tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post1836321299565635098..comments2023-10-10T10:34:10.843-06:00Comments on The Nexus of Assholery: The Bizarre "Rationalism" of the Pro-Abortion LobbyPatrick Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-87364052795307528522009-02-04T20:07:00.000-07:002009-02-04T20:07:00.000-07:00Interestingly enough, I urge them to do the same.B...Interestingly enough, I urge them to do the same.<BR/><BR/>But I also urge them to take a look at the actual facts about the thesis you're proposing.<BR/><BR/>Unless they're ideologically brainwashed, I have no shortage of confidence they'll recognize it for the tripe that it is.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-81558532370095463392009-02-04T18:55:00.000-07:002009-02-04T18:55:00.000-07:00My dear Patrick, I simply urge your readers to rea...My dear Patrick, I simply urge your readers to read the source and draw their own conclusions. That's all.Balbulicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909755014063452689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-61754661269176688792009-02-04T17:54:00.000-07:002009-02-04T17:54:00.000-07:00"...and FYI, you realize that thread is deader tha..."<I>...and FYI, you realize that thread is deader than dead now that LuLu has arrived to mop up after Cynic Boy...I think she has a master's degree as well.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Heh. You know, I never realized that you had to have a master's degree in order to qualify to write a blog that specializes in screaming "shitcock!" at anyone it disagrees with.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-55246761476112722002009-02-04T17:52:00.000-07:002009-02-04T17:52:00.000-07:00Yeah, Balby, let's take a look at what you wrote. ...Yeah, Balby, let's take a look at what you wrote. I'll go ahead and highlight the most interesting parts of the original post, and number them for the sake of explaining what Balby <I>really</I> said:<BR/><BR/>"<I>By now you’re aware that the heartwarming story of the eight babies born in California last week has morphed into a surreal horror story with a screenplay by Jerry Springer, directed by David Lynch.<BR/><BR/><B>(1.) It turns out that Mommy Suleman is 33-year-old single woman, living with her parents, with no visible means of support, who already has six children and had herself artificially implanted with eight more. Her mom went bankrupt last year and is now seeking psychiatric support. The family is trying to peddle her story to Oprah, who’s getting queazy. She just seems to like having babies.</B><BR/><BR/>As CC noted, our Fave Foetishist is in a bit of a quandary. <B>This behaviour is clearly insane; (2.)but’s it’s a form of insanity that represents the culmination of the vision espoused by the radical anti-choice movement.<BR/><BR/>(3.)A fetish, in the sexual sense, is an object or behaviour that, in and of itself would normally not evoke a sexual response. Through association, however, the non-sexual becomes imbued with all the power and emotion of sex itself, triggering an emotional response. This obsession can range from harmless to morbid to psychotic.<BR/><BR/>(3. CONT) The foetishists have performed the same trick, an unhealthy severance of object from context. They are utterly fixated on the foetus, which in their mind assumes all the attributes of personhood. They invest in a pre-human cluster of cells the same emotional passion nature intended for a child. The foetus IS their fetish. Some of them seem barely aware of the mother except as a kind of ambulatory, pre-birth incubator.<BR/><BR/>(4.)No wonder our foetishists find this story disturbing. It’s a staging of their own mania, writ large and performed live</B>.</I>"<BR/><BR/>So, let's start from the top.<BR/><BR/>1. Nadya Suleman. Has too many kids. <BR/><BR/>2. "Anti-choicers" (broadly defined by pro-abortion activists as anyone who opposes abortion) to blame. <BR/><BR/>3. Because of fetus fetish. Which is a psychological sexual fetish.<BR/><BR/>4. Anti-abortion lobby doesn't like criticism of Nadya Suleman because they're responsible for her being crazy.<BR/><BR/>This, despite the fact that Balbulican's definition of a "fetus fetish" as a psychological sexual fetish actually defies the psychological definiton of a sexual fetish.<BR/><BR/>The other side of this amusing tale is that Balbulican simply will not discuss this in good faith.<BR/><BR/>After all, Balbulican is responsible for what he writes. If he thinks someone has misinterpreted him, it's his responsibility to explain how, and explain his true intentions.<BR/><BR/>He won't. And I think it has more to do with Balby's realization that his "fetus fetish" idea is a house of cards and he just wants to pretend that its foundation didn't get pulled out from under it.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-82553270945229565842009-02-04T17:45:00.000-07:002009-02-04T17:45:00.000-07:00Oh, Balbull found his way over here...Ross, you ma...Oh, Balbull found his way over here...Ross, you may as well try nailing down jello than having the Bloviating Balbull(shit) explain his "other point"...good luck with that.<BR/><BR/>...and FYI, you realize that thread is deader than dead now that LuLu has arrived to mop up after Cynic Boy...I think she has a master's degree as well.mahmoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472866450452200425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-69037821782474784372009-02-04T17:25:00.000-07:002009-02-04T17:25:00.000-07:00Heh. The "point" is thoroughly explained, and expl...Heh. The "point" is thoroughly explained, and explored, in the thread in question. Serious readers are encouraged to reflect on the points raised by Dr. Dawg and SUZANNE, who, though diametrically opposed in their views, both understood "the point" in a way that Patrick fails to.Balbulicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909755014063452689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-82341969815441929322009-02-04T17:13:00.000-07:002009-02-04T17:13:00.000-07:00And interestingly enough, Balbulican can't be both...And interestingly enough, Balbulican can't be bothered to even try <I>explaining</I> this "other point" he was trying to make.<BR/><BR/>Also, he won't explain how his explanation of a "fetus fetish" can be taken seriously considering that it defies the definition of a sexual fetish according to actual psychologists.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-42907810924792271622009-02-04T16:48:00.000-07:002009-02-04T16:48:00.000-07:00A quick comment: Patrick has misunderstood the pos...A quick comment: Patrick has misunderstood the post in question. Please visit the site, read the original post, and read the ensuing discussion. The substantive issue gets explored in some depth: Patrick's digression, not so much.Balbulicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909755014063452689noreply@blogger.com