tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5865611134657951628..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The mass media is enemy headquartersBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31475528176419109152013-11-06T19:26:18.922+00:002013-11-06T19:26:18.922+00:00@Vader - T shirts that say "Stop making stupi...@Vader - T shirts that say "Stop making stupid people famous".<br /><br />The word stupid is annoyingly ambiguous - it is used to describe someone that is self-evidently bad - but like 'idiot' it carries a meaning of low intelligence (idiot used to mean mentally handicapped) packaged-up with a meaning of doing foolish things - but somehow stupid is worse than 'fool' (there have been, after all, Holy Fools - some of whom are Eastern Orthodox Saints). <br /><br />Stupid therefore gets used for people of high intelligence who are inept, wreck things, make a mess of whatever they attempt (what I have termed 'clever sillies' - although silly clevers might be a better phrase). <br /><br />Stupid therefore seems to be closely synonymous with 'worse than useless' - someone who is a liability, more trouble than they are worth. This includes people of low intelligence called upon to do more than they are capable of (which is why those of low intelligence are excluded from the armed forces), and people who don't care, those who have a bad attitude, or who are destructive or reckless.<br /><br />Myself - I'd rather say "Stop making evil people famous". Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-1281851769647269322013-11-06T19:06:19.149+00:002013-11-06T19:06:19.149+00:00While this is not precisely the right sentiment, i...While <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/stop+making+stupid+people+gifts" rel="nofollow">this</a> is not precisely the right sentiment, it is on the right track.Vaderhttp://jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-74987390684739141552013-11-06T14:36:46.038+00:002013-11-06T14:36:46.038+00:00The mental expense and unpleasantness of navigatin...The mental expense and unpleasantness of navigating the culture while not accepting its nihilistic progressivism is the jizya tax with with modernity penalizes nonbelievers.<br /><br />Many people who could be convinced of reality refuse to let themselves be because it would be too wearisome.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-67624575167365053532013-11-06T13:54:42.938+00:002013-11-06T13:54:42.938+00:00USA mass media is dead to me.
Japanese mass media...USA mass media is dead to me.<br /><br />Japanese mass media is often garbage, and I try to avoid it, but there are some diamonds on the dunghill. The recent anime <i>Psycho-PASS</i> is worthwhile.<br /><br />For many years I have believed that art is basically a giant hypnotic suggestion, and thus I try to avoid art that gives suggestions that my conscious mind does not support.<br /><br />Video games often seem to teach messages of which I approve - the original <i>Deus Ex</i> game, for example, teaches "exploration is good" and "when you discover a conspiracy of psychopaths, you should oppose it."<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-66732440455051093882013-11-06T13:01:47.536+00:002013-11-06T13:01:47.536+00:00Bismarck said, "I am used to paying people ba...Bismarck said, "I am used to paying people back in their own coin."<br />And he did. We should, too. The media types, the government bureaucrats, the academics, however nice they may be personally, will savage anyone connected with or approving of (Western)religion, fiscal responsibility, the principle of merit or human honesty. They are indeed the enemy and should be treated as evil, since that is the way they treat us.Maximo Macaroninoreply@blogger.com