Dem rep Ann Johnson shows that they have no intention of giving up on gender affirming care. We wonder why they cling to the 20% side of an 80/20 issue. It’s because that’s the ultimate virtue signal. The same with Kilmer Abrego Garcia. It doesn’t take special virtue to line up with people who say men are men and can’t be women. But defending trans men in women’s spaces, or wife-beating gang members? That’s a lot harder to do. In their minds, it takes a person of extraordinary virtue to do that.
I'm sure you've heard me say this a million times by now, but modern liberalism has shriveled to become a reflexive victim fetish, a weird cargo cult where whoever can claim to bear the holy stigma of Oppression deserves absolute worship and adoration.
Trannies, illegal aliens, criminals, crackheads, Hamas, etc get to climb up on the Cross for the liberal clerisy to pray to and beseech for absolution. (For upscale Western liberals, the Christian religion had to die for Christian morality to become sacrosanct.)
They may forsake one of their sacred victim groups at some point if it means winning an election (like how Newsom is now claiming he'll ban bum camps, which he does every so often), but never ever the Trans. It's one thing admitting you were wrong for politics (they can just hide behind some convenient communal lie), but to admit you were complicit in the physical and mental mutilation of thousands of children would be too much, they'll take this lie to their graves.
The Trans Child is too sacred to sin against, they would rather lose every election than lose the frisson of righteousness it gives them, esp the AWFLs, who need a sick sad child to nurture.
There is also an aspect of this that resembles heroin addiction. The virtue signaler as well as her intended audience develop a “tolerance” to a virtue enhancing alliance with one group of losers/jerks. They then up their dosage of vile content so that they can continue to get off on it.
If they can make people believe that up is down, the criminal is the victim, men are women, etc. then they subvert reality. Narcissists do it all the time, and when they succeed they feel like God. At least for the time being, but the problem is that it's never enough. That's the slippery slope of conceding to the left. The issue is never the issue, it's about transgressive subversion of reality.
Excellent selections. Glenn Greenwald and Joy Reid, coming from different ends of the ridiculousness spectrum, never disappoint. At some point, is picking on Joy Reid becoming too easy?
MSNBC is just remarkable in how it functions as an echo-chamber clubhouse for the worldview-challenged Democratic party elite. They just lost an election where their favored candidate ran a commercial that condescended to tell men they could still be manly if they do the right thing and vote for Kamala Harris.
And here they are, months after losing the election, months of time to reflect on how swaths of voters within taken-for-granted demographics hyperdrived away from them, and they're talking about appealing to the manosphere.
Nicole Wallace: "Why aren't Democrats out there on a, you know, sort of smashmouth political guerrilla campaign in the manosphere....?"
Jon Tester: "What's more manosphere than going out and shootin' a deer?"
Chewing gum is gender-affirming care ?? What planet did these type of folks come from ? The voters in her district should be ashamed of themselves. There should be no room in Congress willing & able to make such asinine statements.
Wow, they're starting the "election denial" awfully early this year. Sounds like the Dems know they won't be winning for a while, as long as they stick to their losing propositions.
I heard Senator Kennedy say "I'm not saying you're the stupidest person on the planet, but I am saying you should hope that the stupidest person on the planet doesn't die!"
A couple of links are screwed up—The New Yorker link for "The Reckoning" leads to the Vanity Fair piece about the plane landing on the Hudson. The Esquire "String Theory" link leads to "Image removed."
Whoops, sorry! Fixed "The Reckoning" link. Rachel pointed out the problem with the Esquire link as well, but at least on my end it's just an issue with the cover image. If you scroll down past the "image no longer available" bit, you'll get to the actual article.
Thanks! I wasn't understanding about putting the article link into these websites. Loved the article about the politics of sheath dresses in the NYT. I don't wear them for political purposes. If Trump hating liberals want to look dowdy, unkempt and old, go for it! It's the same old look as the tree huggers... not exactly attractive. 😂 But they're easy to pick out!
Hey Brad—this is my favorite Friday morning reading! The link for the last article, Esquire on string theory. isn’t working? I think it might be on Esquire’s end but wanted to let you know.
I think it's just the cover image that's having an issue because it's an older article. But if you scroll down past the "image unavailable" portion, you should still be able to read it.
Good to see my girl Jasmine Crockett continuing in her efforts to supplant Joy Reid for dumbest takes weekly.
She could soon qualify for a standalone weekly list.
Dem rep Ann Johnson shows that they have no intention of giving up on gender affirming care. We wonder why they cling to the 20% side of an 80/20 issue. It’s because that’s the ultimate virtue signal. The same with Kilmer Abrego Garcia. It doesn’t take special virtue to line up with people who say men are men and can’t be women. But defending trans men in women’s spaces, or wife-beating gang members? That’s a lot harder to do. In their minds, it takes a person of extraordinary virtue to do that.
I'm sure you've heard me say this a million times by now, but modern liberalism has shriveled to become a reflexive victim fetish, a weird cargo cult where whoever can claim to bear the holy stigma of Oppression deserves absolute worship and adoration.
Trannies, illegal aliens, criminals, crackheads, Hamas, etc get to climb up on the Cross for the liberal clerisy to pray to and beseech for absolution. (For upscale Western liberals, the Christian religion had to die for Christian morality to become sacrosanct.)
They may forsake one of their sacred victim groups at some point if it means winning an election (like how Newsom is now claiming he'll ban bum camps, which he does every so often), but never ever the Trans. It's one thing admitting you were wrong for politics (they can just hide behind some convenient communal lie), but to admit you were complicit in the physical and mental mutilation of thousands of children would be too much, they'll take this lie to their graves.
The Trans Child is too sacred to sin against, they would rather lose every election than lose the frisson of righteousness it gives them, esp the AWFLs, who need a sick sad child to nurture.
Really interesting theory! I like it!
There is also an aspect of this that resembles heroin addiction. The virtue signaler as well as her intended audience develop a “tolerance” to a virtue enhancing alliance with one group of losers/jerks. They then up their dosage of vile content so that they can continue to get off on it.
If they can make people believe that up is down, the criminal is the victim, men are women, etc. then they subvert reality. Narcissists do it all the time, and when they succeed they feel like God. At least for the time being, but the problem is that it's never enough. That's the slippery slope of conceding to the left. The issue is never the issue, it's about transgressive subversion of reality.
No party who unironically says things like man-o-sphere will be getting the vote of traditional men.
Thank God there are enough of them around who didn’t vote for Kamala.
Excellent selections. Glenn Greenwald and Joy Reid, coming from different ends of the ridiculousness spectrum, never disappoint. At some point, is picking on Joy Reid becoming too easy?
"Anybody who did they research voted the right way."........Anybody who says "did they research" should just shut the f*** up......
MSNBC is just remarkable in how it functions as an echo-chamber clubhouse for the worldview-challenged Democratic party elite. They just lost an election where their favored candidate ran a commercial that condescended to tell men they could still be manly if they do the right thing and vote for Kamala Harris.
And here they are, months after losing the election, months of time to reflect on how swaths of voters within taken-for-granted demographics hyperdrived away from them, and they're talking about appealing to the manosphere.
Nicole Wallace: "Why aren't Democrats out there on a, you know, sort of smashmouth political guerrilla campaign in the manosphere....?"
Jon Tester: "What's more manosphere than going out and shootin' a deer?"
Dearest God, please save from these idiots! I also want to know how you hide behind a bushel.
Chewing gum is gender-affirming care ?? What planet did these type of folks come from ? The voters in her district should be ashamed of themselves. There should be no room in Congress willing & able to make such asinine statements.
Thanks again, Brad. A great compilation.
Wow, they're starting the "election denial" awfully early this year. Sounds like the Dems know they won't be winning for a while, as long as they stick to their losing propositions.
Jasmine Crockett is an example of why flat Earth is popular again. It's stupid, but it's easy to convince stupid people such as her.
I heard Senator Kennedy say "I'm not saying you're the stupidest person on the planet, but I am saying you should hope that the stupidest person on the planet doesn't die!"
A couple of links are screwed up—The New Yorker link for "The Reckoning" leads to the Vanity Fair piece about the plane landing on the Hudson. The Esquire "String Theory" link leads to "Image removed."
Whoops, sorry! Fixed "The Reckoning" link. Rachel pointed out the problem with the Esquire link as well, but at least on my end it's just an issue with the cover image. If you scroll down past the "image no longer available" bit, you'll get to the actual article.
How are people having the best luck seeing these articles when they require a subscription?
Have you tried putting the link in https://archive.ph/ or https://12ft.io/
Thanks! I wasn't understanding about putting the article link into these websites. Loved the article about the politics of sheath dresses in the NYT. I don't wear them for political purposes. If Trump hating liberals want to look dowdy, unkempt and old, go for it! It's the same old look as the tree huggers... not exactly attractive. 😂 But they're easy to pick out!
Hey Brad—this is my favorite Friday morning reading! The link for the last article, Esquire on string theory. isn’t working? I think it might be on Esquire’s end but wanted to let you know.
I think it's just the cover image that's having an issue because it's an older article. But if you scroll down past the "image unavailable" portion, you should still be able to read it.