Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
I referred to them here and here…might as well make an official definition.
Brick Wall Person (n.):
A person with an opinion, in which he or she invests great weight and importance. However — the opinion is the product of no decision-making process whatsoever, save for the selection of a simple preference of one option out of a plurality available, such as, “Brussels sprouts over Broccoli.” There is absolutely no foundation or framework for the argument. No inductive reasoning, no deductive reasoning, no arriving at logical inferences of any kind, not even any rational speculation.
Normal people have thoughts like these…like…aw, I don’t wanna get out of bed yet. But normal people yield on them, and often, since normal people save their “Hill I Wanna Die On” positions for the issues that involve objective truth, and therefore, some measure of certainty and confidence. Brick-wall-people M-U-S-T have the last word, and yield to no one, even though the means by which they know they are “right” are limited to their pointing to the opinions of others, and/or simply repeating things over and over.
They are responsible for generating much conflict. Which, more often than not, they can then successfully blame on others.
They don’t think things out any better than a brick wall does. And, like a brick wall, they aren’t very much responsible for putting anything in motion, although they’re great at stopping things that already were.
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But normal people yield on them, and often, since normal people save their “Hill I Wanna Die On” positions for the issues that involve objective truth, and therefore, some measure of certainty and confidence.
I really like how you included that part. You’re right. My non-negotiables involve some deeply held principle or belief – such as, “It is wrong to murder the innocent.” Or at least something supported by empirical evidence, such as “Gun restrictions not only solve nothing, and there’s ample evidence to suggest they actually make the problem worse in many cases.”
- cylarz | 04/27/2013 @ 23:50I co-workers wife coined a cool phrase, “It’s easy to be a Socialist when you wear Prada.” Give Jill the credit. I am reminded of that every time i hear a DC’crate talk…
- RobinKaty | 04/28/2013 @ 12:11Awe snap, well we can fix that grammar in post production, yeah?
- RobinKaty | 04/28/2013 @ 12:12Orwell wrote something similar in his novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying.
A struggling wannabe poet goes to his rich dilettante friend for yet another humiliating loan. The dilettante says something about his obligation, as a socialist, to benefit the poor.
“I wager I’d be a socialist too if I had twenty quid a month,” the poet replies.
“Trust-fund Trotskys,” we called them back in college.
- Severian | 04/29/2013 @ 13:48[…] Defined here. […]
- House of Eratosthenes | 05/16/2013 @ 09:39