Not such a long time ago, in a galaxy that now appears far, far away, the public space was clearly distinguished from the obscenities of private exchanges. Today, however, not only we can read in the mass media about the intimate details of public personalities, populist politicians themselves often regress to shameless obscenity. It is the very PUBLIC domain in which “fake news” circulates, in which rumors and conspiracy theories abound. One should not lose sight of what is so surprising about this rise of shameless obscenity. Traditionally (or in our retroactive view of tradition, at least), shameless obscenity worked as subversive, as an undermining of traditional domination, as depriving the Master of his false dignity. In the 1960s protesting students liked to use obscene words or make obscene gestures to embarrass figures of power and, so they claimed, denounce their hypocrisy. However, what we are getting today, with the exploding public obscenity, is not the disappearance of authority, of Master figures, but its forceful reappearance – we are getting something unimaginable decades ago, obscene Masters.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
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Not such a long time ago, in a galaxy that now appears far, far away, the public space was clearly distinguished from the obscenities of private exchanges. Today, however, not only we can read in the mass media about the intimate details of public personalities, populist politicians themselves often regress to shameless obscenity. It is the very PUBLIC domain in which “fake news” circulates, in which rumors and conspiracy theories abound. One should not lose sight of what is so surprising about this rise of shameless obscenity. Traditionally (or in our retroactive view of tradition, at least), shameless obscenity worked as subversive, as an undermining of traditional domination, as depriving the Master of his false dignity. In the 1960s protesting students liked to use obscene words or make obscene gestures to embarrass figures of power and, so they claimed, denounce their hypocrisy. However, what we are getting today, with the exploding public obscenity, is not the disappearance of authority, of Master figures, but its forceful reappearance – we are getting something unimaginable decades ago, obscene Masters.
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Because of its raw, seductive appeal to our basest instincts CULTURAL MARXISM's insidious GLORIFICATION –– almost a DEIFICATION –– of Vulgarity, Institutionlized Disrespect for Order and Tradition, Childish Rebelliousness, Bad Manners, Willful Ignorance, Chaotic Disruption, Destructive Activity, Degeneration, Degradation, Depravity, and Sloth is responsible for this.
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I looked at the video –– just another one of MYRIAD identical presentations shown over and over each day by the stalwart pro-TRUMP, pro-FREEDOM, pro-AMERICA pundits at FOX News.
The ENEMEDIA [mislabelled the Mainstream News Media] is entirely EVIL. Or if not that, they are certainly abysmally, irredeemably STUPID, miseducated pawns DIRECTED by truly EVIL forces bent on the destruction of our country as founded, of Christianity and of Capitalism.
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