tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post8957609713532444798..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-38097561092133020352015-06-05T17:31:26.648-04:002015-06-05T17:31:26.648-04:00Before passing Final Judgment in this troubling su...<b>Before passing Final Judgment in this troubling subject, y'all ought to Google "CHRISTINE JORGENSEN, YouTube" and watch two or three short interviews she made on video at various stages of her career many years ago. She was brilliantly articulate, saw herself from a realistic perspective with wry good humor, and had a lot more class than Bruce Jenner. In case you've forgotten, or never knew, Christine was a young Army Veteran who began life as a boy named George who travelled to Denmark to have The Surgery c. 1950.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89716335009254771262015-06-05T17:25:31.947-04:002015-06-05T17:25:31.947-04:00Very well stated Mr. FreeThinke.
Judge not, lest ...Very well stated Mr. FreeThinke.<br /><br />Judge not, lest ye be judged.stomp, snort, and gruntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-24114857808251164742015-06-05T10:42:45.853-04:002015-06-05T10:42:45.853-04:00Caitlin Jenner is what happens to people when they...Caitlin Jenner is what happens to people when they measure their lives <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ECTL22QeZc" rel="nofollow">according to their wants and desires</a> instead of their ideals and value to others.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-37417995683153056052015-06-05T10:40:11.733-04:002015-06-05T10:40:11.733-04:00Hey! I resent that last remark!Hey! I resent that last remark!Barry Twiggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-21621682124552756392015-06-05T10:39:02.497-04:002015-06-05T10:39:02.497-04:00Thank God Thersites arrived. I was waiting for so...Thank God Thersites arrived. I was waiting for someone to get to the bottom of this and makes some sense of it.Fred Beard's Ghostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81734314419404050192015-06-05T10:00:56.020-04:002015-06-05T10:00:56.020-04:00When "authority" dies, the "authent...When "authority" dies, the "authentic" self-mutilate in a futile attempt to claim it for themselves. And to do so, the truly "authentic" must "kill/renounce/chop off" whatever the previous "authority" had decreed. In this case not the "imaginary or symbolic" objet petit 'a, but the REAL "<a href="http://nosubject.com/index.php?title=Phallus" rel="nofollow">phallus</a>".Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-56201895241831648272015-06-05T09:56:23.781-04:002015-06-05T09:56:23.781-04:00And yet the theory perfectly describes Jenner and ...And yet the theory perfectly describes Jenner and the soon to be "millions" who will seek a surgical "cure" for a culturally-induced "symptom".Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-31427572417197032752015-06-05T09:02:51.198-04:002015-06-05T09:02:51.198-04:00A person successful in discovering, being in tune ...A person successful in discovering, being in tune with, and capable of being true to his unique individuality would never let a factitious theorist of any description define him with new minted terminology purporting to illustrate fabrications masquerading as discoveries.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-69674075912698155172015-06-05T08:53:59.037-04:002015-06-05T08:53:59.037-04:00True, but only if we define femininity in the narr...True, but only if we define femininity in the narrowest biological terms. I imagine the most successful transsexuals would want to pass unheralded and unnoticed into "normal" society, and function well in their chosen identity without making a "holy show" of themselves.<br /><br />In truth we do not know how many individuals went through this transformative process in secret, reemerged quietly in a new community and lived out the rest of their lives either as married or single women with a modicum of contentment, which is all most get in a normal lifetime –– whatever <i>that</i> may be.<br /><br />Like most I am highly suspicious of Jenner's motives in this context. At the same time, however, I think it's pretty callous and unduly cynical just <i>assume</i> the worst, and then act as if the assumptions were the whole truth and nothing but.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-61874907292240416652015-06-04T21:09:21.966-04:002015-06-04T21:09:21.966-04:00Caitlyn Jenner is having a close encounter with Ba...Caitlyn Jenner is having a close encounter with <a href="https://youtu.be/lCsjU42dcKU" rel="nofollow">Bataillean excess</a>...Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-1722031272972140832015-06-04T21:07:31.515-04:002015-06-04T21:07:31.515-04:00. Here, again, as in the domain of sexuality, perv...<i>. Here, again, as in the domain of sexuality, perversion is no longer subversive: the shocking excesses of part of the system itself. The system feeds on them in order to reproduce itself. Perhaps this is one of the possible definitions of postmodern art as opposed to modern art. So what then is superego, what is this superego injunction which is replacing more and more the old symbolic law of prohibition? Superego is the reversal of the permissive "You May!" into the prescriptive "You Must!", the point in which permitted enjoyment turns into ordained enjoyment. We all know the formula of Kant s unconditional imperative: "Du canst, denn du sollst". You can do your duty, because you must do it. Superego turns this around into "You must, because you can." Nowhere is this clearer than in the case of Viagra, the potency pill that promises to restore the capacity of male erection in a purely biochemical way, bypassing all problems of psychological inhibitions and so on. Now Viagra takes care of the erection, there is no excuse, you can enjoy sex so you should enjoy it, otherwise you are guilty. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the New Age wisdom of recovering the spontaneity of your true self seems to offer a way out of this superego predicament. However, what do we get effectively? Is this attitude not secretly sustained by the superego imperative? You must do your duty of achieving full self–realization and self–fulfillment because you can. This is the reason why we feel, at least I do, a kind of terrorist pressure beneath the compliant tolerance of New Age preachers. They seem to preach peace and letting go and so on but there is an implicit terrorist dimension in it. </i><br />-Slavoj Zizek, "The Superego and the Act"Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-33047694822611207502015-06-04T20:34:35.827-04:002015-06-04T20:34:35.827-04:00In the trenches of World War I, Ernst Junger was a...<i>In the trenches of World War I, Ernst Junger was already celebrating face-to-face combat as the authentic intersubjective encounter: authenticity resides in the act of violent transgression, from the Lacanian Real - the Thing Antigone confronts when she violates the order of the City - to the Bataillean excess. In the domain of sexuality itself, the icon of this 'passion for the real' is Oshima's "Empire of the Senses", a Japanese cult movie from the 1970s in which the couple's love relationship is radicalized into mutual torture until death. Is not the ultimate figure of the passion for the Real the option we get on hardcore websites to observe the inside of a vagina from the vantage point of a tiny camera at the top of the penetrating dildo? At this extreme point, a shift occurs: when we get too close to the desired object, erotic fascination turns into disgust at the Real of the bare flesh.</i><br />- Slavoj Zizek, "Welcome to the Desert of the Real"Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-87326157610948813072015-06-04T20:27:37.878-04:002015-06-04T20:27:37.878-04:00No matter what hormones you take or surgery you el...No matter what hormones you take or surgery you elect to have, despite the fact that we've developed the technology to change our appearance like we used to change our clothes, a simple genetic test will indeed confirm that Caitlyn Jenner is male.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-83764971961825493342015-06-04T20:23:43.183-04:002015-06-04T20:23:43.183-04:00I thought it was referred to as twig and berries.I thought it was referred to as twig and berries.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-39762839279408270592015-06-04T16:43:14.492-04:002015-06-04T16:43:14.492-04:00I'll keep this clean for the prudish censor wi...I'll keep this clean for the prudish censor with his delighted finger on the delete button:<br /><br />Rosa honey,<br /><br />If I got a new set of knockers, I'd go to town with the top down!Fanny Faggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-6389242420613769422015-06-04T08:27:25.307-04:002015-06-04T08:27:25.307-04:00It might be instructive to read these two entries ...It might be instructive to read these two entries at <i>Wikipedia</i>:<br /><br />1. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenderism_%28social_movement%29" rel="nofollow">Transgenderism (social movement)</a><br /><br />2. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine_Rothblatt" rel="nofollow">Martine Rothblatt</a><br /><br />Rothblatt is part of the <a href="http://www.terasemmovementfoundation.com/" rel="nofollow">Terasem Movement</a>. I don't see a place for Christianity therein.<br /><br />About Rothblatt's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apartheid-Sex-Manifesto-Freedom-Gender/dp/051759997X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433420387&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">book</a>:<br /><br /><i>From Library Journal<br />Arguing that "the legal division of people into males and females is as wrong as the legal division of people into black and white race," Rothblatt, an attorney and transsexual, is a proponent of "transgenderism," which she characterizes as a grass-roots movement whose guiding principle is "that people should be free to change, either temporarily or permanently, the sex type to which they were assigned since infancy." Using a provocative reinterpretation of historical and legal issues, feminist thinking, and scientific research to defend her belief in continua of sex, gender, and sexual identity, Rothblatt sometimes seems unclear of her intended audience. The volume concludes with the International Bill of Gender Rights adopted in August 1993 by the Second International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy. For larger public and academic collections.</i><br /><br />Let us assume for a moment that Jenner's motives are sympathetic ones. Even so, I submit that Jenner is being used for something nefarious -- that is, a social movement the goals of which will not strengthen the fabric of our society.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-64688107381440684092015-06-04T08:18:24.351-04:002015-06-04T08:18:24.351-04:00Anonymous, though I generally deplore the use of e...Anonymous, though I generally deplore the use of extreme vulgarity, I have to admit I share your disgust. <br /><br />Every once in a great while, only the basic Anglo Saxon terms convey exactly the right sentiment. This was one of those rare times, but please don't make a habit of using vulgarity here.<br /><br />Thank you.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-86129896816685917412015-06-04T08:11:04.898-04:002015-06-04T08:11:04.898-04:00Thank you, Waylon, for spelling Georgia O'Keef...Thank you, Waylon, for spelling Georgia O'Keeffe's name properly, but I don't believe Ducky expressed an opinion in this thread. Could the "Bruce" you refer to possibly be the former Mr. Jenner?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28758820917100774452015-06-04T08:06:40.918-04:002015-06-04T08:06:40.918-04:00"Que sera sera. Whatever will be will be.&quo...<b><i>"Que sera sera.</i> Whatever will be will be."</b> ;-)<br /><br />I don't think any amount of fretting and worrying over the state of the world will do anything to improve it.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-11560763013404845632015-06-04T08:01:54.001-04:002015-06-04T08:01:54.001-04:00CHRIS HAYES? I had HIM pegged YEARS AGO:
[NOTE: C...<b>CHRIS HAYES? I had HIM pegged YEARS AGO:</b><br /><br /><i>[NOTE: Chris Hayes of NBC News said on air that he was “uncomfortable” with calling our fallen war veterans “heroes.” Let the following serve as a well-deserved tribute to this immortal imbecile.]</i><br /><br /><b>HERE'S to CHRIS HAYES<br /><br /><i>Let us hope the days<br /> Of the jerk Chris Hayes<br /> Are low numbered,<br /> And may he be annoyed <br />When he's soon unemployed<br /> And by unpaid bills encumbered. <br /><br />Vengeance belongs to God, <br />But wouldn’t it be odd, <br />If Hayes died at peace while he slumbered? </i></b><br /><br />FreeThinke - 5/28/12FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-48561930158662458292015-06-04T07:25:52.393-04:002015-06-04T07:25:52.393-04:00Transgenderism is apparently quite complicated -- ...Transgenderism is apparently quite complicated -- according to a bit of research that I did yesterday.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the Enemedia are spouting nonsense such as this....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.weaselzippers.us/225501-msnbc-panel-using-term-women-in-abortion-language-excludes-transgendered-men/" rel="nofollow">MSNBC Panel: Using Term “Women” in Abortion Language “Excludes Transgendered Men"</a>:<br /><br /><i>During “All In With Chris Hayes” on June 2, the host fostered a discussion among media representatives on the “reaction to Caitlyn Jenner” or “The Jenner Effect.” In the middle of the conversation, Michelle Goldberg, senior contributing writer for The Nation, suggested that using the word “women” in abortion language “excludes trans men.”</i><br /><br />Has our entire nation -- our entire world -- become a clown car?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-65640373721265453132015-06-03T22:16:46.822-04:002015-06-03T22:16:46.822-04:00Where's Farmer when we need him?Where's Farmer when we need him?Fred Beard's Ghostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-57262116595589143272015-06-03T20:58:57.423-04:002015-06-03T20:58:57.423-04:00Well God Bless you, Georgia O'Keeffe, Bruce an...Well God Bless you, Georgia O'Keeffe, Bruce and Ducky, too.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-22058805915067984792015-06-03T18:58:51.572-04:002015-06-03T18:58:51.572-04:00Rosa Tralee said
Sorry, Fanny, but you sound fran...<b>Rosa Tralee said</b><br /><br />Sorry, Fanny, but you sound frankly jealous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-20710714202601587912015-06-03T17:13:18.641-04:002015-06-03T17:13:18.641-04:00Thank you.
It feels good to be appreciated. It&#...Thank you. <br /><br />It feels good to be appreciated. It's rare, believe me. ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com