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August 8, 2014
"Revolutionary politics, revolutionary art, and, oh, the revolutionary mind, is the dullest thing on earth.
When we open a 'revolutionary' review, or read a 'revolutionary' speech, we yawn our heads off.
It is true, there is nothing else. Everything is correctly, monotonously, dishearteningly 'revolutionary'. What a stupid word! What a stale fuss! A really good, out-and-out, 'reactionary' journal is, at first, like a breath of fresh air in the midst of this turbulent, pretentious, childish optimism. A royalist publication is worth its weight in gold. Catholicism, we feel, is essential to our health. We fly to the past -- anywhere out of this suspended animation of this so smugly 'revolutionary' present." -- Wyndham Lewis
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 8, 2014 6:53 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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"The term —both as a noun and adjective— is usually applied to the field of politics, and is occasionally used in the context of science, invention or art. In politics, a revolutionary is someone who supports abrupt, rapid, and drastic change, while a reformist is someone who supports more gradual and incremental change. A conservative is someone who generally opposes such changes. A reactionary is someone who wants things to go back to the way they were before the change has happened." via Wikipedia
My uncle Louie Lozko, we all called him "Letsgo Lozko", he never changed anything as long as it still worked. He raised bantam chickens in the same coop for over forty years. The chickens didn't mind.
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at August 9, 2014 5:30 AM
While reading that gobbledygook, I asked myself who could find anything about it worth commenting on. I should have known.
Posted by: BillH at August 9, 2014 7:24 AM
I wonder if someone is claiming to be "revolutionary", is it OK to "disrupt" them?
Posted by: CaptDMO at August 9, 2014 3:00 PM
Yes, Bill. Me. When I find an article insipid or bullshit-laden, when the author can't find his ass with his hands tied behind his back I tend to jump in with satire. Some of my stuff is corny I know, but some of it reads better than the article. I save the really far out material for my crayons-and-wrapping-paper blog.
Say, did I ever tell you about my grandfather on my father's side that ran a blind pig during Prohibition? Set up in Cicero Illinois and with the blessings of the local mob. Perhaps another time.
Posted by: chasmatic at August 9, 2014 10:35 PM