"All They Have To Do Is Not Go Crazy Before The Midterms - And They Can't Do It!"
- A popular saying on the Right about the Left
I released a song about the Democrat's cult just as the Right is mounting a defense of Alex Jones. Good Lord. It’s awful weird to hear complaints, that people are unrepentantly spreading misinformation, and then watch them defend those very same people when their ability to do so is curtailed. I think the internet companies should go further and wipe out GOOP, Oprah, astrologers, Ellen (because she’s always pumping up psychics) homeopaths, yogis, and all the other charlatans we know - with 100% certainty - are making a very good living from confusing every damned issue they can get their hands on for those who are, for whatever reason, vulnerable enough to believe them. I lived with such a person. It was horrifying to watch her be manipulated by these people. There were even deaths.
This society-wide lying in the West has to stop. The people telling the lies are determined to make us think President Trump warped our world, but, really, a short trip in history will reveal, not only that Oprah Winfrey declared “The Secret” was science long before Trump ever ran for anything (to no public condemnation) but Frank Furedi’s essay “The Age of Unreason” was published in 2005, as was the original BBC broadcast of Richard Dawkins’ “The Enemies of Reason”. Before that, we even had Francis Ween’s literary contribution, “How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions” in 2004.
As John Lennon wrote of the Maharishi’s welcoming from the West in “Sexy Sadie”, everyone has been made into fools - again. They entered the cult of NewAge. “The Wild, Wild Country” where a Rajneesh delivers their news and an astrology outfit (which is what The Daily Kos supposedly was before it switched to politics) directs their actions. It’s time to get out of it now. It’s time for America to let it go.
And it’s already waaay past time for more-than-a-few very famous people to go to jail.
Yeah, well, the problem I have with this is "Who gets to decide what's wrong?"
ReplyDeleteI could imagine, for instance, that being skeptical of Catastrophic Global Warming could be deemed "wrong," and no discussion of it allowed.
""Now that's an interesting thought, Crack."
ReplyDeleteI've traded a few emails with Kurt Andersen (the author of Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History and, while he's blinded by hate for Trump, we agree on almost everything else, including the fact it was liberals who made the Trump presidency a reality. They laid the groundwork - which is what I've been reacting to all these years. They opened Pandora's Box, releasing the Furies who said "You can believe what you want to believe" - never imagining Trump would come leaping out as well.
But I got one hell of an imagination,..."
GOLD! I love it.
Incidentally, I'm with you on all these supplements, and have been battling my wife about it for years. Thousands of dollars peed into the toilet, or worse. "Hey, Honey, look at this new study that shows supplements are worthless!" Guess how far that goes?
Really glad to see you stirring up things over at Althouse. Sorry, though, I don't think you can wave a magic wand and suddenly only truths will be published. I think the proper response is to battle the lies, like you are. It's hard to change people's minds.
"Hey, Honey, look at this new study that shows supplements are worthless!" Guess how far that goes?
ReplyDeleteI KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW!!!
It's fucking maddening. Thanks for the encouragement. I need the back-up sometimes.