Comments on: Imagine my shock… and awe!

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:43:03 +0000

Aaron (you? I can never tell when you use the group-blog moniker as name rather than website), I’m sure Darian was being funny here rather than missing the point of the clown suit defense.

Incidentally, that post has become my most popular, largely due to some people well-connected in the StumbleUpon universe supporting it. Not a one has left a comment, but something like 5,000 have read it now. *swoon*

By: http://radicallibertarians.blogspot.com/

http://radicallibertarians.blogspot.com/ — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:39:51 +0000

Darian,

The “Clown Suit Defense” is already employed by state officials who commit crimes while wearing silly uniforms with shiny junk buttoned on: aka police officers.

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:50:02 +0000

That question makes me nervous, Darian… just like clowns do…

By: Darian W

Darian W — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:33:34 +0000

I think I meant to say “*Coercion* really gets some people’s jollies going…” in the above. Invoking the fatigue excuse.

Also, does this post introduce the official mascot of the clown suit defense?

By: Darian W

Darian W — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:27:25 +0000

Is it just me, or do the loudest defenders of state brutality have a thing for rape? They bring it up at some strange times.

Statism really gets some people’s jollies going doesn’t it? Pretty sick if you ask me. But what do you expect from people who rely on false analogies and “fuck you” to justify mass murder?

I support only the troops who renounce the war machine in thought and action.

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:56:58 +0000

Cheers then. You got just the message I hoped to send.

By: Ethan Lee Vita

Ethan Lee Vita — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:55:38 +0000

Well, I lost hope a few times, but I was once similar to our fellow blogger(without the insults). And you are right about the we. I still have quite a bit of statist propaganda wired into me. And unfortunately, I did support the invasion at one point. But the term we was wrong. And any further definition I tried to give for it just now evidenced more collectivist ideas.

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:42:07 +0000

Dear Ethan, you certainly have! I myself looked at this and said “I can’t be bothered to reply,” simply because the amount of programming and propaganda to be pushed against is just too massive to justify the effort, at least for me. Splendid rebuttal, though, and I’m grateful for it. Pity about the line breaks, but whatever

There’s only one thing that I would like to pick apart, begging your patience, a little bit in the way you write about the topic. As one example of the tendency, you wrote, “Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should help other nations.” “We” who? To my way of thinking it’s a significant part of the statist deprogramming paradigm to deny and challenge this “we”. Certainly you didn’t go over and participate in the invasion of Iraq, and I doubt that you supported the invasion, so how can you use the word “we” in this context while remaining consistent?

By: Ethan Lee Vita

Ethan Lee Vita — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:00:51 +0000

Well, I responded in relative depth(glossing over a few things), but page breaks don’t work in comments. I hope I’ve done you proud mike.

By: DixieFlatline

DixieFlatline — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:25:24 +0000

Mike, this is awesome and excellent publicity.