tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post2500586093235092148..comments2024-03-16T02:16:54.082-07:00Comments on Vagabond Scholar: The Stupid-Evil-Crazy VortexBatocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-50997514258278683142018-05-26T07:00:17.476-07:002018-05-26T07:00:17.476-07:00I bookmarked this post back when originally writte...I bookmarked this post back when originally written. Perhaps an update is in order with discussion of the "Trumpublican" phenomena we are currently witnessing? Could Trump be the black-hole singularity at the center of the "Stupid-Evil-Crazy Vortex", sucking the entire conservative universe past any point of redemption?Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563574544477385776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-69549047531767085642011-01-15T09:35:55.050-08:002011-01-15T09:35:55.050-08:00I want to note that the effects of long-term chron...I want to note that the effects of long-term chronic cognitive dissonance tend to lead a person into the center of the vortex. That is, if they didn't start out stupid and/or crazy, the perceived need to justify actions they know in their hearts to be immoral winds up taxing their intellect and their sanity. <br /><br />This is how someone like Alan Dershowitz, who started out as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-77724444379154874012010-11-18T21:25:43.903-08:002010-11-18T21:25:43.903-08:00You're absolutely right about the mobility fac...You're absolutely right about the mobility factor, Marc. Why, just the other month I heard a conservative think tank hack on a local NPR show lying about that. (I touched on the mobility issue briefly in a post on <a href="http://vagabondscholar.blogspot.com/2010/07/attack-of-plutocrats.html" rel="nofollow">plutocracy</a> and weath inequity in America.)Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-38576295627425222792010-11-18T19:44:41.789-08:002010-11-18T19:44:41.789-08:00Hi Batocchio, nice job you've done, good piece...Hi Batocchio, nice job you've done, good piece.<br /><br />re:<br />>>>Americans have little idea<br />>>>about how unequal wealth is in<br />>>>the United States, or that it's<br />>>>grown to Gilded Age levels in<br />>>>the past 30 years<br /><br />And I'd bet even fewer Americans are aware that Europe now has greater class mobility thanMarc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-43545451411951253352010-11-11T19:21:25.991-08:002010-11-11T19:21:25.991-08:00Venn diagrams for everybody! And podcasts! (And i...Venn diagrams for everybody! And podcasts! (And ice cream!)<br /><br />Anonymous, I like the Venn diagrams on this issue because of the overlap factor, but that's an intriguing idea. If you mock something up you think works, please link it here!Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-52709506207342312812010-11-11T09:24:17.549-08:002010-11-11T09:24:17.549-08:00Might be interesting to use colors (R,G,B) rather ...Might be interesting to use colors (R,G,B) rather than Venn diagrams. So, what color would someone be if they are a lot of evil (R = 240), a little stupid (G = 50) and some crazy (B = 70)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-2520016850662221272010-11-10T20:07:17.164-08:002010-11-10T20:07:17.164-08:00Plus, it's just so damn cool. xoxoPlus, it's just so damn cool. xoxoFran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-42063091696536068752010-11-10T19:05:27.347-08:002010-11-10T19:05:27.347-08:00Oh sure, anybody can prove anything if they go aro...Oh sure, anybody can prove anything if they go around using facts (and Venn diagrams)driftglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-43402153730819844872010-11-10T10:51:27.095-08:002010-11-10T10:51:27.095-08:00Fine, fine, fine.
Now I want to fine them.
And m...Fine, fine, fine.<br /><br />Now I want to fine them.<br /><br />And much worse.<br /><br />Thanks for your fin(al)e report on exactly whom we've let be elected to run our country (into the ground).<br /><br />Kudos!<br /><br />SCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.com