Entered: in vim on x201 | Date: 20200524
In his
, Cat speaks of blindspots in progressive culture, while lamenting not being able to publicly state he likes certain art.
My $0.02: why are we caring what others think? Fear of reprisal explicitly gives naysayers power. Progressives act as a cult. They have a line of thinking they espouse publicly, and loudly, in order to get kudos from their fellows. The universe is cold and uncaring. This is the natural order. Caring what these people think goes counter to what is natural. Once this society collapses, and it will on a long enough timeline, none of these things will matter and nature will prevail.
Truth that runs counter to people's feelings is considered anathema. Negating truth in order to stroke a group's narrow, emotion-based take on reality does not lend it credence. Perpetuating a rewritten, false history of the world because one considers it ugly or something that should not have happened is theft of that history. It not only impoverishes humanity, but it is exactly what the Ministry of Truth did in Orwell's 1984. A sharp, stark, dispassionate view of the world around us, and the people within it is not only honest with one's self, it is closer to truth at large. Coloring one's view with emotion is a lie one tells ones-self. To impose that lie upon others is a criminal act.
My unsolicited advise is to step outside the purview of progressives, right-wingers, staunch quilters, and all other groups and with an emotionless lens, see, really see what is and has happened on this planet. The opinions formed are not mandatory to be proclaimed to others, as one's privacy is their own domain. However, let's not give others power over our own informed opinions. Critically thinking and discriminating (using the actual meaning of that word, not the Ministry of Truth's redefinition) over new information will lead to decisions of whether or not to integrate it into our opinions, or to disregard it as misinformation. Honesty is paramount, as one wants to present ones-self with fact-based views. Disregarding something you find uncomfortable, for no other reason, makes you the same as the emotion-based authoritarian group thinkers.