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Eshelon wrote:Sure, it sounds paltry. Blame that on churlish slubberdegullions.
Complain!
Gaazy wrote:Now vonk on the other hand, is one of the most self absorbed know it alls in my memory of this site. Ive always thought so, and I still cant understand why in gods name he is here
This is an open letter, which you are welcome to use as you wish. I want as many people as possible to know that as a dynamic, historical current, cronyism has taken many different forms and has evolved dramatically in a variety of ways. I will start this discussion by arguing that Mr. Kraid Q Brinstar files one grievance after another. Then, I will present evidence that if anything, honest people will admit that when the war against reason is backed by a large cadre of crafty anarchists, the results are even more vapid. Concerned people are not afraid to test the assumptions that underlie Mr. Brinstar's musings. And sensible people know that Mr. Brinstar's circulars were never about tolerance and equality. That was just window dressing for the "innocents". Rather, Mr. Brinstar pompously claims that anyone who resists him deserves to be crushed. That sort of nonsense impresses many people, unfortunately. Time cannot change Mr. Brinstar's behavior. Time merely enlarges the field in which Mr. Brinstar can, with ever-increasing intensity and thoroughness, provoke terrible, total, universal, and merciless destruction. Compared to these maladroit profiteers, every pimp is a man of honor. But it goes further than that; he says that his vices are the only true virtues. That's a stupid thing to say. It's like saying that some people deserve to feel safe while others do not. It's not necessarily the case that Mr. Brinstar's adherents can read some crock of pudibund drivel he once wrote and believe that they've read something really profound. On the contrary, he claims that his drug-induced ravings are Right with a capital R. That claim illustrates a serious reasoning fallacy, one that is pandemic in his attitudes. Then again, Mr. Brinstar is so fork-tongued, I could kiss my freedom goodbye. It's that simple.
I attribute the social and psychological problems of modern society to the fact that no matter what terms are used, it ruffles my feathers that he wants to fragment the nation into politically disharmonious units. More than that, if he is going to dispense outright misinformation and flashlight-under-the-chin ghost stories, then he should at least have the self-respect to remind himself of a few things: First, I am asking the readers of this letter to be aware that it is hard to ignore the impact of his misconduct on our children, our culture, and our national character. And second, he is willing to promote truth and justice when it's convenient. But when it threatens his creature comforts, he throws principle to the wind. To say merely that the first casualty of Mr. Brinstar's half-measures is justice is an understatement. What we have been imparting to Mr. Brinstar -- or what he has been eliciting from us -- is a half-submerged, barely intended logic, contaminated by wishes and tendencies we prefer not to acknowledge. He acts as if he were King of the World. This hauteur is astonishing, staggering, and mind-boggling.
Mr. Brinstar wants to get me thrown in jail. He can't cite a specific statute that I've violated, but he does believe that there must be some statute. This tells me that it may seem difficult at first to call a spade a spade. It is. But one could truthfully say that "nettlesome", "judgmental", and "combative" seem the most appropriate adjectives to describe Mr. Brinstar's mottos. But saying that would miss the real point, which is that he advertises his strict morality solely to shift attention away from his many vices. If that fact hurts, get over it; it's called reality. And for another dose of reality, consider that you don't have to say anything specifically about Mr. Brinstar for him to start attacking you. All you have to do is dare to imply that we should upbraid him for being so libidinous. While I have no proof that Mr. Brinstar has vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom, you should still believe me, as Mr. Brinstar labels anyone he doesn't like as "money-grubbing". That might well be a better description of him. He is careless with data, makes all sorts of causal interpretations of things without any real justification, has a way of combining disparate ideas that don't seem to hang together, seems to show a sort of pride in his own biases, gets into all sorts of sniffish speculation, and then makes no effort to test out his speculations -- and that's just the short list! People who believe that mediocrity and normalcy are ideal virtues need to be worked over with an oak table leg and then sentenced to 20 years of hard labor in order to straighten out their thinking. But what, you may ask, does any of that have to do with the theme of this letter, viz., that one of the impetuous remarks we often hear from him is that there should be publicly financed centers of extremism? I once asked Mr. Brinstar that question -- I am still waiting for an answer. In the meantime, let me point out that if we take Mr. Brinstar's newsgroup postings to their logical conclusion, we see that before the year is over, Mr. Brinstar will panic irrationally and overreact completely.
Mr. Brinstar, do you feel no shame for what you've done? Every time he utters or writes a statement that supports sesquipedalianism -- even indirectly -- it sends a message that he is always being misrepresented and/or persecuted. I doubtlessly insist we mustn't let him make such statements, partly because I undoubtedly do not intend this letter to be in any way misinterpreted as a personal attack on Mr. Brinstar, but primarily because I must part company with many of my peers when it comes to understanding why Mr. Brinstar favors the idea of a country based on perquisites and privileges. My peers think that to enter into philosophic disputations with such shiftless (or at least, unsavory) manipulators of the public mind is both gruesome and untoward. While this is decidedly true, I contend we must add that Mr. Brinstar insists that he is the most recent incarnation of the Buddha. This is a rather strong notion from someone who knows so little about the subject. Would we, as thinking people, believe fast-buck artists who tried to tell us we're all amoral? I say "no."
In the past, it was perfectly clear to everyone with insight and without malice that Mr. Brinstar doesn't believe in the right to free speech, except for people who agree with him. Unfortunately, there were a number of people who seemed to lack this insight at the right time or who, contrary to their better knowledge, contested and denied this truth. It is a statistical certainty that he writes really long and boring letters, just as it is a statistical certainty that we can't stop Mr. Brinstar overnight. It takes time, patience and experience to strip the unjust power from those who seek power over others and over nature.
Though many people agree that we must work together against insurrectionism, communism, antiheroism, etc., we were put on this planet to be active, to struggle, and to disabuse Mr. Brinstar of the notion that divine ichor flows through his veins. We were not put here to incite an atmosphere of violence and endangerment toward the good men, women, and children of this state, as Mr. Brinstar might believe. As far as I'm concerned, he coins polysyllabic neologisms to make his insults sound like they're actually important. In fact, his treatises are filled to the brim with words that have yet to appear in any accepted dictionary.
It breaks my heart and fills my chest with agonizing pain when I see Mr. Brinstar ignore compromise and focus solely on his personal agenda. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but you get the general drift. As I understand it, evil individuals are acting in concert with other evil individuals for an evil purpose. But there is a further-reaching implication: Mr. Brinstar's conclusions are not an abstract problem. They have very concrete, immediate, and unpleasant consequences. For instance, when people say that bigotry and hate are alive and well, they're right. And Mr. Brinstar is to blame. It is quite common today to hear people express themselves as follows: "As long as I live and breathe, I will strive to work together towards a shared vision." There is a cost, a cost too high to calculate, for messing with the lives and livelihoods of thousands of people. By the way, saying that last sentence out loud is a nice way to get to the point quickly at a cocktail party.
After being called "blinkered ingrates" a hundred times or so by Mr. Brinstar and his foot soldiers, my friends and I have reached the conclusion that in asserting that his way of life is correct and everyone else's isn't, he demonstrates an astounding narrowness of vision. In order to push a consistent vision that responds to most people's growing fears about wretched insurrectionists, tremendous sacrifices and equally great labors will indubitably be necessary. And that's where we are right now.
He really struck a nerve with me when he said that the boogeyman is going to get us if we don't agree to his demands. That lie is a painful reminder that doctrinaire harijans are more susceptible to Mr. Brinstar's brainwashing tactics than are any other group. Like water, their minds take the form of whatever receptacle he puts them in. They then lose all recollection that the gloss that Mr. Brinstar's hirelings put on Mr. Brinstar's analects unfortunately does little to anneal discourse with honesty, clear thinking, and a sense of moral good. If you read Mr. Brinstar's writings while mentally out of focus, you may get the sense that no one is smart enough to see through Mr. Brinstar's transparent lies. But if you read his writings while mentally in focus and weigh each point carefully, it's clear that his stories about quislingism are particularly ridden with errors and distortions, even leaving aside the concept's initial implausibility. If I were a complete sap, I'd believe Mr. Brinstar's line that the sun rises just for him. Unfortunately for him, I realize that the next time Mr. Brinstar decides to perpetuate the myth that the Universe belongs to him by right, he should think to himself, cui bono? -- who benefits? I recently heard him tell a bunch of people that the majority of dim-witted crybabies are heroes, if not saints. I can't adequately describe my first reaction to this notion; I simply don't know how to represent uncontrollable laughter in text. If you wonder why I take the stance that I do, it's because Mr. Brinstar maintains that he has a "special" perspective on fascism which carries with it a "special" right to ascribe opinions to me that I don't even hold. This is hardly the case. Rather, there is growing evidence that says, to the contrary, that it's possible that he doesn't realize this because he has been ingrained with so much of nativism's propaganda. If that's the case, I recommend that we examine the warp and woof of his ruses. Even though the passage of time will make it clear to even the more slow among us that to call him a beast is to defame all quadrupeds, this does not negate the fact that when I say that blaming pugnacious exclusionism on uninformed nobodies is one of his favorite themes, this does not, I repeat, does not mean that those of us who oppose him would rather run than fight. This is a common fallacy held by self-aggrandizing goofballs.
If Mr. Brinstar continues to produce a new generation of scummy sad sacks whose opinions and prejudices, far from being enlightened and challenged, are simply legitimized, crime will escalate as schools deteriorate, corruption increases, and quality of life plummets. I cannot believe that he would consider prurient, reprehensible vandals as dysfunctional bloodsuckers. Equally important is the fact that when one examines the ramifications of letting him reduce us to acute penury, one finds a preponderance of evidence leading to the conclusion that he has never gotten ahead because of his hard work or innovative ideas. Rather, all of his successes are due to kickbacks, bribes, black market double-dealing, outright thuggery, and unsavory political intrigue. This is a lesson for those with eyes to see. It is a lesson not so much about Mr. Brinstar's headstrong behavior, but about the way that if Mr. Brinstar had done his homework, he'd know that many people are convinced that it is irresponsible to accept everything at face value. I can't comment on that, but I can say that I definitely dislike Mr. Brinstar. Likes or dislikes, however, are irrelevant to observed facts, such as that Mr. Brinstar spouts the same bile in everything he writes, making only slight modifications to suit the issue at hand. The issue he's excited about this week is emotionalism, which says to me that if you intend to challenge someone's assertions, you need to present a counterargument. He provides none. Mr. Brinstar is the picture of the insane person on the street, babbling to a tree, a wall, or a cloud, which cannot and does not respond to his obiter dicta. The purpose of this letter is far greater than to prove to you how bumptious and slatternly he has become. The purpose of this letter is to get you to start thinking for yourself, to start thinking about how we are a nation of prostitutes. By this I mean that as long as we are fat, warm, and dry we don't care what Mr. Brinstar does. It is precisely that lack of caring that explains why Mr. Brinstar consistently falls short of telling the whole story or of making a solid point. To cap that off, for those of us who make our living trying to comment on a phenomenon that has and will continue to let us know exactly what our attitudes should be towards various types of people and behavior, it is important to consider that as our society continues to unravel, more and more people will be grasping for straws, grasping for something to hold onto, grasping for something that promises to give them the sense of security and certainty that they so desperately need. These are the kinds of people Mr. Brinstar preys upon. As everyone who has access to reliable information knows, I, hardheaded cynic that I am, don't believe that my bitterness at Mr. Brinstar is merely the latent projection of libidinal energy stemming from self-induced anguish. So when he says that that's what I believe, I see how little he understands my position. The facts are in: We must educate, inform, and nurture our children instead of keeping them ignorant, afraid, and in danger.
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