corman
5mo ago
Most government lies are laundered through various black boxes of plausible deniability. I believe the biggest problem the government is facing right now is that trust in institutions has (rightfully) fallen so low that wary citizens are starting to look at any government accounting as plausibly deniable bullshit.
corman
5mo ago
Or it could mean that only in a most desperate and ugly battle for one's very survival do we forgo our principles and make women to fight because we need every last body at any cost.
It's this, combined with the fact that women are a distraction when discipline and focus are paramount. If you've ever trained in martial arts you know the air is charged differently when a woman is in the gym and the minds of men will wander.
corman
5mo ago
The fact that he was still charged and tried for murder despite the well-established facts was profoundly radicalizing for me, and I imagine for many other Reds.
Any time during before, during, or after the trial the Blues would smear Rittenhouse as stupid or immature my eyes would pop out of my skull. The boy handled himself in a crisis situation with outstanding discipline. Those who criticized him would rather our young men be locked in their rooms playing xbox and masturbating than defending their communities from outside invaders.
corman
6mo ago
You can't make motherhood 'prestigious' because motherhood has never been prestigious. Closest thing would just be banning women from doing actually prestigious things.
This is the second comment in this thread talking about eschewing motherhood being the more "prestigious" option, hence the more favored.
Healthy women have deep-seated, base, mammalian urges to reproduce and nourish healthy offspring. It is hardwired in them to feel pleasure through these behaviors. The bond a mother has with her children and how they give great meaning to her life is a story in every culture in existence.
Women are forsaking these genetic behaviors for what reason? For whose benefit? Have we stacked the value of the maternal bond against an economic forecast and decided it doesn't measure up?
corman
7mo ago
I think I got tripped up on the wording because "phobia" denotes irrationality to me and I don't believe the right's non-support of a war waged in the name of an unfamiliar flag to be irrational.
corman
7mo ago
Instead of specifically targeting the excesses of wokeness, they do the oikophobic thing and say the West itself must be destroyed.
It's only oikophobic if the West feels like home. A lot of people in the US see the pride flag being treated more reverently than the stars and stripes and feel like strangers in a strange land. If the morale of the people is flagging the ruling party may have to look to their own sins to understand why.
corman
7mo ago
I'd say it being made illegal to criticize them certainly serves to elevate their status!
And the only side effect is enshrining the most privileged group of people on the planet as a protected class!
corman
9mo ago
Improper? Unethical? Sure. Illegal? They have expensive law degrees and lawyers (also with expensive law degrees), and they wrote the laws. Chances are they know exactly where the line is and didn't cross it
I've been browsing themotte for a while now and at times have been tempted to comment. This is the first time I feel i have something to contribute to a conversation. My response to this bit is catalyzed by the recent attention @ymeskhout has been bringing to lawfare.
If there is low-grade or open conservative hostility toward the establishment that Trump is the avatar of, it is because of this attitude of "we make the rules, we sneeringly violate the spirit of them and then aggressively prosecute those who don't play the game as sociopathically as we do." I am tired of people like ymeskhout sitting asking about evidence when we all know exactly what game is being played and the only thing that matters is exactly how well the corruption is concealed and how well the law is "played around".
I would argue now that the Democrats as a party have becoming exceptionally more skilled than Republicans at concealing their corruption and gaming the system to the point that they are comfortable openly flaunting their impunity. The anger that Trump is the voice of is the increasing modern understanding of just how rigged the game is and who exactly is rigging it.
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the rhetoric we get served by the media about every Republican candidate every election.
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