I also like the commentator's claim in the same article that the July 7 bombings were planned in Kosovo by the KLA. That's got to be up there with 'planned by Mossad' and 'planned by Saddam' as far as completely mad revisionism goes...
That's genuinely insane; this particular commenter's Decent Death Dive has been swifter and deeper than any other case I am aware of.
(Decent Death Dive: the process of incremental ideological radicalisation, accompanied by dramatically increased credulity, that those exposed to Decency experience in 60-70% of cases.)
Wait, hold on. You don't mean "non-rhetorically." She isn't (I hope) actually expecting readers to write in and tell her the chances of Scottish secession. You mean "seriously."
Just to bring this thread back to the important issues.
Jokes aside, there's something really scary about Mel.
The way that she's willing to deny millions of people the right to self determination because the Palestinians might get the same idea and so embarrass her beloved Israel.
I'd say she was a bit nuts to really qualify but then again if you want pop-eyed heresy-hunting then there's plenty of it on Harry's Place, so maybe they're outside the Venn circle and all...
Is the term "widely respected" a clue or a red herring?
ReplyDeleteThe latter. 'Israel' is a clue, though.
ReplyDeleteI also like the commentator's claim in the same article that the July 7 bombings were planned in Kosovo by the KLA. That's got to be up there with 'planned by Mossad' and 'planned by Saddam' as far as completely mad revisionism goes...
That's genuinely insane; this particular commenter's Decent Death Dive has been swifter and deeper than any other case I am aware of.
ReplyDelete(Decent Death Dive: the process of incremental ideological radicalisation, accompanied by dramatically increased credulity, that those exposed to Decency experience in 60-70% of cases.)
Well there goes Moron poker - as Lynn Davies said to Bob Beamon, "You've ruined this event".
ReplyDeleteThat hand can never be beaten.
Btw do you think Mel chose the headline, or is a sub-editor having a laugh?
ReplyDeleteWait, hold on. You don't mean "non-rhetorically." She isn't (I hope) actually expecting readers to write in and tell her the chances of Scottish secession. You mean "seriously."
ReplyDeleteJust to bring this thread back to the important issues.
Actually you mean 'rhetorically' - asking that question non-rhetorically would be eccentric at worst. It's asking it rhetorically that's crazy.
ReplyDeleteOT: I have another Daniel Davies for you, the Staffordshire County Councillor.
ReplyDeleteI particularly enjoyed it when Mel wrote that Israel has a "kamikaze government"! Suicide bombers in power!
ReplyDeleteJokes aside, there's something really scary about Mel.
ReplyDeleteThe way that she's willing to deny millions of people the right to self determination because the Palestinians might get the same idea and so embarrass her beloved Israel.
Yuck!
She's a bit of a cabaret act, though, isn't she?
ReplyDeleteSo Mel is a 'Decent' now, eh?
ReplyDeletedecent - dee-sunt - whatever we want it to mean.
Espouses radical-right social policy: check.
ReplyDeleteProfesses left-wing mindset: check.
Fanatical commitment to Likud foreign policy: check.
Generational worldview (all the fault of the 68ers etc): check.
Incremental radicalisation: check.
And you're done.
I'd say she was a bit nuts to really qualify but then again if you want pop-eyed heresy-hunting then there's plenty of it on Harry's Place, so maybe they're outside the Venn circle and all...
ReplyDeleteAnd you're done.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, Alex, "whatever you want it to mean".
Justin is, as ever impenetrable.
"Is regularly and favourably cited by Harry's Place, even when demonstrably pursuing absurd conspiracy theories" - check.
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