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prozak at anus.com
prozak at anus.com
Fri Feb 14 14:00:11 CST 2003
> > > I guess the definition of "left" in politics is a bit relative. You seem to
> > > be naively buying into the right-wing line of Limbaugh & his ilk.
> >
> > People have the ability to believe in things without being grouped
> > with the convenient straw men of the moment.
> >
> > Whether you "mean" it or not, you're trying to bully me into saying
> > things I don't believe ("Surely you're joking?").
> >
> > Rush Limbaugh, by classical political thought, is a fucking leftist.
>
> I never thought prozak was joking--EXACTLY. Limbaugh and Fox News
> Network-type commentary seems totally designed to play upon envy and
> desire for revenge among very very non elite segments of the populace.
> In other words it shamelessly serves as a salve to the mental state
> known as RESSENTIMENT. Since Ressentiment derives from social
> inequality, and since social inequality is generally considered to be a
> left issue, prozak's proposition is sort of in a way demonstrated. On
> the other hand, the filthy lies and distortions that pour forth from
> these sources obviously have as their main aim to damage politicians of
> the Democratic party (Bill and Hillary types) and by so doing boost the
> stock of Republican/George W. Bush programs. Which puts a whole other
> face on things.
This is very true. My thought is that if both sides in a war are
phony, why not both sides in a political debate? Most accurately, one
might say that both right and left have converged on the center
through this policy: tolerate anything which does not interrupt the
graft in progress.
Limbaugh I don't believe is a conservative, at all, for reasons which
are hearsay and thus won't be discussed, and are personal to me.
"Conservative" radio commentators seem to me to be more revenge
types, and it is of course disturbing as always to hear non-soldiers
advocating vast and total warfare.
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