Comments | docstrange: Self-indulgence, self-importance, "irony," and the banking of moral capital

docstrange

Self-indulgence, self-importance, "irony," and the banking of moral capital

Mar 26, 2010 09:34

Two little self-important jackasses have brought to mind today this article ( Read more... )

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cymrullewes March 26 2010, 15:02:52 UTC

I'm tempted to take my green tressed almost 15 year old down to Concord and knock on Rep. Levasseur's door and point out how watching anime gave her the idea of how to express herself in a non-violent, non harmful way that delights her and others around her. (and swallowing against threatening to sic the ghost of Grandma Yamashita on him, who survived those two nukes and died at 97 of stomach cancer because she didn't want to be a burden on anyone. Do you know how PAINFUL stomach cancer is? How long one would have to hide that pain? Can you imagine how strong her ghost must be? Mainly because I rather doubt the thought of a ghost would actually make the man think about what he said. I miss her. She didn't speak much English but she adored my eldest (first "great grandchild" in the US, I'm not sure if Aunt Fumiko's brother's children had children then. (Aunt Fumiko is married to my mother's twin brother ( ... )

docstrange March 26 2010, 16:55:17 UTC

I suspect, given his track record, that he's not particularly subject to induced self-reflection. How he could think that was funny, even for a microsecond of failed self-censorship, escapes me.

On your last point, too many of our elected officials really are a wonderful study in socio-normative narcissism.

cymrullewes March 26 2010, 17:30:30 UTC

I think it has to do with believing enough time has passed that all things are now funny. I wonder if anyone ever said "Never again." to him.

docstrange March 26 2010, 18:30:54 UTC

Yeah, I guess it's all hilarious once the immediate victims are dead. Or something like that. I understand these things passing from "immediate enemies" once time has passed, but never into humor. I'm not sure too many descendants of Huguenots find their persecution funny, though it is a long time past.

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girlvinyl March 26 2010, 15:46:25 UTC

Oh my god I am loling so hard re: Amanda Palmer and Gaga. It makes sooo much sense that I would absolutely adore Gaga and respect her talent and professional choices while finding Palmer tedious and self righteous and generally icky. Seriously, she's grossed me out for quite a while.

This is awesome. Glad this isn't friendslocked, I will be linking it for lulz.

docstrange March 26 2010, 16:55:38 UTC

Absolutely!

perspicuity March 26 2010, 22:37:41 UTC

perhaps amanda has a bit of sour grapes over LG being, you know, currently very successful, and a rather fixated icon for some... and amanda isn't...

"who is amanda palmer?" -- "that chick that neil married?"

that's irony.

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