Posts by Kracklite
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Lilith __,
Sorry Lilith, but Uriah is a bigot who readily uses mental illness as a means of denigration. Don't facilitate his bigotry.
I admit that I am unwell, but I WILL NOT let that bigoted scumbag participate in a group hug or appropriate Nelson Mandela's memory be used to glorify Margaret Fucking Thatcher or David Fucking Cameron.
Yes, I'm angry. In fact I'm furious at the sanctimonious hypocrisy I see. If you don't want to hear what I have to say, go back to your chardonnay.
Goodbye.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Russell Brown,
Fine, I have a mental illness - aspergers, leading to anxiety and depression, diagnosed, medicated and having treatment. Uriah has ridiculed me for that as Rhinocrates on The Standard, so let him apologise and withdraw his mockery, then I'll let it rest. If you want to support bigots and give them a platform, then that's "fine" and goodbye.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Lilith __,
You're right, and I aspire to be civil with people with different political views such as Craig, but with shameless liars and wolves who cry "Boy"? No, not ever. I agree absolutely with you... with the exception of Uriah and his ilk.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Russell Brown,
If that applies to everyone, fine.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Sacha,
OK Sacha, Is a "narrative" necessarily wrong?
I can't see what advantage that might be
Oh dear... No Uriah isn't Dr Evil/Strangelove - he's too banal for that, but he's hardly innocent or not tendentious. He's not even an extremist, but he's gleefully and profitably paving the road to right-wing extremism.
I know too much history and know too many old germans and eastern europeans who are have had direct experience of how propaganda and tyranny work. I may seem hyperbolic, but while Uriah might not be a Nazi, "It couldn't happen here" is just damned foolishness (look up Oswald Mosely and compare him with the people Uriah was so happy to associate with at the Malborough Sounds Symposia). They'll use caricatures of real heroes any way they can to further aims that are utterly antithetical to those heroes'/heroines' real aims.
When it's obvious, it's too late.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Lilith __,
Hooton has commented in good faith and with respect.
No, I'm sorry, but Uriah Hoot NEVER says anything in good faith, he has only imitated those qualities. You really should, or shouldn't - because it could be triggering - look at his utterly vile racist and misogynist comments that he has made for many years about "dumb bros" and "stupid maori" and how women aren't fit for careers.
Maybe there's some kind of moral equivalent of the Turing Test? Uriah Hoot will make it to a high level, but he'll fail in practice.
Remember when I told everyone you weren't a troll? Don't make me regret that.
I thank you very much for that, and I won't forget it, but Uriah Hoot is a fraud and he's the one real exception that I'll make here. As I've mentioned, he's attacked me personally over my mental health (depression and anxiety) issues as a cheap shot and if he can't take criticism, well then...
I deeply and sincerely respect the nature of PA (and people with whom I've had deep disagreements such as your self and Craig - indeed, I respect you all the more because of your honesty), but I despise attempts to pervert it as that professional liar has done. I won't be so nasty with anyone else, but Uriah Hoot is not to be trusted, ever.
I'll happily sacrifice my reputation in opposition to what that slime represents.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Morrissey Breen,
I truly appreciate Russells' intentions (piety is a virtue, sadly devalued), his management of this blog and the fact that it is HIS blog among a range of others that include W****O** and K***B***, so generally I respect the tone and atmosphere that he is maintaining. PA-HN is a good, safe place to discuss serious matters in a civil way, but when, as you say, an impostor like Uriah Hoot turns up, then I'm not ashamed to lose my cool. His craven dishonesty and opportunism is a contamination to the discourse - just look at his record for misogyny and racism. A few sugary words now just aren't enough - instead, they're an insult.
I've always appreciated the honesty and civility of Public Address/Hard News. To see someone like Uriah Hoot try to pervert it to his advantage has disgusted and angered me.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Actually, despite my stated contempt for good taste, what I really despise is kitsch.
I respect everyone who is honest and sincere and that describes almost everyone in this community... but not an opportunist like Uriah Hoot, who has made a career out of manipulating the truth.
I am genuinely outraged by the extremity and the rapidity of hypocrites sanitising and distorting the memory of a truly great man to suit their own agendas. It's happened so often, it's insidious and it has to be shown up for what it is. People who do this exploit the rules of politeness, using them as cover. I know that those rules are strong, but they can be manipulated, so I'd rather break them to show that they're being exploited.
Yes, I'm angry, but it's because I care.
... and Craig, despite the enormous respect I have for you and the honesty, integrity and intelligence that you've shown for many years, you're in no position to lecture anyone on taste or condescension.
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Hard News: We're back!, in reply to Tamara,
Tamara, follow this link...
Apparently Santa just absolutely has to be white. Aisha Harris is brilliant in her response.
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Hard News: Mandela, in reply to Morrissey Breen,
I've seen this before. When Rod Donald was alive and well, people (I use the term loosely) like Uriah Hoot attacked him relentlessly as a dangerous lunatic, but when he died, he suddenly became a saint and his memory used as a stick to beat his successors... as dangerous lunatics, so unlike that reasonable man, Rod Donald.
The same is happening with Nelson Mandela. People who supported his imprisoners such as David Cameron who wore "Hang Mandela" badges now claim that he was their inspiration and take selfies at his funeral. Hooton tries to use his memory to polish the haloes of Reagan and Thatcher - who branded him a terrorist.
Then others, like the... ah, um, "amusing" Pete George" say, "keep the politics out" in describing an intensely political man.
I get attacked for pointing out that this is in bad taste, but somehow the opportunists and perverters of history are embraced because they make soothing noises. So then, to Hell with "good taste" and "dignity".
I don't care about "good taste" or the "right time". A lot of people are going to start - and already have - using a caricature of Nelson Mandela to justify agendas that are utterly contrary to what he fought for.
Sorry, I see an emperor parading by and he isn't even wearing a g-string... and I have to say for his sake, I really hope that it's the cold that's causing that shrinkage, but it's summer.
Thanks Morrissey, thanks for being impolite at the dinner party.