tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7485546498258208373..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: "Push Back" Isn't For Pushovers.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-30612387369894947832018-01-31T10:06:20.673-08:002018-01-31T10:06:20.673-08:00NPoV, now they're getting into how our younger...<br />NPoV, now they're getting into how our younger generations are getting groomed by smartphone technology. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70802770692171192842018-01-31T01:07:59.656-08:002018-01-31T01:07:59.656-08:00Mound: a very insightful piece. I call it willful...Mound: a very insightful piece. I call it willful ignorance and it is the scourge of the 21st Century. It has grown leaps and bounds via tRump and is cementing his hold on power. Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1465968405759104362018-01-30T22:18:15.539-08:002018-01-30T22:18:15.539-08:00Yes, Owen, ignorance has made a comeback and I sus...<br />Yes, Owen, ignorance has made a comeback and I suspect there was nothing remotely accidental to that. What scares me is that I don't think we, you and I, have a very incomplete perception of that 'comeback.' I think left unchecked over another ten years the effects on our culture and society could be seismic. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-26113023407496795752018-01-30T22:15:37.386-08:002018-01-30T22:15:37.386-08:00
@ Anon 4:03. I agree with your points, albeit to ...<br />@ Anon 4:03. I agree with your points, albeit to varying degrees. Overall I do share your concerns. The Mulroney/Chretien era did put an end to progressivism as those of us somewhat older than you understood it. For many Liberals, being progressive meant being somewhat to the left of the Conservatives. With that progressivism was disconnected from its principles and became a meaningless sop.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86444608364666220192018-01-30T22:12:11.536-08:002018-01-30T22:12:11.536-08:00I think the point, Toby, is that this idea of &quo...<br />I think the point, Toby, is that this idea of "fortifying" social media against Russian meddling is pointless. The real vulnerability lies in the malleable minds of a gullible public no longer capable of critical thinking and open to magical thought. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24782548533468468662018-01-30T17:25:58.514-08:002018-01-30T17:25:58.514-08:00Rumley - once again Trump demonstrates that he con...<br />Rumley - once again Trump demonstrates that he considers himself omnipotent. An Obama era federal DOJ prosecutor recently recalled a meeting of several appointees with that president. Obama stressed that they didn't work for him but for the American people and counseled them to remember that when it came to cases that opposed their executive branch. In other words Obama's principled approach was the direct opposite of Trump's unprincipled view of his power.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-32175127491022172422018-01-30T16:15:04.866-08:002018-01-30T16:15:04.866-08:00Ignorance has made a comeback -- despite all our t...Ignorance has made a comeback -- despite all our tecnological advantages. In fact, those advantages have worked to entrench ignorance.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-9426644019914135292018-01-30T16:03:59.719-08:002018-01-30T16:03:59.719-08:00Neoliberals want to bring back the Cold War with R...Neoliberals want to bring back the Cold War with Russia. They believe Mulroney when he says free trade is a model of prosperity for the world (when it has brought decades of economic misery and skyrocketing inequality across the globe.)<br /><br />I'm Gen-X. I've followed politics and economics for over 25 years. (Been opposed to "far right" free-trade ideology and other neoclassical looternomics from the start.) I remember when real liberals roamed the Earth. I remember when the Chretien Neo-Liberals purged real liberals from the party. Today you're more likely to come across a Big Foot than a real liberal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1893259223844796682018-01-30T15:47:29.871-08:002018-01-30T15:47:29.871-08:00"How can you stop the Russians from doing wha..."How can you stop the Russians from doing what Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh and their class of reprobates do every day?"<br /><br />That's a much bigger issue than foreign posts on social media. Americans are doing it to themselves and have been since the beginning. The Electoral College is there to prevent citizens from making an inconvenient choice. Gerrymandering has a long history as has buying votes, a variety of tricks to prevent votes, etc. These days I have no doubt that jurisdictions using electronic voting machines routinely meddle with the outcome. <br /><br />Then there are those American and Canadian companies cited on this blog who use social media exactly as the Russians did. Going into a polling booth with a clear mind is becoming increasingly difficult. <br /><br />Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-69972000751941115292018-01-30T11:37:28.396-08:002018-01-30T11:37:28.396-08:00Not NBS, NBC.Not NBS, NBC.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46948658145498565182018-01-30T11:34:56.555-08:002018-01-30T11:34:56.555-08:00A "report' from NBS through Raw Story say...A "report' from NBS through Raw Story says Trump is telling friends he is considering having Sessions prosecute Mueller and his team. Just another failure to recognise democratic norms.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.com