The Mythology of Thomas Sowell

[kalm]

“Liberals hold us individually responsible for nothing but collectively responsible for everything."

Whoever wrote this has no idea what a liberal is nor that civilization was built on the evolutionary benefits of cooperation, democracy, and collective responsibility.

[UNI88]

And the point flies over your head again - the names were examples.

tommy also forgot to include politicians who sell out their country's interests in order to enrich themselves and their family and friends.

I got your point silly and knew you would point it out

You’re a predictable bore

By the way that quote was from 20 years ago

Why did you quote it? Maybe because you think it still applies?

It's just another example of tommy not understanding that his words typically apply to conservatives as well as liberals. He's not as clever as you seem to think he is.

[kalm]

The anti-Sowell:

[Caribbean Hen]

“Too many people in positions of responsibility act as if these are just positions of opportunity -- for themselves. The ones who simply steal money probably do less harm than teachers who propagandize their students, media who slant the news or politicians who sell out their country's interests in order to get re-elected”

Quoting again for Thomas derangement syndrome 88

I posted this because looking back, many times during my career I felt the same way about individuals in leadership positions…

And never once associated it with whatever their political leanings were

Sowell did say “politicians” … that could be Republicans as well as Democrats

ThomasDS 88 is a mess

[kalm]

“Too many people in positions of responsibility act as if these are just positions of opportunity -- for themselves. The ones who simply steal money probably do less harm than teachers who propagandize their students, media who slant the news or politicians who sell out their country's interests in order to get re-elected”

Quoting again for Thomas derangement syndrome 88

I posted this because looking back, many times during my career I felt the same way about individuals in leadership positions…

And never once associated it with whatever their political leanings were

Sowell did say “politicians” … that could be Republicans as well as Democrats

ThomasDS 88 is a mess

Which part? The personal gain at the expense of those below you or the way they propagandized?

[Caribbean Hen]

Quoting again for Thomas derangement syndrome 88

I posted this because looking back, many times during my career I felt the same way about individuals in leadership positions…

And never once associated it with whatever their political leanings were

Sowell did say “politicians” … that could be Republicans as well as Democrats

ThomasDS 88 is a mess

Which part? The personal gain at the expense of those below you or the way they propagandized?

Neither really

Just knowing who was just in it for themselves and which ones actually cared for those beneath them

Not political at all

[Caribbean Hen]

“Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.”

[kalm]

Which part? The personal gain at the expense of those below you or the way they propagandized?

Neither really

Just knowing who was just in it for themselves and which ones actually cared for those beneath them

Not political at all

The quote you based this on is thinly veiled politics. And that’s ok.

"Politics is downstream from culture,"

- Andrew Breitbart

[UNI88]

“Too many people in positions of responsibility act as if these are just positions of opportunity -- for themselves. The ones who simply steal money probably do less harm than teachers who propagandize their students, media who slant the news or politicians who sell out their country's interests in order to get re-elected”

Quoting again for Thomas derangement syndrome 88

I posted this because looking back, many times during my career I felt the same way about individuals in leadership positions…

And never once associated it with whatever their political leanings were

Sowell did say “politicians” … that could be Republicans as well as Democrats

ThomasDS 88 is a mess

Because tommy was equally critical of both sides of the political spectrum and never took shots at liberals ...

“Liberals hold us individually responsible for nothing but collectively responsible for everything."

trump is a politician. He is just as if not more guilty of this then other politicians.

Thank you for your attention to this matter
- I know I'm Living Rent Free in Caribbean Hen's Because of the Number of Times S/He accuses me of having _DS 88.

[SeattleGriz]

Quoting again for Thomas derangement syndrome 88

I posted this because looking back, many times during my career I felt the same way about individuals in leadership positions…

And never once associated it with whatever their political leanings were

Sowell did say “politicians” … that could be Republicans as well as Democrats

ThomasDS 88 is a mess

Because tommy was equally critical of both sides of the political spectrum and never took shots at liberals ...

“Liberals hold us individually responsible for nothing but collectively responsible for everything."

trump is a politician. He is just as if not more guilty of this then other politicians.

Thank you for your attention to this matter
- I know I'm Living Rent Free in Caribbean Hen's Because of the Number of Times S/He accuses me of having _DS 88.

Bitch. You need your head checked. CH is spot on.

[Caribbean Hen]

“A review of one of the many environmentalist books says that even if you can't do all you would like toward "living green," you can at least "congratulate yourself on taking small steps to improve the planet." That is what environmentalism -- and much else on the political left's agenda -- is really all about, self congratulation.”

pat yourself on the back

[kalm]

“A review of one of the many environmentalist books says that even if you can't do all you would like toward "living green," you can at least "congratulate yourself on taking small steps to improve the planet." That is what environmentalism -- and much else on the political left's agenda -- is really all about, self congratulation.”

pat yourself on the back

This is one of your best examples yet of the idiocy and partisanship of Tommy.

We’ve been restoring 5 acres to native Palouse Prairie habitat. Bees and other pollinators are thriving. Next up will be installing bat houses as part of a USDA program. Pollinators are crucial to the planet including humans. So thank you.

I will indeed pat myself on the back.

[Caribbean Hen]

“A review of one of the many environmentalist books says that even if you can't do all you would like toward "living green," you can at least "congratulate yourself on taking small steps to improve the planet." That is what environmentalism -- and much else on the political left's agenda -- is really all about, self congratulation.”

pat yourself on the back

This is one of your best examples yet of the idiocy and partisanship of Tommy.

We’ve been restoring 5 acres to native Palouse Prairie habitat. Bees and other pollinators are thriving. Next up will be installing bat houses as part of a USDA program. Pollinators are crucial to the planet including humans. So thank you.

I will indeed pat myself on the back.

His quote is more about how Dems have to feel like they’re doing good something good in the present but oblivious to what bad ideas could bring to the future

[kalm]

This is one of your best examples yet of the idiocy and partisanship of Tommy.

We’ve been restoring 5 acres to native Palouse Prairie habitat. Bees and other pollinators are thriving. Next up will be installing bat houses as part of a USDA program. Pollinators are crucial to the planet including humans. So thank you.

I will indeed pat myself on the back.

His quote is more about how Dems have to feel like they’re doing good something good in the present but oblivious to what bad ideas could bring to the future

Be of course said none of that. Even if it’s what he implied. Most actions have unintended consequences. Whether positive or negative.

Both you and Sowell have benefitted from environmental protection policies as well as individual efforts. Whether you realize it or not.

IOW’s, this quote is still high level stupidity.

[UNI88]

This is one of your best examples yet of the idiocy and partisanship of Tommy.

We’ve been restoring 5 acres to native Palouse Prairie habitat. Bees and other pollinators are thriving. Next up will be installing bat houses as part of a USDA program. Pollinators are crucial to the planet including humans. So thank you.

I will indeed pat myself on the back.

His quote is more about how Dems have to feel like they’re doing good something good in the present but oblivious to what bad ideas could bring to the future

... that could be Republicans as well as Democrats

[Caribbean Hen]

His quote is more about how Dems have to feel like they’re doing good something good in the present but oblivious to what bad ideas could bring to the future

Be of course said none of that. Even if it’s what he implied. Most actions have unintended consequences. Whether positive or negative.

Both you and Sowell have benefitted from environmental protection policies as well as individual efforts. Whether you realize it or not.

IOW’s, this quote is still high level stupidity.

The only one talking about environmental efforts are you

So you admit Thomas Sowells quote implied what I explained to you, but then you say he didn’t say it… lol

So you believe when somebody implies something that’s not what they’re saying ….. no wonder you’ve never been able to figure out CH

[kalm]

Be of course said none of that. Even if it’s what he implied. Most actions have unintended consequences. Whether positive or negative.

Both you and Sowell have benefitted from environmental protection policies as well as individual efforts. Whether you realize it or not.

IOW’s, this quote is still high level stupidity.

The only one talking about environmental efforts are you

So you admit Thomas Sowells quote implied what I explained to you, but then you say he didn’t say it… lol

So you believe when somebody implies something that’s not what they’re saying ….. no wonder you’ve never been able to figure out CH

JFC…the quote? The one you posted from Sowell?

I’m not sure I want to figure out CH.

[Caribbean Hen]

“Our education system, our media, and our intelligentsia have all been unrelentingly undermining the values, the traditions, and the unity of this country for generations and, at the same time, portraying as "understandable" all kinds of deviance, from prostitution to drugs to riots.”

[Caribbean Hen]

“But that is how Tom has become iconic simply by being an honest intellectual who follows the facts and is more interested in telling the truth than in being popular. And unfortunately, among intellectuals today that makes you a standout.”

Exactly