Over at The Happy Tutor’s place, the Wealth Bondage bordello … in the parlor we often talk about civility, ideals, values, literature, some of the ways that seem to have been lost, and a range of smart and cute ways to think through and comment on some of the unhappy, or despairing trends we see occurring in this postmodern society of ours.
Which is kinda fun and kinda nice, and a place to relax in a time when many many people are finding it harder and harder to distinguish between what ’s on nightly at the Word Wrestling Federation arena and the activities on your street, in your town, on your tv, or in your name in some distant land.
So … many people have gotten numb, or gone through some version of Kubler-Ross’ cycle of denial … bargaining … depression … acceptance when it comes to the idiocy and lunacy of Bush et al. Not me … I feel mad everyday.
Now, I’ve found a screed penned by the Rude Pundit that helps me get pretty close to how pissed I feel that these almost-people have been allowed to have their way with North America and the world.
Do you feel this way too ?
What Kerry Should Say, Part 2 (Rude Version):
If, at tonight's "town hall debate," when Kerry is asked, "What did you mean in the last debate by 'global test'?", he doesn't answer, "You have got to be motherfucking kidding me, ma'am. That's like asking Martin Luther King if he wipes his ass properly. That's like asking an Iraqi child with his arms blown off by American bombs if he's happy that Saddam's gone. You wanna know what's going on here? You have snorted from the Bush stash. That little bitch hunched on his stool over there has taken two words of mine and thinks he can disembowel me with him. Hey, you stuttering prick, considering your glowing academic career, no fuckin' wonder you're scared shitless of anything that has the word 'test' in it. 'Global motherfucking test' means that you can go anywhere in the goddamn world and talk to any fuckin' person, and you can back your actions up.
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October 8, 2004 at 1:56 pm
Anonymous
The Rude Pundit is my hero.
October 8, 2004 at 11:49 pm
Anonymous
He does have quite an unique style … one that only just manages to camouflage his deep understanding of core issues. After reading him occasionally, I now find myself reading more and more of his (her ?) work.
Probably cuz I’m feeling less and less civil in the face of more apparent and enduring stupidity and willful ignorance.
October 12, 2004 at 9:18 am
Anonymous
Jon, it’s possible for people to forfeit the privilege of civil conversation. Wingnut Murkans, for the most part, view discourse as combat and spend a great deal of time laying down covering fire. The obnoxious little trolls and the mentally unbalanced freepers are their intellectual shock troops. Refute the same stupid argument thirty times and you get exhausted. It’s far better to lay it on heavy the way the Rude Pundit does.
October 12, 2004 at 9:25 am
Anonymous
I live in Canada, and I am Canadian. We maintain vestiges of a difference as to what is discourse in our society.
I’d gladly COMPLETELY ignore the USA if I (or we) could.
October 12, 2004 at 10:09 am
Anonymous
My last comment was rather strident, wasn’t it?
I was raised to think everyone could expect civility as basic right and that the Rude Pundit’s style was for rare occasions only. The convergence of many bad trends is making me vicious and angry. What do you do when half your country thinks it’s okay to be sadistic louts and their leaders are controlling the government. . .
October 12, 2004 at 10:16 am
Anonymous
I feel your frustration, anger and despair. I’ll repeat, in another way … it’s quite unfortunate that the rest of us have to live with it too.
And … for a moment of levity, there’s this