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It's part of the charm. The issue of course is that if you don't flit in a distant metaphor, you tread disrespectfully upon _sacred ground_. To toe the line a

It's part of the charm. The issue of course is that if you don't flit in a distant metaphor, you tread disrespectfully upon _sacred ground_. To toe the line a little for you, the witch-hunters are activists (good, noble ones) looking for sinners (bad, evil ones) and preaching about a world where the sinners have all the power. In such a world, why would there be so many successful witch-hunters?

forapurpose 9y ago
> a world where the sinners have all the power. > In such a world, why would there be so many successful witch-hunters? Because neither group has all the power (and there are many other groups too). The allegory, as someone pointed out, and the reasoning are both stretched past breaking.
- rhizome 9y ago
  Because neither group has all the power About 45 years ago there was a chance that they might, but Nixon saw to that by inventing the War on Drugs.
  - forapurpose 9y ago
    > Because neither group has all the power > About 45 years ago there was a chance that they might There was no chance. In the 1972 election, Nixon was re-elected winning 49 states (not a typo - he won 49 of 50 states) and won the popular vote by 23%. And that was while the Watergate scandal was exploding. Per Wikipedia, not long before the November election, "On October 10, the FBI reported the Watergate break-in was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the Nixon re-election committee."[0] There was no chance that the Democrats or anyone on the left was going to take "all the power". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Cover-up_and_its_unraveling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Cover-up_and...
stcredzero 9y ago
In such a world, why would there be so many successful witch-hunters? Jon Ronson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9G6L4ZNuWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9G6L4ZNuWk Evergreen State College: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RoBi5HKWc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RoBi5HKWc

forapurpose 9y ago

> a world where the sinners have all the power. > In such a world, why would there be so many successful witch-hunters? Because neither group has all the power (and there are many other groups too). The allegory, as someone pointed out, and the reasoning are both stretched past breaking.

rhizome 9y ago
Because neither group has all the power About 45 years ago there was a chance that they might, but Nixon saw to that by inventing the War on Drugs.
- forapurpose 9y ago
  > Because neither group has all the power > About 45 years ago there was a chance that they might There was no chance. In the 1972 election, Nixon was re-elected winning 49 states (not a typo - he won 49 of 50 states) and won the popular vote by 23%. And that was while the Watergate scandal was exploding. Per Wikipedia, not long before the November election, "On October 10, the FBI reported the Watergate break-in was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the Nixon re-election committee."[0] There was no chance that the Democrats or anyone on the left was going to take "all the power". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Cover-up_and_its_unraveling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Cover-up_and...

stcredzero 9y ago

In such a world, why would there be so many successful witch-hunters? Jon Ronson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9G6L4ZNuWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9G6L4ZNuWk Evergreen State College: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RoBi5HKWc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RoBi5HKWc