Post by Doomy on Oct 5, 2009 6:24:50 GMT -5
I am really at a loss for what to say in this letter other than to convey my shock. The following text regards my complaints of recent days against Mr. Joe Dever and his subtle but domineering attempts to force square pegs into round holes. Isn't it interesting which questions he dodges and what tangents he goes off on? Those dodges and tangents make me think that if I have a bias, it is only against flippant, unruly goofballs who fuel the censorship-and-intolerance crowd. Better, far better, that Man were without the gift of speech than that he use it as Mr. Dever does. Better that Man could neither read nor write than have his head and heart perverted by the prudish and complacent tommyrot that oozes from Mr. Dever's pen. And better that the cut of Man's coat and the number of his buttons were fixed by statute and enforced by penalties than that Mr. Dever should tap into the national resurgence of overt commercialism.
I claim that Mr. Dever will doubtlessly poison the air, water, and soil before long. I base this confident prediction on, among other things, the fact that his jeremiads promote a redistribution of wealth. This is always an appealing proposition for Mr. Dever's allies because much of the redistributed wealth will undoubtedly end up in the hands of the redistributors as a condign reward for their loyalty to Mr. Dever. Far too many people tolerate his wisecracks as long as they're presented in small, seemingly harmless doses. What these people fail to realize, however, is that Mr. Dever should not impede the free flow of information. Not now, not ever. Here's the heart of the matter: He is the picture of the insane person on the street, babbling to a tree, a wall, or a cloud, which cannot and does not respond to his false-flag operations.
Now here is something that will stun and very likely outrage many who read this: It appears that, for Mr. Dever, "open-mindedness" isn't a policy or a belief, but a flag to wave when he feels like it, and one to hide when it doesn't suit his purposes. If you don't believe me then consider that it's easy to tell if he's lying. If his lips are moving, he's lying. An understanding of the damage that may be caused by his pestilential, crapulous goals isn't something I expect everyone to develop the first time they hear about it. That's why I write over and over again and from so many different angles about how Mr. Dever is a simplism-oriented fiend. I'm being super-extra nice when I say that. If I weren't so polite I instead would have stated that we've all heard Mr. Dever yammer and whine about how he's being scapegoated again, the poor dear.
Mr. Dever may be sincere, but he is also sincerely fork-tongued. Other than that, he wants to wage a clandestine guerilla war against many basic human rights. Why he wants that, I don't know, but that's what he wants. So, what am I doing about that? I'm educating. I'm trying to expose his malversation. Mr. Dever is a man of questionable moral character. Let me explain. I strive to be consistent in my arguments. I can't say that I'm 100% true to this, but Mr. Dever's frequent vacillating leads me to believe that if one dares to criticize even a single tenet of his mind games, one is promptly condemned as muddleheaded, blinkered, smarmy, or whatever epithet he deems most appropriate, usually without much explanation.
Mr. Dever is willing to promote truth and justice when it's convenient. But when it threatens his creature comforts, Mr. Dever throws principle to the wind. I, for one, attribute the social and psychological problems of modern society to the fact that I despise everything about him. I despise his attempts to pose a threat to the survival of democracy. I despise how he insists that stuck-up malingerers are inherently good, sensitive, creative, and inoffensive. Most of all, I despise his complete obliviousness to the fact that he is always prating about how going through the motions of working is the same as working. (He used to say that it is not only acceptable but indeed desirable to raise extortionate demands, but the evidence is too contrary so he's given up on that score.)
Mr. Dever's rantings have earned him opprobrium, suspicion, resentment, and hatred. Still, I recommend you check out some of Mr. Dever's half-measures and draw your own conclusions on the matter. Mr. Dever should think about how his bromides lead distasteful, stentorian thieves to ridicule, parody, censor, and downgrade opposing ideas. If Mr. Dever doesn't want to think that hard, perhaps he should just keep quiet. If we don't soon tell him to stop what he's doing, he will proceed with his coldhearted sentiments, considerably emboldened by our lack of resistance. We will have tacitly given him our permission to do so.
I used to think that Mr. Dever was an incomprehensible, snooty couch potato. However, after seeing how he wants to alter, amend, abridge, and censor the record to point the finger of responsibility at others, I now have an even lower opinion of him. In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that I get concerned when I see Mr. Dever herald the death of intelligent discourse on college campuses. (Note the heroic restraint stopping me from saying that Mr. Dever's stratagems will come back to bite us in the behind in a lustrum or two.) It is grossly misleading merely to claim that he pompously claims that the world can be happy only when his band is given full rein. That sort of nonsense impresses many people, unfortunately. Yes, you heard me right; while Mr. Dever insists that free speech is wonderful as long as you're not bashing him and the pusillanimous brutes in his coalition, reality dictates otherwise. Actually, if you want a real dose of reality, look at how Mr. Dever is an opportunist. That is, he is an ideological chameleon, without any real morality, without a soul.
Since this is one of those "don't say I didn't warn you" letters, I want also to note that when I was younger I wanted to maximize our individual potential for effectiveness and success in combatting Mr. Dever. I still want to do that, but now I realize that his theories are not our only concern. To state the matter in a few words, I surely feel that he has insulted everyone with even the slightest moral commitment. Mr. Dever obviously has none or he wouldn't dispense outright misinformation and flashlight-under-the-chin ghost stories. By and large, Mr. Dever has planted his gofers everywhere. You can find them in businesses, unions, activist organizations, tax-exempt foundations, professional societies, movies, schools, churches, and so on. Not only does this subversive approach enhance Mr. Dever's ability to funnel significant amounts of money to the most jejune blowhards I've ever seen, but it also provides irrefutable evidence that he can't possibly believe that might makes right. He's prodigal but he's not that prodigal.
A study of malicious, sniveling bottom-feeders indicates broad political and ideological agreement on the use of force combined with a set of simple tactics to achieve their immediate goal: to fan the flames of obstructionism into a planet-spanning inferno. There's no shortage of sin in the world today. It's been around since the Garden of Eden and will definitely persist as long as Mr. Dever continues to dress up his profit motive in the cloak of selfless altruism. If you ever ask him to do something, you can bet that your request will get lost in the shuffle, unaddressed, ignored, and rebuffed. Who among you reading these words is not moved to lay out some ideas and interpretations that hold the potential for insight? There can be no doubt that Mr. Dever should start developing the parts of his brain that have been impaired by factionalism. At least then he'll stop trying to kill the goose bearing the golden egg. By the next full moon, he might be diagnosed with a special type of mental illness that is not yet recognized. But for now, be aware that he's a raving wantwit. In fact, he's worse than a raving wantwit; he's also a malignant chiseler. That's why he feels obligated to insult my intelligence.
How do you think Mr. Dever will get his hands on all of the incriminating documents about him that I have in my possession? A secretive home or office invasion, a knock on the door, or his favored battering-ram incursion? The answer is not obvious because many people are convinced that Mr. Dever's treasonous expedients are an epiphenomenon of unsavory exclusivism. I can't comment on that, but I can say that we've tolerated his unreasonable, morally crippled inveracities long enough. It's time to lose our patience and chill our kindness. It's time to address the continued social injustice shown by profligate nebbishes. It's time to shout to the world that I once told him that he has gone way too far with his no-compromise attitude. How did he respond to that? He proceeded to curse me off using a number of colorful expletives not befitting this letter, which serves only to show that Mr. Dever has stated that you and I are objects for him to use then casually throw away and forget like old newsprint that's performed its duty catching bird droppings. I find such declaratory statements quite telling. They tell me that if Mr. Dever truly believes that his reinterpretations of historic events provide a liberating insight into life, the universe, and everything, then maybe he should enroll in Introduction to Reality 101. Opposing Mr. Joe Dever's pernicious, ridiculous strictures actively and earnestly is the moral duty of every good human being. Period, finis, and Q.E.D.
I claim that Mr. Dever will doubtlessly poison the air, water, and soil before long. I base this confident prediction on, among other things, the fact that his jeremiads promote a redistribution of wealth. This is always an appealing proposition for Mr. Dever's allies because much of the redistributed wealth will undoubtedly end up in the hands of the redistributors as a condign reward for their loyalty to Mr. Dever. Far too many people tolerate his wisecracks as long as they're presented in small, seemingly harmless doses. What these people fail to realize, however, is that Mr. Dever should not impede the free flow of information. Not now, not ever. Here's the heart of the matter: He is the picture of the insane person on the street, babbling to a tree, a wall, or a cloud, which cannot and does not respond to his false-flag operations.
Now here is something that will stun and very likely outrage many who read this: It appears that, for Mr. Dever, "open-mindedness" isn't a policy or a belief, but a flag to wave when he feels like it, and one to hide when it doesn't suit his purposes. If you don't believe me then consider that it's easy to tell if he's lying. If his lips are moving, he's lying. An understanding of the damage that may be caused by his pestilential, crapulous goals isn't something I expect everyone to develop the first time they hear about it. That's why I write over and over again and from so many different angles about how Mr. Dever is a simplism-oriented fiend. I'm being super-extra nice when I say that. If I weren't so polite I instead would have stated that we've all heard Mr. Dever yammer and whine about how he's being scapegoated again, the poor dear.
Mr. Dever may be sincere, but he is also sincerely fork-tongued. Other than that, he wants to wage a clandestine guerilla war against many basic human rights. Why he wants that, I don't know, but that's what he wants. So, what am I doing about that? I'm educating. I'm trying to expose his malversation. Mr. Dever is a man of questionable moral character. Let me explain. I strive to be consistent in my arguments. I can't say that I'm 100% true to this, but Mr. Dever's frequent vacillating leads me to believe that if one dares to criticize even a single tenet of his mind games, one is promptly condemned as muddleheaded, blinkered, smarmy, or whatever epithet he deems most appropriate, usually without much explanation.
Mr. Dever is willing to promote truth and justice when it's convenient. But when it threatens his creature comforts, Mr. Dever throws principle to the wind. I, for one, attribute the social and psychological problems of modern society to the fact that I despise everything about him. I despise his attempts to pose a threat to the survival of democracy. I despise how he insists that stuck-up malingerers are inherently good, sensitive, creative, and inoffensive. Most of all, I despise his complete obliviousness to the fact that he is always prating about how going through the motions of working is the same as working. (He used to say that it is not only acceptable but indeed desirable to raise extortionate demands, but the evidence is too contrary so he's given up on that score.)
Mr. Dever's rantings have earned him opprobrium, suspicion, resentment, and hatred. Still, I recommend you check out some of Mr. Dever's half-measures and draw your own conclusions on the matter. Mr. Dever should think about how his bromides lead distasteful, stentorian thieves to ridicule, parody, censor, and downgrade opposing ideas. If Mr. Dever doesn't want to think that hard, perhaps he should just keep quiet. If we don't soon tell him to stop what he's doing, he will proceed with his coldhearted sentiments, considerably emboldened by our lack of resistance. We will have tacitly given him our permission to do so.
I used to think that Mr. Dever was an incomprehensible, snooty couch potato. However, after seeing how he wants to alter, amend, abridge, and censor the record to point the finger of responsibility at others, I now have an even lower opinion of him. In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that I get concerned when I see Mr. Dever herald the death of intelligent discourse on college campuses. (Note the heroic restraint stopping me from saying that Mr. Dever's stratagems will come back to bite us in the behind in a lustrum or two.) It is grossly misleading merely to claim that he pompously claims that the world can be happy only when his band is given full rein. That sort of nonsense impresses many people, unfortunately. Yes, you heard me right; while Mr. Dever insists that free speech is wonderful as long as you're not bashing him and the pusillanimous brutes in his coalition, reality dictates otherwise. Actually, if you want a real dose of reality, look at how Mr. Dever is an opportunist. That is, he is an ideological chameleon, without any real morality, without a soul.
Since this is one of those "don't say I didn't warn you" letters, I want also to note that when I was younger I wanted to maximize our individual potential for effectiveness and success in combatting Mr. Dever. I still want to do that, but now I realize that his theories are not our only concern. To state the matter in a few words, I surely feel that he has insulted everyone with even the slightest moral commitment. Mr. Dever obviously has none or he wouldn't dispense outright misinformation and flashlight-under-the-chin ghost stories. By and large, Mr. Dever has planted his gofers everywhere. You can find them in businesses, unions, activist organizations, tax-exempt foundations, professional societies, movies, schools, churches, and so on. Not only does this subversive approach enhance Mr. Dever's ability to funnel significant amounts of money to the most jejune blowhards I've ever seen, but it also provides irrefutable evidence that he can't possibly believe that might makes right. He's prodigal but he's not that prodigal.
A study of malicious, sniveling bottom-feeders indicates broad political and ideological agreement on the use of force combined with a set of simple tactics to achieve their immediate goal: to fan the flames of obstructionism into a planet-spanning inferno. There's no shortage of sin in the world today. It's been around since the Garden of Eden and will definitely persist as long as Mr. Dever continues to dress up his profit motive in the cloak of selfless altruism. If you ever ask him to do something, you can bet that your request will get lost in the shuffle, unaddressed, ignored, and rebuffed. Who among you reading these words is not moved to lay out some ideas and interpretations that hold the potential for insight? There can be no doubt that Mr. Dever should start developing the parts of his brain that have been impaired by factionalism. At least then he'll stop trying to kill the goose bearing the golden egg. By the next full moon, he might be diagnosed with a special type of mental illness that is not yet recognized. But for now, be aware that he's a raving wantwit. In fact, he's worse than a raving wantwit; he's also a malignant chiseler. That's why he feels obligated to insult my intelligence.
How do you think Mr. Dever will get his hands on all of the incriminating documents about him that I have in my possession? A secretive home or office invasion, a knock on the door, or his favored battering-ram incursion? The answer is not obvious because many people are convinced that Mr. Dever's treasonous expedients are an epiphenomenon of unsavory exclusivism. I can't comment on that, but I can say that we've tolerated his unreasonable, morally crippled inveracities long enough. It's time to lose our patience and chill our kindness. It's time to address the continued social injustice shown by profligate nebbishes. It's time to shout to the world that I once told him that he has gone way too far with his no-compromise attitude. How did he respond to that? He proceeded to curse me off using a number of colorful expletives not befitting this letter, which serves only to show that Mr. Dever has stated that you and I are objects for him to use then casually throw away and forget like old newsprint that's performed its duty catching bird droppings. I find such declaratory statements quite telling. They tell me that if Mr. Dever truly believes that his reinterpretations of historic events provide a liberating insight into life, the universe, and everything, then maybe he should enroll in Introduction to Reality 101. Opposing Mr. Joe Dever's pernicious, ridiculous strictures actively and earnestly is the moral duty of every good human being. Period, finis, and Q.E.D.
