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Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 1047
Hard News: A Taxonomy of Poo
David Haywood has kindly directed my attention to Clark Vader and the Helengrad Labour Lesbians, a paper submitted by Lewis Stoddart toward a graduate diploma in political science at Victoria University last year.
rodgerd
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 432
If it's gone away, why did Ian Wishart's most recent compilation of paranoid ravings stay in the front window of the Lambton Quay Whitcoulls for months?
Lyndon Hood
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 519
"pommie commie" (Press gallery chair Vernon Small); "bastion of Islamofascism" (Morning Report); "racist TV" (Maori Television); "communist tabloid" (The Dominion Post) and "run by National's biggest enemies" (The New Zealand Herald)
"Trollops for Tyranny" and variations (The Royal Society of NZ)
Russell Brown
From: Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 5335
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"Trollops for Tyranny" and variations (The Royal Society of NZ)
Scientists do science, but fail to come up with the correct ideological result for Lindsay, and thus attract many adolescent sexual insults. Way to keep up the intellectual standards!
Tom Semmens
From: Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 546
I have never listened to Lindsay Perrigo on the radio, but reading that press release I am wondering if he is entirely sane.
Danyl Mclauchlan
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 495
Perigo was writing a column on 'political incorrectness' (moron alert) for Salient last year; various undergraduate arts students wrote in to debate him and his subsequent column consisted of rebuttal in which he explained to them that they were loathsome brainwashed parasites who deserved to die.
I guess the next logical move in his career is to stand on street corners in his underwear screaming obscenities and handing out photocopied pamphlets about John Galt.
Danielle
From: PAS Women's XV Strategic Headquarters
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 915
That paper is great!
Prime examples include John Key agreeing that the Ministry ofWomen’s Affairs was run by man-hating lesbians [67]; former MP Newman agreeing that Mental Health Foundation CEO Judi Clements was a stupid bitch [80], and ACT deputy leader (and Social Services spokesperson) Heather Roy agreeing that the government had a feminazi welfare agenda [76]; positions they might have been more reluctant to take in the cold light of the mainstream media.
Heh. And also, yikes.
Russell Brown
From: Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 5335
Moderator
I guess the next logical move in his career is to stand on street corners in his underwear screaming obscenities and handing out photocopied pamphlets about John Galt.
No need to reinvent the wheel here: Zenith Applied Philosophy is still going.
Danyl Mclauchlan
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 495
Wow. Whoever wrote that wiki page is a freakin' genuis.
Yamis
From: Str-8 West Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 396
What's wrong with lesbians?
Yamis
From: Str-8 West Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 396
Or what's wrong with being a lesbian I should say?
Angus Robertson
From: Auckland
Since: May 2007
Posts: 318
If the discourse isn't exactly expansive (indeed, it is as numbingly repetitive as any Soviet tract), perhaps it is, at least, consistent?
This is the discourse of opposition - it is normal and it is banal. It is inconsistent in its argument by virtue of being consistent in its opposition.
During the 1990s Perigo "used to be a good interview subject" when offering criticism of a government and during the 2000s when his mind became "a space from which various elements of his psyche throw poos at the world" Perigo offered criticism of a government.
Maybe Perigo did suffer a mental collapse that occured coincidentally with a change of government occuring in 1999. Or maybe Russell's party of choice obtained power and Perigo's criticism sounded less astute, more silly.
Rich of Observationz
From: Beautiful Downtown Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 1178
That whole Helengrad thing is very good propaganda *for* Labour really, given the way it shows those who engage in it as completely barking mad.
Gareth Ward
From: Auckland, NZ
Since: Mar 2007
Posts: 595
Perigo offered criticism of a government.
Maybe Perigo did suffer a mental collapse that occured coincidentally with a change of government occuring in 1999. Or maybe Russell's party of choice obtained power and Perigo's criticism sounded less astute, more silly
Oh come on - I quite likely don't share Mr Brown's preference of party, yet I remember thinking Mr Perigo presented reasonable discussion in his roles through the 90s. Compare that to the press release above?
Russell Brown
From: Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 5335
Moderator
Maybe Perigo did suffer a mental collapse that occured coincidentally with a change of government occuring in 1999. Or maybe Russell's party of choice obtained power and Perigo's criticism sounded less astute, more silly.
Yeah, good try Angus. I think any longitudinal analysis would show a significant qualitative deterioration in Perigo's language and the ideas he is prepared to express. Read the paper, or the press release Lyndon linked to and tell me he talked like that in early 90s.
Also, your argument only works because you invented something for me to say in the qualifier "when offering criticism of a government". That's really cheating.
simon g
From: Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 370
Perigo offered criticism of a government.
Perigo on the opposition: "the National Socialist Party".
Insightful criticism, Angus? Or ... poo.
Gareth Ward
From: Auckland, NZ
Since: Mar 2007
Posts: 595
I think any longitudinal analysis would show a significant qualitative deterioration in Perigo's language and the ideas he is prepared to express. Read the paper, or the press release Lyndon linked to and tell me he talked like that in early 90s.
The change from his presenting personality back in the day, to what he comes out with now is either soooooooo tongue in cheek that I'm missing it, or it must be a fairly serious mental illness surely? And I don't say that lightly or out of spite, I feel incredibly sorry for the guy...
Yamis
From: Str-8 West Auckland
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 396
That whole Helengrad thing is very good propaganda *for* Labour really, given the way it shows those who engage in it as completely barking mad.
It shows a bunch of people who are simply too lazy to think after presumably spending all their energy typing, or speaking and having nothing left.
What are the conservative or right-wing equivalent poo labels that lefties use?
Paul Rowe
From: Waiheke Island
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 455
What are the conservative or right-wing equivalent poo labels that lefties use?
Nazional, springs to mind, plus the general use of fascist etc
Don Christie
From: Wellington
Since: Nov 2006
Posts: 1063
Welcome back Danyl.
One of the problems with Danyl's foray into blogdem is that he seems to have less time for commenting on blogs.
To be honest, I think these comments are his true calling and blogging is for Danyl like an indie band "going commercial". His true fans reject the move.
Stephen
From: Auckland
Since: Apr 2008
Posts: 28
Yeah, fascist is a common one (if totally wrong, uninformed and inappropriate). Also can be used by the right to add on to 'nanny state' or at a stretch 'pc'.
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