The Citizen Scholar
Civics textbooks back in the early and mid 1970s taught me that rulers of healthy democratic countries require that their populations be well-informed. The same books taught me also that dictatorial despots depend on poorly informed populations to stay powerful. This weblog is a byproduct of those two lessons.
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016
'Pure chaos' on Sansom Street as killer goes on rampage
'Pure chaos' on Sansom Street as killer goes on rampage
Hate is a sick form of emotional energy and it's addictive. The hater will project his or her hate onto another person, the inner root of bitterness that emerged in that soul has to be expressed.
Other than on those occasions in which the hater has a target for that hate which often begins as self-loathing begun during childhood, when the opportunity to hate continues to fester and with no target to vent against – remains a captive to a dull, lifeless ache that is almost unendurable and feels that his/her life is meaningless, boring, unstimulating like a morsel of insipid foodstuff.
Some people, not many, have to have an object of hatred to be able to feel alive.
"At all costs, he wanted to hide the delicious icy chilliness that controlled his brain, the surge of wintry cold hatred that pervaded his body." 1
1 "Mario Puzo. The Godfather. 2016. Google Books. Accessed September 18, 2016. https://books.google.com/books?id=WHalw9A5h_cC&pg=PT9&source=gb
Hate is a sick form of emotional energy and it's addictive. The hater will project his or her hate onto another person, the inner root of bitterness that emerged in that soul has to be expressed.
Other than on those occasions in which the hater has a target for that hate which often begins as self-loathing begun during childhood, when the opportunity to hate continues to fester and with no target to vent against – remains a captive to a dull, lifeless ache that is almost unendurable and feels that his/her life is meaningless, boring, unstimulating like a morsel of insipid foodstuff.
From the information provided in this story, in this article, I perceive the impression that this fellow Glenn is exemplary of the sort of person who needed people to hate on - in order to avoid being consumed by that intolerable sense of dull ache that life means nothing.
What The Middle Class Doesn't Understand - Business Insider
What The Middle Class Doesn't Understand - Business Insider
Most people just want to be comfortable. Physical, psychological, and emotional comfort is the primary goal of the middle-class mindset.
The wealthy, on the other hand, learn early on that becoming a millionaire isn’t easy, and the need for comfort can be devastating. They learn to be comfortable while operating in a state of ongoing uncertainty. The great ones know there’s a price to pay for getting rich, but if they have the mental toughness to endure temporary pain, they can reap the harvest of abundant wealth.
Most people just want to be comfortable. Physical, psychological, and emotional comfort is the primary goal of the middle-class mindset.
The wealthy, on the other hand, learn early on that becoming a millionaire isn’t easy, and the need for comfort can be devastating. They learn to be comfortable while operating in a state of ongoing uncertainty. The great ones know there’s a price to pay for getting rich, but if they have the mental toughness to endure temporary pain, they can reap the harvest of abundant wealth.
People, W.
People, What. 2016. "What The Middle Class Doesn't Understand About Rich People". Business Insider. Accessed September 17 2016. http://www.businessinsider.com/middle-class-doesnt-understand-wealth-2014-10.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Language: Analyzing Hillary Clinton's Deplorable Comment against Trump Supporters
Let's Begin with the Dictionary Definition of the term "Deplorable"
Before I left for work this morning, I pulled out my old hardcover Webster's Dictionary that I bought in 1990. I wanted to see how bad a term "deplorable" is when Hillary chose it to describe half of all Trump supporters.ADJECTIVE
- 1Deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable.‘children living in deplorable conditions’disgraceful, shameful, dishonourable, disreputable, discreditable, unworthy, shabby, inexcusable, unpardonable, unforgivable
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deplorable - definition of deplorable in English | Oxford Dictionaries
deplorable - definition of deplorable in English | Oxford Dictionaries. (2016). Oxford Dictionaries | English. Retrieved 17 September 2016, from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/d
Since I'm online now, I wanted to go straight to the tree of the English language so I looked up the term "deplorable" in a British dictionary, the Oxford.
The synonyms used in the Oxford for the term deplorable are quite denigrating, aren't they?
Now let's look at this video of her describing Trump supporters as deplorable
Right below is the comment with Hillary Clinton saying that half of Trump supporters are a basket of deplorable people.
Hillary Clinton calls Trump supporters 'deplorable'
Hillary Clinton calls Trump supporters 'deplorable'. (2016).YouTube. Retrieved 17 September 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEzTSXFPTWc
This makes me wonder what she thinks about the other half of Trump supporters.
When you put together what deplorable means and stands for -- with what she thinks of people who support Donald Trump -- this is what you get:
According to what Hillary thinks about Trump supporters, we see that she regards at least half of all Trump supporters as "deserving strong condemnation and are completely unacceptable."
Moreover, if we look at her comment categorizing Trump supporters as deplorable, she means that we're a class of people who are shameful, "dishonourable," unworthy, disreputable, unworthy, unforgivable, unpardonable.
Wow!
Now, I have to ask myself a very important question:
Who invited her to present herself as the standard spokesperson of what or who is worthy, reputable, honorable, pardonable, forgivable?
Then this brings me to an even more important question:
What is there for her to forgive? All that Trump supporters are doing is exercising the right to choose what set of principles they deem more proper in a national head of state.
Isn't that what elections are for?
Maybe, maybe not.
I do know that according to Hillary, being a bunch of things that are opposed to the canon of political correctness makes one a deplorable person as her video above evinces.
I also know that too often being politically incorrect has earned many people enough demerits to be on the receiving end of creed discrimination. I've read anecdotes that some universities have disinvited speakers on account of their political views. There are even books published such as " The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech" by Kimberley Strassel.
(2016). Amazon.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016, from https://www.amazon.com/Intimidation-Game-Left-Silencing-Speech/dp/1455591882?tag=rv3xay7gkrpf2tw2pifrsgkr-20
Kimberley Strassel on How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech | The Daily Signal
Kimberley Strassel on How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech | The Daily Signal. (2016). YouTube. Retrieved 17 September 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MCqxFZierg
The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech
The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech . (2016). The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2016, from http://www.heritage.org/events/2016/06/intimidation-game
Is this America?
Monday, September 5, 2016
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