... I keep hearing/seeing/reading this ... over and over. Of course it's never presented along with evidence to PROVE the "system is rigged".
I think it intellectually lazy to "blame" the failure of their weak ideas to gain popularity/backing/support on a "rigged system" ... no, it's the fact that:
A. Their idea sucks
B. Their argument/presentation is weak, and sucks
C. They're unaware/ignorant to the fact that their idea has been done before - and failed
D. They can't be objectively self critical, much less accept external criticism
E. They're delusional to the point of rejecting the evidence that counters/contradicts their idea
In short - the "system is rigged" response is a delusional fantasy that thinly veils a temper tantrum that actually means "If I don't get my way, I'm taking my toys and going home"
... and then they invoke the ultimate unfalsifiable idea by claiming god/bible "supports" their position/idea.
Ugh! How can anyone have a rational discussion with that?
But wait just a minute....Trump and the Trumpanzees will accept that the system isn't rigged if Trump wins!
ReplyDeleteDo we laugh or cry at this shit???
Of course, sir, you are correct (as usual). Their view on this "rigged system" malarkey reminds me of the Dark Ages method of determining guilt/innocence via "Ordeal" ... I'm going from memory so give me some latitude ... it goes something like this:
ReplyDeleteA person is accused of theft (or any petty crime) ... the person proclaims innocence - there is no direct evidence either way other than verbal testimony so how did they tell if the accused is telling the truth? Glad you asked ... see the put a stone/pebble at the bottom of a kettle of boiling water/oil and forced the accused to stick his hand in the kettle/pot to retrieve the stone/pebble ... this, of course cause severe burns to the extremity used ... but the determination of guilt/innocence wasn't whether the stone could be retrieved - oh no, that would be too easy - no, the "test" was how the burns HEALED after 3 days or so. If it was healing you were deemed "innocent", if it festered you were "guilty" ... either way you had a burnt freaking hand!
The real curious part of all this is that while I think ALL people will recognize the lunacy of the "logic" of the "Trial by Ordeal" ... the Trumpanzees will have no earthly idea how the two situations are similar and equally ludicrous!
To "rig" a national election would take a conspiracy of a scale that makes the "conspiracies" of the Moon landing and 9/11 look like patty cake ... it's HAVE to involve THOUSANDS of INDEPENDENT election officials of every political ideology on the spectrum in cahoots.
But to them a conspiracy of that level of complexity and cooperation is MORE likely than, "you LOST"
I get whiplash shaking my head at this shit