November 28, 2007
Quote Of The Day
From stand-up comedian Keith Alberstadt:
Fantasy Football is like Dungeons and Dragons for the guys who used to make fun of people who played Dungeons and Dragons.
I take part in neither. As I’ve said to the many people who suggested I join either: “I’m a geek. But I’m not that kind of geek.”
October 16, 2007
Quote Of The Day — Liberal Bias Edition
Seen on a bumper sticker:
REALITY Has A Liberal Bias
Really?
Now, humanity has a liberal bias. Most of humanity is caring, generous, kind, forgiving, and willing to accept and look past the failure of others.
Reality? Not so much. Reality is cruel, reality is harsh, reality punishes mistakes without remorse. Reality doesn’t give many second chances. Reality is the exact opposite of what could be called “liberal”.
Now, I’ll admit that it makes for a catchy little slogan. But it’s a profound misunderstanding of the world we live in. In fact, it was the “illiberal” system of capitalism that is precisely what has allowed us to blunt the harsh “conservative” nature of reality.
April 18, 2007
Quote Of The Day
Hey, I’m a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule.
Randal Graves, Clerks
April 10, 2007
Quote Of The Day
I recently came across NoFX, a band that doesn’t exactly take a kind view towards government. One quote from a song really sums up my thoughts on the average American’s idea of freedom:
The sad truth is
you’d rather follow the school into the net
’cause swimming alone at sea
is not the kind of freedom that you actually want—NoFX, Re-Gaining Unconsciousness
> Reality is the exact opposite of what could be called “liberal”.
Reality is the state of the world as it really is, regardless of whether this is perceived by any mind, human or otherwise. (Unless you’re one of those “if a tree falls in a forest and there’s nobody there, it actually doesn’t make a sound” folks, of course!) Labels like “liberal” and “conservative” are perspectives of human thought and attempting to cast reality as either like one or the other is a misapplication of language. But if I had to describe reality as anything it would be “authoritarian” as you cannot debate its rules nor beg its mercy.
I disagree fundamentally on whether “liberal” and “conservative” are even opposite sides of a coin; they’re not even the same currency. You can be a liberal conservative capitalist, or an authoritarian progressive socialist, etc., if you wanted to directly pair things with their opposites in a simplified 3-space of belief.
This of course makes you correct when you say that reality is the exact opposite of what could be called “liberal”, not because reality is conservative, but because the opposite of liberal is authoritarian.
And if you mean “liberal” in a Fox News, non-libertarian sense, for shame. Stop polluting the word liberal and the ideology of liberalism, which is the antithesis of authoritarianism, not conservatism. Call the modern US branch of politickers who call themselves “liberals” by what they really are — whatever it is they are. If you figure out, you should really tell someone, because they’ve been shopping for an identity for quite some time.
-Sam, your friendly neighborhood geolibertarian idiot.
Comment by Sam — October 17, 2007 @ 1:31 pm
The natural tendencies of humans compared to reality. It is a response to reality. I would not call the response liberal, I would call it a survival strategy.
Comment by VRB — October 18, 2007 @ 5:56 pm