"Anti-American" opinions, people alergic to truth, and killing the messenger
June 21, 2005:
To Walt in Alabama: So you're a patriot. So what? Who needs a patriot who's an ignorant moron? The fact is that Wade Churchill is right, and it's logically incontrovertible, a matter of historical record. The further fact - once boasted about, now "best not talked about" - is that black slaves were lynched and murdered by the thousands, publicly and without protest from the populace, and with the law's tacit approval. The nation was built on genocide and murder. Churchill reasoned that anyone who behaves like we do in the world of nations ought expect reprisal, and his remark to the effect that anyone who supports that kind of foreign policy and behavior shouldn't act shocked if and when he gets in the way of retaliation is also reasonable. I'm reminded of the parallel represented by Waco and the Murrah Building. The trouble is you, and people like you, don't want to deal with the truth, so you want to kill the messenger who brings it. You'd lynch the little boy who said the king with his wonderful clothes was naked.
And as to our role as "leader of the free world," why in hell would any other nation trust us with the world's economy, the environment, world peace, or anything else? They should trust us—selfless and trustworthy good neighbor that we are? Wise and reasonable, too? Sure. You don't think the people overseas our multi-billion dollar corporations are paying wages like fifty cents a day know that the same corporation pays people here several hundred dollars? You don't think they know they're being had? Their children, too? Pull your head out (you know, I've always wanted to be there to see one of your sort put his head up your ass in the first place—that must be quite a sight . . .). Reasonable? Today, the premier of "Communist Vietnam" is here to talk business. We're eager (they just discovered a big wad of oil there—what a coincidence!). U.S. citizens are free to travel to Vietnam. Funny about "Communist Cuba," isn't it?
And Sue, in Missouri, it's like pornography: if you can't handle it, don't look. I said right up front my website serves up truth in massive doses. If you can prove I'm wrong, I'll say I'm wrong and thank the one who showed me. That's what truth is all about. The science of fact and factual knowledge—"epistemology," it's called—is well advanced. So are the rules of evidence practiced by lawyers and courts. When you're wrong, it can usually be demonstrated logically and scientifically. And the truth is rarely just "a matter of opinion." Sorry, babe. That's just nonsense.
And, Bill O'Reilly, "that's a memo."
To Walt in Alabama: So you're a patriot. So what? Who needs a patriot who's an ignorant moron? The fact is that Wade Churchill is right, and it's logically incontrovertible, a matter of historical record. The further fact - once boasted about, now "best not talked about" - is that black slaves were lynched and murdered by the thousands, publicly and without protest from the populace, and with the law's tacit approval. The nation was built on genocide and murder. Churchill reasoned that anyone who behaves like we do in the world of nations ought expect reprisal, and his remark to the effect that anyone who supports that kind of foreign policy and behavior shouldn't act shocked if and when he gets in the way of retaliation is also reasonable. I'm reminded of the parallel represented by Waco and the Murrah Building. The trouble is you, and people like you, don't want to deal with the truth, so you want to kill the messenger who brings it. You'd lynch the little boy who said the king with his wonderful clothes was naked.
And as to our role as "leader of the free world," why in hell would any other nation trust us with the world's economy, the environment, world peace, or anything else? They should trust us—selfless and trustworthy good neighbor that we are? Wise and reasonable, too? Sure. You don't think the people overseas our multi-billion dollar corporations are paying wages like fifty cents a day know that the same corporation pays people here several hundred dollars? You don't think they know they're being had? Their children, too? Pull your head out (you know, I've always wanted to be there to see one of your sort put his head up your ass in the first place—that must be quite a sight . . .). Reasonable? Today, the premier of "Communist Vietnam" is here to talk business. We're eager (they just discovered a big wad of oil there—what a coincidence!). U.S. citizens are free to travel to Vietnam. Funny about "Communist Cuba," isn't it?
And Sue, in Missouri, it's like pornography: if you can't handle it, don't look. I said right up front my website serves up truth in massive doses. If you can prove I'm wrong, I'll say I'm wrong and thank the one who showed me. That's what truth is all about. The science of fact and factual knowledge—"epistemology," it's called—is well advanced. So are the rules of evidence practiced by lawyers and courts. When you're wrong, it can usually be demonstrated logically and scientifically. And the truth is rarely just "a matter of opinion." Sorry, babe. That's just nonsense.
And, Bill O'Reilly, "that's a memo."
posted by Judo Knight-Errant at 8:42 AM
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