John Zmirak: The Amazing Catholic Bullsh*t Generator

[Ilion]

This is a good read -- John Zmirak: The Amazing Catholic Bullsh*t Generator[^]

... Here’s how The Generator works: Presented with a complicated problem that requires balancing the interests of groups with competing claims, it will draw selectively on Biblical references and Church documents to churn out rhetoric that simultaneously: 1) Clouds essential distinctions in a pink, emotive haze. 2) Suits the user’s political sympathies, institutional interests, or unspoken emotional needs (e.g., socialism, cover-up, or envy). 3) Presents the speaker as a gentle, vulnerable soul who’s acting only out of compassion, whose motives it would be wantonly cruel to question. 4) Casts his opponents as blind, cruel, or hypocritical. 5) Pretends it is not attacking anyone, but gently and bravely pointing to “deeper truths.” Hence any polemical reply amounts to beating up on Jesus. ... In case you can’t afford to buy your own, I’ll tell you how to build a Catholic Bullshit Generator from ordinary items you’ll find around the house. All the moving parts are ordinary words, wrenched out of context and used to suit your polemical purpose. When arguing with someone, be sure to use the following terms at regular intervals in your sentences (don’t worry about the grammar): Voiceless. Afflicted. Disadvantaged. Marginalized. Pastoral. Handicapped. Diverse. Needy. Displaced. Anything you are defending, characterize with words like these. ... ... Conversely, if you need to attack someone or something, employ any or all of these pejoratives: Comfortable. Bourgeois. Secure. Smug. Materialistic. Consumerist. Careerist. Racist. Xenophobic. Suburban. ...

[Brady Kelly]

Ilíon wrote:

Conversely, if you need to attack someone or something, employ any or all of these pejoratives: Comfortable. Bourgeois. Secure. Smug. Materialistic. Consumerist. Careerist. Racist. Xenophobic. Suburban. ...

...Marxist! :laugh:

[Oakman]

Ilíon wrote:

Conversely, if you need to attack someone or something, employ any or all of these pejoratives: Comfortable. Bourgeois. Secure. Smug. Materialistic. Consumerist. Careerist. Racist. Xenophobic. Suburban.

Someone's calling for you, Troy - except for the comfortable part, of course. Any luck finding a job, yet?

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin

modified on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:10 AM

[Ilion]

Oakman wrote:

Any luck finding a job, yet?

How can one find a job if one isn't looking for a job? Still, I'm touched at your solicitude.

[Ilion]

Marxism *is* a secularized heresy of Christianity, after all.