Nicely done, Dr. John, and penetrating of the progressive mind that strives to be “right” by making others wrong. There is a difference between being wrong and someone making you wrong. It is a form of immaturity seen in two year old’s (“No!”)’ teenagers (“what do you know about being young?”); sibling rivalry (“mom, he’s being unfair”); zealots (“I’m right, you’re wrong; now go to hell”), and schizophrenics (“I’m not crazy, you are!”). It is also the shortest distance to being right, so if intellectually lazy (or diseased), why not try it? Especially to win an argument.
My favorite is being accused of “racism” when trying to discuss “racialism”. I recently tried to encourage a young female Chinese medical intern to be skeptical of allopathic medicine, embrace her heritage and look into Classical Chinese Medicine for cures that work. Later I got a call from her supervisor demanding I apologize for bringing up race. My mentor from the last century advised that, “everyone needs encouragement”; he didn’t reckon with the hubris of today’s crop of entitled professionals. Hence, the modern truism, “no good deed goes unpunished”.
A very perceptive and enlightening article. Spot on! Thank you for writing it. You might consider "rights" as outlined in the Constitution as being perverted. Far too many people consider that the government grants us rights. Those are not rights, they're privileges granted by the powers that be. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."
One of the most biting written articles you’ve written John, and that speaks volumes. Also made me laugh because the wordsmiths think nobody has a brain anymore.
Calling a tax cut an expense is the ultimate in fascism.
Nicely done, Dr. John, and penetrating of the progressive mind that strives to be “right” by making others wrong. There is a difference between being wrong and someone making you wrong. It is a form of immaturity seen in two year old’s (“No!”)’ teenagers (“what do you know about being young?”); sibling rivalry (“mom, he’s being unfair”); zealots (“I’m right, you’re wrong; now go to hell”), and schizophrenics (“I’m not crazy, you are!”). It is also the shortest distance to being right, so if intellectually lazy (or diseased), why not try it? Especially to win an argument.
My favorite is being accused of “racism” when trying to discuss “racialism”. I recently tried to encourage a young female Chinese medical intern to be skeptical of allopathic medicine, embrace her heritage and look into Classical Chinese Medicine for cures that work. Later I got a call from her supervisor demanding I apologize for bringing up race. My mentor from the last century advised that, “everyone needs encouragement”; he didn’t reckon with the hubris of today’s crop of entitled professionals. Hence, the modern truism, “no good deed goes unpunished”.
A very perceptive and enlightening article. Spot on! Thank you for writing it. You might consider "rights" as outlined in the Constitution as being perverted. Far too many people consider that the government grants us rights. Those are not rights, they're privileges granted by the powers that be. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."
One of the most biting written articles you’ve written John, and that speaks volumes. Also made me laugh because the wordsmiths think nobody has a brain anymore.
Calling a tax cut an expense is the ultimate in fascism.
‘I don’t know what you mean by “glory”,’ Alice said.
‘Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. ‘Of course you don’t–till I tell you. I meant “there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!”’
‘But “glory” doesn’t mean “a nice knock-down argument”, Alice objected.
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean–neither more nor less.’
‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean different things–that’s all.’
‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master–that’s all’
“Through the Looking Glass”
Chapter 6
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