tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3434719825745440882..comments2024-03-28T19:57:21.112-04:00Comments on the daily howler: STARTING TOMORROW: Our logic, our facts!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26873955903263022762021-12-14T14:31:46.237-05:002021-12-14T14:31:46.237-05:00@Anon 7:12: Mao is managing...doing god's work...@Anon 7:12: Mao is managing...doing god's work!<br />It's tautological -- and, true enough, I am anticipating a particular response from you -- in that if someone were to show up, say myself, and tell you that they <i>have</i> done something useful, even obtaining a patent in the process, you would come up with (a) they are not a true liberal; or (b) it wasn't useful labor if it was done by a liberal. In other words, it's a "No true Scotsman" argument. This is how it's tautological.<br />Now, some may say that I am giving entirely too much consideration to some obviously trollish gibberish, which may very well be true, but I can't help mentoring the lesser amongst us. <br />Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520998225031485048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60910327972117038122021-12-14T07:14:22.891-05:002021-12-14T07:14:22.891-05:00Why does it matter that the Right only care about ...Why does it matter that the Right only care about bigotry, and everything else is negotiable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72773968062251676242021-12-14T07:12:10.073-05:002021-12-14T07:12:10.073-05:00Says the clown who's paid to troll the Left fo...Says the clown who's paid to troll the Left for his Establishment bosses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32887238429173652022021-12-14T07:03:21.933-05:002021-12-14T07:03:21.933-05:00@Ilya: "...it doesn't imply that none of ...<br />@Ilya: "<i>...it doesn't imply that none of the managers/researchers is useless</i>"<br /><br />It doesn't follow that <i>all</i> managers/researchers are useless. Or: '...that none of the managers/researchers are <i>useful</i>'. <br /><br />Thank you for your kind suggestion about our skills, dear Ilya. Please rest assured that it'll receive all the attention it deserves. <br /><br />All your liberal comrades are managers/researchers (and such) who haven't done a single day of honest labor in their pathetic lives. What is it that you find tautological in this assertion, dear Ilya? What is it, another logical fallacy?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39533052980439851392021-12-13T19:38:10.981-05:002021-12-13T19:38:10.981-05:00I see. All liberals are managers/researchers and n...I see. All liberals are managers/researchers and none of them has done any actual labor; however, it doesn't imply that none of the managers/researchers is useless. In this case, the expression can be reduced to 'no liberal has done a day of labor'. Anyways, just goes to show that you need to work on your mathematical logic skills, Mao. It also sounds a bit tautological, since a liberal is defined as someone who has done not a day of labor in their life. <br />Anyways, carry on, Mao. You're doing a great job...managing. Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520998225031485048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-16362240202175249312021-12-13T16:54:52.815-05:002021-12-13T16:54:52.815-05:00Heh. You figure it out, dear Ilya. Check out logic...Heh. You figure it out, dear Ilya. Check out logical fallacies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44041614224909144652021-12-13T16:54:40.349-05:002021-12-13T16:54:40.349-05:00Q. How many Right-wing accusations are really conf...Q. How many Right-wing accusations are really confessions?<br />A. All of them Katie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-33618174562760648842021-12-13T16:31:45.132-05:002021-12-13T16:31:45.132-05:00Because it shows a certain disconnect from reality...Because it shows a certain disconnect from reality. Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520998225031485048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67442506841255635812021-12-13T16:30:36.678-05:002021-12-13T16:30:36.678-05:00I guess that makes you a manager, Mao...what was i...I guess that makes you a manager, Mao...what was it that you said about all liberals being researchers and managers?Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520998225031485048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-9747568280025540572021-12-13T16:19:31.544-05:002021-12-13T16:19:31.544-05:00Why does is matter how many Republicans believe th...Why does is matter how many Republicans believe the 2020 election was stolen?David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12008118860864827622021-12-13T13:19:12.676-05:002021-12-13T13:19:12.676-05:00Glad Bob has West Side Story to think about. For d...Glad Bob has West Side Story to think about. For decades now he’s essentially ignored or rationalized the worst of the right, now he wonders how the left will save us from them, if they have the character to. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288008924419574934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-52158172877356366092021-12-13T13:14:28.261-05:002021-12-13T13:14:28.261-05:00You have to wonder what job Mao works, as he is al...You have to wonder what job Mao works, as he is always available to zap us with hate based nonsense moments after Bob posts Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288008924419574934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24249818834124307572021-12-13T12:51:45.117-05:002021-12-13T12:51:45.117-05:00Yeah, without dear Bob, dear mn, and psycho-dembot...<br />Yeah, without dear Bob, dear mn, and psycho-dembots here all the systems would've collapsed in a blink of an eye. <br /><br />No question about that. Who'd be doing all the super-important 'researching' and 'managing'? How would we know to drive on the right side of the road? To stop at the red light? Oh noes! We would all be lost. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35014037922586935482021-12-13T12:19:42.354-05:002021-12-13T12:19:42.354-05:00“It falls to us in our liberal tribe to keep our s...“It falls to us in our liberal tribe to keep our systems, such as they are, afloat.”<br /><br />Are you paying attention, right-wing Somerby admirers?<br /><br />I might agree with Somerby here, and I can even acknowledge that Somerby isn’t wrong about everything.<br /><br />But I do not believe the way to help liberals keep our systems afloat is to excoriate liberals on a daily basis, accusing them of believing nothing and caring about nothing. That just feeds the right wing narrative and ends up further undermining liberals’ ability to keep our systems afloat. <br /><br />Has Somerby <i>ever</i> expressed the areas where he agrees with liberals on various matters?mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26454952943133399822021-12-13T12:15:12.226-05:002021-12-13T12:15:12.226-05:00This Mao character is quite the snowflake. His bi...This Mao character is quite the snowflake. His bitchy little takes are a great reminder of how if you aren't a bigot, there is no place for you in the Republican Party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18683455396945165562021-12-13T12:10:20.469-05:002021-12-13T12:10:20.469-05:00“who's been debating West Side Story over the ...“who's been debating West Side Story over the course of those years?”<br /><br />If Somerby doesn’t know this, then how can he possibly judge whether Wortel-London’s essay can “inform any useful debate about the value and meaning of West Side Story”? <br /><br />You have to know about that debate first!mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26991569055371909062021-12-13T12:09:26.800-05:002021-12-13T12:09:26.800-05:00“by a (roughly 34-year-old) eternal graduate stude...“by a (roughly 34-year-old) eternal graduate student.”<br /><br />As opposed to, say, David Brooks and Somerby himself, who have <i>important</i> jobs. mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55118222650097927342021-12-13T12:09:20.385-05:002021-12-13T12:09:20.385-05:00Liberals taxing your Establishment bosses to give ...Liberals taxing your Establishment bosses to give blacks everything they want is delicious.<br />No wonder everyone loves liberals nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-56574092398754765062021-12-13T10:48:53.014-05:002021-12-13T10:48:53.014-05:00"He describes himself as a Public Policy Rese...<br />"He describes himself as a Public Policy Researcher | Project Manager | Civic Storyteller | Urbanist. "<br /><br />Yeah, dear Bob, every brain-dead liberal (that is: every liberal) is a researcher and/or a manager. <br /><br />None of them, not a single one, has done a day of honest labor in their life. Not a single day of honest labor in all their miserable life! Can you imagine, dear Bob?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com