tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post8368621223056781048..comments2024-03-29T10:02:52.586-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: A Day Of ReckoningLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-6419636970208838132019-05-15T15:16:39.271-04:002019-05-15T15:16:39.271-04:00The 'smartest guy in the room' syndrome an...The 'smartest guy in the room' syndrome and the rectitude of the religious right make for a winning combination within Ford Nation circles, Sal. For the rest of us, it is a sad testament to the political and democratic deficits our age is afflicted with. Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-18401624111126621042019-05-15T11:49:17.737-04:002019-05-15T11:49:17.737-04:00.. it seems important to recognize certain behavio..... it seems important to recognize certain behaviors. The ones I will first point to are 'contraryism' and 'ignorance'. Some healthcare practitioners see contraryism as a sort of auto-reflex integrated with essential ignorance. Welcome to one of the key aspects of the various 'conservative' political old boy men's clubs in Canada. 'Fixation' is part n parcel of course, as is failure to apply common sense or critical thinking - reasoning. <br /><br />Welcome to Doug Ford, welcome to Jason Kenney who display astonishing amounts of all that is wrong in 'public service'. That their elected or appointed role of course has instead been replaced with 'self serving' 'self service' circle jerking and has essentially zero to do with representing the citizenry.. or the voters.. aka 'the people'.. its akin to the 'smartest guy in the room' syndrome.. and it has zero to do with 'leadership' either. Its simply dogmatic insolence.. conceit, presumption or immaculate evangelical assumption. Andrew Scheer has it in spades.. as does Hamish Marshall or Ezra Levant or Stephen Harper<br /><br />Take your pick of the associated system failures.. the character flaws.. you cannot go wrong with any or all. In the distorted view of those losers.. its you, Lorne, who is unsavoury or wrong or flawed.. and it is seen as their right (as the righteous) to punish you, rob you, screw you.. because.. well, just because. And on goes the convoluted grift, the graft, the deceit, the posturing, the parasitic performance. <br /><br />It aint going to change.. its their nature.. and they polish the performance every single day. Think of it as wildly comorbid mood disorders cascading or mental illness.. accelerating and/or oscillating.. ie pathological behaviour traits, self reinforcing within shallow waters.. and mixed in there are those like Sam Oosterhoff or Fallwell Jr or Frank McVety or Mike Pence, who also believe they are holy hallowed vessels whereby God communicates with man.. who may then in their infinite wisdom, let women in on the big rules and secrets.. while women are doing the laundry, feeding the men and incubating - delivering the progeny.. the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-86986608106253398642019-05-15T11:34:45.863-04:002019-05-15T11:34:45.863-04:00Equally stunning, Owen, is the eagerness with whic...Equally stunning, Owen, is the eagerness with which Ford Nation laps up those lies.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-59937658466142301372019-05-15T10:41:51.104-04:002019-05-15T10:41:51.104-04:00What is stunning, Lorne, is how effortlessly these...What is stunning, Lorne, is how effortlessly these people lie.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com