more than time for a vent

Axiom: the stupids abuse freedom of speech.

I have not listed a diatribe, vent, or rant in a while. I forgot which term i used as a label, i used all three. At best stupid is entertaining by accident, usually it is annoying; but this country is awash of the stupids, and their unending stupidity.

In July, the earth has recorded its hottest days in succession. Canadian forests are burning, Greece is burning. Idiots are going to Death Valley to get a picture of themselves standing next to the temperature sign at 130°F.  I read a note in the press that one idiot died.

Climate change is real, but the moneyed interests have been denying it, and the stupids believe them. Now, things have hit the US several times each day to show the weather is not in normal, or freak variability. The mainstream (read: established corporate) media now speaks of climate change as an accepted reality, but local teevee weathermen do get harassed.  So, what do we here on local northeast Ohio broadcasts? Whining of the dearth of 90° days this summer. First, we haven't had any, then we have had only one. There are world wide examples right now of the heat disasters, and these idjits are lamenting the dearth of heat. They work in air-conditioned studios, drive in air-conditioned automobiles. live in air-conditioned homes. In winter will these dunderheads complain with, "we haven't any below 0°F days".

Now, a more serious vent:  the fascists are upset that they do not have absolute control of public speech. Newspapers, radio, and television are businesses. Businesses are moneyed interests. A priori they are slanted towards economic interests, and the political party of the XXth century that stood for this was the Republicans. If people followed those endorsements Franklin Roosevelt would not have been president. The New Deal made America a far better place. The Republicans were not pleased, and they have continuously tried to rescind  everything about it.

Now, most journalists of the mainstream media try to hew to journalistic standards and ethics. As Stephen Colbert has said, "reality has a liberal bias". So, the disgruntled fascist capitalists have created their own propaganda organs to counter that. And their minions constantly bitch and attack. They and Republicans insist lying is the proper exercise of the first amendment. Also, many are anti-social louts with vicious, and violent proclivities all of which they want others to hear. Social media is their playground, and they want control of the turf.

Twitter is a 'micro-blogging' form of social media. They had some standards in which some false information, pornography, hate speech was prohibited. Now that upset many fascists and their fellow travellers. So they set up their imitation twitters, but that was not enough. Normal people did not frequent their reich wing imitations. They want to shove their crap down everyone's gullet. So, one of their number bought Twitter and proceeded to recreate it in his image. So, Twitter is dying. And by the way, elon musk, ron desantis, and donald trump are horrid individuals.

In Florida history classes it is now decreed that it must be taught that slavery was beneficial. Republican controlled states have created laws to police, curb, and censor professors—so that 'conservative' ideas are protected, and free speech of fascists must not be restricted on campus. [see postscript]

This weekend past, two big movies opened at the picture show. They are being called 'Barbieheimer'. Occasionally, i look to see what movies are coming months, even years in advance. I was right away interested in Oppenheimer.  I was not interested in Barbie.  Oppenheimer is a serious character in history, and science. Barbie is a dolly. 

 

Margot Robbie is a good actress. It looked like this might have been a big budget picture, didn't care. I remember seeing the dollies in childhood, and the ones i saw were abused. Their hair was cut, or pulled out; limbs missing, and other damage, and usually without clothes. I did not live around genteel children.

Well, now the mouthfoaming repukes are upset. From what i gather about the flick, is that in Barbie's toy world, everything is about Barbie, and Ken is just hanging around mostly purposeless. Then Barbie goes to the real world, and things are not that way. Ok, sounds like a regular children's story. No, they have a problem with feminism. Y'no, i was a boy. I had no interest in what play fantasies, and adventures girls had playing with their dollies. Maybe, these clowns should look in their pantalones and see if they look like Ken.

O, and now i read the conservative/fascist ruling party in India has a problem with Oppenheimer. Apparently, there is a scene where he is with his mistress and quotes Vishnu. This from the land of the Kama Sutra, and temples with flagrant sexual sculptures.

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postscriptum 10.48 a.m. 25 July 2023.  Of course Texas is real big with fascism. [click]  from the article, before it is removed from the internet:  

Texas A&M suspends professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture   

      Joy Alonzo, a respected opioid expert, was in a panic.

     The Texas A&M University professor had just returned home from giving a routine lecture on the opioid crisis at the University of Texas Medical Branch when she learned a student had accused her of disparaging Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick during the talk.

     In the few hours it took to drive from Galveston, the complaint had made its way to her supervisors, and Alonzo’s job was suddenly at risk.