"If You Don't Know The General Definition Of 'Liberal Democracy' As A Philosphical And Historical Phenomenon..."

let me make it easy for you.

if you are too lacking in self-awareness to recognize your own pretentions,then you are too oblivious to garner any support from those who could have benefitted from your knowledge and expertise.because your underlying elitist c**tery ignores the fact that you are simply smelling your own farts and calling it roses.

you don't get to call people stupid and ignorant,and then expect them to listen to you in any substantive way.

just ask Hillary Clinton.

dunning kruger indeed.

you are an absolute delight my friend!

Let's see if this gets through.

"Paul's Epistle to The Republicconians"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/reprise-pauls-epistle-to.html

Try developing an argument.

Don't just stick your head in the sands of denial, claiming it's all obvious and how I prove your point.

It is true that I do not expect you to listen.

That's what we do on my side of the aisle.

Even so, surprise me.

which is an observation based on my own subjective,and therefore flawed,perspective.

i mirrored your own commentary with the EXACT SAME INTERNAL LOGIC.

and how did you respond?
pretentiously,and arrogantly.

never even occurred to you that maybe...possibly...you were being a presumptuous twit,and were coming across kinda c**ty.
never even occurred to you to consider that maybe...possibly...you were basing all of your assumptions on a very small sliver of data.
based on your own prejudices and biases.
never even entered your gray matter that i might be full aware of the historical implications of liberal democracies and their inherent philosophies.

i am not making an argument.
i am accusing you of being an arrogant and pretentious c**t,based on observations of your own presumptive,arrogant and smug snobbery.

now you are free to disagree,and maybe reveal a more humane side of your intellect.
but every one of your responses here,and on other threads,has only served to prove MY point.

now,my assumption here,i suspect you are here to promote your blog and to educate people.
this is a noble and worthwhile goal.i support this.
but to do so in a manner where you snidely,and sometimes passive aggressively,dismiss those you deem beneath you..
you know..deplorables…
or to use your words.
not from your side of the aisle.

but who am i right?
i am just a gutter rat who needs to learn his place.

I wonder why you spend so much time reading me on this thread - and on other threads - if you consider me an "arrogant and pretentious c**t."

Do you always waste your time on meaningless drivel?

I'm aware you may be a Charles Bukowski "genius" but you haven't exhibited anything worth reading which makes me think you don't know much more than "your run of the mill troll."

It's just a working hypothesis.

Prove me wrong.

As for my data set, it's bigger than you can imagine.

BTW...

When Hillary said that about half of Trump supporters were deplorable, Trump's approval rating was 42%.

By doing the math, we find that Hillary considered about 20% of the electorate was deplorable.

This is a reasonably accurate number.

What makes "the deplorables" deplorable is the position they occupy in Orwell's worldview.

"Orwell: A Brief, Image-Rich Introduction To A Prophetic Genius"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/george-orwell-brief-image-rich.html

You may think Orwell is, in effect, admiring Trumpistas' noble resistance to Deep State lies.

He's not.

Orwell is talking about conservatives' blind adherence to nonsense because they don't know how to think in terms of principle, just "petty, specific grievances" - relative trivialities like Hillary, Benghazi, and the Mueller witch hunt.

It doesn't even occur to 45's cult followers that if Trump-and-Barr are telling the truth, Mueller EXONERATED The Relentless Liar. How do you square that circle?

For a year and a half, Trump says Mueller is conducting a witch hunt to "get" him.

And then, he EXONERATES him.

"Football, beer, and gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult…. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontentment led nowhere, because being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.” George Orwell's "1984"

I never said you were stupid.
nor un-educated.
not even suggested that you didn't make smart points.

what I specifically addressed was your pretentiousness,your arrogance and your presumption,and that if you wanted to have people actually engage with your blog and political/historical musings..
then maybe calling them ignorant is a bad way to accomplish those goals.

so let's stay on target here scooter.

I may have used colorful language to express my very simple point,but that is the gist.

your first response was to confirm my observation.
then you doubled down.
and now you have tripled down.
even throwing in more presumption! for added flavor I guess? who knows....
and it all confirms MY point.

here are the simple facts:
you don't know me.
that's it..that's the end of the list.

look,if my bombastic and confrontational style ruffled your tender sensibilities.
then I apologize.
I happen to like your memes,and your take on things and have even read some of your blogs.
maybe don't be such a insufferable twat,then maybe more people will be open to your perspectives.

or don't..
makes no difference to me.
I will call you out regardless.
for I am an equal opportunity offender.

ps:this particular nugget
"You may think Orwell is, in effect, admiring Trumpistas' noble resistance to Deep State lies."

hi-larious.."I may think"
pretty obvious you haven't a clue.

toodles

at least I KNOW I am a gutter rat,and am constantly battling with my own ignorance.

archie is simply convinced of his superiority.

although I have to admit my childish glee in slapping him down a few pegs.
then again,i am an asshole.
but I am workin on it..
i'm workin on it.