Sorry this is late. I'm trying to update on a regular basis (Saturday's and Wednesday's) but yesterday I had to go visit the neurologist and get stuck and electrocuted. Several times.
But, lets talk stupidity today.
The US Trademark Commission has once again stripped protection from the Washington Redskins because the term "Redskin" is "disparaging to Native Americans". Everyone is freaking out and blaming the current President and his policies. I hate to point this out folks, but this has been going on for twenty two years. The Redskins first lost the trademark protection for the same reason in 1992. It was then reinstated because of a technicality. Nineteen ninety two. The current President wasn't even a member of Congress when they first lost the protection of the trademark. So, was it Bill Clinton's ebil minions in the Patent Office that first removed the protections?
Level two stupidity.
Iraq is all Obama's fault. We went into a country with no experience being a country with a democratically elected government (well, Sadam was elected, but when he's the only choice how democratic can that be?) and expected the locals to understand you have to love each other and work together. In a society that is barely above the tribal level, we tried to institute the nation state in one fell swoop. Not going to happen. Now, we're upset that it didn't work, and its insert national figure here. Does the Bush/Cheney regiem have culpability here? Yes. But so do the Democrats who pushed for us to get the hell out as quickly as possible. Wait, they did that? Yeah. They did. But we forget that in our rush to blame Bush for everything that has gone wrong since the year 2000. It has to be Bush's fault, right? The fact that before we left the Shia leadership in Iraq was at least playing with the Sunni's because we were there to make sure they did, and that once we pulled out as supported by millions of folks who are now screaming about the wasted money and lives in Iraq and how we should have stayed (some of the same folks who were saying its their country let them run it at the time) should surprise no one - the only thing keeping the Shia from getting revenge on the Sunni minority that had ruled the country for the last 40 or so years was the US military. I actually saw a right wing talking head today try to say that things were better in Iraq under the Ottoman Turks because the Iraqi's were in their separate regions. Leaving out of course the Turks habit of smashing the living crap out of anyone who started shit.
Stupid level Epic.
There's a huge kerfluffle in Sci Fi these days - the followers of proper group think are up in arms again because people who think that you have the right to defend yourself, and should be prepared to do so. Sure, teach people that Rape is bad, but if that's your only defense against being raped, you're not facing reality. But telling someone to be prepared or learn to defend yourself is bad, mkay? That violates all good groupthink and you should report for proper re-education right away if you think that part of being human is being prepared for the situtation.
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