VwllsWndr is a classic example of what goes down here in postworld. He jokes that i am a politician, when in reality in view all of his comments are about the lowest form of mammal politics, specifically placing himself on the side of the "GOOD" majority, and against the "threat from outside", to the ludicrous extent of insisting that I, whom have drawn so much ire and heat for staying with this, am deriving pleasure from it. And he never quite gets around to condemning the little piece of minstrelsy that got this thing going, because that uwould force him to oppose the group that he is so busy sucking up to. I am easier target than the ten posters whom I appear to have been opposing, after all. Now, none of the many buddies teaming up on me are derivng any pleasure from the operation, correct Mr Social Scientist? Just the evil Outsider bwawaharhar! I respect politicians, incidentally, a lot more than you evidently do, because their professional existence often depends upon careful attention to the pulse of the actual social world as lived in. Certainly a politician would know that the "minority" groups that you mentioned often tell astonishingly raw jokes about themselves, and usually appreciate a good one. I adamantly maintain that an appreciation of the freaking artistry of the best popular put-downs does not disqualify one from the mroal life of the community. I think that Amos and Andy was a LOT more than skillful racist propaganda, by the way. it was for all of its many many flaws something that people, in their perverse way, drew an appreciation of humanity from. Go figure. I think that a detached social-science Utopian might judge everything with some numbing moral ruler, missing the fun. And I think that Utopian theorists have been as responsible for the worst calamities of World History as any villainous political types. But I can see that I am not picking up any votes in this district, so my campaign moves on. i really do retire from this Yahoo Club, more unfair personal attacks or not. I love you all, even Carey.
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