The thing we self-possessed subjects of our own adventures hate to admit is that the universe DGAF about any of us. And neither do the powers that be.
The validation-mongering of social platforms has fueled the delusion that our words and thoughts (and tastes and fashion choices and dessert orders &c.) matter far more than they do. As a wise man once said: "Get over yourself."
Disrespectful? That's a debatable destroying word for a man who was a monster for most of his political life. Of course we should celebrate the death of maniacs. What if it was your family he killed? Being politically correct is a fallacy brought to you by hypocritical neo-liberals.
Independent of the ethics of mocking Kissinger: gosh, none of these jokes at his expense are very funny, are they? I hope I'm not being a prig here, but Kissinger was much funnier when he was alive as fodder for the "death at a claw game" meme - which was only mildly funny at best!
Such a powerful essay. It is a difficult lesson that the universe doesn’t mete out justice as we would like.
The thing we self-possessed subjects of our own adventures hate to admit is that the universe DGAF about any of us. And neither do the powers that be.
The validation-mongering of social platforms has fueled the delusion that our words and thoughts (and tastes and fashion choices and dessert orders &c.) matter far more than they do. As a wise man once said: "Get over yourself."
I don't celebrate anyone's death- too disrespectful.
Disrespectful? That's a debatable destroying word for a man who was a monster for most of his political life. Of course we should celebrate the death of maniacs. What if it was your family he killed? Being politically correct is a fallacy brought to you by hypocritical neo-liberals.
*Descriptive, not destroying word.
It's amazing how many people thought/think that he was a "good guy".
Independent of the ethics of mocking Kissinger: gosh, none of these jokes at his expense are very funny, are they? I hope I'm not being a prig here, but Kissinger was much funnier when he was alive as fodder for the "death at a claw game" meme - which was only mildly funny at best!
You phrase that as if he killed those people all by himself with his own hands. He didn't. He just made it possible for other people to kill them.
But then again, Hitler, Stalin and Mao did the same thing, so you have a point.