It's like that "meta/optics" analysis you see news commentators do. They completely ignore the actual content of the topic, and obsess over which person had a more powerful stance or talk about which person's suit had better big dick energy.
A liberal told me a while back they didn't like Parenti, and when I asked why, they said they hated the style of the writing. He's not writing fiction lol, the content is what matters.
Yeah, all the talk about him being "loud" and "always yelling" was really gross antisemitic tropes. Then those same people would dismissively call him an "old white man" and negate his experience as part of a minority in America so he couldn't win either way.
He was way to fucking nice in the face of all that bullshit.
I think when they say things like that, what they mean is "This content is challenging my pre-concieved notions, but I can't handle that, so I'll find some excuse to dismiss this book out of hand."
it's just idealism, magic powerful man has the right ideas because we believed in the power of democracy hard enough so israel will have no choice but to do good vibes now
We’ve had decades of basically nothing changing in western countries. Politics is just an abstract thing that we commentate on because it doesnt materially impact us. Politics happens out there in the hinterlands. People have their entire lives ruined and their families destroyed in the blink of an eye and without warning in the hinterlands. I’m not actually sure any of those people are actually real, anyway. So I will vote for the red team or the blue team depending on my aesthetic preference.
That will change of course. We are on a collision course with the laws of physics. Liberals of all stripes will ignore that though and continue to play empire.
Liberals care more about words than actual reality
It's like that "meta/optics" analysis you see news commentators do. They completely ignore the actual content of the topic, and obsess over which person had a more powerful stance or talk about which person's suit had better big dick energy.
A liberal told me a while back they didn't like Parenti, and when I asked why, they said they hated the style of the writing. He's not writing fiction lol, the content is what matters.
Also Parenti's style is great what is wrong with them.
PS I salute you, OG Lemmygrad poster.
Ugh, that reminds me of a person I know who didn't like Bernie because "He was too angry sounding"
It's like, my dude, priorities!
Much like my abusive father, Bernie Sanders would raise his voice. This is completely unacceptable for someone I would vote forYeah that copypasta always made me laugh.
[CW: Abuse]
My abusive father would promise shit and not deliver, kind of like Biden, so which way, liberal man?
That’s often a huge anti semitic red flag too
I'm not a Yank so i've never paid that much attention but I had no idea he was Jewish, that really recontextualizes a lot, wow
Yeah, all the talk about him being "loud" and "always yelling" was really gross antisemitic tropes. Then those same people would dismissively call him an "old white man" and negate his experience as part of a minority in America so he couldn't win either way.
He was way to fucking nice in the face of all that bullshit.
I think when they say things like that, what they mean is "This content is challenging my pre-concieved notions, but I can't handle that, so I'll find some excuse to dismiss this book out of hand."
it's just idealism, magic powerful man has the right ideas because we believed in the power of democracy hard enough so israel will have no choice but to do good vibes now
But he said the good words! Not like the bad orange man who says the bad words
Curiously, conservatives do too.
Really makes for a fucked up country when its all style and no substance.
We’ve had decades of basically nothing changing in western countries. Politics is just an abstract thing that we commentate on because it doesnt materially impact us. Politics happens out there in the hinterlands. People have their entire lives ruined and their families destroyed in the blink of an eye and without warning in the hinterlands. I’m not actually sure any of those people are actually real, anyway. So I will vote for the red team or the blue team depending on my aesthetic preference.
That will change of course. We are on a collision course with the laws of physics. Liberals of all stripes will ignore that though and continue to play empire.
No but he waved his finger this time its serious
Liberal politics is purely about aesthetics