful means of ignoring reality, and I don't expect Reynolds and his cohort to give that up anytime soon. For Reynolds, it's a good thing he's teaching law. If he were practicing it, he'd be in a heap of trouble.montag2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-48018915925604226512012-12-20T02:12:18.821-05:002012-12-20T02:12:18.821-05:00Oh, holy FSM. Althouse and Reynolds also approving...Oh, holy FSM. Althouse and Reynolds also approvingly quote this supposed witticism: "What is the gun community going to do about this tragedy?"/"I dunno. What is the gay community going to do about Penn State?"<br /><br />They're law professors, yet they claim this is a reductio ad absurdum (supposedly offered in somewhat good faith) that the left is too irrational to understand… rather than a painfully bad false analogy chosen out of spite (alas, ever a primary motive of right-wingers). For added hilarity, Reynolds accuses liberals of being un-American, and approvingly quotes an Althouse commenter who huffily declares that the right magnanimously didn't attack the gay community (!!!) over Sandusky, and people who dislike gun owners aren't just bigots, they're the <i>real</i> bigots. (Well, I suppose if offers slight variety from their racial stuff.) <br /><br />The most charitable interpretation of their "point" is that not all gun owners are mass murderers in waiting, which is true, but has someone seriously argued otherwise? Oh, the persecution complex… Is there any part of this supposedly clever rejoinder that doesn't miss?<br /><br />Lessee, the "gun community" is conflated with the "right-wing gun absolutists," liberals somehow don't know what the right-winger response will be but still only want to spend their time shaming them rather than actually <i>passing</i> gun safety laws (and gathering support for the same), the religious right and NYT conservative concern trolls suddenly never have existed, pedophilia is conflated with homosexuality, pedophilia is rampant in the U.S. beyond any other nation in the world… and the gay community has actively opposed every possible measure to curtail it, disliking someone for choosing to own a gun is equivalent to disliking someone for their skin color (which wasn't chosen, duh), and the love of one's gun is a natural thing, found in nature and throughout recorded human history, indeed, back to Greek times. "You see, Johnny, when a man and his gun love each other very much…" <br /><br />It's not just that these people are dumb, it's that they're so spiteful. From Romney's 47% remarks to this crap, they're just (sad to say) delusional assholes. If they'd just go off to Galt's Gulch or wherever, it wouldn't be so bad, but they're determined to fight angry rearguard actions against the most innocuous, common sense measures, so we can't have nice things.Batocchiohttp://www.vagabondscholar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-8211316858563164742012-12-20T01:37:17.832-05:002012-12-20T01:37:17.832-05:00Scalia does have a sense of humor. It's a mea...Scalia does have a sense of humor. It's a <i>mean</i> sense of humor, but he does have one.Batocchiohttp://www.vagabondscholar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-77803234557940718912012-12-19T23:34:55.839-05:002012-12-19T23:34:55.839-05:00The impressive part was how the height of the hill...The impressive part was how the height of the hill was greater first thing in the morning.DocAmazingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-36009089889189298382012-12-19T23:29:23.712-05:002012-12-19T23:29:23.712-05:00Hey, don't blame alcohol. I've been arou...Hey, don't blame alcohol. I've been around plenty of chronic alcoholics and bust-out drunks--none of them resembled WInebox Annie.DocAmazingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-84745435044546383232012-12-19T18:37:31.081-05:002012-12-19T18:37:31.081-05:00That ye may be the
children of your Father which ...That ye may be the <br />children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to <br />rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain <i>tenure</i> on the just and on <br />the unjust.BigHank53noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-6977931498103084572012-12-19T18:27:36.903-05:002012-12-19T18:27:36.903-05:00... and all parts flammable, so it's a good th...... and all parts flammable, so it's a good thing she's got an electric stove.AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-22705564648847504302012-12-19T18:20:22.683-05:002012-12-19T18:20:22.683-05:00Yes, absolutely. Our push to legalize gay marriag...Yes, absolutely. Our push to legalize gay marriage is another part of the plot to ban homosexuality. That's how we know which couples need to be picked up and sent to reeducation camps. And if you register at Walt's Gun Shack, you make it that much easier for us, bwahahaha!AGoodQuestionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-83140139557379461252012-12-19T18:16:43.936-05:002012-12-19T18:16:43.936-05:00" Don't worry, fellas; as a person of the..." Don't worry, fellas; as a person of the "gun" myself, I will defend to the death your right to bear that thang"... shouldn't that be "bare that thang"?RHWombatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-89644892621884576762012-12-19T17:24:59.156-05:002012-12-19T17:24:59.156-05:00I will admit that the thing I find so depressing a...I will admit that the thing I find so depressing about Althouse and Reynolds is that they are gainfully employed despite providing repeated demonstrations in very public forums and they are incapable of rational thought. And despite repeatedly being very public embarrassments to the institutions that employ them.Derelictnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-703827478835684182012-12-19T17:19:22.926-05:002012-12-19T17:19:22.926-05:00Reminds me of an amicus brief filed by Apu in one ...Reminds me of an amicus brief filed by Apu in one of the class action lawsuits against Krusty The Klown. <br />"Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances, for the problem of equal protection in tainted cough syrup generally presents many complexities."zencomixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-65153041390023748732012-12-19T17:01:51.615-05:002012-12-19T17:01:51.615-05:00You can't make me click and Althouse link. We ...You can't make me click and Althouse link. We joke a lot about "not getting out of the boat" but I'm not getting out of the boat. I'm not getting in the boat. I'm not going anywhere near the shore. I'm staying in a mountain top retreat. I'm climbing Everest. I'm heading to the moon. Because getting out of the boat means discovering something, inevitably, so meretricious, so meanspirited, so stupid that only--ONLY--a lifetime of pickling someone's brains in alcohol could serve as any excuse for reading it, let alone writing it.<br /><br /><br />aimaiaimainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-19369404606240589112012-12-19T16:59:50.518-05:002012-12-19T16:59:50.518-05:00Well, you wouldn't be spitting dozens of bulle...Well, you wouldn't be spitting dozens of bullets per second with a semi-auto so you probably meant full auto but anyway, yeah I get why it might be fun to shoot a machine gun. It's the same atavistic thrill one derives from blowing shit up real good with fireworks. I've enjoyed shooting guns because blowing shit up real good is fun. But it didn't make me want to own one. It didn't make me believe I needed one for self defense or that I could oppose the local police, much less the government when it came time to water the tree of liberty with the blood of etc. "Because I like to blow shit up real good" might be one of the more legitimate reasons to own a gun.eohippusnoreply@blogger.com