tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6568676786876042864..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: The Era of ContemptNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67173146421668099442019-03-10T17:51:19.577-05:002019-03-10T17:51:19.577-05:00The internet says he's 78, which seems about r...The internet says he's 78, which seems about right. Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065709548202393526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73775621188183440292018-04-14T11:36:38.630-05:002018-04-14T11:36:38.630-05:00Never assume, Kat. It makes an ass out of u & ...Never assume, Kat. It makes an ass out of u & me...but in this case, mostly you. Are "u" 33, by chance? Your "bigoted old folks" snark was obviously directed toward the early Baby Boomers of the late Forties or early Fifties, and it stinks of ageism. Every sixty-something (or beyond) isn't a real-life Archie Bunker. People of that age cohort...MY age cohort...were (and still are) all over the map...from Fascist to Communist, and everything in between. <br /><br />After reading this far, you're probably hoping this old lefty will soon die off, too, and get out of your face. I can't wait for the young'uns to wake up...and to wise up. It can't happen soon enough. But it probably won't, and if I'm somehow wrong, I won't be around to see it.Grizz 65noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21750555610500438702018-04-02T06:50:15.859-05:002018-04-02T06:50:15.859-05:00In my mind's eye, I see Neil's corresponde...In my mind's eye, I see Neil's correspondent Alan being aged at late sixties and up. But wouldn't it be horrible if we find out he was 33 years old? I can't wait for the bigoted old folks to die off. It's not coming soon enough. KantBeGoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829186745710242489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40861764180747266392018-03-11T12:44:32.231-05:002018-03-11T12:44:32.231-05:00Concern troll is concerned.Concern troll is concerned.Bexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08411765555371809052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40649630160046800812018-03-11T08:08:51.608-05:002018-03-11T08:08:51.608-05:00oops, meant stationeryoops, meant stationeryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29794916670720887302018-03-10T20:33:37.973-06:002018-03-10T20:33:37.973-06:00I had fears of what "these people" might...I had fears of what "these people" might do if Hillary won what they considered a "stolen victory" and became insurgents and insurrectionists. Now I have fears of what that same red side may do if His Orangeness is booted from office, and begins persecuting blue dissidents. Liberal or progressive does not mean unarmed or defenseless. It could mean Civil War 2.0--or maybe just two, three, a hundred Northern Irelands. The near future may become the dearly remembered days of peace, before America tears itself apart and flushes itself down the latrine. Enjoy them...while you still can. Grizz 65noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30034114872328501262018-03-10T17:03:24.382-06:002018-03-10T17:03:24.382-06:00Some people should not be trusted with stationery....Some people should not be trusted with stationery. For one thing, it has no auto-correct.<br /><br />Who honestly believes Michelle Obama is ugly, let alone grotesquely ugly? Only, I submit, someone who has determined to disregard the evidence of his own eyes in furtherance of his agenda of hate.<br /><br />And I am still waiting to hear, from any of these Wessels, what exactly constituted the "suffering" they claim to have experienced personally as the result of having a biracial President--oh wait, I mean as the result of having a spinless President (clearly they prefer Presidents WITH spin).Gail Dean Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37980668341136690502018-03-10T16:47:17.059-06:002018-03-10T16:47:17.059-06:00Yes. The English language is a tricky beast. One t...Yes. The English language is a tricky beast. One thinks of the unfortunate woman who said after hearing a funny joke that she hadn't laughed that hard since her husband died.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3546665341500898852018-03-10T16:06:50.976-06:002018-03-10T16:06:50.976-06:00he prob took the paper from his wife against her w...he prob took the paper from his wife against her will<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2614219470888038982018-03-10T16:05:29.735-06:002018-03-10T16:05:29.735-06:00Very Macchiavelian, FME.
Very Macchiavelian, FME.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6704273143323359102018-03-10T15:58:46.971-06:002018-03-10T15:58:46.971-06:00Wow, sending old fashioned stationary letters...we...Wow, sending old fashioned stationary letters...we know who the real deranged one is and it's not NS. Bet that writer will be mad you published his name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62489260467239516692018-03-10T15:16:20.790-06:002018-03-10T15:16:20.790-06:00I'm thinking Alan made an unconscious referenc...I'm thinking Alan made an unconscious reference to the "Horst Wessel Song." Pinky Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536686660929129648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41888674684256456812018-03-10T14:26:01.132-06:002018-03-10T14:26:01.132-06:00Well said, Neil. I told my teacher son that I woul...Well said, Neil. I told my teacher son that I would really like to have a discussion with a well-informed Trump supporter who used fact-based evidence to counter mine. He said, “I’ve tried, but all I get is “Yeah, but what about..?.” I didn’t get it, so he explained further: “Yeah, but what about... Clinton? What about Fast and Furious? What about ‘you can keep your doctor’? What about JFK and his girlfriends?” Benghazi!!!” No rational defense of d.t., just attacks on Democrats past. Of course what is not acknowledged is the deeply rooted racism and xenophobia that motivates these people. Christmashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788893936653416319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85449424953588216252018-03-10T13:33:15.779-06:002018-03-10T13:33:15.779-06:00Paul @ 7:39 "hates the comment about Michelle...Paul @ 7:39 "hates the comment about Michelle," but is happy to call Hillary a whore 3 sentences later, while charging that Neil's "rantings have become manic." Uh, got it, Chief.<br /><br />Honestly, I can almost understand a certain kind of person -- somebody who believes abortion is murder, somebody who cares more about tax breaks for the wealthy than about the environment, somebody who thinks coal jobs "coming back" would be a good thing for everybody, somebody who is threatened by the very idea of a woman president, etc. -- voting *against* Hillary and, almost by default, *for* Trump. <br /><br />What I'll *never* understand is how the nominally Christian folks who make up the Republican base, longtime champions of the supposedly moral side in the culture wars, were so adamant about denigrating the wonderful first family that last occupied the White House. Many of them, like this letter-writer, don't just very grudgingly *tolerate* Trump, in order to see their agenda advanced, but celebrate the thrice-married, serial-cheating (in both personal and business matters) libertine liar and charlatan as "wonderful" and "glorious," as Mr. Leonard writes. Remarkable. Disgusting. <br /><br />This letter is preposterous, as written, obviously. But it could have been a well-argued, brilliant assessment of the current political climate, written by a knowledgeable analyst, and it would still immediately be discounted as unacceptable and beneath contempt, simply because of the false, vile and egregious cheap shots at the Obamas. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77478927865150281242018-03-10T13:25:54.428-06:002018-03-10T13:25:54.428-06:00While we're at it, the sentence "We suffe...While we're at it, the sentence "We suffered through 8 years of a spineless fraud as president and now we have a real one." implies that our current president is a real fraud, as opposed to a spineless one.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86757452644889005902018-03-10T11:41:54.453-06:002018-03-10T11:41:54.453-06:00Don't forget that it, should be "your,&qu...Don't forget that it, should be "your," not "you're," in the opening sentence. Usually the error is made in other way around. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30534332191744454082018-03-10T11:04:46.201-06:002018-03-10T11:04:46.201-06:00You almost have to pity people like the above auth...You almost have to pity people like the above author of the letter written on his wife's pretty stationary. They believe Trump is their savior, while he trashes the standing of this country and tries to undermine democracy every day. Even if we fall into a deep depression or economy draining war, will they wise up? No, they'll accept personal and financial loss while Trump laughs his way to the bank with the millions he took from taxpayers. This fanaticism goes beyond mere ignorance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88433117791968773382018-03-10T10:36:48.811-06:002018-03-10T10:36:48.811-06:00You have to admit "heroic deads" is funn...You have to admit "heroic deads" is funny.Caren Tarvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20982351796622933822018-03-10T09:50:34.568-06:002018-03-10T09:50:34.568-06:00Well, they are not in power making ill advised dec...Well, they are not in power making ill advised decisions with long term ramifications to ourselves and our children.. So, I'd rather focus my energy on the problem at hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79893123342998134582018-03-10T09:42:31.875-06:002018-03-10T09:42:31.875-06:00I think historians will refer to our times as The ...I think historians will refer to our times as The Chump Era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2232242988526268302018-03-10T09:42:26.869-06:002018-03-10T09:42:26.869-06:00The party in power is using that power. If we expe...The party in power is using that power. If we expect reason to win over power in that the pen is mightier than the sword way we may well be sorely disappointed. <br /><br />In life the stronger more ruthless are more often Victor's .It's a shame and I don't like it but it's true. <br /><br />We can wring our hands and whine and critizice peoples grammar punctuation and spelling. We can imagine ourselfs as smarter and right. But as Neil points out we lost. That's what makes us losers. <br /><br />If we don't acknowledge that the folks who support the president are a large segment of our society and that we will continue to lose if we don't change our tactics we will likely go down in Noble defeat once again .the midterms are right around the corner. <br /><br />If The big pile of slag running for govenor is the best Democrats have to offer we should be ashamed. <br /><br />Name a viable candidate for President in 2020 . We are failing . We are weak. We were replaced as leaders in 2016 by a reality TV star . <br /><br />The majority of Americans aren't responsible for this . Not even the majority of those who voted. Stop focusing on the opposition and get our house in order. Quickly. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51583735518897731262018-03-10T09:33:50.175-06:002018-03-10T09:33:50.175-06:00It was very nice of his wife to allow him to use h...It was very nice of his wife to allow him to use her flowery stationery. That said, I'm going to assume, since cursive writing seems beyond his abilities, that a.) he never advanced beyond the second grade, or b.) he is a draftsman in training. (Certainly not an architect, because the majority of them that I worked with were much neater and knew how to spell.) How sad he can't see the "big picture"; sadder still that he can't comprehend that he is a major part of the problem. I doubt that he even realizes that his comments about President Obama and the First Lady are blatantly racist, and would deny that if challenged. My hope rests with the children of this Nation, who see Trump and his minions for what they are: ill-informed, poorly educated and frightened individuals who -- in the scheme of things -- are as insignificant as a nit on a flea on God's ass. We are better than this. <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757290836960484604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13853145613894975002018-03-10T09:22:51.127-06:002018-03-10T09:22:51.127-06:00I would write back but as you point out - to what ...I would write back but as you point out - to what end? We have become more attached to our tribe's viewpoint (and contemptuous, as you say, of others, dodging and sending arrows from our team's forts). It is a relational thing, where our circles are drawn. If I respond, I'd likely draw my own circle that leaves him feeling shut out, along with a boatload of people whom I actually love despite their contempt for my ilk. And so I won't. But maybe a voice of consciousness from the poets here, maybe Edwin Markham from an obscure past? Surely we're more than the hard edges of our Sharpies. <br /><br />"He drew a circle that shut me out-<br />Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.<br />But love and I had the wit to win:<br />We drew a circle and took him In !<br />LaurieMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517798993386022639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66307316598052623732018-03-10T09:11:05.186-06:002018-03-10T09:11:05.186-06:00I'm guessing he meant "weasel."
Nei...I'm guessing he meant "weasel."<br /><br />Neil underestimates the amusement value of this letter IMO. I particularly liked "heroic deads." Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27771215100864984222018-03-10T08:42:07.277-06:002018-03-10T08:42:07.277-06:00I, too, am disheartened by any of my family and fr...I, too, am disheartened by any of my family and friends who focus on and deride the Trump qualities that distract from the man's words and actions--discussing his orangeness, his hair, hands, wife, children, etc. It displays the same contempt. It's a facile and feel-good approach that ultimately undermines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com