{"id":14019,"date":"2011-08-23T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14019"},"modified":"2012-08-02T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T17:58:00","slug":"a-rallying-cry-for-the-tea-party-rebellion-youre-not-the-boss-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14019\/a-rallying-cry-for-the-tea-party-rebellion-youre-not-the-boss-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"SplendorQuest: A rallying cry for the Tea Party rebellion: “You’re not the boss of me!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m kicking this back to the top, which I think means no one will read it. \ud83d\ude09 In fact, I’m moving stuff like this to SplendorQuest.com<\/a>, going forward. I think this an insanely-great essay, but it reads better elsewhere.<\/p>\n

But: The comments to this post are amazing, BloodhoundBlog at its very best. Here are two of my remarks, illuminating why I am moving content like this and what I plan to do at SplendorQuest.com:<\/p>\n

Celebrating my self: I have amazing<\/u> things to say about the ontology and teleology of egoism and individualism, and virtually no one<\/u> is paying any attention at all. I would be frustrated, except I can\u2019t be: It\u2019s raining soup in my mind, even if in no one else\u2019s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And:<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have any organizational goals, I just want to induce people to think better, if I can. It\u2019s a good thing for me, in the long run, since I stand to do better when other people do better \u2014 and since I\u2019m pretty much incinerator-bait if things go to hell. But I know that the people I\u2019m talking to will do better if they learn to seek Splendor in their lives. If I give anyone any time at all, my objective is to get that person to question his most basic assumptions about how the universe works. That much is not a kindness, at least at first, since people don\u2019t generally love having the stilts kicked out from under them. But that\u2019s \u201chow much and how far\u201d I want to go. There is no other way to get here from there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Save the world from home in your spare time!” I love that joke. But that’s what I plan to do, as time and minds permit. Come play with me,<\/a> if the quest for Splendor moves you. –GSS<\/em><\/p>\n

 
A rallying cry for the Tea Party rebellion: “You’re not the boss of me!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love that phrase — “You’re not the boss of me!” — those words, that order, that emphasis. Children say it when they’re put upon, and I love it so much I write it into their mouths in fiction, too.<\/p>\n

The sentence has Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m kicking this back to the top, which I think means no one will read it. \ud83d\ude09 In fact, I’m moving stuff like this to SplendorQuest.com, going forward. I think this an insanely-great essay, but it reads better elsewhere. But: The comments to this post are amazing, BloodhoundBlog at its very best. 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