The key word here is unrelentingly. Conservatives are like the movie monsters from the Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th movies. You can't stop them. You can stab them in the neck, set them on fire, or whack them in the head with a machete, but after a few seconds of getting their movie-monster-mojo together ... they rise up again and again and again ... and their murderous rampage continues until the closing credits. Unlike their victims, the movie monsters don't need to stop to sleep, eat, or even catch their breath. But when their hapless quarry takes a breather ... Watch Out ... that's when The Monsters Get You.
The Elite and their Crazed Conservative Shills in Congress are even more powerful than their silver screen counterparts. They can lose elections and still have the power to destroy. How could these people deny relief to hurricane Sandy victims? Because they're monsters. Why are they still trying to destroy our social safety nets? George Carlin explained it all perfectly:
"They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want; they want more for themselves and less for everybody else. " And now they're coming for your social security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street. And you know something? They'll get it."
They'll get it because they've spent decades and
untold billions to create and condition enough dumb-asses that don't know what
the hell is going on but believe, and deeply care about,
gibberish.
Here are some Ugly American Facts. 61% of Americans
don't believe in evolution. 47% believe the universe is less than 10,000 years
old. One child in four grows up not knowing how to read, 21 million Americans
can't read at all, and the average American doesn't read one book in a year.
This means if you go outside ... you've got more than a 50-50 chance of meeting a
crazy stupid person. Hell ... there's a huge chance you're related to crazy
stupid people. I know I am.
My little circle of acquaintances and family
members is positively teeming with crazy stupid people. Maybe you're in
the same boat. So how are we supposed to deal with people who fervently support
war crimes, deny science, disregard facts, fear anyone with a skin color darker
than their own, are completely unhinged by the concept of same-sex marriage, and
believe it is more important to regulate vaginas instead of guns?
So I quit talking to these people because I finally realized a very simple fact. You cannot use a rational argument with anyone who is irrational. So put down The Big Book of Facts and walk away. Just walk away.
I read an article by Alan Greenblatt on the NPR website the other day -- When It Comes To Politics, States Are Barely United.
The "Red" states are
getting redder and the "Blue" states are getting bluer. I don't think that would
be a surprise to anyone who has sat across the Thanksgiving table while the
fat-assed brother-in-law holds forth on the dangers of gay marriage. There's
nothing you can say to him that'll change his mind. If you counter any of his
dumb-ass arguments he'll simply double down on his dumb-assery and keep talking
until he runs out of steam. You can't have a "two-way street" discussion with
this guy. It's not allowed. So now we get to the Modest Proposal
part.
It's not enough to passively avoid these dumb-asses. I'm not
talking about "drawing a line in the sand." It's already there. They drew the
damn thing in the first place. It's time to actively shun these people.
If this yahoo believes in denying anyone their rights, you tell him he's
a goddamned fool. If it's your house " tell him to get the hell out. If it's his
house " gather up your coats and hats and family and get the hell out. We've got
to stop tolerating these dumb-asses. Piers Morgan dispensed with Gun Nut Larry
Pratt by simply telling him, "You're An Unbelievably Stupid Man, Aren't
You?"
We need more of this type of response to dumb-assery. We have
got to put these dumb-asses on notice that we're not going to tolerate their
insanity any longer. We're done with these yahoos. Crazy Stupid People should
not be invited to the conversation because of a misguided desire to appear to be
fair and balanced. The most ridiculous position I can imagine is to ask the
people who caused the problem to help with the solution.
We've got to
shun the dumb-asses because they have no interest in solving the problem. Their
agenda is to make it worse.
Now I realize that my Modest Proposal is in
no way helping to bridge the political divide that exists in the United States.
Some might say it exacerbates the problem.
Really?
The fat-assed
bother-in-law vehemently against same sex marriage is the problem. Ignoring him
is the problem. Tolerating his ignorance and inhumanity is the problem. Telling
him to shut up might be the beginning of the solution.
See here's the
deal ... This isn't about politics anymore ... it's about survival. We can't allow a
bunch of bible-thumping morons to influence the decisions about what to do about
Global Climate Change. We can't allow these dupes of the corporatocracy to
interfere anymore. We've got to tell them to shut the hell up and go sit in the
corner until the adults figure out what to do.
So shun 'em and see what
happens. Will the Blue States get Blue-ier and the Red States get
crazier?
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