Bad Guys in White Hats, part I of V

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Jesus, Dok, how do you stomach that place?

For SCIENCE!

It's just amazing. They're only capable of viewing the world through one tunnel, like that guy who said, "sounds like you're getting tired of Obama" like you're a democrat. Or of course, ZB who keeps posting pictures of Republicans wearing white cowboy hats like that's supposed to make some sort of point other than politicians have to pretend to be born-again Irish Christian cowboys (plus a whole slew of other things, but those are the ones that popped in my head as definite prerequisites) in order to get elected.

Oh, maybe you;ll want to post this.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/files/2011/05/obama-cowboy-hat-410x288.jpg

[Doktor Howl]

Twid, most people go through life with a single reality tunnel.  It's easier than thinking.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Twid, most people go through life with a single reality tunnel.  It's easier than thinking.

I know. It's still kinda novel for me to notice other people busy in their own little caves though, completely unaware that they're in a cave, and that there are other caves, and that caves prevent you from seeing a whole lot.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

It's time to sack up and take responsibility for our collective actions.  More to the point, it's time to STOP those actions that qualify us for "evil nation" status.  It's time to run the country again, instead of abdicating our responsibilities to banksters and professional liars.

True, but not sure how to go about that. It's not like they actually give a fuck about our griping, voting, petitions, protests, boycotts, etc.

[Doktor Howl]

It's time to sack up and take responsibility for our collective actions.  More to the point, it's time to STOP those actions that qualify us for "evil nation" status.  It's time to run the country again, instead of abdicating our responsibilities to banksters and professional liars.

True, but not sure how to go about that. It's not like they actually give a fuck about our griping, voting, petitions, protests, boycotts, etc.

Well, then, additional tactics will have to be devised.  Something that isn't some stale rehash of the 60s, perhaps.

[Juana]

Dok, for lulz, mention the Cold War. See where that goes.
You could also mention that it's much easier to wipe out a large percent of the world's population when there are considerably fewer of us. I mean, over thirty one and a half million deaths since the end of WWII is a lot.



On topic:
I'm pretty sure it's going to have to get a lot worse before the majority of people put two and two together. They've got us pretty well wrapped up in the binary game of left versus right.

It's time to sack up and take responsibility for our collective actions.  More to the point, it's time to STOP those actions that qualify us for "evil nation" status.  It's time to run the country again, instead of abdicating our responsibilities to banksters and professional liars.

True, but not sure how to go about that. It's not like they actually give a fuck about our griping, voting, petitions, protests, boycotts, etc.

Well, then, additional tactics will have to be devised.  Something that isn't some stale rehash of the 60s, perhaps.

Yeah, I've been saying that for a while. Those tactics are pretty well worn and don't mean all that much anymore, unfortunately. They were incredibly effective at one point, but that time has passed.

[Doktor Howl]

I'm going to have to chew on this a bit more, but I'm looking forward to the next four.

Also,

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,31431.0/msg,1139815.html

[Freeky]

People with -isms.  How can you get around the ism to get to the person?

[Doktor Howl]

People with -isms.  How can you get around the ism to get to the person?

In some cases, you can't.

Now ZB is making cracks in other threads.

BUTTHURT UBER ALLES!

[Freeky]

Sometimes you can, you implied. 

I'm trying to think of how it would work.  Possibly by bringing up a situation in which they themselves have been fucked.  But at first, don't bring up the who or how, just that they are.  Get them good and mad.  And then tell them, "Well, someone from your -ism did this to you."

Lulz ensue?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I'm going to have to chew on this a bit more, but I'm looking forward to the next four.

Also,

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php/topic,31431.0/msg,1139815.html

Fair enough. It's pretty easy to distract me.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow, that is a tight OP. Super-good. This is the kind of shit that I wish I could read aloud to my sociology class.

[Doktor Howl]

Wow, that is a tight OP. Super-good. This is the kind of shit that I wish I could read aloud to my sociology class.

Feel free.

There's more coming.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Wow, that is a tight OP. Super-good. This is the kind of shit that I wish I could read aloud to my sociology class.

Those rants oughta be a required course.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Recently had to have this conversation.

With my 7 year old.