tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post8467327222328487312..comments2024-03-18T19:36:10.480-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Impolite SympathyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58090303950074864142010-03-26T21:41:58.566-04:002010-03-26T21:41:58.566-04:00There's probably some significance to the fact...There's probably some significance to the fact disproportionate number of the people talked about here and in David's excellent post end up working for the government. (I work for the Feds and see them all the time.)jlbusseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09393569258457198446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-71082678267446174342010-03-26T18:42:55.848-04:002010-03-26T18:42:55.848-04:00I followed David's link - with the promise of ...I followed David's link - with the promise of a CS Lewis reference how could I resist? - and it is worth reading.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63392864514391961382010-03-26T13:31:27.903-04:002010-03-26T13:31:27.903-04:00"died under the weight of some more artificia..."died under the weight of some more artificial morality" is a good phrase to ruminate on. The difference between a 'nice liberal' and a hard-core leftist seems sometimes like differing resistance to a degenerative disease. In either case, though, the disease tends to progress...<br /><br />It's very difficult to watch a friend, and even more a family member, degenerate under the weight of that artificial morality; to the point where they abandon the old-fashioned manners and morals they were raised with in favor of the pleasures of hate.<br /><br />"For really there is nothing else in us to love: creatures like us who actually find hatred such a pleasure that to give it up is like giving up beer or tobacco..."Brentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-19277615320974055232010-03-26T12:05:26.895-04:002010-03-26T12:05:26.895-04:00I have often maintained that liberals do not so mu...<i>I have often maintained that liberals do not so much disagree with others as absolutely not understand them.</i><br /><br />And, if your experiences are similar to mine, I'll bet some of these people (that you know personally) are amazingly intelligent on other things, but have a very definite blind spot here. <br /><br />Trying to get through to them is akin to banging your head against a wall, and eventually you wind up responding to them with <i>"whatever"</i>. :-)<br /><br />(Not sure if that smiley is appropriate; sometimes it really gets frustrating and sad.)<br /><br />-Paul Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530815397182777195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85771270600886847472010-03-26T08:55:06.964-04:002010-03-26T08:55:06.964-04:00"a basic level of human interaction that eith..."a basic level of human interaction that either never developed in you, or has died under the weight of some more artificial morality"<br /><br />See my post <a href="http://photoncourier.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_photoncourier_archive.html#108958454702065377" rel="nofollow">an incident at the movies</a>, espcially the C S Lewis comment.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com