tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post7115608794994805333..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: The ProblemAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-31976022247692381702016-05-29T14:27:12.490-06:002016-05-29T14:27:12.490-06:00I knew that some 'troll' would bring that ...I knew that some 'troll' would bring that up.<br /><br />Classic derail. Conveniently ignores that the post discussed a given Roman's attitude and compared that with the American 'improvement' on the care and maintenance of government for the betterment of personal liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness. Also fails to note that most of the critical genocide of natives in North American Empire occurred in the three centuries prior to the declaration of American independence (thereafter, the Americans who continued the genocide had the benefit of numbers).<br /><br />Further, it ignores that the technology, culture and political philosophy necessary to both commit the genocide and exploit the resources in North America were ALSO invented long, long before the great American experiment.<br /><br />Finally, in true trollish fashion, the proposed disagreement applies to only one sentence of the entire post, deliberately discounting the context that produces that sentence.<br /><br />These last few weeks I've been pointing out these internet strategies, because it highlights so well the corruption of intellectual discourse - that which is designed to change minds. Snark, so called, seeks none of that; it imagines it can dispense with any argument with the theory that a single thread can be pulled out of the fabric, cut in half with an axe, with the expectation that the whole garment will now be made unwearable.<br /><br />It is rather ridiculous that these little creatures think this; and all the more marvelous that they somehow find their way to this blog, of all the internet. It must be said that trolls are like water on pavement: they find every nook and cranny.<br /><br />Was a pity for the Native North American Empire, that got here some 15,000 years ago. No doubt, no doubt, at some point there was some unity . . . but after so many generations, they took to infighting among themselves, Cree against Ojibway, Tenochtitlan against Tarascan, Incan against Chimor - old peoples killing old peoples in the same old way. The same silliness that the American Constitution was supposed to exist as a bulwark against - but naturally some silly retired military doof in North Florida rushing to defend the sanctity of his empire by citing the people it committed genocide against completely misses this point - rather, formidably making the case for what it was that made Crassus so possible some 21 centuries ago.<br /><br />My, my, my, haven't we gotten better? I repeat: if you are convinced that either A) Donald Trump is exactly what the Declaration of Independence was designed to produce or B) that the Declaration of Independence created an America that will crush Donald Trump under its boot, you have NOTHING to worry about as an American.<br /><br />But if neither of those seem true to you . . . well, now you know what the Problem is.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-18491530776530394162016-05-29T13:31:51.985-06:002016-05-29T13:31:51.985-06:00"Like Trump, if some other entity had been fo..."Like Trump, if some other entity had been founded on the exact same land it would have done as well."<br /><br />So that would explain the vast wealth of the Native North American Empire, and how their mighty armies utterly crushed the European settlers before they even made it off the beaches.azmountaintrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01009527590383698138noreply@blogger.com