tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post4961557187475044550..comments2023-06-28T09:59:42.375-05:00Comments on The Clue Batting Cage: With Apologies to Matt Wuerkerphilmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-83302636147721255752012-05-12T03:59:30.375-05:002012-05-12T03:59:30.375-05:00I countered that by that logic, I could go have a ...<b>I countered that by that logic, I could go have a t-shirt printed with Adolf Eichmann's picture on it and wear it around without a qualm, since all it meant was that I was in favor of trains running on time. </b><br /><br />I think that was Mussolini, not Eichmann. Wrong Hitler toadie. Never mind.Cylarznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-995898975038534282012-03-20T10:06:38.233-05:002012-03-20T10:06:38.233-05:00All true, as usual.
Still. No harm in pointing o...All true, as usual.<br /><br />Still. No harm in pointing out the truth of the matter less subtly. :-)philmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385793223534322848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213291.post-54195521147313669462012-03-20T07:02:19.553-05:002012-03-20T07:02:19.553-05:00Sadly, His supporters see this and think, "ri...Sadly, His supporters see this and think, "right on!!"<br /><br />I once had an argument with a liberal coworker who was wearing a Che t-shirt. The upshot of his position was that pictures of Che aren't an endorsement of communism, let alone all the awful things Che had personally done; rather it was (irony alert!) a statement that he (the t-shirt wearer) was in favor of "social change" generally.<br /><br />I countered that by that logic, I could go have a t-shirt printed with Adolf Eichmann's picture on it and wear it around without a qualm, since all it meant was that I was in favor of trains running on time. <br /><br />As this was one of my first full-on arguments with a liberal (I wasn't at all political until fairly recently), I expected... well, not a kowtow to my unimpeachable logic (I was never <i>that</i> naive), but at least a huffy response -- being called a racist or some such. <br /><br />I was completely unprepared for his blank, uncomprehending stare. If he was just playing dumb for the sake of ideology, then this guy was one hell of an actor. And I realized with dawning horror: he really <i>doesn't</i> get it. Che = "social change;" "social change" = an unquestioned good. Arguing against "social change" was, for him, like arguing against puppy dogs and pizza -- counterarguments literally make no sense. <br /><br />That's when I knew about 30% of this country is irretrievably lost.Severiannoreply@blogger.com