Nice Post! Since everyone hates these people (they even hate each other!) perhaps we could unite our country around our mutual loathing. I forget - which are the hoity and which are the toity?
Mr. and Mrs. Katz don’t need this addition to their rogue’s gallery to prove they are entitled, whiny trash, but of course Rod Dreher is among their social circle of admirers as well. Maybe Solveig can introduce him to the next Mrs. Dreher. As academics the couple are perfectly positioned to find Rod a college freshman who has written an anti-“CRT” or anti-trans essay. Maybe even a pro-Orban essay – that would truly be a match made in Hell.
It's good to see the NYT committed to making the same mistakes of 1935-39 that led to an explosion of "America First" Nazis before the war. Hitler? An amusing clown. Madison Square Garden overflowing with American Nazis? Just an ethusiastic crowd who happened to show up at the precise same moment.
Had a late night with Macy's fireworks (with fireworks, more is better and, I think, too many aren'y enough) followed by a short night so the brain is more dysfunctional than normal.
But something like context or something for today's post: I refer to the Times at, uh, times as a BuzzFeed for the 10%. More specifically, it's a clickbait operation compelled to spew more than a thousand headlines a day. So between that need to produce quantity and the target demographics combined with the usual political biases, of course you'd get the crap Roy's mocking today.
The Times and WaPo are competing in the “self-blinded to the reality of American fascism” sweepstakes, printing editorials and opinion pieces that reflect the deep seated belief that nothing the Republican Party, its funders, voters, ammosexuals, racists, homophobes and god-botherers do should ever disqualify them from holding office, corrupting government, grifting, lying and immiserating anyone who isn’t a real white American.
Possibly the most dismaying/infuriating/predictable thing about the TERFy Times piece was the flood of reader comments praising it and getting thousands of likes. The well-heeled TERFy tote bag crowd are not like you and me.
I like to imagine how the Times would have covered that dinner party at Darlington Hall in Remains of the Day. The unfortunate death of the Head Butler's father would not be noted, I think.
Damn, Roy. I'll have to reread this later, I'm still trying to recover from a 4 night nearly nonstop "patriotic" artillery barrage. Your delicious prose is too much for me at the moment.
Thankfully I'm retired and didn't have to drag myself out of bed at 4am after hearing bombs explode until 2:30. I haven't seen the poor stray cat I've been trying to befriend (and hopefully rescue) since Saturday afternoon. Come home, Boris Badeye.
So, I read that article about the poor disappearing moderates and still wondered at the end what the hell they actually believed in. Other than trashing anyone to the left of Joe Biden that is. I mean I guess Dem House candidates could run on trashing BLM activists, but not sure what kind of party we're left with then.
I wonder if Brooks is pissed because he wasn't invited to the party. Seems like he'd be a natural.
After dinner (which everyone in attendance could most assuredly pronounce ) they could have a little contest between the trophy wives where they would recite some English Romantic Poetry while doing a suggestive, cleavage oriented modern dance. Later, on their way home in the Audi Brooks and The Mrs. can wonder, like always, What Do the Simple Folk Do.?
Thank you. I am always looking for ways to turn conversations with hard right. TERF and "putting from the rough" have such an earthy sound, reminiscent of the country club, golf and the ponies, the sport of kings, and queens. Let's not leave out the queens. In fact, let's double down on the queens. I never met a queen I didn't like. Take that, Will Rogers! Jolly good. Jolly Roger indeed!
Words fail me. And I n a good way.
Without googling, I'm not 100% sure there is not, in fact, an R.J. Rushdoony chair at Claremont.
"effulged"
There's a seven dollar word!
My favorite Dash Riprock bit -
https://youtu.be/_1RsA61n9rs
That's Sharon Tate in a dark wig.
Nice Post! Since everyone hates these people (they even hate each other!) perhaps we could unite our country around our mutual loathing. I forget - which are the hoity and which are the toity?
Mr. and Mrs. Katz don’t need this addition to their rogue’s gallery to prove they are entitled, whiny trash, but of course Rod Dreher is among their social circle of admirers as well. Maybe Solveig can introduce him to the next Mrs. Dreher. As academics the couple are perfectly positioned to find Rod a college freshman who has written an anti-“CRT” or anti-trans essay. Maybe even a pro-Orban essay – that would truly be a match made in Hell.
It's good to see the NYT committed to making the same mistakes of 1935-39 that led to an explosion of "America First" Nazis before the war. Hitler? An amusing clown. Madison Square Garden overflowing with American Nazis? Just an ethusiastic crowd who happened to show up at the precise same moment.
Had a late night with Macy's fireworks (with fireworks, more is better and, I think, too many aren'y enough) followed by a short night so the brain is more dysfunctional than normal.
But something like context or something for today's post: I refer to the Times at, uh, times as a BuzzFeed for the 10%. More specifically, it's a clickbait operation compelled to spew more than a thousand headlines a day. So between that need to produce quantity and the target demographics combined with the usual political biases, of course you'd get the crap Roy's mocking today.
Just saying, FWIW...
"met while married to her junior high school history teacher"
Jokes that take a little bit of thought before you get them are the best.
The Times and WaPo are competing in the “self-blinded to the reality of American fascism” sweepstakes, printing editorials and opinion pieces that reflect the deep seated belief that nothing the Republican Party, its funders, voters, ammosexuals, racists, homophobes and god-botherers do should ever disqualify them from holding office, corrupting government, grifting, lying and immiserating anyone who isn’t a real white American.
This is too spot-on. Clearly you have time traveled to faraway future Next Week, copied from the NYT, and reproduced it here in advance.
Possibly the most dismaying/infuriating/predictable thing about the TERFy Times piece was the flood of reader comments praising it and getting thousands of likes. The well-heeled TERFy tote bag crowd are not like you and me.
I like to imagine how the Times would have covered that dinner party at Darlington Hall in Remains of the Day. The unfortunate death of the Head Butler's father would not be noted, I think.
Damn, Roy. I'll have to reread this later, I'm still trying to recover from a 4 night nearly nonstop "patriotic" artillery barrage. Your delicious prose is too much for me at the moment.
Thankfully I'm retired and didn't have to drag myself out of bed at 4am after hearing bombs explode until 2:30. I haven't seen the poor stray cat I've been trying to befriend (and hopefully rescue) since Saturday afternoon. Come home, Boris Badeye.
So, I read that article about the poor disappearing moderates and still wondered at the end what the hell they actually believed in. Other than trashing anyone to the left of Joe Biden that is. I mean I guess Dem House candidates could run on trashing BLM activists, but not sure what kind of party we're left with then.
I wonder if Brooks is pissed because he wasn't invited to the party. Seems like he'd be a natural.
After dinner (which everyone in attendance could most assuredly pronounce ) they could have a little contest between the trophy wives where they would recite some English Romantic Poetry while doing a suggestive, cleavage oriented modern dance. Later, on their way home in the Audi Brooks and The Mrs. can wonder, like always, What Do the Simple Folk Do.?
Thank you. I am always looking for ways to turn conversations with hard right. TERF and "putting from the rough" have such an earthy sound, reminiscent of the country club, golf and the ponies, the sport of kings, and queens. Let's not leave out the queens. In fact, let's double down on the queens. I never met a queen I didn't like. Take that, Will Rogers! Jolly good. Jolly Roger indeed!
That's DOCTOR Claymore Blitzenshtück, boyo!
And yeah yeah, 2 marks!