tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396840695026739991.post5166795733294037074..comments2024-03-13T07:52:13.478-04:00Comments on THE SWASH ZONE: “THIS IS McCARTHYISM!”(O)CT(O)PUShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396840695026739991.post-44008327924835762742018-12-25T09:00:05.667-05:002018-12-25T09:00:05.667-05:00Off topic but, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!...<b>Off topic but, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!!</b><br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396840695026739991.post-19441235460398802352018-11-30T22:21:54.327-05:002018-11-30T22:21:54.327-05:00More Blogger crap! In order to receive post and c...More Blogger crap! In order to receive post and comment notifications, I must enable “cookies.”<br /><br />Fine! So I spend hour trying to find and enable those damn cookies and what do I get? A drop down menu with these choices: Oatmeal, chocolate chip, Oreos, and Jeff Sessions Keebler Elf. <br /><br />After a short lapse from blogging, why has everything suddenly become so damn difficult?(O)CT(O)PUShttp://swashzone.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396840695026739991.post-59637217430184855572018-11-30T21:21:40.736-05:002018-11-30T21:21:40.736-05:00Finally! I'm able to comment (must be getting...Finally! I'm able to comment (must be getting too old to remember shit).<br /><br />It appears that old tribalistic dog whistle stuff is as ancient as I am becoming. Just utter the name and cause those Pavlovian puppies to salivate on cue.<br /><br />Or maybe I'm using the wrong verb. Perhaps it should be "hiss." Let's not forget that talking snake.(O)CT(O)PUShttp://swashzone.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396840695026739991.post-17691930788185462302018-11-30T14:51:57.424-05:002018-11-30T14:51:57.424-05:00Couldn't agree more with both of you.Couldn't agree more with both of you.rockyncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396840695026739991.post-71876541283566495822018-11-30T10:16:49.530-05:002018-11-30T10:16:49.530-05:00Somehow I'm reminded of the Elaine Pagels book...Somehow I'm reminded of the Elaine Pagels book <i>The Origin of Satan</i> which presents the arch demon as a theological tool, invented for the purpose of demonizing (literally) opposing religions. It's not a particularly new idea and Christian partisans have made heavy and consistent use of it. The more modern character of the Witch dressed, as most people are unaware, as a Celtic priestess is a product of such a campaign to demonize celtic religions while legitimizing the new religion during the time Christianity was rising in Western Europe.<br /><br />Witches and demons and McCarthy. Maybe Orwell too. One attacks the opposition, the competition by associating them with the standard demon and Trump's rhetoric suggests he quite conscious of how it's always been done. He has his own negative pantheon, of course (pandaemon?) and its players are Hillary and Soros and Pelosi and others. All he has to do is mention the names and his followers snarl. no facts or details are necessary. He has his own hated tribe, the Liberals, a term that has come to mean nothing more than "the opposition" and as Tailgunner Joe used to do, he simply implies an association, almost always falsely or at best tenuously to the point of irrelevance.<br /><br />It's amusing though that Joe McCarthy himself has been installed as one of Trump's demons even though he's been more like a tutor. But of course looking for any kind of consistency, logical or otherwise in Trump's rhetoric will simply make you crazy. He says whatever comes into his mind, which grows more irrational and spontaneous as the sound of manacles comes closer and closer. <br /><br />Sure, it's ironic, because Trump really is the wicked witch, really is on the list of traitors and anti-American foreign agents in the government, but who even looks for irony any more? We're drowning in it.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.com