tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post6948169061565620122..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Delusions, Their Defenders, And Their PromotersFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-30187654854417221072017-02-28T15:38:41.930-05:002017-02-28T15:38:41.930-05:00This is probably one of the finest pieces ever wri...This is probably one of the finest pieces ever written and commented. This piece has been quoted by myself in my "conversations" with those who seek special validation who are dear to me, and it has aided in piercing the vale of "ideology" that gets in the way of productive discourse. Well done, commenters and Francis alike!thesonicbadger@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106659980109519410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-69711677522936792212016-03-09T17:35:57.703-05:002016-03-09T17:35:57.703-05:00You are not deluded that this is a far too sane an...You are not deluded that this is a far too sane an essay to be received well by the privileged set. As demonstrated by the Trump fanatics who have embraced his unleashing their pent-up wishes to be not PC, emotions have the power to blast away any chance for reason to return, and the Critical Theorists have known this long before we woke up.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-64823063274232006392016-03-09T12:30:26.784-05:002016-03-09T12:30:26.784-05:00I have to think that many of the "differently...I have to think that many of the "differently gendered" have a lamentable lack of imagination - they don't REALLY believe their own spewings. Because their doubt is so great, they imagine that if they can just compel everyone else to give vocal support to their nonsense, that they will boost their own belief.<br /><br />We who don't buy into their madness will ENRAGE them. Only with our help and vocal assistance can they manage their delusion.<br /><br />And, unfortunately for them, we WON'T help them.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-77239363802616246512016-03-09T12:01:52.194-05:002016-03-09T12:01:52.194-05:00@Dystopic: "Why be busybodies?" Why ins...@Dystopic: "Why be busybodies?" Why insist that we must 'agree' with them?<br /><br />Because it gives VALIDATION to their delusion. And for those that haven't *completely* lost touch with reality - this is something that they *desperately* need.<br /><br />Not all that are deluded are lost within their delusion, they seek validation to confirm that *their* reality is the 'real' one.Brian E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03005432411602936350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-91239115977783220022016-03-09T09:49:24.797-05:002016-03-09T09:49:24.797-05:00There's a deep truth buried in this. The semin...There's a deep truth buried in this. The seminal issue of our time may be that the patients are running the asylum. They are demanding compliance of the doctors. Believe my delusions, or else.<br /><br />Some of the places I DJ have all manner of... interesting people in them. Over time, I have developed something of a natural immunity. I don't really notice them. I know they are there, of course, but I skip over them in a manner not unlike skimming a page with too many filler words. I have no interest in disabusing them of their delusions. But, if asked, I would not approve of them either. Such is my right.<br /><br />These days, things have changed. What we think of as tolerance is considered an evil by them. They have confused tolerance with acceptance, and they demand it rigorously. Gender queer, transgender, otherkin, all manner of nonsense... we must accept it. Worse, they demand it be acknowledged as superior to the non-delusional. Homosexuality is elevated *above* heterosexuality. Radical Feminists are notorious for saying that Lesbianism is more moral, more pure in some fashion, than heterosexual relations.<br /><br />The mental patient is telling the doctor that *he* is the delusional one.<br /><br />In the normal course of human affairs, I just don't care about all these things. Call yourself the King of Spain, it makes no difference to me. I've always had great difficulty understanding why people must impose their worldview (and hence their delusions) upon others. Why can't they just leave well enough alone? Why must they be busybodies?Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.com