tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post8728715850671450310..comments2023-09-07T04:46:50.555-04:00Comments on Sevens: Really Sen. Whitehouse?Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16897881185539158180noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-63560141090535463512009-12-20T19:18:49.801-05:002009-12-20T19:18:49.801-05:00Gee whiz... reading some references to tumbrils an...Gee whiz... <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/dantonotherverse00bees/dantonotherverse00bees_djvu.txt" rel="nofollow">reading some references</a> to tumbrils and the French Revolution... those were the big carts with cages on top in which the blue-bloods were wheeled to the guillotine. And the French people lined the streets taunting them on the way to their deaths...<br /><br />The only Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999353867631459119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-68208181781258179362009-12-20T19:02:00.686-05:002009-12-20T19:02:00.686-05:00Thanks, Halifax, Jamie, for the specific reference...Thanks, Halifax, Jamie, for the specific references.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999353867631459119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-81923655395798375342009-12-20T18:41:10.133-05:002009-12-20T18:41:10.133-05:00and correction, that's Zizek's "In De...and correction, that's Zizek's "In Defense of Lost Causes" (in my previous post)Third Parasitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898888568517091901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-86709320021503294122009-12-20T18:40:10.693-05:002009-12-20T18:40:10.693-05:00Dan - I'd have to believe there's a pathol...Dan - I'd have to believe there's a pathological need to demonize as it provides the necessary rationalization for the extreme steps being taken. I'd have to believe Sen. Whitehouse has some shame and subsequently needs to create false extremes and fictional others in order to justify his otherwise unacceptable actions.<br /><br />It's interesting studying the pathologies of Third Parasitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898888568517091901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-87854560498674408322009-12-20T18:36:30.565-05:002009-12-20T18:36:30.565-05:00Your welcome, Dan. (And thanks to RSM for linking ...Your welcome, Dan. (And thanks to RSM for linking your site!).<br /><br />It was surprising the Dems referenced the French Revolution - although it really gave birth to (and set the pattern for) socialist "transformation", including the use of terror for social control. Our own notions of Left and Right come from it. There are a lot of similarities to what is being pushed now though in HalifaxCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-36368254340169387402009-12-20T18:18:04.842-05:002009-12-20T18:18:04.842-05:00Thanks, Jamie. I suppose it's common to demon...Thanks, Jamie. I suppose it's common to demonize your opponent -- Lord knows the best players in sports do it on a weekly basis to motivate themselves -- it just seems so... career-ending ... to demonize so much of the population you serve.<br /><br />That national strike day on 1/20 is starting to sound like a good idea... if it catches.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999353867631459119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-84626241681633068872009-12-20T17:55:06.586-05:002009-12-20T17:55:06.586-05:00As post-modern philosopher Slavoj Zizek illustrate...As post-modern philosopher Slavoj Zizek illustrates, It's necessary for fascists to create demons to justify their tyranny. In fact, it's one of the greatest signifiers of a fascist: watch them otherize and create absurd fictions about an enemy that nobody else can see.<br /><br />It's one part delusion (nearly akin to seeing imaginary small animals around that others cannot perceive)Third Parasitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898888568517091901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-89144176191928779982009-12-20T17:36:56.131-05:002009-12-20T17:36:56.131-05:00Thanks, Halifax... I appreciate it... I'll loo...Thanks, Halifax... I appreciate it... I'll look it up.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999353867631459119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-43680059962466951152009-12-20T17:28:09.215-05:002009-12-20T17:28:09.215-05:00Sevens - the "tumbrils" refer to the Fre...Sevens - the "tumbrils" refer to the French Revolution, and in particular to the period known as the Terror.<br /><br />The speech is just bizarre.HalifaxCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443891200099565167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589684315638764732.post-24291574904264276782009-12-20T16:14:57.795-05:002009-12-20T16:14:57.795-05:00NATIONAL STRIKE JAN 20, 2010 to coincide w/ STATE ...NATIONAL STRIKE JAN 20, 2010 to coincide w/ STATE OF UNION SPEECH NATIONWIDE STRIKE over Obamacare...<br /><br />Call into work sick. Buy nothing. Find a union hall, congress creature office, State or Federal building and form picket lines. Come ready to party...<br /><br />NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! Put that right back in their face!<br /><br />NATIONAL STRIKE JAN 20, 2010 to coincide w/ STATE OF Toaster 802https://www.blogger.com/profile/17034456844621365910noreply@blogger.com