tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8205352042900437756..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Generation Snowflake DissolvesStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-20846669183951844952016-11-13T00:45:59.031-08:002016-11-13T00:45:59.031-08:00I don't have a functional TV, but this came up...I don't have a functional TV, but this came up quick online:<br /><br />Generation Snowflake representative, Kate McKinnon, as Hillary Clinton on SNL offered offered song sung by the late Leonard Cohen, and ended with a resolute “I’m not giving up and neither should you.”<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQTazdYD9VI On “Saturday Night Live” Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton Sings ‘Hallelujah’<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kate-mckinnon-snl-leonard-cohen-hillary-clinton_us_5828125fe4b0c4b63b0d0949<br /><br />I can't tell if emotional appeals serve truth or not, but it does allow the sun to rise tomorrow and our mad supermoon passions put into perspective. We can open our eyes a little more to whatever this world has become, and start again to rebuild with worn out tools.<br /><br />And clearly after a week like this, going to church Sunday might be the only real relief to shock - a live communal experience where name-calling is prohibited by good manners and collective gratitude is restored to center stage. And we may find so far, it is only mad fear that afflicts most of us, not real harm.<br /><br />Religion can divide us, but we can imagine at some level, we're all doing the same thing, submitting to something greater than ourselves, greater than any or all of us, and we can remember sometimes we can be God's angels in this life if we can listen and act on what we hear. Not as much passion as rioting, but maybe more hopeful?<br /><br />And the strangest thing about higher powers, is that even our rivals can serve in ways we can't yet see, and you can never know what outcome would be best in the end, not in anything important.<br /><br />Oh, and here's a Cohen version for the old folks, the silent generation's last call for sanity?<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah <br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9677653364543471382016-11-12T17:14:13.192-08:002016-11-12T17:14:13.192-08:00Stuart: Today’s college students are enslaved by t...Stuart: Today’s college students are enslaved by their emotion. They have not developed their rational faculties to the point where they can take a step backwards and evaluate the situation at hand-- to find the good, the bad and the ugly in it.<br /><br />This assessment seems to be a bipartisan affair, with Donald Trump as the center of all emotional (from the gut) arguments.<br /><br />Whatever claims that somehow calm and collected no-drama Obama has lead to racial and cultural strife, clearly the age of Trump (If the Electoral college republicans actually for for Trump), the age of Trump will be the age of everyone on all sides enslaved by emotions.<br /><br />The lesson is clear - emotional arguments WORK, and calm reasoned voices are ignored.<br /><br />Welcome to the land of Trump Inc. The lesson of Trump is "having the right emotions", and having a closed fist to enforce it, is all you need to be respected.<br /><br />p.s. The message from Obama has always been consistent and clear:<br />http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/obama-defends-clinton-protester-rally-tells-crowd-respect-his-rights<br />---<br />At first, attendees ignored the president's calls to stop heckling the demonstrator. "Hey everybody, listen up!" Obama said, trying to regain control of the crowd. "I told you to be focused and you're not focused right now. Hold up. Everybody be quiet for a second!"<br /><br />"You've got an older gentleman who is supporting his candidate," he explained. "He's not doing nothing, you don't have to worry about him. You don't have to worry about him. This is what I mean about not being focused. First of all, we live in a country that respects free speech. Second of all, it looks maybe like he maybe served in our military and we gotta respect that. Third of all, he was elderly and we gotta respect our elders."<br /><br />And then the famous Obama rejoinder: "Fourth of all, don't boo. Vote!"<br />---<br /><br />If the Left doesn't listen to Obama, I suppose we can still blame Obama for "not getting it", that "hatred trumps love" for all sides when passion leads.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59455181813660441012016-11-12T17:06:29.090-08:002016-11-12T17:06:29.090-08:00I wonder how many of the college students clutchin...I wonder how many of the college students clutching their puppies and their security blankets are engineering students. If the engineering students are joining the cry-ins then America really is in deep trouble.<br /><br />I also wonder how many of these snowflakes are really crying and how many are just pretending. One of the more disturbing modern trends has been the emergence of the cry-bullies. Their message is, "We must crush all dissent because having people disagree with them makes people cry. Donald Trump has made a whole generation cry so he really is evil. Only Hitler would want to make people cry." Unfortunately SJWs have discovered that this tactic often works.<br /><br />If only they could show that Donald Trump makes puppies cry they'd really be on a winner.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39544431514816157972016-11-12T11:45:02.475-08:002016-11-12T11:45:02.475-08:00Diversity was going to win the world for the Dems,...Diversity was going to win the world for the Dems, wasn't it?<br />http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/11/12/know-diversity-produced-trump-vote/AesopFannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-61152780943594183912016-11-12T08:32:44.859-08:002016-11-12T08:32:44.859-08:00Trigger Warning @November 12, 2016 at 7:43 AM:
It...Trigger Warning @November 12, 2016 at 7:43 AM:<br /><br />It wasn't "Halloween in Detroit." It was "Devil's Night" in Detroit -- which took place the night before. And it was terrible. When it was at its worst, the Devil's Night phenomenon brought expanded editions, with fires burning days before, too.<br /><br />You're right, the disturbance was a "party" for pyromaniacs, and an excuse to raise hell for everyone else.<br /><br />How did it stop? The citizenry said "Enough!" and created "Angel's Night," with neighborhood patrols. It's still going on to this day. It works.<br /><br />What really hurt Detroit for all those lawless years was an environment of mayhem and lawlessness in the top echelons of Detroit city government, mostly in the mayor's office. <br /><br />The fish rots from the head. Whatever rioting and mayhem ensues from this election result is on Obama's watch. He can stop it immediately. We'll see if he chooses to do that.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64951986511423147012016-11-12T08:18:04.081-08:002016-11-12T08:18:04.081-08:00Enjoy
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/11/12/an-...Enjoy<br /><br />http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/11/12/an-open-letter-to-snowflake-millennials-who-are-melting-in-the-streets-because-trump-won/Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47674259591166648232016-11-12T07:43:51.462-08:002016-11-12T07:43:51.462-08:00Speaking with the voice of experience - in the la...Speaking with the voice of experience - in the late 60s and early 70s I belonged to the SDS, participated in many "marches" and a few riots, and whined and pined for George McGovern and his "guaranteed income" - the demonstrations and riots are not about politics. I know many people just like these people. BLM is just the 21st century Panthers.<br /><br />These disturbances are parties. There is nothing more invigorating than getting baked and smashing glass. These student "political activists" are about as politically active as they are studious.<br /><br />Trump is an excuse to raise hell. That's what kids are tempted to do when they have no responsibilities, time on their hands, a supply of marijuana and alcohol, a brick, and a plate glass window. The same thing happens after a coveted athletic victory, or on Halloween in Detroit. Quoting Col. Kilgore, I loved the smell of tear gas in the morning.<br /><br />Don't drink the "political activism" kool-aid. It's not about that.<br /><br />Trigger Warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57225894937274053322016-11-12T07:20:51.130-08:002016-11-12T07:20:51.130-08:00"Today’s college students are enslaved by the..."Today’s college students are enslaved by their emotion."<br /><br />Nothing truer said. <br /><br />http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/11/09/colleges-try-to-comfort-students-upset-by-trump-victory/<br /><br />Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67940038859708125612016-11-12T07:18:39.925-08:002016-11-12T07:18:39.925-08:00Bill Maher calling someone "vicious" and...Bill Maher calling someone "vicious" and "vulgar" is an excellent capture of the pathetic insular sanctimony, self-congratulation and moral magnificence of our cultural voices. Enough!Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-44355162547485687902016-11-12T07:14:39.628-08:002016-11-12T07:14:39.628-08:00They talk about diversity. The American political ...They talk about diversity. The American political landscape was just diversified. This should be a cause for celebrating diversity. Funny how it isn't...Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.com