[MD] Hippies in Sodom and Gomorrah

[Platt Holden]

> [Platt]
> You ideas of doing good are just as political and ideological as 
> anybody's as we can readily see from your posts that say we must help 
> the poor and accept blame for terrorism. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> You are the master of deception and distortion, aren't you? Sometimes
> you really piss me off, because despite my taking the time to repost ad
> nauseum to misrepresentations of my views, I continue to see the same
> distortive bunk tossed out.
> 
> First, I never said "we are to blame for terrorism". I said, right-wing
> idiots on BOTH SIDES of this pissing content share good amounts of
> culpability. Us, and them. Now, go ahead and reprint this as "Arlo wants
> to have group sex with terrorists".

Talk about distortion! You can't even quote correctly what is right in 
front of your nose. I never said you said "we are to blame for 
terrorism" I said (see above) that according to you "we must accept 
blame for terrorism." which you confirm by saying  "right-wing idiots 
on both sides share good amounts of culpability." Deny what you say all 
you want, but your denial flops.

> Second, I never said people won't, or shouldn't, have political ideas.
> What I said was that these ideas would cease to be "fixed" by blind
> allegience to static ideological patterns. That something I believe
> aligns with liberalism (workers' compensation) and others with
> conservatism (gun ownership), means nothing to me. That you continue to
> paint me as nothing but some liberal because I dare to disbelieve the
> Holy Writ of Conservative Dogma is just evidence of placing your belief
> in what is good subservient to what is "my party, my ideology or my
> nation".

Another gross distortion. I said "Your political positions as you've 
outlined them from time to time pretty much follow liberal ideology" 
followed by three specific examples you didn't object to or question. I 
said nothing about you daring to disbelieve conservatism or that you 
were subservient to the democratic party. But yes, you are subservient 
to an ideology -- the ideology of altruism, the dogma of a do-gooder.
 
> The point is, people should follow what they feel is "good", whether or
> not it aligns with party ideology.

Yes, I know. "If it feels good, do it." That my friend is an ideology, 
adored by hippie apologists. Somehow you think you are free of ideas 
and ideals. But you aren't. Nobody is. Your allegiance to your beliefs 
is just as "blind" as the next fellow's.  

To top it off you can't see that your self-described devotion to 
nuanced thought is itself a static pattern that you cling to with as 
much zeal as any rabid ideologue, constantly harping about absurd 
"dichotomies " and holding out your way thinking about an idea or a  
situation is the one and only way.    

That is not only ridiculous. It's about as blinkered as one can get.

Platt