Whom do progressives hate?

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Typhoon wrote:
Parodite wrote:
Typhoon wrote:
Parodite wrote:I claim a safe space for the most vulnerable: the obsessive active-regressive passive-aggressive progressives.
I think you had the
manic-depressive obsessive-compulsive active-regressive passive-aggressive progressives
in mind.

Did you not?
Yes. And... they should be decriminalized, treated like people with a medical condition such as drug addicts in an ideal situation. Covered by universal healthcare insurance. Maybe some crowdfunding to supply their safe spaces with soft cushions, tranquilizing white noise hifi sound systems.. just to make their recovery as smooth and painless as possible.
In a climate-controlled environment . . .
with puppies, coloring books and pacifiers......

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NapLajoieonSteroids wrote:Where he and a grad student of his make a distinction between the politically correct-minded egalitarian and the politically correct-minded authoritarian
Reminds me of this:
It’s a confirmation of a line Ross Douthat had a year or so ago, telling the left that if they didn’t like the Religious Right, just wait until the see the Post-Religious Right. I’m getting anecdotal reports from readers and from acquaintances that young people with smartphones are not only streaming pornography, but also getting massive doses of political extremism on their devices. One source who sees the boys in his conservative Christian high school embracing white nationalism speculates that the megachurch Christianity of these high school seniors is not facing the reality of the world around us.
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"Hillbillies" apparently.

Salon | Liberal shaming of Appalachia: Inside the media elite’s obsession with the “hillbilly problem”

Hollywood, from what I recall, has not been too kind to the "hillbilly" stereotype. Deliverance comes to mind.

One notable exception being

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Typhoon wrote:"Hillbillies" apparently.

Salon | Liberal shaming of Appalachia: Inside the media elite’s obsession with the “hillbilly problem”

Hollywood, from what I recall, has not been too kind to the "hillbilly" stereotype. Deliverance comes to mind.
Excellent article, thanks for posting. Meshes well with Nap's post "Where do SJW come from?"

Urban elitists love their stereotypes. They're egalitarian Helicopter Moms to the black urban rednecks, and authoritarian Helicopter Moms to the rural white rednecks. Long as we are both out of their zipcodes by dark, they're happy.

"You can measure my intellectualness by how many hairs I can split when stereotyping humanity!"

But as wiser, I assume men, duh, have noted, "Rednecks are the cockroaches of humanity. We ain't going nowhere!" We'll be here long after the elitists have all died out. We've already discovered a method to adapt to global warming, we sweat!

Typhoon wrote: One notable exception being

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But as you have noted, there are some open minded people in Hollywood.... still.
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hollywood is balanced in its dislike of jocks/cheerleaders and rednecks.
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NapLajoieonSteroids wrote:Dr.Peterson is having a moment of fame right now. I've put most of it aside lately but I thought this was interesting:

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Where he and a grad student of his make a distinction between the politically correct-minded egalitarian and the politically correct-minded authoritarian
Okay....... good. I don't need to spray the baseboards with peppermint oil then.......'>.......
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Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:
Okay....... good. I don't need to spray the baseboards with peppermint oil then.......'>.......
we like this stuff better. http://www.apinol.com/

good for bug bites, burns, itches, poison ivy & oak, wounds, gential herpes, and since it stops the dogs from licking stuff they shouldn't lick...... probably will work in this instance too....
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Quillette | How the Social Justice Movement Fuels Corporate Capitalism
Issues such as unfair tax structures, government welfare towards banks and corporations, a lack of protection for the common citizen, and gaps in the social safety net are all social justice issues. But somehow, in the following years, these issues have seemingly disappeared from the public conscience. Instead, social justice discourse now revolves around ideas of privilege that focus on race, gender, and sexual orientation—in short, everything but class. Is this a coincidence?
Feminist Camille Paglia, in her new book Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism, criticizes the “elitist garbage” and condescending attitudes toward the blue-collar lower class prevalent in academic circles. These academics happily focus on male privilege, even as they snark at those who plow the snow, fix ruptured sanitation pipes, and wash skyscraper windows. Paglia finds no humility or appreciation, let alone any empathy, for individuals doing dangerous jobs that make the lives of the wealthy easier. In the remote world of academic elites, class privilege isn’t considered important.
An interesting analysis from a left perspective.
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Excellent article Typhoon, thanks for posting. Good companion article:

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/05/w ... -politics/

Simply ;) put, those with assets to lose, don't like competition or teat suckers.

Reminds me of My Left Preaching, Right Practicing friends. They have NX mean incomes, but none choose to live on the X part, and give away the (N-1)X part. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have publicly spoken about how they plan to give away 99% (where have I seen that number before?) of their wealth. Hmmmm.... how about within the next year guys? Net worth of the Clinton's, Kennedy's, Kerrys, Obama's, Pelosi's, etc.

My whole life I have heard the Dems mouth pro-union policies, because they promote higher wage jobs, higher consumer prices be damned. Just in the last few months they have reversed their belief and now push more immigration because it lowers wages which is good for consumers. No wonder the unions have abandoned them.

Social Justice is a double edges sword apparently.


"....But promoting social justice is also a cheap way for businesses to get some easy PR while also diverting attention from their own, often ruthless, business practices. Never mind our tax affairs, let’s talk about how awful racism is!

Virtue signalling is cheap, and ‘tolerance’ is easy when it costs you precisely nothing; as long as you give lip service to diversity and equality, much of the Left will overlook how you actually behave and will concentrate their rage on small bakeries, whereas in the past they might have focused on wages or the treatment of producers.

In fact, instead of being costly to big business as socialism would be, social justice actually profits them...."

Replace "corporatism" and "businesses" in the two referenced articles with "humans" and I think the authors are right on the money. The universal contest between "we" and "me " continues.

Also reminds me of this oldie: http://nypost.com/2011/10/23/they-want- ... -occu-pie/
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excellent article.
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