The Struggle Continues

(Bad language alert!  'Don't want to read it?  Then skip on by.)

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does the tree give a salient shit?  Hell no.  It will attempt to keep growing, in anyway that it can.  Please notice that the tree in center picture is growing from the trunk of the fallen parent plant.  There's a certain beauty to that.

I want to write something poignant and meaningful about the disdain that the White House has shown the American people, as most exemplified by Rove's rant.  It's kinda pointless anymore.  Like John Cole, I'm not outraged about it; rather I'm disgusted beyond belief.  I've read all the theories about Rove's dark objectives; I've held my nose while reading those who excuse his divisive tactics, and justify his claims based, not on any truth, but on their own bigoted stupidity.  None of it matters, because this isn't an incident, it's a culmination.

I've discussed monster making before, and this is simply one more step in the process.  It doesn't do you any good to make a monster if you don't scare your audience with it.  That's what Rove was doing, playing to the crowd who actually believe that lefties and liberals (Democrats) really want them to die in terrorist hellfire, and rejoice at the thought of drinking the still warm blood of our service people.  "Our", in this context, means that the services belong to the Republicans, the White House, and those who agree with Rovian/Bushian objective.  Its a simple message, "support us or be a monster".

Apparently, the message has been damned effective.  Just look at all the stupidly drooling motherfuckers lining up to say "you're done, lefty; you got nothin'!  Rove told you to suck it and now you have to!  America, FUCK YEAH!".  And, as insane as that attitude is, it's also somewhat correct.  We got nothing.  Nothing will happen to Karl Rove; he won't apologize, he won't resign.  There are truly enough people who ignorantly believe that the American spirit is one of enforced unity, based on crushing any opposition, that Rove can talk shit with impunity at this point.  The White House can continue it's headlong rush into policies and actions that will end as an historical monument to incompetent leadership ... and we got nothing.

There is one nice thing about being a monster, though.  Monsters endure.  They don't go away, and they don't die easy.  The asshats, drunk on their unpatriotic beat-down of anything they find scary, will sober up ... eventually.  And Democrats will still be here.  There was a good discussion, if somewhat heated, on this website about whether or not we could return to civil discourse of issues.  Plainly, we can't; not while the discussion is man to monster.  The very nice thing about points in time is that they change.  There will be a point in time where the majority of people in this country no longer want to fight their neighbors, and the fucking batshit insane screechers are seen for the hate mongers and national dividers that they are.

I could keep writing about this for another hour, but it isn't worth it to me.  Just keep this in mind, monster makers are only successful as long as the monster plays the role.  When the monster says "I'm done fucking around with this shit", people will notice.  'Til then, the tree has to keep growing, regardless of whether or not anybody is listening.

Comments

[Jon]

I've been saying it since 2000 - The only explanation is that they have some sort of mind ray. The only other option would be that Americans prefer Fascist/Stalinist type authoritarian leaders. But I really don't want to belive that. So we're left with the mind ray. Or perhaps our water supply is filled with mind control drugs. In the meantine, no one seems to give a rat's ass, so get used to another 20 years of this American Taliban.

[Tony]

Smack!

[Rocky Smith]

American Taliban? Funny.