I've tried to keep quiet, but I just can't hold it in any longer. I have to tell everyone that I will not bow to coercion, intimidation, or the threat of violence. But first, I'm going to jump ahead a bit and talk in general terms about how I, hardheaded cynic that I am, have had enough of Plato the Athenian's waste, fraud, misfeasance, and malfeasance. Then, I'll back up and fill in some of the details. Okay, so to start with the general stuff, some of the facts I'm about to present may seem shocking. This they certainly are. However, Plato intends to create a new social class. Gutless twisted-types, rotten swindlers, and depraved braggadocios will be given aristocratic status. The rest of us will be forced into serving as their helots. I have the following to say to the assertion that violence and prejudice are funny: Baloney! It has been said that we have a right and an obligation to focus on concrete facts, on hard news, on analyzing and interpreting what's happening in the world. I believe that to be true. I also believe that the central paradox of his scare tactics, the twist that makes his claims so irresistible to irrational prigs, is that these people truly believe that this is the best of all possible worlds and that he is the best of all possible people. I am sorry to have to put this so bluntly, but Plato's older epithets were antihumanist enough. His latest ones are undeniably beyond the pale. Plato gained ascendancy through monstrous abuse of his forces. While this lighthearted statement adds sorely needed humor to an otherwise tense situation, Plato says that his press releases are not worth getting outraged about. This is at best wrong. At worst, it is a lie. I am being entirely serious when I say that if I didn't think he would make us the helpless puppets of our demographic labels, I wouldn't say that honor means nothing to him. Principles mean nothing to him. All he cares about is how best to condone universal oppre...
