tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post113695543998131692..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: How Liberals Got Crazy -- Ghost Dance Plus SaturationAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44118130755819997342007-01-15T11:29:00.000-05:002007-01-15T11:29:00.000-05:00Interesting observation by Jephnol. It made me th...Interesting observation by Jephnol. It made me think of a line from an old song: "...and we'll all be gay when Johnny comes marching home." I wonder how the radical left interprets that signal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137131966875414372006-01-13T00:59:00.000-05:002006-01-13T00:59:00.000-05:00AVI, the sad part is that a significant portion of...AVI, the sad part is that a significant portion of the American populace are either 1/too busy with surviving or 2/so easily manipulated by the constant bombardment of the MSM, that they tend to be pulled in by liberal arguments. As you say in your finish, they don't really agree, just are nudged into a half comprehending assent. <BR/>This leads to even more incoherency when we debate major national issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137097351225434362006-01-12T15:22:00.000-05:002006-01-12T15:22:00.000-05:00jephnol, I think what you say is spot on, and I wi...jephnol, I think what you say is spot on, and I will begin trying to integrate it into my larger whole. In academia, deconstructionists have their own jargon, which has expanded to the point of a self-reinforcing language. One of its functions is to keep others at bay -- equivalent perhaps to Masonic knowledge.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137086593748234702006-01-12T12:23:00.000-05:002006-01-12T12:23:00.000-05:00But basically it could be that lefties have a chem...But basically it could be that lefties have a chemical imbalance in their brains. Has their been any research on a pet scan or some imagery on the conservative vs liberal brains? LOL I want pictures!!! WAAAAAAAAAA!LiquidLifeHackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949269503629475002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137042291212026512006-01-12T00:04:00.000-05:002006-01-12T00:04:00.000-05:00AVI,This is an intriguing post…I enjoyed your anal...AVI,<BR/><BR/>This is an intriguing post…<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed your analogy of a movie soundtrack – especially significant to me was the statement, “(C)ues would compete against the actual words of the characters and pictures on the screen…” I believe sub-groups circle their wagons in times of crisis, and individuals identify more significantly with the group identity, resulting in a unification of language within the framework of the prevailing ideology. The ideology, in a sense, becomes the referent for the in-group language, and definitions are skewed in favor of group think. Jargon emerges. The isolation of group think creates a self-reinforcing linguistic barrier between in-group and out-group, which promotes miscues in interactions between individuals from competing groups. A simplistic hypothetical example would be if group (A) individual states ‘Rob is gay’, meaning the gentleman was happy, and group (B) individual understands (A) to intend ‘Rob is a homosexual’. If this occurs in the context of Rob’s wedding day, B’s response will be out of synch with A’s expectations. An individual with a strongly reinforced schema, such as the schema of a sub-group in crisis, would respond to such social miscues with cognitive dissonance because they’re “off-script”. How they manage that dissonance is the important question. I believe terms like Bushitler are a good indication that many people are not handling it well, and there can be no dialogue when terms such as this are regarded as reasonable.<BR/><BR/>I hope what I said here makes some sense to you. The important thing is I appreciate your post, because this is a significant issue, and you’ve given me some new ideas to work into my thinking.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>JephnolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137030452621221372006-01-11T20:47:00.000-05:002006-01-11T20:47:00.000-05:00"Anonymous" really got you there! At least he ref..."Anonymous" really got you there! At least he refrains from quoting one of the two Bible verses all liberals know "Let he who is without guilt..." and "Take the log from your own eye..." We should be grateful for that.GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137006909743610182006-01-11T14:15:00.000-05:002006-01-11T14:15:00.000-05:00Very good. I like the idea of the off-kilter soun...Very good. I like the idea of the off-kilter soundtrack. I read a pychoanalytic book several years ago entitled "Dirty Words," about the magical unconscious power that is invested in certain words. That's what makes them dirty. <BR/><BR/>The left has a whole panoply of such "dirty words" that no one esle understands. They are obviously invested with a huge reservoir of unconscious meaning and passion, but no one else has any idea what they're talking about: the list is endless: Fox. Halliburton. Stolen election. Voting machines. Bush lied. Tax cuts for the rich. Environment. Homophobia. Quagmire. Little guy. As I've written about before, these words have become "iconic" for the left, conveying no meaning to nonbelievers.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1137006383660015942006-01-11T14:06:00.000-05:002006-01-11T14:06:00.000-05:00As I was a liberal for many years, I'm fairly well...As I was a liberal for many years, I'm fairly well familiar. You might also want to read all the way to the last paragraph next time.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1136997262131327072006-01-11T11:34:00.000-05:002006-01-11T11:34:00.000-05:00A HAIt seems as though ASV has fallen into an old ...A HA<BR/>It seems as though ASV has fallen into an old trap of selectively using information and posts that criticize the other side, but has not had a very objective view on his own. In order to be taken seriously, use constructive critcism on your own party. Just bashing the left makes this blob the same as any other touting conservative ideology by unfairly demonizing the left. To truly be taken seriously, undertake the weaknesses in your own party before bashing the other, or else it becomes an excercise in futility and the identical twin of everyone of your brothers in arms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com