tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604414.post3040665906634115581..comments2024-03-24T15:27:49.804-04:00Comments on CANNONFIRE: Apocalypse soon: Notes on Biden, Peter Thiel, René Girard and QAnonJoseph Cannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574779960109698980noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604414.post-51994613487041755742020-08-26T02:36:33.954-04:002020-08-26T02:36:33.954-04:00Various scholars, foundations, think tanks, etc. a...Various scholars, foundations, think tanks, etc. are constantly releasing their statistical studies to show that blacks, females, latinx, LGBTQIA's, the disabled, native americans, pacific islanders, etc. are under-represented in virtually every "the good life" category, in the USA, while straight/white/males are grossly over-represented in proportion to the increasingly diverse population. But when anyone points out the often enormous proportional over-representation of Jews in high finance and major-media ownership the charge of antisemitism is leveled by them and their spokespersons immediately, in a powerful and effective drive to "cancel" both the statistical facts and the speaker.<br /><br />You appear to support this double standard, Joe. Is it because of the inescapable legacy of centuries of pogroms and the 1940s Holocaust that this double standard must never end? Perhaps so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604414.post-88394727202885867142020-08-25T20:40:07.842-04:002020-08-25T20:40:07.842-04:00Addendum to the above: I spoke too soon! QAnon'...Addendum to the above: I spoke too soon! QAnon's anti-Semitism becomes more open every day, and it got one Republican convention speaker in trouble.<br /><br />https://www.thedailybeast.com/rnc-speaker-boosts-qanon-conspiracy-theory-about-jewish-plot-to-enslave-the-world-1?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4Joseph Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574779960109698980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604414.post-72807704705221466122020-08-25T20:35:33.446-04:002020-08-25T20:35:33.446-04:00Anon, Biden was selected by the PEOPLE. Primarily ...Anon, Biden was selected by the PEOPLE. Primarily black people. If you try to shoehorn the "elite" concept into that process, you will have to mount an argument based on appeals to emotion or diversionary tactics or some other affront to logic. You won't be citing actual evidence. You won't be talking about votes.<br /><br />In QAnon-speak, the term "elites" translates to "important Democrats" -- for now. Soon, the cultists will drop the petticoat and show what's underneath. And that's when it will be obvious to all that "elites" is just another euphemism for "Jews." <br /><br />It's classic scapegoating. More than ever, I am convinced that the powers behind QAnon have read Girard, who made scapegoating the centerpiece of his philosophy. The Q folk have stripped away Girard's Christianity and used his theories as a means to destroy liberal democracy.<br /><br />The more I read Girard, the more convinced I become that he failed to understand the relationship between scapegoating and projection. QAnon is an OUTRAGEOUS exercise in projection.<br /><br />Much of what Q says about Democratic "elites" more properly applies to the "Dark Enlightenment" schemers who created Q. For example, Alt Rightist politician Mike Saari deserves the "pedophile" label; Bill Clinton does not. Yet Q will never attack someone like Saari. <br /><br />I'm not saying that Peter Thiel has munched on long pig -- though, given the right circumstances, curiosity might tempt him to have a nibble. But it's an undeniable fact that the "adrenochrome" fantasy fits him better than it fits the Clintons. Thiel, not Hillary Clinton, is a true elitist. He's open about it. The Moldbug/Land/Thiel worldview is nothing BUT elitism. <br />Joseph Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574779960109698980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604414.post-51606068013403171182020-08-25T17:05:10.701-04:002020-08-25T17:05:10.701-04:00So you don't believe in "elites," eh...So you don't believe in "elites," eh? So you don't believe in FEC data either? And you think "megadonors" either don't exist or have only a small effect on legislation and policies? WWSS?* <br /><br />*("What Would Sheldon Say?")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604414.post-57938330376928174022020-08-25T11:29:24.679-04:002020-08-25T11:29:24.679-04:00I think Trump is going the 12th Amendment route wh...I think Trump is going the 12th Amendment route which will only occur if some states refuse to ratify the vote count. There has to be some pretext for this, some large scale "evidence" of voter fraud. <a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/08/25/investigative-reporter-greg-palast-trumps-plans-to-steal-the-election-go-well-beyond-the-mail/" rel="nofollow">Greg Palast</a> says we are are going to see the 2000 Dade County hijacking repeated only on a much larger scale. Trump has posted his lie about mail-in ballot fraud, an excuse for sending armed militia groups into Democrat strongholds to challenge the legitimacy of votes. Trump and his backers are going to hype his BS narrative against any reasoned criticism, the media and Democrats be damned. Republican violence cannot be ruled out. All he has to do is taint enough votes to declare them unsafe to count. The Republican Governors and Congress members will do the rest. Trump thrives on chaos so this strategy will appeal to him.frednoreply@blogger.com