tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post8403335360007784584..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Elitism, Intelligence, Sarah Palin, Joe MillerStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-22017443692796389302010-10-31T16:13:37.883-08:002010-10-31T16:13:37.883-08:00The people who I know who are smart are aware of h...The people who I know who are smart are aware of how little they know. The people who know little claim to be experts after hearing one or two comments that they think are clever that they can repeat. <br /><br />Palin referred to the lamestream media and I thought she was brilliant. She referred to it again and again and it got old by the second week after she said it. If a commedian did what she does night after night saying the same things, he'd get his 15 minutes of fame and never be heard from again. <br /><br />Joe went to two great schools but didn't learn a speck of anything, and he has been riding on those laurels for the last 20 years. He relates to people based on his many failings and delusions of greatness. <br /><br />(Please delete my first post. Smart people also spell check!)Muffetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-60590651432645368392010-10-31T11:08:21.784-08:002010-10-31T11:08:21.784-08:00As a person raised by a blind man and being employ...As a person raised by a blind man and being employed by the visually impaired for 18 years, i can and will say, that it isn't worth tryin to figure out what Sarah attempts to say or mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-26406915486290228432010-10-31T06:00:52.167-08:002010-10-31T06:00:52.167-08:00Outstanding Article!
Palin has to 'Quit making...Outstanding Article!<br />Palin has to 'Quit making things up!<br />Anybody who does not care/want a first class education for their children is a loser to me.<br /> She is a daughter of a supposed well liked teacher,I find her educational values very very odd.dianedphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671669779210554828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-43408883219762654202010-10-31T04:48:42.849-08:002010-10-31T04:48:42.849-08:00Well, in the district where I live (it is a worker...Well, in the district where I live (it is a workers' district) there is no room for "elitists". For example this October we had municipal elections and the Socialist Party which is very strong in my district (as a person told me once in Kőbánya even on the church there is a red star) but they lost because they were divided and finally they named a millionaire from a rich district who has nothing to do with Kőbánya and finally a local school principal won here, who was supported by the conservative party.<br /><br />I study in a good university but I don't consider myself a member of the elite and I haven't been called snobbish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-7419712425973860572010-10-31T00:27:40.825-08:002010-10-31T00:27:40.825-08:001). In the past, I've never encountered peopl...1). In the past, I've never encountered people who have lied so many times as Sarah Palin, who haven't been held to account, once the falsehoods started catching up to them. Miller seems to be cut from the same mold. Max Blumenthal, in Republican Gomorrah, makes a great case for the importance of the way both Palin, and now Miller, play that out to their devotees, as part of a phony redemption process. <br /><br />Your essay takes on their falsehoods less than it takes on their seeming certitude, but it seems to dovetail part of what Max observed, in that it portrays their limited view of what intelligence is, one based quite closely to Palin's and Miller's Bible-based worldview.<br /><br />2). When I attended Oberlin College in the mid-1960s, the Jewish quotas you link to were still in effect in the Ivy League and some other colleges. They rapidly came down over the next five years. That change was just one of many civil rights advances in higher academia during the mid and late 60s. <br /><br />Oberlin didn't have any racial, religious or cultural quotas then, nor had it had them for a long time before the 60s. Some of my Jewish friends there called Oberlin "the Jewish Harvard."Philip Mungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601488767955084836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-63011289436118064142010-10-30T22:28:49.453-08:002010-10-30T22:28:49.453-08:00Those who know don't say, and those who say do...Those who know don't say, and those who say don't know.<br /><br />Just sayin'.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-75440822922286840552010-10-30T20:06:15.017-08:002010-10-30T20:06:15.017-08:00Fascinating. But the headline with the word intel...Fascinating. But the headline with the word intelligence next to the names Sarah Palin and Joe Miller seemed oxymoronic. It seems like you are trying to make sense of these two, who are not sensible. They are narcissists for whom consistency of speech and action are irrelevant. And their followers grab what they want and put blinders on to all inconsistencies. Also they are mean to those who legitimately disagree and are defensive. They lie. Sometimes people just act badly, and it has nothing to do with differing intelligence. Know I'm missing the point of your post, but overanalyzing crooked narcissists (and those who worship them) can drive you crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-66266493767864984652010-10-30T19:10:53.050-08:002010-10-30T19:10:53.050-08:00Thanks Steve, for this insightful and circumspect ...Thanks Steve, for this insightful and circumspect analysis of those elite heroes of the unintelligentsia, the two polidiots Miller and Palin. It is a hat that so many of the teabagger candidates are wearing, Angle, O'Donnell and Paul particularly.Donalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825247725844865365noreply@blogger.com