tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post8025215462349211418..comments2024-03-29T00:24:13.128-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : Everything is Fake NowDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-73269714265221968342017-04-04T23:37:16.932-04:002017-04-04T23:37:16.932-04:00Blaine, it's never too late to read The Sultan...Blaine, it's never too late to read The Sultan: what he writes about never goes away. Sadly.AesopFannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-62403013845884580182017-01-02T04:18:06.690-05:002017-01-02T04:18:06.690-05:00It is with sorrow that I find I am so late to this...It is with sorrow that I find I am so late to this blog post.<br />Daniel describes a perception of reality that is more commonly believed by people with a well socialized and educated mind. <br />In 1966 Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann wrote about a reality that is culturally evolved and understood. (The Social Construction of Reality), the basis for Social Constructionism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism). The problem with this concept is that it is only half true, the human mind is composed of two distinct parts, one that is social and another that is not. The "non social" part of our minds is also usually non-verbal, thus is difficult to access by those who are highly educated (and thus socialized).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636634388543409829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-611272315385607902013-01-21T16:36:54.398-05:002013-01-21T16:36:54.398-05:00Very tragic Anony:(
OT but I still have nagging d...Very tragic Anony:(<br /><br />OT but I still have nagging doubts about the Atlanta child murders. I still believe the KKK was involved in those.Keliatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413494251297514882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-26906249744705602502012-09-10T05:37:42.249-04:002012-09-10T05:37:42.249-04:00This is an excellent insightful article obviously ...This is an excellent insightful article obviously written by a person who understands that the media work in a pack, savage a subject and then move on having dealt with that matter. Period.<br />The last comment reflects my own experience of knowing the identity of a mass killer who terrorised the north of England for five years. He became known as the Yorkshire Ripper and the authorities framed a lunatic copycat killer as the main man and the media sold that lie to the public ever since. No amount of writing or talking could get them to budge from their established position and the reality is that the public have been at risk ever since, nobody would put the record straight and they stick to their unreality. The public also are unwilling to even consider that they might be wrong and the murders go on except that they are not called Ripper murders and nobody in England wants to face the facts. http://www.yorkshireripper.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-69642399894313710522012-09-09T12:29:53.098-04:002012-09-09T12:29:53.098-04:00Imagine murdering a number of people and then havi...Imagine murdering a number of people and then having government make it difficult to turn yourself in. Reality is no one cares(See Detroilet Crime news). LarsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-22703723447778206552012-09-04T19:07:42.499-04:002012-09-04T19:07:42.499-04:00Great essay....my own ruminations about the slippa...Great essay....my own ruminations about the slippage of television fantasy into the real world has led me here. They used to call belief in the unreal psychosis. Are we all psychotic now?<br />Jeez, this is scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-1778619599434332842012-09-03T19:08:17.903-04:002012-09-03T19:08:17.903-04:00During the Age of Enlightenment, David Hume would ...During the Age of Enlightenment, David Hume would destroy (in men's minds) the immutability of the Law of Causality. Most critically, though, Hume would divorce (in men's minds) fact from value (is-ought dichotomy), thus placing morality outside the realm of reason.--Anon<br /><br />We can both agree as to the ruinous effects of Plato's conceptual realism and Augustine's embrace of Neoplatonism was the vehicle through which paganism was introduced to the early church but you are too hasty in denouncing Hume.<br /><br />"Thus upon the whole, ’tis impossible, that the distinction betwixt moral good and evil, can be made by reason; since that distinction has an influence upon our actions, of which reason alone is incapable.--David Hume<br /><br />Whatever the shortcomings of Hume's empiricism (and they are legion) there can be no debate as to the essential soundness of this agument: the force of moral law is suprarational; it does not depend on man's advise, consent or predisposition. It is nonpolitical and nondenominational.<br /><br />Put down your dog-eared copy of Atlas Shrugged and give Hume another chance. He has much to say.<br /><br />MALTHUS<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-44540840363049191622012-09-03T14:11:40.376-04:002012-09-03T14:11:40.376-04:00Postmodernism (nihilism)--the source of which is t...Postmodernism (nihilism)--the source of which is the belief that reality is a product of consciousness--is the culmination of several thousands of years of bad philosophy, beginning with the Idealism of Plato.<br /><br />Plato's Idealism posited a supernatural realm of perfect Forms and counseled folks to "get together" to form the ideal State, which would represent that "perfect" realm:<br /><br />"The best ordered state will be one in which the largest number of persons ... most nearly resembles a single person. The first and highest form of the State ... is a condition in which the private and the individual is altogether banished from life, and things which are by nature private, such as eyes and ears and hands, have become common, and in some way see and hear and act in common, and all men express praise and blame and feel joy and sorrow on the same occasion, and whatever laws there are unite the city to the utmost ..." (Plato's _Republic_ & _Laws_ c. 370 BCE)<br /><br />Later, Plato's metaphysics would help Augustine of Hippo forge the formal philosophical structure of Christianity--a philosophy that was rooted in the belief that the thoughts of a deity created the Universe (i.e., everything).<br /><br />During the Age of Enlightenment, David Hume would destroy (in men's minds) the immutability of the Law of Causality. Most critically, though, Hume would divorce (in men's minds) fact from value (is-ought dichotomy), thus placing morality outside the realm of reason.<br /><br />Thanking Hume for his cue, German Idealist, Immanuel Kant, would go on to destroy (in men's minds) the immutability of the Law of Identity. As well, he would distill Judeo-Christian ethics into a lethal brew: self-immolation in the name of nihilism. <br /><br />(Kant's philosophy, though he had help, is, more than any other, responsible for the madness into which the West is sinking today.)<br /><br />Finally, Hegel (the patron saint of the Nazis, communists and New Left) would provide the nuts & bolts of totalitarianism (rooted in Plato's collectivist "republik"; later, pragmatists like James & Dewey would add the icing of expediency, which they claimed was the standard by which one measured what was "true" and "what worked."<br /><br />The result?<br /><br />1. A primacy of consciousness metaphysics, which consciousness was either the super-consciousness of a deity (religion) or the collective consciousness of a super organism called, society (Hegel).<br />2. An emotionalist epistemology, which emotionalism--whether religious or "secular"--was faith.<br />3. A Self destroying morality, to achieve either immortality or to gain prosperity--for the generation-after-next. <br />4. A political system of tyranny, either a religious one--monarchical or theocratic (e.g., Islamic)--or a "secular" one (e.g., fascist, Nazi, communist).<br /><br />All that adds up to a single hard fact: Religion makes socialism not only possible, but--most importantly--gives it its moral sheen. <br /><br />More precisely, if you like:<br /><br />"The religious metaphysics of Neo-Platonic Idealism (evasion), the religious epistemology of faith (emotionalism) and the Judeo-Christian ethics of self-sacrifice (rationalization) make possible the irrational politics of socialism."<br /><br />SB<br />"The mind never fully accepts any <br />convictions that it does not owe to <br />its own efforts." -- Frederic BastiatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-21618001377897542532012-09-03T12:41:05.675-04:002012-09-03T12:41:05.675-04:00President Lincoln: "If you call a tail a leg,...President Lincoln: "If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?"<br /><br />Boy: "Five!"<br /><br />President Lincoln: "No. A dog has four legs. Calling a tail a leg does not make it into a leg."<br /><br />There are a lot of five-legged dogs on 'The News' these days.David Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-86098042784142530192012-09-03T10:41:56.075-04:002012-09-03T10:41:56.075-04:00"None are so blind, than those that refuse to..."None are so blind, than those that refuse to see." Somebody<br /><br />It is all an illusion, you just have to decide what is imagined and what is real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-51110660037515899502012-09-03T09:07:49.101-04:002012-09-03T09:07:49.101-04:00Art is about the imagination. Art and life are re...Art is about the imagination. Art and life are related in this way: art bubbles within life, the strength of the imagination indicates the size of the bubble. Bubbles don't last long and down a timeline, old bubbles burst to give way to new bubbles, this froth is called modernity. Art is not life, it is a holiday from life, a lens on life. Each burst is the intrusion or restoration of reality, of life. <br /><br />From this perspective, the problem that you are identifying here, the fake overlaid over the real, is the resistance of the bubble to burst, a pause in the froth. Art history can be described as the erasure of the boundary of one bubble and a new enlarged boundary is redrawn. But the mandarins of art and philosophy and culture have told us that history is over, that all that is possible and permissible is the addition of end notes and bibliography, but no new chapters can be written. Everything is fake now because reality is prevented from intruding, from popping the bubble, from the prevention of the formation of new bubbles, frozen, the cessation of froth. BillyTalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731812156816305835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-1225005775979628852012-09-03T08:57:24.009-04:002012-09-03T08:57:24.009-04:00Dear Mr. Knish: I come not to praise the Sultan b...Dear Mr. Knish: I come not to praise the Sultan but to bury him. The literary style is suggestive of those dreams you have when your influenza fever is at its peak and there are lumberjacks and smiling faces suddenly crying, and a bowl of strawberries.<br /><br />When Bryce Harper confidently waves off the center fielder, snags a fly and throws a one-hopper on a rope from 260 feet to nail the thief at home, all is well in the world. Hey Nineteen.<br /><br />Methinks thou doth protesteth too much. Wanna join my fantasy league? S'all good, homes...zregimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435230686214762147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-7214249800586541972012-09-03T08:39:27.133-04:002012-09-03T08:39:27.133-04:00Well said, perfectly beautiful & insightful co...Well said, perfectly beautiful & insightful columnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-78016600039762865032012-09-03T07:11:28.528-04:002012-09-03T07:11:28.528-04:00You have just described the Matrix. Take the red ...You have just described the Matrix. Take the red pill. doniccnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-81048766023458530912012-09-03T03:00:35.567-04:002012-09-03T03:00:35.567-04:00With regards to your final paragraph I think Beck&...With regards to your final paragraph I think Beck's post is worth noting. But reality may never be realized by the masses. Nothing close to a reality of non-reality consequences hitting everyone in the face like a splash of cold water. It will be a more insidious playing out, protecting and insulating many who pull the strings. They will continue to establish scapegoat blame (demons on the right) toward anything and anyone that threatens to expose and/or act counter. People will believe but with greater passion reasons for financial and civil degradation. Reality will be all the more affirmed through blindness and mindless hate. As deterioration continues there will be more willingness to turn it over to a government enacting 'justice' and tyrannical order in the midst of the pains and loss of liberty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-19838433653998395562012-09-03T02:44:21.504-04:002012-09-03T02:44:21.504-04:00Brilliant essay. I've been thinking about thes...Brilliant essay. I've been thinking about these ideas quite a bit but I could never flesh it out this well. <br /><br />I think we are less free, less knowledgeable, and more calcified in the brain than at any time in our nation's history. Media and life have merged into one big, dumb, boring lie. We're a nation of tattoo-covered "rebels" who can be made to get in line like lemmings for anything.<br /><br />I actually think what's described here is the most urgently dangerous, critical issue of our time - our constructed, false reality and its manipulation for power. It's what will define as future historians look back on us. It drives me crazy that so few people are conscious of it much less concerned about it. <br /><br />- DjangoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-53073940745901670982012-09-03T02:01:07.409-04:002012-09-03T02:01:07.409-04:00You began with a quote from Philip K. Dick and one...You began with a quote from Philip K. Dick and one of the readers mentioned Jean Baudrillard. Both of them were guilty of some very bad writing, but both of them dealt with ideas that just won't go away (to paraphrase Dick). Our rising standard of living and the increasing sphere of telecommunications and distractions make it possible for more people to avoid reality more than ever. The "left", if you can call them that, are people determined to hold on to their belief system as long as they can. Exurbannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-52640153044589611082012-09-03T01:53:01.366-04:002012-09-03T01:53:01.366-04:00KNISH: So how about injecting some "reality&q...KNISH: So how about injecting some "reality" into your commentary by dealing with the issue of Obama's ineligibility for the office he holds? Virtually all conservative bloggers have chosen to remain silent about the Elephant in the Room, Obama's ineligibilty. Their criticism of Obama is camouflage for their spineless need to protect their employment or their status by remaining silent. Your/their silence risks a second illegal term for Obama and the irreparable harm that will result. So show some spine and get "real."STEPHEN PARKERnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-34749914443819459962012-09-03T00:12:39.214-04:002012-09-03T00:12:39.214-04:00I get what you're saying, but the piece has ki...I get what you're saying, but the piece has kind of a passivity that isn't warranted. We can break through the false narrative, but part of that is supporting people who get it. You can break through the media with a grin (a la Reagan) or a sledgehammer, but for whatever reason, we keep picking candidates that just take it, and seem constantly surprised that the media is lying about them. And then when someone does something truly radical and pointed enough to break through the false consciousness, as Eastwood attempted, it's our own people that are on the front lines to crucify him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-77838796709276034102012-09-02T23:48:57.098-04:002012-09-02T23:48:57.098-04:00Or, one could just cite the quip, "Something ...Or, one could just cite the quip, "Something so stupid only a college professor could believe it."<br /><br />But even so, the Dick comment still carries weight--it may take longer now, with so many people cut off from reality and the media so aggressively constructing false universes, but in the end things like math and dollars have a way of forcing themselves on you. You may not anticipate it, or understand it when it happens because of all the lies, but sooner or later you will have to deal with it.<br /><br />-MartyMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617687006180956861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-37341843424877645392012-09-02T23:21:04.743-04:002012-09-02T23:21:04.743-04:00Excellent article and underlying thesis.
One of t...Excellent article and underlying thesis.<br /><br />One of the truths of our age is that the candidate who spends the most campaign money will almost always win.<br /><br />This means that many people will cast their vote based primarily upon which candidate appears most frequently in the midst their television viewing.<br /><br />Doesn't seem to matter what the candidates do or say in those purchased campaign videos - voters are swayed by the frequency, not by the value, of sightings of the candidate's face.<br /><br />All of which firmly supports the point of this article. Those voters are allowing the intended fictional self-portrayal served up by the candidates to substitute for their own judgment of the candidates. <br /><br />It's so much work to investigate what a candidate has done or has professed and then meld the results of that investigation into an overall personal approval or rejection of that candidate.<br /><br />It's far easier to just jump to the endpoint, and watch videos that provide unsupported but comforting labels of "good" and "bad", and then let "feelings" guide us from there.bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541153566289316156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-83196343429477856232012-09-02T23:11:54.031-04:002012-09-02T23:11:54.031-04:00My family gave up TV for Lent 17 years ago and has...My family gave up TV for Lent 17 years ago and hasn't watched it since. Try it; you'll like it.kkollwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691145638703824456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-28722094663058119612012-09-02T22:06:19.108-04:002012-09-02T22:06:19.108-04:00And this prose style is what exactly, if not cinem...And this prose style is what exactly, if not cinematic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-24629965652347489032012-09-02T21:59:13.650-04:002012-09-02T21:59:13.650-04:00This is nothing new. Fake has been the new realit...This is nothing new. Fake has been the new reality for the left since at least as far back as 1964. It's just that more and more people are seeing through it now. I'm not worried.Hucbaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111826753868595100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-87941671325368152182012-09-02T21:47:54.346-04:002012-09-02T21:47:54.346-04:00What better example of racism than seeing over 95%...What better example of racism than seeing over 95% of African Americans vote for Obama. The media, to this day has never recognized or decried this a racism. We are expected to believe they all agree on the issues. Now, having this aggrieved class in the bag, Obama stabs them in the back by for all purposes: legalizing a zillion illegals under 30 and giving them work permits, thereby buying the Hispanic vote, while the official unemployment rate for Blacks is over 14%. Guess who's jobs they're going to take? Mostly from Blacks, and some from othe American citizens, already hurting for work. Will the mainstream media report or comment on this obviously racist story? No way, Jose. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com