Monday, May 07, 2012
Heartland and Ted
Heartland got into hot water with a billboard campaign associating Gaia with Ted Kaczynski.
Seems to be outraging several people on our side, so I can see why they cancelled it quickly.
Must admit, though, I don't feel the outrage.
I get outraged at murderous lies, such as the genocidal pseudoscience of "global warming" or "economics" or "sociology". Anyone who abuses science to impoverish or kill ordinary people pisses me off. (To put it mildly.**)
I'm not outraged by a mis-aimed advertisement like this one. To my eyes, the problem is just a bad analogy and improper class connections. Kaczynski wasn't aligned with the modern Gaians; he was more like an old-fashioned Luddite. He lived in extreme poverty, while modern Gaians are rich investors and politicians who zoom around the world in private Gulfstreams. Ted murdered dozens, while modern Gaians murder millions. He's not in their class at all.
If you want a shocking visual that relates more directly to the facts: An Indonesian farmer who starved when biofuel investors kicked him off his land. Or an old British widow frozen in her flat because wind "turbines" and carbon taxes made electricity unaffordable.
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** HERE, BY FUCKING GOD. I'LL PUT IT LESS MILDLY.
THIS IS A WAR.
THE GAIANS STARTED THIS WAR IN 1975.
SINCE THEN, THE GAIANS HAVE WASTED TRILLIONS OF OUR MONEY.
SINCE THEN, THE GAIANS HAVE KILLED THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
THE GAIANS OUGHT TO BE FUCKING GRATEFUL THAT THE SCIENTIFIC SIDE
HAS NOT CHOSEN TO FIGHT BACK.
WHY HASN'T THE TRUTHFUL SIDE FOUGHT BACK?
BECAUSE TRUTH IS NOT COOL.
TRUTH IS NOT HIGH-STATUS.
TRUTH IS NOT RICH.
UNLIKE THE GENOCIDAL GAIAN WACKOS, WE ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM PUNISHMENT.
IF WE STARTED TO WASTE TRILLIONS OR KILL CIVILIANS, WE'D BE WIPED
OUT IN A PICOSECOND, AND THE WAR WOULD BE OVER.
¶ 7:56 AM
Seems to be outraging several people on our side, so I can see why they cancelled it quickly.
Must admit, though, I don't feel the outrage.
I get outraged at murderous lies, such as the genocidal pseudoscience of "global warming" or "economics" or "sociology". Anyone who abuses science to impoverish or kill ordinary people pisses me off. (To put it mildly.**)
I'm not outraged by a mis-aimed advertisement like this one. To my eyes, the problem is just a bad analogy and improper class connections. Kaczynski wasn't aligned with the modern Gaians; he was more like an old-fashioned Luddite. He lived in extreme poverty, while modern Gaians are rich investors and politicians who zoom around the world in private Gulfstreams. Ted murdered dozens, while modern Gaians murder millions. He's not in their class at all.
If you want a shocking visual that relates more directly to the facts: An Indonesian farmer who starved when biofuel investors kicked him off his land. Or an old British widow frozen in her flat because wind "turbines" and carbon taxes made electricity unaffordable.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
** HERE, BY FUCKING GOD. I'LL PUT IT LESS MILDLY.
THIS IS A WAR.
THE GAIANS STARTED THIS WAR IN 1975.
SINCE THEN, THE GAIANS HAVE WASTED TRILLIONS OF OUR MONEY.
SINCE THEN, THE GAIANS HAVE KILLED THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
THE GAIANS OUGHT TO BE FUCKING GRATEFUL THAT THE SCIENTIFIC SIDE
HAS NOT CHOSEN TO FIGHT BACK.
WHY HASN'T THE TRUTHFUL SIDE FOUGHT BACK?
BECAUSE TRUTH IS NOT COOL.
TRUTH IS NOT HIGH-STATUS.
TRUTH IS NOT RICH.
UNLIKE THE GENOCIDAL GAIAN WACKOS, WE ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM PUNISHMENT.
IF WE STARTED TO WASTE TRILLIONS OR KILL CIVILIANS, WE'D BE WIPED
OUT IN A PICOSECOND, AND THE WAR WOULD BE OVER.
¶ 7:56 AM
