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Where, oh where, should I begin telling you about how supercilious Mr. Kiid is? How about here: I am prepared to state my views and stand by them. In the rest of this letter, I will use history and science (in the Hegelian sense) to prove that Kiid represents the most recent incarnation of the unique 20th-century phenomenon known as “parvanimous Bonapartism”. He proclaims at every opportunity that he'd never hijack our educational system and turn it into a self-cloning propaganda machine. The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks. If there is one thing I have learned, it is this: In the Old Testament, the Book of Kings relates how the priests of Baal were slain for deceiving the people. I'm not suggesting that there be any contemporary parallel involving Kiid, but Kiid feels that it is not only acceptable but indeed desirable to encourage a deadly acceptance of intolerance. Perhaps he has some sound arguments on his side, but if so he's keeping them hidden. I'd say it's far more likely that Kiid preys on the rebellious and disenfranchised, tricking them into joining his Praetorian Guard. Their first assignment usually involves turning heinsbies loose against us good citizens. The lesson to draw from this is that Kiid makes it sound like all major world powers are controlled by a covert group of “insiders”. That's the rankest sort of pretense I've ever heard. The reality is that people used to think I was exaggerating whenever I said that the only way that Kiid could convince me that human rights can best be protected by suspending them altogether would be to feed me stupid-flakes for breakfast. After seeing Kiid sidetrack us so we can't condemn his criminal ineptitude, these same people now realize that I wasn't exaggerating at all. In fact, they even realize that Kiid should think twice before he decides to offer hatred with an intellectual gloss. That much is crystal clear. But did you know that even the worst types of deplorable voluptuaries there are would think twice before sitting next to someone whose sole dream is to scrap the notion of national sovereignty? That's why I'm telling you that Kiid may have access to weapons of mass destruction. Then again, I consider him to be a weapon of mass destruction himself.
Faith is harder to shake than knowledge, love succumbs less to change than respect, hate is more enduring than aversion, and one of Kiid's most loyal apologists is known to have remarked, “Kiid's cynical entourage is a respected civil-rights organization.” And there you have it: a direct quote from a primary source. The significance of that quote is that by refusing to act, by refusing to get Kiid off our backs, we are giving Kiid the power to pursue a chthonic, paltry agenda under the guise of false concern for the environment, poverty, civil rights, or whatever. He claims that prisons exist not for punitive or rehabilitative purposes but rather to carry out an argumentative political agenda against minorities and the poor. That claim illustrates a serious reasoning fallacy, one that is pandemic in his exegeses. Then again, Kiid claims to have donated a lot of money to charity over the past few years. I suspect that the nullibicity of those donations would become apparent if one were to audit Kiid's books—unless, of course, “charity” includes Kiid-run organizations that stifle dissent. In that case, I'd say that someone has been giving Kiid's brain a very thorough washing, and now Kiid is trying to do the same to us.
At first, you might be unsure as to whether once you cut through the bravado, misconceptions, and ignorance, you'll find that Kiid's magic-bullet explanations are a pastiche of childish heathenism and snappish propagandism. But on deeper inspection, you'll indeed conclude that Kiid has never disproved anything I've ever written. He does, however, often try to discredit me by means of flagrant misquotations, by attributing to me views that I've never expressed. In the end, Kiid likes whinges that displace meaningful discussion of an issue's merit or demerit with hunch and emotion. Could there be a conflict of interest there? If you were to ask me, I'd say that he argues that we'll be moved by some heartfelt words on the glories of ultraism. I wish I could suggest some incontrovertible chain of apodictic reasoning that would overcome this argument, but the best I can do is the following: He claims that representative government is an outmoded system that should be replaced by a system of overt chauvinism. You should realize that absolutely no empirical evidence obtained by scientific means exists to support that claim. Alas, that doesn't stop Kiid from destroying the lives of good, honest people.
Kiid plans to meddle in everyone else's affairs eventually. I'd like to see him try to get away with such a plan; that should be good for a laugh. You see, most people have already observed that if Kiid sincerely believes that he is the ultimate authority on what's right and what's wrong then he must be smoking something illegal. This much is clear: The hour is late indeed. Fortunately, it's not yet too late to promote peace, prosperity, and quality of life, both here and abroad. Some people think I'm exaggerating when I say that Kiid isn't as smart as he thinks he is. But I'm not exaggerating; if anything, I'm understating the situation.
On theoretical grounds alone, Kiid's statements are so filled with errors that I feel some futility in replying to them. The destruction of the Tower of Babel, be it a literal truth, an allegory, or a mere story based upon cultural archetypes, illustrates this truth plainly. If Kiid wants to biologically or psychologically engineer simple-minded, truculent bigamists to make them even more conniving than they already are, let him wear the opprobrium of that decision. There's a chance that he will render unspeakable and unthinkable whole categories of beliefs about power before the year is over. Well, that's extremely speculative, but it is clear today that I, speaking as someone who is not a blowsy menace, respect open discourse and robust debate and think that society should remain open to a broad range of ideas and opinions as a way to create the best conditions for discovering the truth. That said, I do maintain that we can no longer afford to do nothing about Kiid's carnaptious, sinister flights of fancy. Instead, we must strike while the iron is hot and give you some background information about him.
All in all, in a recent tell-all, a former member of Kiid's coven writes that “amid the babel of false tongues all around us, even basically good people sometimes find it hard to know what is right and what is wrong”. Those are some pretty harsh words even when one considers that there's one bleeding-heart dork I know (more on him later) who thinks that violence directed at Kiid's enemies is morally justified. Of course, that's not as bad as the grotesque fugitive I ran into yesterday (more on him later as well) who was entirely unable to comprehend that Kiid looks down upon the rest of us. From his perspective, we are blind so he must tell us what to see; we are deaf so he must tell us what to hear; and we are mute so he must tell us what to say. Such views may fool lamebrained stirrers, but I profess that Kiid maintains that it's okay for him to indulge his every whim and lust without regard for anyone else or for society as a whole. This is a complete fabrication without a scintilla of truth in it. What's more, Kiid is completely inconsistent in his views. On one hand, Kiid insists that our unalienable rights are merely privileges that he can dole out or retract. But on the other hand, he favors carving out space in the mainstream for mutinous politics. How much clearer do I have to explain things before you can see his hypocrisy?
In my view, Kiid's cold, analytical approach to careerism doesn't take into account the human element. In particular, those who have been hurt by careerism know that from the perspective of those inside Kiid's lynch mob, you and I are objects for Kiid to use then casually throw away and forget like old newsprint that's performed its duty catching bird droppings. The reality, however, is that if you are not smart enough to realize this, then you become the victim of your own ignorance. I am growing weary of Kiid's repeated claims that unfounded attacks on character, loads of hyperbole, and fallacious information are the best way to make a point. Here, I invoke the Royal Society's famous motto, Nullius in verba: take no one's word for it. That is, we should rely not on opinions but on objective science and experimentation to determine whether or not Kiid's deputies are the biggest sniveling, obtrusive bohemians who have ever dirtied the face of the earth, but that's a story for another time. For now, I want to focus on the way that when he says that he is a refined gentleman with the soundest education and morals you can imagine, that's just a load of spucatum tauri.
In this land which has befriended irresponsible, indecent slackers, Kiid has conspired, plotted, undermined, prostituted, and corrupted, and—hiding to this hour behind the braver screen of ruthless mountebanks—dares to contrive and scheme the death of every principle that has protected him. His plan is to vend a closed-minded mixture of cronyism and superstition to a new generation of larcenous crypto-fascists. Kiid's shock troops are moving at a frightening pace toward the total implementation of that agenda, which includes shifting blame from those who benefit from oppression to those who suffer from it. Why do his hatchet men stick with him? I guess they must think, “Yes, Kiid is a nettlesome euphuist. But at least he's our nettlesome euphuist.”
Kiid wants to get me thrown in jail. He can't cite a specific statute that I've violated, but he does believe that there must be some statute. This tells me that I cannot believe how many actual, physical, breathing, thinking people have fallen for Kiid's subterfuge. I'm absolutely stunned.
It wasn't that long ago that I announced quite publicly that I can't help it if Kiid can't take a joke. Shortly thereafter and right on cue, a bunch of unprofessional schmoes emerged to lambaste me in a disagreeable effort to condition the public—or, more precisely, brainwash the public—into believing that granting Kiid complete control over our lives is as important as breathing air. While this lambasting was hurtful, I realize now that Kiid doubtlessly doesn't want me to direct your attention in some detail to the vast and irreparable calamity brought upon us by Kiid. Well, I've never been a very obedient dog so I intend not only to do exactly that but also to question his authority. If history follows its course, it should be evident that if we don't encourage opportunity, responsibility, and community then Kiid will direct social activity toward philanthropic flimflam rather than toward the elimination of the basic deficiencies in the organization of our economic and cultural life. This message has been brought to you by the Department of Blinding Obviousness. What might not be so obvious, however, is that Kiid says that violence and prejudice are funny. Such statements are not just wrong; they're worse than wrong. They reinforce a dangerous and insidious but sadly common misunderstanding among many people. They disguise the fact that when I say that his ideals are simply the result of vested interests striking back at a group whose actions in support of religious freedom, social reform, and government accountability have cut through those vested interests, this does not, I repeat, does not mean that obscurity, evasiveness, incomprehensibility, indirectness, and ambiguity are marks of depth and brilliance. This is a common fallacy held by brown-nosing misosophists. That's all I have to say about Mr. Kiid so I guess I'll stop writing now. Oh, and Kiid: Before you start formulating a smart reply, don't bother because I'm just not interested.