I do not doubt at all that you arrived at whatever positions as a result of some thought. But it doesn't mean your positions are sacrosanct or never need reevaluations. And such reevaluations never take place in discussions in this journal. It is understandable, of course - no one comes to LJ to think too much, we just come to hang out with those whom we like and who share our ways of thinking. Or to tell others that their ways of thinking suck. Which is why bringing evidence or logic into your journal is a losing strategy. It has the effect of no lulz and gets little attention. At best, you reply with a catchy one liner as you always do, largely ignoring the content. These are the rules of the game that you have yourself established. But it is not because of that that we disagree.
I disagree with your evaluation of the mainstream as indecisive and therefore wrong. Once again, if all or most men were decisive enough to fuck all the young women they could lay their hands on, that would in your opinion constitute a fresh change from moderate indecisiveness. If the Israeli military were to level the Gaza strip with the ground, eliminating Islamic militarists, that would be a nice break from moderate routine. Moderation is the result of balanced interests. It has its downsides (e.g. no one gets to be king of the hill, some of the interests are stupid - the usual issues in democracy), and a configuration of a moderate majority and strong-headed minorities who think they're the shiznit appears to be stable over time. It doesn't mean I can't try to redeem the mainstream in the eyes of some members of said minorities, or, in the very least, to engage in some investigative journalism of my own.
P.S. I did not read the article you linked to before making the last comment.
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Date: 2010-02-24 06:05 pm (UTC)I disagree with your evaluation of the mainstream as indecisive and therefore wrong. Once again, if all or most men were decisive enough to fuck all the young women they could lay their hands on, that would in your opinion constitute a fresh change from moderate indecisiveness. If the Israeli military were to level the Gaza strip with the ground, eliminating Islamic militarists, that would be a nice break from moderate routine. Moderation is the result of balanced interests. It has its downsides (e.g. no one gets to be king of the hill, some of the interests are stupid - the usual issues in democracy), and a configuration of a moderate majority and strong-headed minorities who think they're the shiznit appears to be stable over time. It doesn't mean I can't try to redeem the mainstream in the eyes of some members of said minorities, or, in the very least, to engage in some investigative journalism of my own.
P.S. I did not read the article you linked to before making the last comment.