tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4738776515275408443..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Trump Derangement Syndrome in ActionStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88991570940708802342017-02-11T02:45:10.421-08:002017-02-11T02:45:10.421-08:00Just think...all that white privilege, and #that&#...Just think...all that white privilege, and #that's# the woman he ended up with.<br />Maybe he settled. ;0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6880159294819232772017-02-09T19:27:21.968-08:002017-02-09T19:27:21.968-08:00I thought Polly's long response was over the t...I thought Polly's long response was over the top, but maybe anything direct is useless and won't be heard.<br /><br />It does seem like "white privilege" is a sort of mind virus that is passing through the liberal circles, and it is contagious in the sense that it creates a short of "shame response" that has no logical defense. If you have "privilege" and other people are oppressed, then your "social duty" is to be silent and spend the next 20 years trying to be caring and understanding to the oppressed people. And not only do you have to let them speak, but you have an obligation to speak for them when they can't speak, so even if their are no minorities or oppressed people immiediately present, you must listen as if you could imagine what they would hear, and react as they would react, but then speak for this imagined reaction, and shame the perpetrators for not being aware of their privilege.<br /><br />Anyway, the "virus" part seems to be via shame. If someone shames you for "not checking your privilege", you're surprised, then confused, then angry, and then try to be understanding, and aren't smart enough to to back to anger and put up a wall against someone else's crap, then instead you internalize the virus by saying "How can I check my privilege" and imagine a path to escape the shame exposed by this false charge, and finally once you've correctly internalized it, then you can test what you learned by calling out other people, and if they get angry and refuse, they're "bad people", and if they are understanding and agree, they're "good people." And you never go back to remembering your own repressed anger you had in the first place.<br /><br />I suppose I first saw this "white guilt" stuff at a Christian 6-day camp over a decade ago where they had a worshop on racism, and I tried one or two day, but really couldn't get it. The trick there was to stop projecting racism as something "out there, things other people do", but imagining it in all of us, and perhaps in our own unconscious attitudes and assumptions, in stereotypes, etc. Back then they did yet talk of "white privilege" but just worked on a general sense of "virtue signalling", and a conviction that we could make the world a better place by being aware of these biases. And to be fair, it did seem more honest than the projective versions that called other people racists.<br /><br />Actually from my bible study this week, they talked about the days around Jesus, where the scribes, like the Pharisees created ever larger do's and don'ts that were about a sense of purity, and people who wanted to be religiously pure felt compelled to atone regularly for their sins and in part by going to the temple and giving money that became a primary source of wealth for the priests and scribes.<br /><br />One heresy of Jesus came from his directly offering forgiveness, without having to go through the Temple offerings, and threatening the legalistic order of sin forgiveness.<br /><br />The whole topic seems surprising, and it shows me how important the conscience is, and if you community gives you a path to forgiveness, even a corrupt one, like temple donations, it still serves a psychic value. It allows a process of reset, so you can let go of the path and move forward without that burden. <br /><br />It's not clear what Jesus would make of "white privilege", but he could be cruel, like the rich man who wanted to follow him, but had to give up all his wealth first. But stories like this are not necessarily what Jesus really said, and might be misunderstood, and we all know Jesus admitted his stories had levels of truth, depending on what people had ears to hear.<br /><br />I agree with IAC, anxiety is a part of it, but the question is what would satisfy this? And perhaps telling the women to give up all her wealth and join a nunnery would work as well as anything to give her some perspective.<br /><br />And then her husband can safely run, if she decides to do that.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64627059769129938092017-02-09T17:38:13.532-08:002017-02-09T17:38:13.532-08:00Okay, let's assume men are addicted to power, ...Okay, let's assume men are addicted to power, always being right, never asking for directions, etc. <br /><br />In fairness, there's something women would be wise to own up to:<br /><br />ANXIETY<br /><br />I understand it may be a Darwinian conspiracy to help children survive to adulthood, but c'mon. In today's world, it is totally misplaced. <br /><br />And it warps women into this working frenzy when there aren't real risks around. The risks are imminent. They're very mplied. They're lurking. But they're not REAL. <br /><br />That built-in "anxiety radar" is the source of women's insanity, and it has nothing to do with a penis. That, and women #%$&ing hate each other for the least transgression and hold onto it forever. <br /><br />What am I supposed to do with THAT???Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62112594139679817662017-02-09T17:22:03.608-08:002017-02-09T17:22:03.608-08:00David Spence, God bless you. Glad to have you in t...David Spence, God bless you. Glad to have you in the Deplorables category. And congratulations for escaping such virulent unhappiness. Welcome home. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-61822210962995784482017-02-09T13:28:28.758-08:002017-02-09T13:28:28.758-08:00I felt that IWHW was so far gone, so completely lo...I felt that IWHW was so far gone, so completely lost in her mania, that any effort to get through to her, to make contact with her, was worth trying. Points to Polly for making the effort. I didn't want you to think I wasn't fair.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6478556373008194032017-02-09T12:23:42.741-08:002017-02-09T12:23:42.741-08:00Better mark it on you calendar!Better mark it on you calendar!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14789221744615763032017-02-09T08:56:42.919-08:002017-02-09T08:56:42.919-08:00Yes.... Yes.... Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-71667298651994459362017-02-09T08:48:43.007-08:002017-02-09T08:48:43.007-08:00Stuart, is this the first time you have actually a...Stuart, is this the first time you have actually <b>agreed</b> with Polly?art.the.nerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217116501544593071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-37601770924062686852017-02-09T08:15:48.639-08:002017-02-09T08:15:48.639-08:00I was married to a woman like this for 29 years. T...I was married to a woman like this for 29 years. The last straw was in October 2012 when she saw an "I Like Mitt" banner that someone had posted to my timeline. She got in my face and demanded to know how I could possibly vote for such a Nazi and asked me if I intended to vote for him. I said yes (and a couple other things), then went and started packing my things. I left five pets, a house full of furniture I had paid for, a car, a boat and took only my work clothes and musical instruments. I moved into a 300 sq. foot hovel a couple blocks from my job. It was heartbreaking to leave my dear animals but at least I had my pride intact. She was a feminist, with a law degree and active license who chose not to work. I didn't have that luxury. We had no kids, thank god, but her greatest concern was abortion rights. Liberals don't worship God-they worship politics. And everything is political-food, the trash, the weather, the coffee, etc. <br /> One day we are in the car and she flies into a rage-cursing and screaming. I ask her what the problem is and she points to a handmade sign stuck in the front-yard of a house out on a country road. "That kind of shit pisses me off," she said. I looked at the small sign that simply said, "God Bless America!" David Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10295244888791870080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-29589343780447091372017-02-09T06:20:57.322-08:002017-02-09T06:20:57.322-08:00Wow.You'd think I'd be used to the hateful...Wow.You'd think I'd be used to the hateful man bashing and derangement, but it never fails to amaze me. <br />But then, maybe I haven't unpacked my female oppression at the hands of these dull males and white privilege. Maybe I'm in denial...yes, that must be it. I'm simply deluded. Katielee4211https://www.blogger.com/profile/14994959732687391703noreply@blogger.com