tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post7669118515410678727..comments2024-03-28T03:24:11.539-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : The Left is Too Smart to FailDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-29788367072753990722018-10-29T14:59:39.840-04:002018-10-29T14:59:39.840-04:00Heck, my big toe is smarter than most leftist, it ...Heck, my big toe is smarter than most leftist, it tells me when my shoes are too tight, when it is cold it advises my body to that fact and same when it is too warm, my toe can test water for too hot or too cold. I trust my toe more than I would trust a leftist.<br />KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-65357285851323478422017-10-19T16:34:56.333-04:002017-10-19T16:34:56.333-04:00obama shows the usual ESL student's problem wi...obama shows the usual ESL student's problem with idioms. If he were smart, he would realize that what he mistakenly replaces them with makes no sense.<br /><br />"Draw a line in the sand" makes sense. It says "This is my territory. Do not cross." It is a kind of dare and a kind of self-confidence in what is yours.It says "I'M in control here."<br /><br />"Draw a red line" takes all meaning out of it. There is nothing threatening about a "red line." Even a yellow line makes more sense as a line not to cross. Neither BO nor the press, who slavishly picked it up and used it, saw that.<br /><br />Then there's "Don't throw her overboard," referring to days when, if baggage was too heavy in a storm, things not absolutely necessary might be thrown overboard. It implies one is too important to just get rid of when it makes more sense to toss 'em, to make things easier.<br /><br />Instead, he says "I wouldn't throw her under the bus" about his grandmother when she acted "inappropriately" -- "like a typical white person." Therefore, it lost all meaning of "yeah, she's heavy right now, but I won't abandon her.'<br /><br />And the young, illiterate, no core-knowledge press picked up that and started using it, too!<br /><br />Not a smart person. (P.S. Won't even go into not knowing what a "corpseman" or a "corpse" is. Beyond ESL difficulties -- if he's smart and exposed to English for years, he would realize he's not making sense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-46271389398386395622017-07-20T22:09:44.176-04:002017-07-20T22:09:44.176-04:00What it actually is, is Marxist Pavlovian conditio...What it actually is, is Marxist Pavlovian conditioning, tried and tested over decades, now ramped up as they lose their political grip on power, it is almost fever-pitch now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-86656249983060611172017-02-21T14:21:04.884-05:002017-02-21T14:21:04.884-05:00Thank you for this, dare I say, "brilliant&qu...Thank you for this, dare I say, "brilliant" article. I'm sure the left would not agree that anyone other than a liberal could be so insightful.chichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655951260050490785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20562172908851448862016-11-15T14:14:42.712-05:002016-11-15T14:14:42.712-05:00Just read this essay last night...Right after read...Just read this essay last night...Right after reading it I turned on the radio, and in a 'promotion' for some program I heard the announcer say, 'Who says pop culture can't be smart?'...<br /><br />It was only because I had just read this article, that I noticed that statement, instead of it sliding through my ears and over my head as background noise without noticing it.<br /><br />Apparently, where I live everything is 'smart' these days, except Trump voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-60222069619215013742016-03-22T16:21:33.011-04:002016-03-22T16:21:33.011-04:00Spot On as always! Thank you for your blog!Spot On as always! Thank you for your blog!Tuxihttp://tuxi1961.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-55204044480106638602015-07-05T00:00:29.544-04:002015-07-05T00:00:29.544-04:00"Genuine intelligence is threatening."
..."Genuine intelligence is threatening."<br /><br />My IQ is somewhere north of 190. Who wants me to rule over them? Didn't think so.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01273835203670190756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-91600421501260287332015-01-09T14:55:08.193-05:002015-01-09T14:55:08.193-05:00a late comment but I only saw this today-- and rig...a late comment but I only saw this today-- and right after I read it I saw this written about the mass murderers of Charlie Hebdo<br /><br />But Mr Ollivier said the ‘clueless kid who did not know what to do with his life met people who gave him the feeling of being important.’<br /><br />Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903380/Another-gunman-takes-hostage-kosher-grocery-Paris-police-fear-gunman-shot-dead-policewoman-yesterday.html#ixzz3OM7J1aSD<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-77302087689868891592014-11-09T18:37:17.976-05:002014-11-09T18:37:17.976-05:00Such a great essay; I am a year late to the party ...Such a great essay; I am a year late to the party but I am introducing as many as I can to Daniel Greenfield.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-26236824018285758872014-02-21T19:29:20.753-05:002014-02-21T19:29:20.753-05:00intelligence in the age of narcissism
...intelligence in the age of narcissism<br /><br /> -- spankyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-17014208511065116072014-01-08T12:29:53.267-05:002014-01-08T12:29:53.267-05:00The "liberalism" touted in the U.S. toda...The "liberalism" touted in the U.S. today is not liberalism. It is a nice sounding catch-all phrase that seduces the low information American into supporting collectivism, which has many names. All of them are anti liberal. A liberal, before modern media, is a person who defends personal freedom and liberty. Once the statist have confused voters, they obtain power and begin to "collect" money and power for their own use; then whine about a tax cut as giving people money! <br /><br />The average person has to act as the gate is closing on the corral. The weak minded have to be branded and removed; there should be no tolerance or political correctness. If this is not done, there will be blood. The government is planning for it because they know people will awaken They would close the gate now except awake people bought millions of guns. Its best to act now to avoid conflict. My advice: Vote in Any Primary. There your vote has meaning.<br />Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527012132442701609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-77551578409830307762014-01-05T07:29:32.536-05:002014-01-05T07:29:32.536-05:00I agree - absolutely masterfully done - Daniel des...I agree - absolutely masterfully done - Daniel deserves a standing ovation!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146627313919174559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-69511397272614377442014-01-02T15:31:08.390-05:002014-01-02T15:31:08.390-05:00A liberal attorney friend of mine was recently ins...A liberal attorney friend of mine was recently insisting to me that President Obama was, in spite of his many blunders, a brilliant man. I rolled my eyes, and in an indignant fit of name-dropping he declared, "Lawrence Tribe says Obama was the most brilliant student he ever had! And Lawrence Tribe is the most brilliant man I ever met!" Well, I thought to myself, that certainly is convincing. You, a liberal, let Lawrence Tribe, a liberal, who taught Barack Obama, a liberal, and you all think that you are all very smart...nay, brilliant. This tiresome mutual-congratulation society is just out of hand. They attend the same schools, cocktail parties and award ceremonies where they all give one another awards. Suppose I told a liberal that I met Don Rumsfeld, who told me that Dick Cheney was brilliant? I somehow imagine this would fail to inspire them. So in the interest of balance, I too am unmoved by a liberal's assessment of another liberal's intelligence. Intelligence is like physical strength. It can be demonstrated. Yet the smartest people seem to do very little lifting these days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891186745261478629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-55060741037215512832014-01-01T22:46:48.137-05:002014-01-01T22:46:48.137-05:00It says nothing about conservatives being smart. I...It says nothing about conservatives being smart. It deals with the false branding of intelligence by the Obama left.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-51922393859484946612014-01-01T22:28:27.625-05:002014-01-01T22:28:27.625-05:00Well, this article itself seems to want to reassur...Well, this article itself seems to want to reassure conservatives that they are the smart kids in the room. If this was so obvious, none of you wouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-53218870521598683712014-01-01T18:09:09.292-05:002014-01-01T18:09:09.292-05:00Coined this word June 2011- suits
"Intelite&...Coined this word June 2011- suits<br /><br />"Intelite" (noun)<br /><br />1. (Often used with a plural verb) The intellectually superior or best of anything considered collectively unto themselves, as of a group or class of persons.<br /><br />2. (Used with a plural verb) Persons believing themselves to be of the highest intellectual class: “Only the intelite should make decisions for the common good, because they know what is best.”<br /><br />3. A group of persons exercising the major share of authoritarian influence within a larger group: “the intelite rule because they are the smartest; no need to question their motives.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-33452739190691946342014-01-01T15:31:35.502-05:002014-01-01T15:31:35.502-05:00It is not even a great disguise, when you think ab...It is not even a great disguise, when you think about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-85652613247547434462014-01-01T13:08:30.738-05:002014-01-01T13:08:30.738-05:00Ah yes, you are your own brand. If your brand is s...Ah yes, you are your own brand. If your brand is smart, you are smart. After all, what is smart except convincing other people you are smart?Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-23528557585075886592014-01-01T12:42:17.728-05:002014-01-01T12:42:17.728-05:00This is great. Manufactured intelligence is all th...This is great. Manufactured intelligence is all the rage where I work. Openly discussed in terms of "branding" yourself. The rise of the salesman..allaniushttp://freshsensibility.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-13612948654937226552014-01-01T12:16:19.174-05:002014-01-01T12:16:19.174-05:00Now that comment is right on the money. Now that comment is right on the money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-91583010936014631832013-12-31T20:28:33.917-05:002013-12-31T20:28:33.917-05:00Well said, my friend. Could you maybe put this int...Well said, my friend. Could you maybe put this into a TED talk?Mitch Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597165342154268660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-25180483506510521082013-12-31T08:31:36.404-05:002013-12-31T08:31:36.404-05:00tTis is quite possibly the most brilliant and arti...tTis is quite possibly the most brilliant and articulate thing that have read in the last 25 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6701383886155996102013-12-30T19:53:52.699-05:002013-12-30T19:53:52.699-05:00AgreedAgreedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20718620396975455822013-12-30T18:44:59.023-05:002013-12-30T18:44:59.023-05:00I think the problem with both liberals and conserv...I think the problem with both liberals and conservatives is that they each listen only to what confirms their own views. The other side is deemed to be unintelligent, while our side is always where the true geniuses are. Most people on either side are unwilling to be challenged and to question their presuppositions, so we stick with the media sources that we feel comfortable with, the ones we can trust. I know very intelligent liberals, as well as very intelligent conservatives (and libertarians, etc), but it seems like there are more than enough stupid people to go around.Bradley Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061750601725296445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6539692689619703372013-12-30T16:29:04.957-05:002013-12-30T16:29:04.957-05:00Well, that was pretty incredible. I didn't sa...Well, that was pretty incredible. I didn't say this as eloquently as the author did by any means, but here was my take from a few months ago: http://datsracis.com/2013/08/13/throw-a-blanket-over-it/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com