tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1660954472123956017..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Beating Back Cancel CultureAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-66507950393123815592021-01-29T14:43:26.533-05:002021-01-29T14:43:26.533-05:00https://babylonbee.com/news/ive-been-shot-screams-...https://babylonbee.com/news/ive-been-shot-screams-aoc-as-ted-cruz-greets-her-with-friendly-finger-gun-gestureGrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-25628783456824057952021-01-29T11:23:38.771-05:002021-01-29T11:23:38.771-05:00Ridicule is the appropriate response to the ridicu...Ridicule is the appropriate response to the ridiculous. It does have the drawback that it can quickly become mean-spirited, but sometimes bullies must be laughed at.<br /><br />The advice to pre-organize is valuable. Someone once advised me that the best defense to slander was to live so that no one would believe it.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-24734490149147335492021-01-28T16:43:03.486-05:002021-01-28T16:43:03.486-05:00Here’s the reference:
https://twitter.com/aoc/sta...Here’s the reference:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1354848253729234944?s=21Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-22265288845090680662021-01-28T16:38:39.980-05:002021-01-28T16:38:39.980-05:00The relevant section doesn’t call for insulting th...The relevant section doesn’t call for insulting them, so much as pointing out how they are leaving themselves open to being mocked. <br /><br />AOC today responded to Ted Cruz agreeing with her with an accusation that he had “tried to have me murdered.” This she then leveraged into a demand that he resign. What he actually did was to raise a formal objection to election results, in the formal and legal way, at the appropriate time for such objections according to the process. Transforming that into attempted murder deserves mockery. It a silly thing to do, and it’s fine to say so. <br /><br />That’s not an insult to her, either. I like AOC. I don’t often agree with her, but she got where she is the right way — beating the political machine by knocking on doors and asking for people’s votes. It’s nothing personal, she’s just saying something ridiculous at the moment. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-20326666414566662922021-01-28T12:50:43.948-05:002021-01-28T12:50:43.948-05:00I hadn't even noticed the change in tone. Bad...I hadn't even noticed the change in tone. Bad on me. thank you.<br /><br />As for Chick-fil-A, we got to see prime idiocy here in NH a few years ago when LGBT groups nationally were getting worked up over the chain but a local group in Nashua, where the only one in NH is located objected, pointing out that the local Chick-fil-A was one of their biggest donation supporters for Pride Week and they knew of a half-dozen of their folks who worked there. The local group argued, and I think even split over the issue, which was classic. "Let's shoot ourselves in the foot and insult our actual friends so that we can be a less-than-1% part of a national, entirely symbolic, and not-very-accurate gesture."<br /><br />And please don't tell me big-time wrestling isn't real. I've had too much disillusionment in the last 12 months already.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-33359723041700230692021-01-28T11:55:13.969-05:002021-01-28T11:55:13.969-05:00Wait, big time wrestling?
I was thinking "go...Wait, big time wrestling?<br /><br />I was thinking "good, good, good, as I read <i>"Hold the moral high ground. Never descend to the level of insults, taunts, and ad hominem attacks"</i>; but then it was immediately followed by <i>"Mock them mercilessly."</i><br /><br />I suppose looking at those two things dispassionately, it is possible to mock people mercilessly without descending to insults, taunts, and ad hominem -- so those two points aren't necessarily in opposition. Seems less fun though.<br /><br />Changing tack, I'll note here that this article describes a controversy within a field, and a lot of the 'cancelling' that I see is on account of non-work-time behaviour or communication. <br /><br />A few years ago (Obama was still president) I overheard a group of grad-students at another table at the coffeeshop discussing the conference meal plans for the regional academic conference they would be hosting -- they'd evaluated all the options and 'Chick-fil-A' was the cheapest buffet-lunch delivery that met the criteria, followed by 'Jimmy-Johns'. When they decided to go with Chick-fil-A, I decided to become rude and interrupt them, and said that they might want to consider adding a criteria to their evaluation relating to how many of their conference participants might be highly offended by their choice. <br />I think the boycotts of both chains were promoted by misinformed or malevolent people, but didn't want to see naive kids have their world ripped up for being naive.Douglas2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11290012200563917585noreply@blogger.com