Other people have brought this up, check out my replies in which I explain where I’m coming from
Cognac McCarthy
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People born as poor and powerless as Ailes usually does poor and powerless in the past. The class mobility his generation enjoyed also uniquely rewarded his cruelty in a way that was not common historically.
I think the modern world allowed for faster uplift of these people though. In the past powerful people more than likely had to be born into power. Now that’s still often the case, but especially in Ailes’ generation the wealthy were often from middle or even lower class backgrounds. Ailes’ father was a factory…
We did know him! Anyone who paid attention to conservative media or political discourse in the US knew him well. We’re all in a great position to reflect on him and his life’s horrible work.
It’s good when bad people die and can no longer make the world shittier.
To you, but to millions of poor brown people in the US or Iraqis whose lives have been ruined by the particular brand of conservatism Ailes was singularly responsible for promoting and legitimating, his life’s work was every bit as directly evil and impactful as someone like Hitler.
For thousands of years, we didn’t reward ghoulish monsters who needlessly made vulnerable people’s lives unquestionably worse with fabulous wealth and power. Since capitalism and modern media has reversed that tradition, we can drop the pretense of respectability when one of these assholes dies on the toilet.
But you’re still assuming some huge divide between parish clergy and laypeople that just didn’t exist. Most clergy were born and raised in the same place as their parishioners and weren’t slavish followers of Rome or whatever you’re trying to imply when you bring up doctrine as some sort of secret knowledge. (This is e…
But what’s the relevance of bringing up the relative inaccessibility of books in medieval society in a conversation about the deliberate secretive nature of Scientology’s doctrine? The inaccessibility of the Bible in medieval Christendom has next to nothing to do with consciously keeping people from knowing the…
I’ve got an MA in medieval history myself. How do you come away with a degree in Anglo-Saxon hagiography and still buy into an oversimplified narrative of a top-down oppressive foreign Church without accommodations for local practice? You of all people ought to know most priests had more in common socially and…
You’re confusing criticism of the fawning discourse around Tebow with criticism of the man himself.
Yes most people in society were illiterate. That doesn’t mean people didn’t have a reasonable understanding of Christian doctrine or that the Church was a totally top-down institution. Really, read some medieval history written by actual historians and you might be surprised at what you find!
I think the missing link in your argument is sincerity. Early Christians and most Catholics, Muslims, whatever throughout history were sincere believers. I don’t believe many people buy the idea that Hubbard or the current elite in Scientology are particularly sincere.
That’s because books were expensive, not because you had to pay a bunch of money to religious leaders just to learn what was in them.
Why are you his friend
He seems more like a FS1 type to me.
“You better have dates and times of the juicing – if you say 10-15 times – you just better be able to tell me exactly when, who.”
I grew up in the western suburbs of Minneapolis and went to high school with a couple Confederate flag idiots. I found this article explains the phenomenon well (and concisely)