I recall watching a news clip of the mob outside the prison where Ted Bundy waited for his execution. They carried signs saying things like “Fry, Ted, fry.” Bundy was, of course, horrifically awful. But that mob gave me the creeps as a kid. Trump fans see themselves at a rally and see a bunch of real Americans and patriots. Progressives online see themselves as heroes working to eradicate racism etc. I see two mobs.
Absolutely, Karl. Everyone who is part of a mob sees them self as virtuous. They always do. And everything done is the name of of virtue is automatically Good. That kind of view is the most pernicious in creation.
I don’t think you are writing too many quotes at all. In fact, it’s always a good time to quote James Baldwin, who was terrific. In interviews, he always looked somehow like the incarnation of wisdom and a quite like this one seems to confirm it.
I love these quotes from George Carlin! That one about ‘never joint a group that has a name’ is excellent. A group like that is bound to have an ideology. He’s my kind of guy.
I recall watching a news clip of the mob outside the prison where Ted Bundy waited for his execution. They carried signs saying things like “Fry, Ted, fry.” Bundy was, of course, horrifically awful. But that mob gave me the creeps as a kid. Trump fans see themselves at a rally and see a bunch of real Americans and patriots. Progressives online see themselves as heroes working to eradicate racism etc. I see two mobs.
Absolutely, Karl. Everyone who is part of a mob sees them self as virtuous. They always do. And everything done is the name of of virtue is automatically Good. That kind of view is the most pernicious in creation.
I don’t think you are writing too many quotes at all. In fact, it’s always a good time to quote James Baldwin, who was terrific. In interviews, he always looked somehow like the incarnation of wisdom and a quite like this one seems to confirm it.
I love these quotes from George Carlin! That one about ‘never joint a group that has a name’ is excellent. A group like that is bound to have an ideology. He’s my kind of guy.