Thinking about this, I can only come to the final conclusion that rank and file liberal Democrats that are supporting this stuff are the primary target of our justified outrage. Just like their authoritarian shift during COVID where they are now demanding "COVID amnesty", because you know... all those good intentions explain all their mistakes... we really need to reject any forgiveness at that level and keep the pressure on them. They are not good people failing to combat this militant feminist takeover of everything. They are even worse when they actively support it because they think it benefits them in some way.
Digital is great for things you'll read once and never revisit. But it's really just a form of loan and anything I really like or consider subject to surprise revocation is purchased in hard copy form.
Good idea. I have been buying more paper books again. But digital copies are just as safe from the leftist rewriters and meddlers as paper, if the digital copies are stored in your safe media. It is the data stored server-side, such as Kindle or Audible books, which are unsafe from the leftists. Even paper books will not be safe when 2023/1984 becomes Fahrenheit 451.
"Try as I might, I'm not a particularly good writer..."
I disagree with this assessment. I'm interested in writing myself and have a "word collection" -- words that I come across in my reading that I particularly like for one reason or another. I often read this substack with an eye to adding to my collection. Here's a few of the goodies I've gotten from you...
hubristic, Gandalfian, untermenschen, chud, tortium non datur, argumentum ad populum, argumentum ad miseracordium, punditacracy, credentialism, bureaucratese, amanuensis, brodie
Wonderful, thoughtful, sane comments that I feel privileged to read. This is a great Substack, keep the faith Brad. Reading this and other material I sense we're in many ways replicating the 1930s era when truth and sanity went out the window. An era that did not end well.
Need to check for any gaps in my hardcopy library and fill them before there are any redacted and bludgeoned reprints. Want them for future grandkids, if I have any.
That last sentence applies to virtually every lefty idea foisted upon society. Do a single one of them voluntarily pay more taxes to the institution they hold in such high esteem? Never. They mandate clean energy, except that nuclear stuff. Everyone gets Obama care, except ______ large donor corp and congress. Holding classified documents puts our security at grave risk, unless your server is carefully hidden in a bathroom closet or in a box next to a corvette (I have one. Wonder if the rule is transferable?). The president's family affairs matter a great deal, except for those who wave around a magic schlong
Words are literal violence, but not those coming from a protected class. Universities foster free thought, as long as it serves dogma. Diversity means inclusion, unless you're white. Believe all women, just not those who know the Clintons. The SCOTUS needs minorities, just not Clarence Thomas. We need a bithing person in the highest office, but only if your name starts with b and ends in h. All protests are peaceful, except those unarmed insurrection ones. Penis holders can use the women's locker room, but only the ones who are women
The thought police never, ever play by the rules set they for others. Imagine someone rewriting "Imagine". They'd flip a fucking lid. But someday it will happen. It's white writing and who knows what else. This insanity must stop. There is no endpoint other than an Orwellian society
Great link. But I had to stop reading as my blood pressure rose to 240/120 and I began to stroke out. Oh, maybe it was those two vaccines I STUPIDLY took in March 2021. No, it was discovering that lived experiences of 25 year-olds must substitute for facts, because I guess there are no facts, and I may actually be a 52 year old WHITE MALE instead of a seventy three year old woman, all because I yearn for the days of Walter Cronkite reporting the nightly news.
That is disgusting to read. The meaning, the context, and the value of Dahl's books have all been destroyed. As a great admirer of Joseph Conrad, I find it obscene. How long will it be before we read of Tom Sawyer's adventures with trans-gender Jim?
Thinking about this, I can only come to the final conclusion that rank and file liberal Democrats that are supporting this stuff are the primary target of our justified outrage. Just like their authoritarian shift during COVID where they are now demanding "COVID amnesty", because you know... all those good intentions explain all their mistakes... we really need to reject any forgiveness at that level and keep the pressure on them. They are not good people failing to combat this militant feminist takeover of everything. They are even worse when they actively support it because they think it benefits them in some way.
Just wait for the ghost edits to the books on your Kindle.
I spent the '10s thinking I never wanted to own another piece of physical media. I have spent the '20s thus far stridently fixing that mistake
Digital is great for things you'll read once and never revisit. But it's really just a form of loan and anything I really like or consider subject to surprise revocation is purchased in hard copy form.
Good idea. I have been buying more paper books again. But digital copies are just as safe from the leftist rewriters and meddlers as paper, if the digital copies are stored in your safe media. It is the data stored server-side, such as Kindle or Audible books, which are unsafe from the leftists. Even paper books will not be safe when 2023/1984 becomes Fahrenheit 451.
Yeah, it took me a couple years, but it was ultimately the "smell" of a physical book that brought me back.
call me weird...:)
We have come full circle back to 1984.
"Try as I might, I'm not a particularly good writer..."
I disagree with this assessment. I'm interested in writing myself and have a "word collection" -- words that I come across in my reading that I particularly like for one reason or another. I often read this substack with an eye to adding to my collection. Here's a few of the goodies I've gotten from you...
hubristic, Gandalfian, untermenschen, chud, tortium non datur, argumentum ad populum, argumentum ad miseracordium, punditacracy, credentialism, bureaucratese, amanuensis, brodie
There are others but you get the idea.
Dang. That is humbling.
I just took a screen shot of those words...:)
"And frankly, I’d rather you burn my book than rewrite it, though it’s far too insignificant to warrant either treatment."
Brad - you need to be more positive about your writing. Someday, your books may very well be significant enough to both rewrite and burn.
good writing and self loathing go hand in hand. as long as it’s balanced. Brad is a good writer. if he keeps it up, he will be a great writer...
Wonderful, thoughtful, sane comments that I feel privileged to read. This is a great Substack, keep the faith Brad. Reading this and other material I sense we're in many ways replicating the 1930s era when truth and sanity went out the window. An era that did not end well.
Need to check for any gaps in my hardcopy library and fill them before there are any redacted and bludgeoned reprints. Want them for future grandkids, if I have any.
Love your writing Brad; every last uncensored word.
That last sentence applies to virtually every lefty idea foisted upon society. Do a single one of them voluntarily pay more taxes to the institution they hold in such high esteem? Never. They mandate clean energy, except that nuclear stuff. Everyone gets Obama care, except ______ large donor corp and congress. Holding classified documents puts our security at grave risk, unless your server is carefully hidden in a bathroom closet or in a box next to a corvette (I have one. Wonder if the rule is transferable?). The president's family affairs matter a great deal, except for those who wave around a magic schlong
Words are literal violence, but not those coming from a protected class. Universities foster free thought, as long as it serves dogma. Diversity means inclusion, unless you're white. Believe all women, just not those who know the Clintons. The SCOTUS needs minorities, just not Clarence Thomas. We need a bithing person in the highest office, but only if your name starts with b and ends in h. All protests are peaceful, except those unarmed insurrection ones. Penis holders can use the women's locker room, but only the ones who are women
The thought police never, ever play by the rules set they for others. Imagine someone rewriting "Imagine". They'd flip a fucking lid. But someday it will happen. It's white writing and who knows what else. This insanity must stop. There is no endpoint other than an Orwellian society
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Well said.
Have you seen the "Beyond Objectivity" initiiative coming from the media?
https://greenleapforward.substack.com/p/the-stench-of-bo
Great link. But I had to stop reading as my blood pressure rose to 240/120 and I began to stroke out. Oh, maybe it was those two vaccines I STUPIDLY took in March 2021. No, it was discovering that lived experiences of 25 year-olds must substitute for facts, because I guess there are no facts, and I may actually be a 52 year old WHITE MALE instead of a seventy three year old woman, all because I yearn for the days of Walter Cronkite reporting the nightly news.
That is disgusting to read. The meaning, the context, and the value of Dahl's books have all been destroyed. As a great admirer of Joseph Conrad, I find it obscene. How long will it be before we read of Tom Sawyer's adventures with trans-gender Jim?
Excellent Brad.
You know I'm often happy and at once saddened by living through this era.
I guess the consolation is maybe right now is the right time with the right people to fight this to a righteous end.
Happy is not the right word. Maybe fascinated or privileged in the sense of being "available". But you get what I mean.
Bravo! And with this post, I become a paying subscriber!
Thank you!
Unf@#king believable. These editors are a scourge upon the arts.
Well you know he just hated Jews. But I bet the sensitivity reader trained with ‘intersectionality’ hates Jews too!