Mr. Shotgun Steve has recently made a number of people very angry, including me. However, as anger serves no function in a successful rebuttal, I will simply state objectively that Mr. Steve's teachings violate the rational, enlightened claims of their own enunciatory modality. So let's begin, quite properly, with a brief look at the historical development of the problem, of its attempted solutions, and of the eternal argument about it. He keeps saying that he acts in the public interest. Isn't that claim getting a little shopworn? I mean, as that last sentence suggests, he is right about one thing, namely that fear is what motivates us. Fear of what it means when heartless twits represent heaven as hell and, conversely, the most wretched life as paradise. Fear of what it says about our society when we teach our children that we should avoid personal responsibility. And fear of patronizing nettlesome-types like Mr. Steve who prevent people from thinking and visualizing beyond an increasingly psychologically caged existence.
It's easy enough to hate Mr. Steve any day of the week on general principles. But now I'll tell you about some very specific things that Mr. Steve is up to, things that ought to make a real Mr. Steve-hater out of you. First off, he somehow manages to get away with spreading lies (he can change his callow ways), distortions (doing the fashionable thing is more important than life or liberty), and misplaced idealism (a totalitarian dictatorship is the best form of government we could possibly have). However, when I try to respond in kind, I get censored faster than you can say "interdestructiveness". He has been deluding people into believing that discourteous swaggerers make the best scout leaders and schoolteachers. Don't let him delude you, too. Listen carefully: Interdenominationalism is not confined to any specific era, culture, or country. In view of that, it is not surprising that Mr. Steve keeps saying that children should get into cars with strangers who wave lots of yummy candy at them. For some reason, Mr. Steve's henchmen actually believe this nonsense. There is a format he should follow for his next literary endeavor. It involves a topic sentence and supporting facts.
Militant naive-types are burdened with the preconceived ideas or feeble understanding of the circles to which they previously belonged, both politically and philosophically. To a lesser degree and on a smaller scale, Mr. Steve will substitute breast-beating and schwarmerei for action and honest debate because he possesses a hatred that defies all logic and understanding, that cannot be quantified or reasoned away, and that savagely possesses venal scamps with silly and uncontrollable rage. I believe I have found my calling. My calling is to make this world a better place in which to live. And just let him try and stop me. To get even the simplest message into the consciousness of juvenile, brain-damaged hucksters, it has to be repeated at least 50 times. Now, I don't want to insult your intelligence by telling you the following 50 times, but if I have a bias, it is only against raucous swindlers who subject human beings to indignities. Although creating needed understanding is best achieved in a calm, rational environment, we are here to gain our voice in this world, and whether or not Mr. Shotgun Steve approves, we will continue to be heard.
j/k
Yet another greeting from rc5. 🙂
