That changes everything.
You’re getting to be a one-note Johnny. It won’t be long until everyone else begins to skip over your posts too.
Okay, Hector, the time has come…that time when I politely explain that real life beckons and must bid everyone a fond adeiu. So, take care all, and though I’m not sure how long it will be, I’ll look forward to seeing you all later.
Hi, Zoe!
I’m actually a liberal, and being a liberal in Europe practically makes me a communist as far as American standards go.
Ooo! Oooo! Goodbye, goodbye! I also have to run to the copier, which explains why I’ll be away from my postings for a moment.
Thanks for letting me know why there will be no answer for a while when I ring you on the internet.
Dumbass.
Hey! You’re not promoting classiness there, you liberal!
I know. I was merely pointing out that I was being genuinely polite and not doing so as a gig to liberals around here like Hector suggested. I mentioned you in order to illustrate that my politeness was taken by you in the spirit in which it was offered.
You’re actually not a bad guy…even for a commie!
Like I said, shooting fish in a barrel.
SA, I have to admit that, despite the fact that I think your Theory of Liberal Responsibility for the Decline and Fall of Civility and Grace is bunk, I do sometimes catch a glimmer of genuine humor in your posting demeanor. And I like that.
Unlike some of your starboard-side-of-the-aisle compatriots, you’re not actually crazy, I don’t think… (coughlonesomepolecatcough)
You’re still wrong, though.
Please define for us what exactly is this “American culture and civilization” you speak of, and offer evidence of its decline.
I personally thought the Statue of Liberty summed it up-- the tired, the poor, the huddled masses. All the white people came here on boats and mixed together with the other folks who came here in various ways in the proverbial and much vaunted “melting pot” to make American culture. It’s a hybrid of everything the world has to offer, which is what makes it so damn potent, chaotic, and often contentious. I don’t think it’s dying at all. It’s mutating, as it has been since its inception. That’s why I am inquiring as to what you think our culture is, and why you think it’s in decline. We must be operating from different definitions.
I think that Lonesome Polecat is jealous and wants his very own pitting.
Hmm. I think perhaps you shall be among the last to be put up againt the wall when your country is overrun in the name of the people. But it’ll be a very polite shooting, I promise you.
Do you know what you’re actually saying here? You’re saying that Western culture is a hothouse flower that cannot compete against encroachment from these supposedly “lesser” cultures and must be protected in a bubble of racial and cultural purity lest it be contaminated.
Doesn’t say much for your opinion of the robustness of Western culture, does it?
Of course, “Western culture” is a dogwhistle for “white exceptionalism”, so I really shouldn’t expect any logical construct from you on that.
And, amazingly, I actually AM kind of disappointed, because while I knew he was a right-wing semi-kook, I never really thought Lonesome Polecat was a racist. I feel like someone told me the Easter Bunny smoked marijuana or something.
Putting to one side your arguments against multiculturism and what our society should best be, arguments I personally disagree with, you do realize that no society remains static forever, yes?
All cultures “die” ( or more usually, evolve ) eventually. Even the most isolated, durable and long-lasting of cultures, say ancient Egypt, eventually changes for one reason or another. It is just a fact of history. And the more mobile humanity has become, both physically and in terms of communication, the faster the face of societies has changed around the world. You cannot halt the movement away from the dominant paradigm of 1950’s USA ( itself an arguably atypical and anomalous period even by normal American standards ) anymore than you could have prevented the indutrial revolution and the growth of urbanization. The Founders undoubtedly didn’t envision the decline of the “gentlemen farmer” agrarian model either. Doesn’t mean anybody could have stopped it.
And railing bitterly against something that is as inevitable as death and taxes is just an exercise in frustration.
Ah, good point; when you put it that way, it does sound unlikely.
I’m still having a hard time making that elusive connection between “Palin” and “Jackie-esque personality.” Yes, she’s “Jackie-esque” insofar as she is a woman; and arguably she also has a personality. But it’s kind of a non sequitur otherwise.
If one were to embrace the “Camelot” metaphor, then I suppose Palin could be Guinevak. But I seem to recall that she was ultimately beaten to death, so maybe that’s not a good idea either.
He’s not just round the bend…he’s so far round the bend, he’s on his third lap of the Crazyinapolis 500.
snerk
Starving Cher performs one more definitely last no this time I mean it encore for her Posolutely Absitively Final Farewell Tour, and then is finally coaxed out to sing Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina…
Forgotten, but not gone…
Gosh, I recall that Lonesome Polecat was one of the board’s right-wingers, but I didn’t actually realise he was a white-power style racist.
LP, you’ll be glad to know a (very) few British people feel the same way you do! Enjoy reading the views of your soulmates.
Starving Artist, surely you must understand that when you proudly declare you will ignore reason, logic and inference from evidence as tools to determine what to think, in favour of sticking to your preconceptions… and when you show so little understanding of the idea that people can interpret their experiences erroneously and that’s why we need science, statistics and reasoned debate… you are basically proclaiming to everyone around you that there is no reason whatsoever for them to believe anything you say! If the sole “arguments” you have for your beliefs are ‘my experience tells me’ and ‘no one can seriously deny that’, why should anyone pay attention to you?
Just because reasoned argument CAN be used to come to erroneous conclusions, it neither follows that
a) reasoned argument NECESSARILY ALWAYS comes to erroneous conclusions, nor that
b) fallacious reasoning and appeal to beliefs and unverifiable personal experience, are the smart alternative.
Look at the board’s motto again. Are you sure you’re on the right side?
I’ve been reading these boards for over 3 years now and LP’s posts today are the very first time I have seen openly racists remarks.