I've been criticized because (it's been said) that when I say mean things about the mouth-breathing morons who support Trump, this merely triggers them to go out into the real world and stomp around like petulant children. As a result (people tell me) it's my fault that the mouth-breathing morons are acting out like petulant children. One wonders how they learned to routinely do this pretty much every day of their existence before they encountered me on an obscure internet message board, but let's assume that the broader critique is true:
And another big thing that baffles me about this is that it's primarily a criticism of people like me. Now, of course, let's leave lots of room for people to have fun with that. Of course the know-it-all doesn't see he's the butt of the joke. If I were you that's where I'd go, so I sort of have to be okay with it. But let's stop and think for a moment.
It's now regarded as a thing in politics -- the sort of thing that gets discussed on cable news shows -- that conservative white guys are getting massively emotionally triggered and are acting out all over the place. And -- just so we're clear what I'm emphasizing -- this isn't regarded as the fault of the people acting irresponsibly like petulant children. It's regarded as the fault of liberals triggering them. Again, whether it's Sean Hannity of Fox News or earnest liberals right here, the diagnosis is the same: It's liberals' fault that wingnuts are stupidly excited.
You know what? Maybe so. I once saw a Twilight Zone like this. A petulant child unexpectedly gains God-like powers, and all the adults have to cower in mortal fear of his grotesque whims. Well, f#ck that.
If I offend you, then I may apologize. But if you blame me for the stupid things that you do, then I laugh at you. As Orin Hatch contemptuously dismisses adult women, "Grow up." And after all, no one worries about whether people like him will trigger people like me.
Interweb assholes like me are unnecessarily inflaming the nitwits, and if only assholes like me would stop inflaming the nitwits, then maybe the nitwits would calm down and stop electing corrupt unfit imbeciles to the White House.
Many things boggle me about this critique. It's hard to prioritize them but the first one I'm going to talk about is obviously the exceptionally bleak picture it paints of Trump supporters -- they lack all agency and are impelled to act like morons in lockstep response to perceived insults. This should be deeply offensive to each and every Trump supporter who doesn't remotely resemble that description. Both of them. Maybe.
And another big thing that baffles me about this is that it's primarily a criticism of people like me. Now, of course, let's leave lots of room for people to have fun with that. Of course the know-it-all doesn't see he's the butt of the joke. If I were you that's where I'd go, so I sort of have to be okay with it. But let's stop and think for a moment.
It's now regarded as a thing in politics -- the sort of thing that gets discussed on cable news shows -- that conservative white guys are getting massively emotionally triggered and are acting out all over the place. And -- just so we're clear what I'm emphasizing -- this isn't regarded as the fault of the people acting irresponsibly like petulant children. It's regarded as the fault of liberals triggering them. Again, whether it's Sean Hannity of Fox News or earnest liberals right here, the diagnosis is the same: It's liberals' fault that wingnuts are stupidly excited.
You know what? Maybe so. I once saw a Twilight Zone like this. A petulant child unexpectedly gains God-like powers, and all the adults have to cower in mortal fear of his grotesque whims. Well, f#ck that.
If I offend you, then I may apologize. But if you blame me for the stupid things that you do, then I laugh at you. As Orin Hatch contemptuously dismisses adult women, "Grow up." And after all, no one worries about whether people like him will trigger people like me.