tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post6617704839897770650..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: A Perpetual Line Stepper: Cornel West Wants to Go Upside Ron Christie's Head on Real Time with Bill MaherLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-64042737859104944342011-11-13T13:41:09.879-06:002011-11-13T13:41:09.879-06:00Dunno much about West, but listening to Christie i...Dunno much about West, but listening to Christie in that clip it is clear that he is nothing but a slimy lying shill for the republican party. The truth obviously means nothing to that motherfucker, and his every word is chosen to push buttons in the depths of the right-wing lizard brain: "citizen", "patriotic", "9/11", "our troops", "harm's way", "overseas", "Constitution", "Saddam Hussein", "the American people", etc. The whole point of his shtick is to repeat those words as many times as possible, and thereby paint his political opponents as the Other, and not as genuine Americans.<br /><br />Sadly, the right-wing is extremely effective at using this kind of rhetoric to further their political goals, while the left generally sucks shit at it, and instead rely on attempting to use logic, facts, and argument to establish the truth of propositions. The right understands that propositional argument is nothing but a vehicle.<br /><br />When right-wingers watch that clip, what they are left with is the strong feeling that West, Maher, and the other people arguing with Christie are un-American subversives who want to harm Real America.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-60271698931108114342011-11-02T16:20:29.245-05:002011-11-02T16:20:29.245-05:00@Cnu. I agree. Which is why I goofed on him. His e...@Cnu. I agree. Which is why I goofed on him. His earlier work is much better, now he is driving the benz and doing his thing and playing the role of academic superstar for the masses. <br /><br />There are other folks who are not as verbally gifted and charismatic who are doing some good things under the radar.chaunceydevegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652406326490873337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-41140771195152641092011-11-02T13:53:53.053-05:002011-11-02T13:53:53.053-05:00Cornel is the afrodemic superstar philosopher cut ...<i>Cornel is the afrodemic superstar philosopher cut from the cloth of DuBois, who appears in movies, and produces unnecessarily dense prose in an effortlessly magical act of intellectual and philosophical creation.</i><br /><br />uh.., <a href="http://youtu.be/-HdsXt5lPro" rel="nofollow">no, not really</a>, Cornel about a mile wide and a millimeter deep - and that sir (if he's the best you've got) - is the fundamental failing of the afrodemic enterprise writ large.CNuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152640304402402884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-9614045126739415842011-11-02T13:35:08.302-05:002011-11-02T13:35:08.302-05:00ahem.., CDV - methinkst the lady protests too loud...ahem.., CDV - methinkst the lady protests too loudly...,<br /><br />It would've been funny as hail to see these two little bony middle-aged gnerds go toe-to-toe - windmilling on each other like a couple of little girls gone wild.CNuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152640304402402884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-10353126888454701542011-11-02T12:15:55.685-05:002011-11-02T12:15:55.685-05:00**comes in to stroke CD's ego** CD, you defini...**comes in to stroke CD's ego** CD, you definitely have more swag than ron christie; you have nothing to worry about.<br /><br />I saw this live and was lmao at Dr West! The doc handed it to him. <br /><br />MBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com