tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post30497880948247923..comments2023-10-17T14:31:52.102-04:00Comments on Est Quod Est: "But maybe in the next world, maybe in the next world"Paulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-26854962611414335252011-10-30T23:17:45.342-04:002011-10-30T23:17:45.342-04:00I think a smart charismatic prophet would stay the...I think a smart charismatic prophet would stay the hell away from them. Obama knows how to co-opt these people: lead 'em from behind. You never know what you are going to get from them. If one starts booing he can usually count on lemming-like sympathetic booing from those in the near vicinity.<br /><br />They don't have any heroes at all. It would be really hard to. Go to a Tea Party gathering and you'll see the Palin people with a big picture of Sarah. But you don't see anyone *against* Palin. Their might be people there who don't own a gun, but the evangelistic 2nd Amendment people don't offend them. Everyone lets the Ron Paul do their thing--it's all very respectful and constructive.<br /><br />But who knows what the horse designed by the Occupy committee would look like. Probably weirder than a camel for sure.Paulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506171638613025839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2065164884737080821.post-27650366970780986822011-10-30T12:10:01.785-04:002011-10-30T12:10:01.785-04:00On a more serious note, that gaggle is now very vu...On a more serious note, that gaggle is now very vulnerable to the charismatic false prophet, onto whom everyone can project their grievances and who can then manipulate the "movement" into something frightening. (e.g., Hitler, Mussolini, Mao, Lenin).<br /><br />OTOH, they have just been let down by a charismatic false prophet, onto whom everyone can project . . . and who now sits in the White House. So perhaps the gaggle will be more skeptical this time.pikkumattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929135762224920473noreply@blogger.com