Leon Sinoff

Hillary Clinton effectively believed in nothing.

I still voted for her, of course.

I appreciate the essay you wrote! Let’s fucking hug it out bro.

“…whether the beliefs in human dignity and human value that undergird a free society can flourish in the outrage and humiliation circus we have built.”

Lovely paragraph.

I guess ultimately, I’d say they can be good or bad. Why is our society so pathologically attracted to the bad?

And for people younger than me, Teen Mom was obviously (though often lurid and voyeuristic) incredibly influential and even educational.

Then, there are the “real life” voyeuristic shows, which also may not be all bad. Early ‘Real World’ gave tweenage me both my first understanding of a gay person (Pedro) and a good look at early adult relationships, both functional and dysfunctional.

I fully agree with your first paragraph.

Reality is complex, no? First, there are games, which can be reasonably wholesome (Amazing Race) to machiavellian by design (Survivor), but they are still just games.

It preceded social media, though. The fact that there was a huge audience for Jerry Springer, Maury, and all the rest, reflects a deep moral rot.

Such shows simply were not made in Canada where I grew up.

Yup.

Trump v. Anderson is the one that did me in.

You are just hopeless, man. I saw you giving credit to Trump for the border. Just pathetic.

If you are majority leader, you will hold no one accountable, you will fail every test of principle, you will let them get away with every single thing.

Please don’t run. Or please prove me wrong.

It is not.

Rand Paul has supported this sociopathic group of traitors the whole way, hilarious to see him ‘find principle’ now.

“I stand by him, not too close, while pointing a laser pointer at the target I hung around his neck. A true professional.”

Sad when you’re even worse than an actual state media outlet.

We will greet them as liberators.

Mitch. He did it. Mitch did it, 100% him. He’s a true professional, so he meant to do it too. I stand by him, like, a little off to the side so that he can get shot.

The Rs will be at 80%+ by next week.

BAAAAAAAAA 🐑

Well, it’s a vision all right.

Exactly.

Like right now, I’d be really fascinated to get his take and his feelings about how most of his friends enthusiastically supported a group that is now murdering dozens of people at sea without even a pretense of legal process.

But instead he wants to marinate on being misunderstood.

The first one, Sarah.

You, of all people, know this.

You somehow managed to focus group the fascist supporters all the way through the election whereas I would’ve catapulted them into the sun. I couldn’t even listen to your conversations with them.

(I think) that the grader was a graduate student, a TA.

To new beginnings! 🥂🔵🌃

Sigh, I hate my own bitterness. We’ve ruined everything; we’ve done it to ourselves.

Why was it pointless? Because people didn’t agree with you? You thought you should be more fêted?

I like seeing you post, though your last series of posts left me profoundly disillusioned with both your abilities and your moral compass.

Welcome back, hopefully you’ll do better this time!

They don’t, but it’s ok because neither do the alumni, the students, or the citizenry.

My friend, virtually no one’s left with communication or thinking skills anywhere. They’ll fit right in.

Why would it be foolish? It’s the kind of thinking that got him the Secretary of Defense job, and got him confirmed.

You cannot possibly tell me there could be *consequences* for this. Don’t make me laugh.

This is a country where you lead a coup and then Don Bacon puts you back in charge.

LOL, imagine Bacon actually doing something about it, LOL.

I’ll drop the gloves for Johnny. We’ll have us a little brew-ha-ha.