This is a static website, with no interactive content, so no push notifications, cookies, etc. & so refresh the browser manually for any updated content if returning. I often set links to open in a new tab or window (so people don't wander off) and I try to indicate that action in mouseover hover text. Also, the mouseover hover behavior for the images causes them to shift ever so slightly. I am not a professional web designer, nor can I afford to host this site on a service where I can use the same CMS (content management system) that Mark P. Bromley uses for his campaign website. I include a message from Mark where he told me that my website is "unstable" (so he refused to look at it). It's always about the double-standards! This page was last updated Oct 05, 2024.
This is a proposal of sorts for an educational program feature of an AI generated example "mayor opponent candidate" for use by adolescent students involved in civics studies. It's probable that a student would look at local politics at some point since the issues could be familiar and they might feel comfortable (a.k.a. safe) getting personally involved by attending meetings or interacting on social media.
It is the social media platform where I personally encountered an inappropriate personal profile of a man, Mark P. Bromley, vying for city mayor. He was commenting on the official City of Northglenn Facebook and he has a city logo incorporated with his profile picture. It could almost be considered as a public official impersonation. At any rate, if a person clicked on his name when he comments on the city posts and looked at his photos there is a graphic drawing one of a woman on an operating table with her legs spread to the demon doctor, depicting an abortion. It is inappropriate for an unsuspecting adolescent. What is also atrocious is that there are a couple images that are city gov't related and he uses the proper name "Karen" in the deogratory sense that it is used on social media ... I was going to include the colloquial definition but I don't like associating the name here with anything that could be hurtful to somebody with the name.
Some would insist I am petty, especially with the current state of affairs (& so on), but I would simply retort that if it is petty then why not just use an appropriate inappropriate word instead? The point is that there could be adolescents with the name and girls of the age have enough in the world to cause complexes as it is. An adolescent could pick up on the use of the name and decide to incorporate it into their jargon and again, any young girl with the name could feel outcasted.
I realize that the vast majority of people will be laughing since they cannot conceive why there would be any problem since they, nor most people they know, are not named Karen so only a tiny fraction of humans would possibly be affected and they should know that it's easier and more expedient to just not give a ff. It's cool & tough & patriotic & all that to not give a ff.
Something like what I am describing for the AI model may already exist, albeit maybe in experimental stage. Simulation city planning type games may provide a template or ideas on variables that could be included in a program. People may not know that with experimentation using neural networks the researchers have "fed" the systems philosophical works, i.e., David Hume. (I read (somewhere) that the systems would "understand" (human) sentiment (which is from Hume's explanation, description from his "A Treatise of Human Nature"), and they could begin to get coherent fictional anecdotes but the systems would inevitably trail off into nonsensical "endings".† Simple sociology would explain that the system lacks desire, impetus, or motivation that it could use as a comparable example (i.e., lost love,grief catharsis,infatuation) for basis of reasoning for the event's importance. What spurs human ambition? Is a question that could be posed with the results. †The exact article I read might've been on academia.edu (which requires an account), but I need to find it again.
A lawyer developed an AI program that meant to assist a person with legal advice for civil & maybe low level traffic cases, but was threatened by the Bar Prosecutors, Man planned on using AI-powered lawyer in court; then he started getting threats. I thought it'd be a good idea to assist disadvantaged people on gov't assistance work out leasing housing with realtor companies. (Or force the property managers to utilize an AI system to verify their work is correct so as not to cause unnecessary issues for the person receiving gov't assistance for a portion of their rent. Some property management companies will pick & choose who they will ensure gets treated with respect by keeping accurate accounting of the sources of payment they receive. I understand most conservative types would hate that idea since the recepient of the assistance might be able to continue living and enjoy their life. (God forbid!)
I mention this elsewhere, and I also go more into some possibilities of AI there, but for sake of brevity I'll just point out that what people could imagine as the worse that could happen ... disgusting creatures that are products of laboratory research that have abilities to actually control a human to a degree, at least enough to get a person to physically sabatoge themselves. Our sensory inputs are an integral part of our physiology and we inevitably have to physically process what we see, hear, & smell. It's more obvious to us that is true of what we smell and hear. There are three tiny bones in our middle-ear, the malleus, incus, and stapes, that vibrate from sound waves. Our vision is more complex but there's already evidence of people's sight being deliberately manipulated (illusionists earn money from deceiving their audience) but there is also color shades and intensity of light that could completely captivate a person, in the literal use of the word. I am stating that possibility without providing any expert reference but it would stand to reason. It would just be a matter of experimentation along that lines (I'm sure that there already is or has been some) and the process could even be considered ethical.
I am also aware that the people to whom I'm addressing this message would much rather have Mark P. Bromley as an opponent, instead of an AI generated example, because he provides a good exemplar of a middle aged ignorant, bigoted white man. It could be asserted that his archetype is more common than people think and the only feasible alternative is a macho kind of gun-nut type and the children will understand that they are expected to be violent when they're given the correct signal. Y'all's posit is to have groups of armed vigilantes wandering the streets of the city, ready to engage with unbridled violence at the slightest provocation, and have video cameras at the ready so as not to miss any reaction from an innocent old man that could be used to stigmatize him to justify the city's sactioning the brutality.
Just to be clear, the only thing that I expect to happen is to get harassed by the firefighter (or paramedic) & his off-leash dog again, threatened to be beat up by adolescents with skateboards since I didn't want to befriend a dog, and so on & so on. Stupid white privilege shit. (But I digress...)
I am including here a series of screencaptures from Mark P. Bromley's Facebook profile. He clearly exhibits misogynistic tendencies with his callousness of incorporating the first image here in his public profile. It is his platform that he is presenting, mind you. He has control of the content. He mentions a book he published, and is available for ten bucks, but he shows a screencapture (posted Oct 3, 2022) of a book review entry for it showing four stars and two hundred reviews. That has been refuted in this message board thread about his book. One person that bought and read/sampled the book stated (along the lines) that it could be used to torture terrorists. It even had spelling mistakes which is correctable given the format it is published in. I'm not about to pay to see if he fixed the errors. This all may seem like mere ad hominem and petty, but people that are interested in forensic psychology could see there's a problem with him. The fact that he stands by the fraud is the issue I have.
I also included the two images where he uses the proper name, Karen, in deogratory way. It's nonsensical and crude, a degrading euphemism at innocent people's expense. Then there's me scolding people on social media for doing that; I have a cousin & close friends with the name. I wouldn't dream of being so disrespectful. He may be a veteran, but I am too, and I have a right to expect more dignity from another veteran. Incidentally, Mark is going to run for a state house seat so he set aside his bid for mayor it seems. Beats getting a real job, I suppose.
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01-13-2023
Apparently the woke publishers of the company slave store of Usa ran by the hateful democrats got upset with my spin opposing their hate message of abortion by their satanic temples of planned parenthood. This picture is in my new video on youtube for the Yoranthium book series and is going to be in my picture book. The Creation Myth of the Sea Elves of Yoranthium. It's a depiction of the demons emerging from the hellfires of the deep dark abyss to devour the souls of the weak, vulnerable, disadvantaged, and the unsuspecting children of the slaves. You might see the symbology in the picture of an upside down cross and a demonic satanic cross. FYI. To educate the Democrats visiting my page. This picture is Abortion being done at Planned Parenthood. This picture is exactly what you find there with the bed and stirrup and the three or more Abortion performer demons murdering your human child that was formed Human by DNA at Conception. The Human Soul is created in the DNA for the DNA is everything you or your child could ever become. This is not a Rape scene this is how Abortions are done. If you Democrats call this rape then why the hell are you aborting babies at planned parenthood? Did you not know that planned parenthood is a satanic alter of human sacrifice in our modern times?
It was very intentional and just another sample of how Yoranthium my book series is a reflection of the barbaric sign of our modern times. The children of Cain have continued to allow evil and corruption to rule our nation and my book Yoranthium is in opposition to the woke and broken dystopian nightmare of the oppression by the democrats.
Please join Yoranthium, by buying my work on line, or supporting my page at Patreon and subscribing to my youtube channels.
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Joel Svensson this picture is of the satanic process of Abortion and the evil it represents. Your hateful attack is abuse Joel and represents you being likely the third of the population that beats and physically assault pregnant woman forcing them to murder their child. After all who would want a baby with an abuser like you Joel? Most males who assault pregnant woman are registered violent democrat voters. It's no wonder most democrats want to murder their own voters and lose future elections.
(Above is a screencapture of Mark P. Bromley's reply to a comment from "Joel Svensson" but his comment has been removed, from the looks of it.)
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City of Northglenn/council/manager wrote "Some businesses/employees may be inadvertently perpetuating a Negative image of Northglenn."
This is another example of poor city management and a hostile Karen Meme Trope city council. I'm certain the businesses are good people and the employees are the best there can be. There is no reason for this hate. In addition the executive sessions are harmful to our community as it creates a Toxic image of the council who uses these closed sessions to harm and belittle people in our community. This Karen Meme Trope council needs to come to an end. Vote Mark Bromley for a better Northglenn voteBromley.com
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09-20-2023
Update: I was wondering about the pictures the city showed. They had Papa Murphy's in one and the are no longer at Washington Point shopping area. I suspected the pictures to be old and before the rehab of the area in past 4 years and I was right. The Karen Meme Tropes Lied at this weeks meeting but it still upsets me they attacked the businesses and their innocent employees with the following.
City of Northglenn/council/manager wrote "Some businesses/employees may be inadvertently perpetuating a Negative image of Northglenn."
This is another example of poor city management and a hostile Karen Meme Trope city council. I'm certain the businesses are good people and the employees are the best there can be. There is no reason for this hate. In addition the executive sessions are harmful to our community as it creates a Toxic image of the council who uses these closed sessions to harm and belittle people in our community. This Karen Meme Trope council needs to come to an end. Vote Mark Bromley for a better Northglenn voteBromley.com
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Jan 7, 2014
Mark Bromley
All those people assembled just for me.
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Old picture by now I would be a Mavrick LT.commander or at least a Master Chief. 1 rank per year pretty darn good.
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Mark Bromley
January 13, 2023
I also have another picture more graceful to show in my new Yoranthium Picture book nearly completed and available on Kickstarter under Yoranthium. This one is of the Sea Elves and their belief in the Unborn God, or Just God. It's based on Kamakura and is when that statue was a baby. I know that Buddha didn't have pointed ears. However it did when it was a baby as that statue got older his pointed ears drooped because of gravity. Anyhow I needed a temple of hope in the Sea Elf creation myth and I hope you like the art work.
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Mark Bromley
July 15 2024
My book Yoranthium is for sale at Yoranthiumbromley.com. Apparently the democrats where I live called my book Contraband and Controversial as it exposes them as global socialists. Not to mention they worry I could make money and finally have wealth of my own to run against them effectively.
If you want to help out my book series get Yoranthium Lost Hope. If you want to fix the USA buy my books. Made in the USA.
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Mark Bromley
July 11 2024
Polarized politics have created inequality of income and a break down in economics. Many book customers are now homeless and have no money or place for a book collection. This means a serious decrease in book sales as the homeless situation is worse now because of illegal immigration issues. No one has spare money for books and POD is making books too damn expensive to purchase. LULU is way over priced and wants to charge over 54 dollars for a hard back book. Inflation caused by tyrannical democrats is keeping books a luxury item no one can afford. The book reading public is to oppressed and poor and likely many are now homeless do to the USA being economically unstable because of the far left liberal false religion of global socialist government destroying the economy and making book lovers homeless in the USA.
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Mark Bromley
July 6, 2024 1am
Some of my artwork is based on Mad Magazine. A magazine comic that illustrated a parody of politics, society, economics, and entertainment and other concerns of it's time. I have seen there is a website dedicated to our messed up racist mayor and my commentary of the planned parenthood abortion methods was cited on such a website. Now I know you haters don't like political commentary in art form like mad magazine type art. However me and several Northglenn born and raised artists did learn that art style at Huron Junior High here in Northglenn. There is more of where that came from.
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Just to point this out. No group no matter how marginalized they may feel has No right to leave their political messaging in the form of vandalism or graffiti in any city park in the City of Northglenn. Especially when the above message pictured is one of Hate being created by the Democrat ran City Council of Northglenn.
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Paula Nystrom are you saying you support hate crime messages by city council that is graffiti, vandalism and abuse of a Law enforcement memorials in Northglenn?
The democrat politically messaging graffiti is antifa and blm based partisan messaging activism of a sexual nature and doesn't belong on our city parks public right of way.
My being Christian or White has nothing to do with this and I would like you to refrain form Racist comments in the future Paula.
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Paula Nystrom The Democrat Fascist use Anti to hide and cover up their NAZI party. Don't be so ignorant and realized what PC words are. Those are cover up words used to lie to people like you Paula. I don't know why you hate "rump" or who that is? Paula stop your ignorant hate and stop being a tool. Grow up and learn the truth. I'm trying to help you and educate you. Don't make this more difficult than the lying democrats in Adams county have been making if for you.
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Paula Nystrom Wow Paula you sure know a lot about those funky words of yours. Perhaps you need to wake up. It's Wake up not Woke up. Understand that difference and you could learn something new you never knew. You've been programed by the Democrat hate machine. The world doesn't have to be that way. I traveled the world more extensively than those liar's you call Democrats. I know only the truth and that is all I can offer you.
Michael Alton
Mark Bromley you wouldn't know the truth if it literally stuck its head directly into your poop hole.
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Jun 28, 2024, 1:57 PM
Hello, I'm Mark Bromley trying to reach you. Wanted to know what you needed? You match the description I was given and the DD-214 I seen. The address is outside of Northglenn and House District 34 but let me know why you came by?
Fri 12:28 PM
Hello, I'm Mark Bromley trying to reach you. Wanted to know what you needed? You match the description I was given and the DD-214 I seen. The address is outside of Northglenn and House District 34 but let me know why you came by?
Fri 11:35 PM
I tried to reach out to you and decided to review the website you provided. I'm not sure you should be contacting me as webpages seem very unstable. Please do not stalk or harass my family members in the future. Do not make contact with my mother. You are obviously in the third of the world population that is abusive towards pregnant people and misunderstood my protest picture of planned parenthood in the website I visited. My art work at times can seem like a mad magazine commentary on modern politics. I learned that art form at Huron Jr. High. It's a valid commentary on messed up democrat nazi politics in Northglenn.
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To clarify here, the contact that I made with his mother was that I went to his house, knocked on the door and asked if Mark was there. He lives there. It is the same address that he uses so he lives with his mother. It's a big house, so whatever, he isn't the first single, middle-aged man to share a house with his mother. I was carrying two pieces of paper in my hand, computer print-outs, and I made that obvious. One was a copy of my DD-214 and I didn't even conceal my social security number on the (copy) of the document. I originally hoped to just be able to show him it, and then I was planning to request that he produce his for my inspection. (I was going to use that kind of wording, so as to make it a dignified, respectful request that could be considered a traditional greeting between two military veterans & my idea was that once he showed me his DD-214 then at any time in the future that I might see somebody write of him that he "claims to be a veteran" I would be prepared to personally confirm that he is a veteran. Of course he would figure that it really doesn't matter what I have to say since I'm not anyone of any importance or influence, etc. Many people jump to that conclusion. I'm actually known by some local One-percenters (no, not ultra wealthy people like the term is used in social media and the like), but I grew up in Thornton which borders the city and I live in this city now. (Why would it matter what exact local address is on a document that's thirty-five years old? I can understand Denver people being all anal & purists & territorial, but seriously!)
I want to also explain that I did not look very closely at his Facebook content before visiting his house. I wanted to first give him the opportunity to meet me and provide evidence of his (honorable) service before I would be critical of anything he posted or said. I was giving him some latitude on referring to George Floyd since the majority of white veterans are not racist or prejudiced, but can be stigmatized as such quite easily. It is because of the stereotype of white man is a bigot but too ignorant to understand that. Mark referred to George as a kindred spirit which told me that Mark understood the details of the event (although it was insisted that George didn't know the twenty dollar bill was a counterfeit, from what I recall, but the police response was too extreme for the circumstances). I personally stayed away from the controversy. I've been brutalized by police too and my counselors explained to me that I did nothing to deserve such treatment, but if I would attempt to relay the story to an average person they'd probably insist that I did since I yelled at an officer "F* you" after he told me that he was going to kill my friend (and shipmate) because my friend had crashed his car into the officer's personal parked vehicle. My friend was attempting to make a U-turn in what turned out to be the City of Long Beach, CA police department's employee parking lot, of all places. My friend was drunk and crashed his car into a vehicle in the lot. I wasn't in the car because I had jumped out a few minutes prior when we were stopped at a light since my friend was driving a bit aggressively. Both my friend and I were severely beaten and I took a plea deal of "obstructing police" in order to get out of the jail and return to my ship. I had no way of posting the bail they were requesting for my release. It is because of all of that is why I have such difficulty discussing police brutality or related racism, etc. since I've experienced the same but I'd be blamed if I talked about it since I'm Caucasion. (See: Kafkatrapping.)
Oh, I know I can be verbose! Anyway, I was giving Mark the benefit of the doubt. The other piece of paper I had given his mother had a QR code and an URL to one of my websites so he could contact me. (Someone else who is actually famous contacted me through the link I provide on my websites, and it worked fine for her!) He said my website is "unstable" and I have no idea what he means by that. It's just a deogratory way of saying that my websites are not absolutely flawless (ad hominem). I have no ads or other irritations and the webpage template that I use is compliant to mobile devices. I intend for most of my websites that they only be temporary and I host them as "static" (meaning that there is no "backend" software running to enable features like "push notifications" or set cookies or whatever). I try as much as I possibly can to explain that. I try to do what I do on the cheap since I receive fixed-income disability. My feelings are incredibly hurt since I put so much into my sites and include educational (social science) referrences so people can catch up with what is going on internationally. Mark's obvious implication is that I would need to have all my websites published online in such a way to where there could be absolutely no reason at all that anyone would ever question the legitimacy or suspect that the sites are not safe to visit using their devices, even if they were biased and already had in their mind that I was to be merely dismissed as an imbecile. In other words, Mark is saying that since I'm poor and disabled I shouldn't be allowed my free speech unless my medium to express it is agreeable to everyone, even hypocrites.
So my assessment is that Mark P. Bromley is a fraud. There are plenty of examples of honorably discharged veterans that people would be hard-pressed to respect. Mark just resorted to stigmatizing me as a deranged stalker ... oh ... I just remembered that I was going to point out a post he made where he had deleted (or hid) comments made by a critic. In the text of the comments that were his there is a name given that he was replying to. Unless those comments contained (excessive) foul language or threats or whatever there is no reason why he should remove them since his Facebook is obviously intended to be a political platform presentation. Removing the critics comments without just removing the entire post (which would have been more reasonable, but still questionable as to his overall integrity) was suppressing another citizen's free speech. It is possible that the person replying removed her comments. I admit that. That wouldn't be a reasonable assumption given the context, however. Internet trolls suppress people's free speech too. Mark P. Bromley is a troll.
Note: The problem I am having with him is that he sets a terrible example and relies on incendiary language that is common among extreme "right-wing" individuals, but he considers himself religious conservative (obviously "Republican") but his rhetoric is merely that, vapid & boorish. That in itself maybe still free speech (for sake of argument), but combined with religious propaganda imagery and inane use of sensational wording written in comments that are only about inserting some latest politically charged catchwords that is only intended to intimidate. The platform that he supposedly agrees with is closely associated, by their choice, is also associated with violence too. In my personal assessment of the Jan 06, 2021 U.S. Capitol incident, I consider it vigilantism, and of course that isn't a popular position to take, even with my own father. (My father was the state delegate for Ben Carson before Ben dropped out.) I didn't take a popular position on George Zimmerman either, by Ted Nugent's professed standard (for example) but I can't defend some adult man killing an innocent adolescent. I state those examples as a point to reflect my conundrum with "politics", where either side has extremes ... and of course that is the nature of the beast (so to speak).
Anyway... Here's the text of the city's post. It included a photo of the house but I didn't include it here.
City of Northglenn Government
April 04, 2024
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the 400+ individuals who attended the public meeting at the Recreation Center last night to discuss the Mental Health Transitional Living Home planned for 11255 and 11275 Grant Drive. A recording of the meeting is available online https://bit.ly/4agskpM. Stay tuned as we keep the city's page https://bit.ly/3VM4UUJ updated with any new developments. For those who couldn't make it or missed the chance to fill out a comment card last night, you can share your thoughts on our webpage as well.
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April 04, 2024
There is a street in Northglenn who opposes this. It's in Ward 4 called Kennedy. JFK in his presidency got rid of these kinds of prisons. He saw how the communists and the socialists the Marxists used these facilities in a new kind of prisons and oppression. How Karen Meme Tropes would be brutal and harsh in false accusations and create tyranny by the suspicion of nonconformity to the political mindset of extremist philosophies created in the 20th century. The fake and False sciences of oppressors and tyrants created in the Maxist views of Sociology (the secret police of the masses), Psychology (secret police of the individual rewarding desired out comes with drug addiction), Political Science (the false science of those who for a four year degree could be entitled to be your Tyrants and Dictators confusing and confiscating your genders like Willford.) Progressing to the failure of the NAZI's that of National Socialism. As Radiological, Biological and Chemical weapons increased by leaps and bounds. Now the City of North Korea Northglenn has two new open door Prisons right next to the path that minors going to school transit twice daily.
Now you see why I'm constantly having to run for office because our society is in decay and we have an evil city management and racist, dishonest, intolerant (in their own words) city council of a broken and dishonest past. Promoting Globalist Socialism the GAZI values as old as all the strife and world wars of the 20th century when the fake and false sciences spurned by Socrates and Aristotle began getting taught in our higher education system liberal art schools.
In 2024 you can change the horrible path we are on here in North Korea Northglenn. You can stop electing tattooed puppets of a hidden Aristocracy of the GAZI Globalist Socialists. Instead you can restore Colorado to it's foundations. VoteBromley.com Bromley Adams County since 1877.
The city posted a link for their app on August 8, 2024 and Mark P. Bromley was the only one commenting. (Again, clicking on his name and then his photos will reveal his "pro-life" drawing.)
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You are required by law to document and keep on record any and all reports that can be FOIA requested. If a person wants to keep secrets its usually because they are up to no good in the first place. Stop the illegal use of lynch mob tactics.
Any one accused of anything have the right to know the name of their false accusers. It's a Right. Stop criminal vigilantism Northglenn.
This warranted a separate section. My position was with his "artwork" was that it wasn't something that I'd feel comfortable showing to a teenager & if I did and the child mentioned it to their parent then I'd imagine they'd be irate... angry at me for showing the drawing to their kid.
On August 12, 2024, Mark P. Bromley posted a promotional blurb on his personal timeline. Not illegal of course, but again, he routinely comments on the city's social media posts. (Clicking on his name when he comments on the city's posts and then his photos will reveal his "pro-life" drawing.) I included this post of his though because he, himself relates his standard of "age-appropriate" in exact terms of fifteen years old. (To be honest, I don't know the particular commonly accepted age categories.
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August 12, 2024
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Mike DeFilippi
does this book have lizard sex?
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Mark Bromley
Mike DeFilippi This book is meant for Mature readers ages 15 to adult. It challenges your maturity and educational level.
You will have to read the book to find out what is in the book. I can assure you what is depicted in the book exists in the real world. Actual human trafficking establishments that exist in the real world. It is done with appropriate representation with good intentional representation that educates to the maturity of all people over the age of 15. If you take offense then you might want to reflect on your own maturity level and capacity of educational merit. Or you are too young for the book and have not gone through puberty. Hence the book is recommended for Mature readers 15 on up. This is not a book meant for those in Elementary school.
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Mark Bromley so no lizard sex...got it.
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Mark Bromley
Mike DeFilippi Like many books and popular movies there is sex in the book. It is part of the concepts being explored in modern politics. However I did want it to pass an all audience rating so the words are more artsy and stylized to conceal but at the same time expose and convey a better experience for the reader and inspire consideration for the love they share in the procreation and protection of life. Revealing immorality to morality. This gives you a tiny taste of how such scenes are written. But they are much more lengthy in the book like a Romance Novel.
I usually have an introduction on my pages giving basic outline of sociology which is similar to Power Threat Meaning Framework (hopefully at least, since that's what I was going for and PTMF was put together by psychologists) and that might cause somebody to want to ask me "well, what's the point of yours then?". To that I'd have to reply that mine originated from the starting point of the concept of "break down & build up" idea that's congruent to military training, which shouldn't be startling in itself since there have been (maybe still are) other programs modeled from the system, i.e., civilian correctional diversion rehabilitation programs. The point being to the way I express the concept is to show that the same type of system is inherently part of human nature, but misused as a means to control or debase someone, and it's not always a conscious act.
I mention in my standard introduction that my perspective can be tested against what the reader considers reasonable. I mainly try to clarify some misconceptions. Often people will argue over some topic when there is something that they're not taking into consideration. Many people had a problem with the student loan forgiveness programs but were not taking into account that there was a predatory practice used by the corporations involved with higher education courses that were focused on specific careers, i.e., technical, medical, etc. The businesses were engaging in deceptive business practices and taking advantage of minorities. One corporation, CollegeAmerica, was sued by both U.S. and state gov't. My point is that an educational business that implies that everyone completing their course will have equal opportunity in the field is being deceptive. If the majority of opponents to the forgiveness programs are white, middle class people then that is actually part of the problem since they're merely defending wealthy shareholders that invest in the corporations.
One of the issues that I had immense difficulty with in social media debates is the controversy over the Common Core education program. I knew that there was a lot of time and effort put into developing the updated program and one of the main concerns that it meant to address was the fact that lower income students will transfer schools more often on average than more affluent students, so the program was intended to provide familar consistancy. There was also controversy about the amount of testing but overall it seemed that there could be changes made to the program without it being attacked and villified. The attitude exhibited by white middle class parents (including one in my own family) was undignified and demoralizing since the students pick up on the expressed attitude and that is the education that the parents want their children to have. Intellectual, conscientious people (educators) are silly, stupid, and all the work they do can be easily deconstructed & dismissed.
There were a few particular instances of examples of Common Core content that were popular social media discussion topics. One was a critical thinking exercise having to do with Holocaust denial, which exists, and the teachers' intention was to introduce the students to the possibilty of internet users who misrepresent established, verifiable historical facts in order to acquire reinforcement for bigotry, etc. It is an important possibility that should be presented to students that are expected to use the internet for research, but a very sensitive subject. It was that fact that it was a sensitive subject is what provided the fodder for the "critics". It was obvious in the lesson plan that the teachers made every attempt to make it very clear that the denial was the focus of the critical thinking exercise and that was evident with the resources that were provided to confirm the event's historical reality since they were all legitimate, substantiated websites. One was the relevant section of "about.com" and the other was hosted by the British government. ("Conservatives" in the U.S. are notoriously xenophobic!) The teachers eventually retracted the entire exercise.
The other examples that were popular to create controversy over were mathematics exercises. Common ones were examples of various ways substraction of relatively large numbers (for example) could be accomplished that are not used in everyday life, but intend to reveal the consistant logic ("you can check your work", is the way my father puts it & he taught math for awhile in the USAF). I created an example which is included below this paragraph. The point (obviously) is to present the subject to students has fun and interesting. The (middle-class white) parents hate the idea that education can be fun and interesting since education is only necessary to make lots of money and that is the example that they want to set & want their children to enjoy their inherited white privilege. The other popular controversy was about Spatial reasoning because the exercises in the workbooks didn't appear to be perfect. Parents with no college degree in education insisted that the exercise was pointless. It occurred to me that the type of instruction was probably included in the older generations' education curriculum but none of us recall it. In any event, I cannot have any interaction with the young family member of mine that was so vehemently crtical of the exercises since the person never would acknowledge my explanation and adequate defense of the educators' work.
I think the controversy and details surrounding the Common Core education program would be great content for a contemporary social science lesson since it exemplifies "cancel culture" attitudes. I truly understand however that the local politcal clique will stay true to form & I get ignored. Elsewhere I've pointed out that along with my military service (I received medical discharge, Honorable, because of my ankle reconstruction surgery), but I also worked in construction plumbing and the work was strenuous & sometimes dangerous. Most of my oldest friends are already dead. My parents' first son died a month after he was born due to medical mistake. I'm the last man of my family's branch of lineage. I'm a good person, and compassionate so it does take me a bit of time to quantify the idea of white people wanting to make money in the political realm and so thereby avoid doing any actual work. I catch on to that which is why they have no problem with me being physically tormented (by a firefighter's or paramedic's off-leash dog that he threw a ball towards and near me for it to fetch ... a few times while I was walking on a trail in the park. He wanted to teach me that this is a dangerous world. I have had a few off-leash dogs charge at me and was bitten by a couple that were able to reach over a four foot fence that I happened to be near when I was young ... one of the times I was mowing a lawn to earn money. (I know, how stupid of me, huh?) When I was young man I had violent crimes committed against me and that is not my only personal assessment but people with masters degrees and decades of experience in the human/social services field. They also pointed out to me that considering my history, I have not have the same opportunities that most other people had in my demographic. These educated people explained to me that I was disadvantaged. I've still helped some people out though, and yet I still have people that would never do the same judging me as deserving violent attacks. Evil is as evil does. (I finally had to accept that nobody cares about what happened to Miki Manigualt even though she had an apartment in the city for awhile.)
One other point that I may have mentioned elsewhere, but probably not expressed this concisely. One of my old counselors, a five & half foot Black man with a MSW from Regis College, came straight out and told me that he knew that white people can be abusive to other white people, intentionally so because it's a way to feel superior to other people without appearing racist. Oftentimes they will target those white people who are not racist ... can't beat them then join them, ideology. The firefighter or paramedic with the off-leash dog that he used to torment me certainly fell into that category and of course when I saw him again and told him to keep the dog away from me there were a couple adolescent boys in the proximity that quickly understood that I was to be the one outcasted since I wouldn't befriend a dog like I was supposed to, given my status in life from what they could see. One of the boys kept calling me the N*word & the other started chasing me home wielding a skateboard and was prepared to start beating a disabled vet with the blunt object unless I started running (and I have a reconstructed ankle). The whole Station 62 crew was outside in front of their building to watch that transpire. I figured that they were going to wait and see if they could make some money off of the incident. I grew up in a neighboring city, my father worked in this city for years, and we all frequented retail stores within the city. I really don't understand why y'all be so hypocritical. The other thing that was pointed out to me by my counslors was that since physically abusing somebody isn't easy to get away with if the people know each other there's the alternative way is to cause the tormented person to defend themselves and that action can be misinterpreted as aggressive, and stigmatized as a violent criminal, doesn't matter to them who started it, there's more of them then there is of me.
So that leads me to another proposal for a social science (or sociology, but my father says that I'm not allowed to use that word since it sounds a lot like "socialism") ... but my idea is to include the incident that I described with the gov't employee man & his off-leash dog as a lesson in vigilantism and how people can unwittingly conspire to commit violent crimes against vulnerable, disadvantaged people. Since the charge is so egregious it is only logical for the perpetrators involved in the collaberation to carry their posit through until it is no longer an issue for them. People always like reinforcement of negative attitude and by twisting it around as something positive then they can merely use their obstinant smugness and get others to sympathize. Anyone alone and angry is a villian as per every Disney movie!
Note: This lady, Dr Paula J. Caplan, has passed away but she was highly respected in the international "trauma-informed" community. She knew who I am though, and we had a message exchange. I told her that the idea of "restorative justice" (practices that emphasize repairing the harm caused to victims and the community by offenses) sounds great in theory but people will want to get creative and one example is "public humiliation" (like forcing a person to hold a sign up in public stating they did wrong and are being punished- "scarlet letter" type thing) ... Paula replied to me saying that she understood my point.
Here's 20 Books That Inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and I've read some of them including Aristotle "Politics", & "Ethics"; but also Plato "The Republic" (which I include an excerpt from on other sites of mine); "A Treatise of Human Nature", "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding", "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals" David Hume; "A System of Logic" John Stuart Mill; "From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest" T.Z. Lavine; Plutarch "Fall of the Roman Republic" Plutarch; and the first book by Paulo Freire. There's a book on the French Revolution mentioned in Dr. King's list, but I've read "Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens, which is popular historical fiction novel set in the era that gives fairly accurate depiction of the event. Also "Heart of Darkness" Joseph Conrad, but I've seen a documentary since then that gave an accurate description of the era in the Congo and the rubber harvesting brutality.
I've also read some by my favorite author, Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The House of the Dead", "Crime and Punishment", & "The Brothers Karamazov", which is an author from the same era & region as Leo Tolstoy, and I've read his "War & Peace". Also "The Agony and the Ecstasy : a biographical novel of Michelangelo" Bill Peters; "Before the Pharaohs: Egypt's Mysterious Prehistory" Edward F. Malkowski; "All about Jesus" Roger Quy; and "Who Wrote the Bible?" Richard Elliott Friedman. "A Degree in a Book: Philosophy: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject - in One Book!" Peter Gibson. Those are some relevant historical & philisophical works, anyway. "Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics Handbooks" FAA and ATB, and "Dianetics" L. Ron Hubbard, too.
Ok fine... Also: "The Onion Field" Joseph Wambaugh; "In Cold Blood" Truman Capote; "Murder on the Rails: Boxcar Serial Killer" William Palmini; "The Story of My Life" Helen Keller; "Alive" Piers Paul Read; "Learning Empathy: The Memoirs of An Autistic Savant" Matthew Weatherford; "The Myth of Mental Illness" Thomas Szasz; "My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson - His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous " Susan Cheever; "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions" (Bill Wilson); "10-Minute Social Psychology - The Critical Thinker's Guide to Social Behavior, Motivation, and Influence To Make Rational and Effective Decisions" Albert Rutherford; "Sybil" Flora Rheta Schreiber; "A Short History of Greek Philosophy" John Marshall; "An Introduction to Philosophy" George Stuart Fullerton; "A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness" Anne Rogers & David Pilgrim; "The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the patterns of cult behavior in American society" Arthur J. Deikman M.D. (which I quote below), "Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine" Robert Whitaker; "The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank" Erma Bombeck; "Mr. T: The Man with the Gold: An Autobiography" Mr. T; "Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History" Erik Larson; "Transform Now Plowshares" Megan Rice, Gregory Boertje-Obed, & Michael Walli; "Never Trust a Naked Busdriver" Jack Douglas†.
† Jack Douglas was a comedy writer for The Jack Paar Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. In the book he included an anecdote about being in the car racing circuit with James Dean. Jack Douglas was a few miles behind James when he wrecked his car. They would often drive their road racing sports cars from one city to another to race. (I found the book at my paternal grandmother's house.)
In general fiction I've read: "The Stand", "Skeleton Crew", "The Dark Tower Series", "Different Seasons", "Gerald's Game", "Needful Things", "The Dead Zone", "The Talisman", "Christine", "Carrie", "The Tommyknockers", "'Salem's Lot" (and others) Stephen King. Also, "Swan Song" Robert R. McCammon; "The Dream Master" Roger Zelazny; "Nineteen Eighty-Four" & "Animal Farm" George Orwell. "The Third Policeman" Brian O'Nolan; "The Rainmaker", "The Client", "The Firm" & a few others by a few by John Grisham; a couple by Patricia Cornwell; Dean Koontz; and Clive Barker. "Fail-Safe" Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler. "Shane" Jack Schaefer; "Pride and Prejudice" Jane Austen; "The Assyrian" Nicholas Guild; "The Dogs of War" Frederick Forsyth; "Three Men in a Boat" Jerome K. Jerome; "The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean" R. M. Ballantyne; "Audrey Rose" Frank De Felitta; "Skinwalkers" Tony Hillerman; "The Amityville Horror" Jay Anson; "Flowers in the Attic" V.C. Andrews; "The Alchemist" Paulo Coelho; "The Devil's Advocate" Morris West; and "The Piano Tuner: A Novel" Daniel Mason. I've read other various classics too, i.e., "Tom Sawyer" & "Huck Finn" Mark Twain; and my grandma gave me subscription to "Hardy Boys" series. I also read "Stuart Little" & "Charlotte's Web" E. B. White; and "Little Women" Louisa May Alcott, and even "The Catcher in the Rye" (of course) J. D. Salinger. Also "The Hunt for Red October" Tom Clancy, & something by Clive Cussler.
I've also read more speculative fiction too..., "Incarnations of Immortality" (series) Piers Anthony; "The Chronicles of Narnia" (series) C. S. Lewis; "The Farseer Trilogy" Robin Hobb; "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" Stephen R. Donaldson; and "Dune" Frank Herbert; "Brave New World" Aldous Huxley; "Ender's Game" Orson Scott Card; "Stranger in a Strange Land" Robert A. Heinlein; "The Time Machine" H.G. Wells; "The Hobit" J. R. R. Tolkien, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" J. K. Rowling; "Earthsea" Ursula K. Le Guin; & also some Isaac Asimov, but long ago.
Some other books I read when I was young was "Pippi Longstocking" Astrid Lindgren; "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" Roald Dahl. I didn't know those last three were from the same author. When I was in counseling I remember bringing up the Roald Dahl books, saying that I remembered them and they were influential for me. That probably led into me talking about the fact that I only had one friend from my childhood who had similar propensity for reading. My friend was still alive at that time and was one of few people who understood the trauma I experienced in my past. My friend was also one of few people that I know who considered spirituality as part of our reality in this world. I really think that it's a luxury for people who never worry about, or even mock & deride, religious beliefs. It seems to me that oftentimes people, like my own family members, want to undermine my faith by pressuring me into sabotaging my life. Of course once I did and I give up my faith by becoming embittered as a result they would make it a point to be obvious about their "piousness" & "devotion" (which they never expressed much prior, with exception of my mother). The point would be to shame me and utterly destroy my posit that I am a good, compassionate, and productive man. They could get people to sympathize with them and villify me so as to justify their past maltreatment of me. Christian faith is silly & embarrassing, unless a person is using it to achieve some worldly goal like destroying a trauma'd person's feelings of self-worth and/or make lots of money.
The reality is that there are some people who have to consider some other as inferior in order to feel better about who they are. Unfortunately the law in our country tends to sympathize with that domineering ideology, and reinforces it, but there are also people who work in law enforcement who understand that. The television crime-drama, Law & Order would often make reference to sociology aspects in their storylines, i.e., the occassions where "mental illness" was brought up there would be a point to remind viewers that more often than not there couldn't be any doubt that people categorized as such suffered abuse in their past and so other family members may be deceptive. There are "Republicans" who vehemently oppose anything derived from social science that provides explanation as to why people will sometimes engage in self-defeating behavior. There is a non-intellectual posit that to be "enlightened" a person needs to only understand the two main motivators for human ambition, sex and violence, and so those people will project onto an intellectual person that whatever they're attempting to communicate about is regarding one of those two ideas. There'll be a point to imply that everything the intellectual talks about is really about one of the two core subjects. It'll be insisted that what is said is some parapraxis that's related to sex but the intellectual person isn't self-aware enough to know that. Whatever they said "didn't make sense" and are told to rephrase their communication and then they're ridiculed & mocked by "the happy people". The intellectual people can often not appear happy and it's better to be a happy person, is the (mostly secular & hedonistic) accepted ideology. Those non-intellectual people (who succumb to the tendency to treat some other people as inferior) will inevitably pass that ideology on to their children and with the cultural aversion to obvious racism the people that are accepted scapegoats are those who have been victimized in their past. That victimization would most often include a denial of Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitutional right to equal protection of law and that's traumatic for the person in & of itself since they get scapegoated.
I had a therapist who was a five & half foot (nearsighted) Black man with a masters in social work from Regis. He had decades of experience in the human services field with a string of acronyms after his name to show for it, and he said directly to me that he understood that I was abused as a child and victimized by series of unprovoked violent attacks against me as a young man. He said that he knew that I didn't have the same opportunities as others in my demographic (of "white male") and so I was "disadvantaged". He also said that it's myth that racist white people will always treat other white people well and treat people of color badly since if the white person isn't racist then they are an enemy. A person of color may inadvertantly align against the outcasted (non-racist) white, and that would be utilized. If a non-racist white person can be made to sabotage their life somehow, cripple themselves or commit criminal acts to where their acceptance in society is diminished, then their values about equality can be repudiated and dismissed. As result of the disgrace they'd be forced into becoming more positive about being white. He said that in my past there exists evidence (for me to see) that there were numorous attempts made by other people against me that were along those lines, not direct attacks but manipulation to try to force me into giving up values which are closely intertwined with my feelings of self-worth. One of the anecdotes that I told my counselors about my past was the time I was forced to walk off a job because the crew wanted me to reinforce their scapegoating of an indigenous man as a result of 10k worth of damaged caused by a newly hired white employee. (I most likely told the site supervisor what happened since, as a veteran, I didn't have any qualms about talking to authoritive people in civilian sector.) Experiences like that were "par for the course" for me in my life, is the point!
In July of 2015 a local licensed real estate broker, who rented apartments out in a complex he owned in a bordering city, lied in Adams County civil court in his case against me. I realize how difficult that is to accept for the vast majority of people, but those who believe me would figure there was some good reason for him to lie against a disabled person, and a veteran, or otherwise why would he bother? If it's just about not "losing face" and to enable to continue making money off an investment without doing what is necessary to correct the problems with the complex. The problems the aging structures had were the reason why the previous owner opted to sell, that much gets obvious if the subject is scutinized closely. I have the transcripts of the case available here.
I mention that 2015 case here because it was what caused me to "give up" and go homeless. I could've avoided losing my housing voucher but would've had to compromise my values & principles. It was difficult for me because an organization that had been tremendous help to me had betrayed me by sympathizing with this landlord. I had requested that my housing cordinators conduct an inspection of my unit so they could see first hand that I had no heat in the month of April. They refused saying that they couldn't. Ironically I got the VA VASH (veteran supported housing) personnel to spot inspect one of my units more recently. (It was only a two year old building and failed inspection because of an inoperable handicapped door opener that the management was refusing to repair.) Anyway, the same organization that assisted me (for years before they cracked under the pressure) owned numerous properties that they would use as transitional housing residences. (I once spent a weekend cleaning one by myself using my own money for supplies.) The point here is that the post the city made about the meeting concerning the property which was to be utilized for similar housing (that I, myself, have lived in as humilating as many people would consider that admittance) got many comments regarding people's concern that sex offenders would be living at the property. That can be a legitimate concern for people but there is major misconseption to where people are under the assumption that there wouldn't be enough people to populate the residence who are not sexual offenders that are in need of the supported housing. Anytime "mental illness" is brought up in culture it is immediately associated with violence or sexual offence, and yet there's countless people that protest Scientology because they wouldn't force a young woman, Lisa McPherson, into psychiatric treatment. The same Scientology protesters will use the term "mentally ill" in their group discussions like the people labeled as such are the scourge of the earth. Of course I'm expected to align with anyone against Scientology, but when protesters deliberately engage city police, making it a vendetta against them, is contrary to social equity since the police are taxpayer funded and may be needed elsewhere. Resorting to sensationalism while coat-tailing other activists' success, insisting on support of their posit or villified and effectively threatened, lacks integrity. It's really akin to what the current right-wing political cult does, and of course they even tie in Christianity for a good dose of hypocrisy.
That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
~ Ecclesiastes 1:9 NKJV
The Colorado General Assembly - House of Representatives candidate, Mark P. Bromley, posted to his Facebook timeline on August 14, 2024 that he was experiencing difficulties with selling his book. From what I could gather he blames government for his lack of writing talent and correlates the issue with election conspiracy. Those who know a bit about literature know that there have been numerous great, renowned authors who lived and died in abject poverty.
The plain text of his post.
A system of government that makes it hard to publish and get any income from your writing is not a nation of freedom but a nation of oppression, persecution, and tyranny.
I wrote the book Yoranthium A Book Series Book One Lost Hope two years ago. It should not be this difficult to sale and distribute a real Novel over 485 pages. I should be making some income off of my work. It is a demonstration that the USA is getting more and more like a BRICS Global Socialist nations with how hard it is for a self published author to get recognition in the USA. Compared to many authors I am notable and worthy of recognition. 485 page NOVEL is not a minor accomplishment. It exceeds many novella writers.
It is also equally oppressive and persecution that the tyranny of democrats refuses to acknowledge my educational accomplishments while running for public office. I know for a fact I'm more talented, I'm a statesman, skilled and educated more than the people I have ran for office against since 2019. But that is the thing about forced slavery in the USA. When your government is suppressing your KSA's to favor unamerican politicians and polarized political agendas of elected tyranny. One of the reasons I can say I am more educated is because I have held Highly technical and skilled professional licenses in engineering of automotive, construction, aviation, aerospace, space technology, and passed examinations for Nuclear power plants. Serving in highly skilled leadership roles in the US Navy on two aircraft carriers forward deployed.
Even Wikipedia had refused to acknowledge me for my book and I know for a fact I'm more notable than the trash democrat elected I have ran against since 2019. Hell I'm talked about apparently all over the USA where ever those elected idiots go. I've been in newspapers since I worked with the raves in Denver, and took a job with Homeland Security back in the 2000's and since 2019 when the democrats want to lie and deceive to manipulate elections in Colorado.
Why is it so hard for me to make a minor income from my published book Yoranthium A Book Series
Incidently, the author of this page was once instructed to not return to a Bible study group held by members of a local North metro area, working class populated church (in Northglenn, no less), for not agreeing with them that the Westboro Baptist Church was doing a good thing when they protested Matthew Shepard's funeral. (I told them that rest assured, the church would reveal their true colors in the future and they're now known to be a right-wing fringe organization.)
Also, this nextdoor.com post about a lost elderly man with tardive dyskinesia included a front door "Ring" video that was taken in the city, near "Garland" (& Washington St.), but it was one of the reasons I had to give up my account with that social media platform because I have no defense against misinformed pride in (perceived) social class. (The lack of humility, or lack of basic human compassion or conscientiousness, is what I mean in that use of the word, pride. Maybe arrogance or obstinance would be better descriptions.) People will begin to stigmatize & stereotype. It is vigilantism. It's Theory of Forms† arguments where complacency & ignorance are mutually inclusive (aren't mutually exclusive, or whatever) but it's just people's "schadenfreude", is all. Something to do other than actually learning something. By my Quaker-ish background, however, a particular use of some word like "pride" isn't owned by anyone. What is pragmatic is clarifying a standard of accessibility for people in general on local gov't news-feeds on social media. A city's presence on a social media platform is not something that should need restricted access set with parental control software.
†My take on the rudimentary philosophy of Theory of Forms simply put is that it's the idea that there exists a perfect form of everything and in our reality we only get an imperfect, yet immutable, imitation of that form. The point being is that the argument gets to be about the superiority of those who accept the imperfect form as it is, or who's fault it is that it's imperfect, etc. It's a way to feign superiority & scapegoat or browbeat others. The people who are (most often) considered as inferior are actually people who've suffered violent trauma, and experienced being tormented, belittled, bullied, etc. because of their subsequent lack of confidence or other eccentricity they may assume (affectation) in order to compensate for social awkwardness or otherwise cope. Discussing anything more than generalities, often relying on using platitudes, e.g., "This is a land of opportunity.", "There's someone for everybody.", etc., is met with derision. The person wanting to discuss details, or delve into social science (sociology), of a political issue is the one thereby assigned to fix it since they seem to know so much. The compassionate & resistant person is informed that they need to conform. Ignorant people will be all about how others should feel, etc. The culture of people videoing other unsuspecting people after deliberately scaring them is a symptom of that social degradation.
The other example of a person gaining sympathy from the (ignorant) general public when it isn't deserved is the Facebook group(?) titled "Mama Jennifer and friends". The woman originally launched the group in her son's name because of some support given for her son being a victim of bullying at school. He fought back, or something, and the story went viral. It was originally "Colin and friends" but she was making it more & more about her, enjoying the notoriety. She doesn't really even try to take care of herself, though. She'll drink huge cups of lattes and the like. She'll start teaching jobs and get fired soon after. Her children are labeled "mentally ill" and it must be "society's fault", or God's fault, or maybe it's "the man". (Who knows?)
There was another incident that is significant in regards to my assertion that ignorant people will rely on platitudes and projection (or transference, but that word is used differently now) but that is what I meant by people being "all about how others should feel...". There was two indigenous young me that went to a college tour and the police were called on them. The way that they were dressed was pretty clear indication that they were young and student-ish. Native men don't have the same confidence that other young men would have in a similar situation. They were/are an oppressed people, everybody knows that much, but their history should never reflect in their demeanor? "Shy" could be another descriptive word, albeit it's belittling. The point is that there is too much of people discussing why other people are the way that they are and not enough straight out and asking, or other attempts at communicating directly with the person or people that's being discussed.
Another point that I could make about discussing details, or delve into social science (sociology), of a political issue, is regarding immigrants. It's presumed that the people weren't forced out of their own country or faced levels of danger to where earning a living wouldn't be possible without giving in to committing violence themselves against a much more powerful entity. From what I've personally seen, the vast majority of South American immigrants are relatively short people. It's cruel to get involved in discussing the issue without taking that information into consideration. The conservatives are split into two main factions in our country. Those that associate their faith (religion) with their political perspective, and those who remain quite secular in that they support capital punishment, charging minors as adults for alleged crimes, and torturing war prisoners. The latter group posits that it's up to them to pick up the slack by making "the tough decisions" and they "understand" that their religious cohorts just don't have the moxy. The former group are exploited in a sense because they want to maintain their values and moral compass. That dynamic should be obvious to any leberal democrat but of course, by matter of form, the different factions are combined into one for the purpose of political rhetoric.
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Photograph of my old department crewmembers & I displaying our
Battle Efficiency Award onboard the now decommissioned USS Wabash AOR-5
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
~ James Madison
The biggest danger to our rights today is not from government acting against the will of the majority
but from government which has become the mere instrument of this majority...
Wrong will be done as much by an all-powerful people as by an all-powerful prince.
~ James Madison
Class conflict is another concept which upsets the oppressors, since they do not wish to consider themselves an oppressive class. Unable to deny, try as they may, the existence of social classes, they preach the need for understanding and harmony between those who buy and those who are obliged to sell their labor. However, the unconcealable antagonism which exists between the two classes makes this "harmony" impossible. ~ Paulo Freire
Because it is a distortion of being more fully human, sooner or later being less human leads the oppressed to struggle against those who made them so. In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it), become in turn oppressors of the oppressors, but rather restorers of the humanity of both. ~ Paulo Freire
To impede communication is to reduce men to the status of "things"—and this is a job for oppressors, not for revolutionaries. ~ Paulo Freire
"Only a lively appreciation of dissent's vital function at all levels of society can preserve it as a corrective to wishful thinking, self-inflation, and unperceived rigidity"
The Wrong Way Home : Uncovering the patterns of cult behavior in American society | by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D
ISBN 10: 0807029157 ISBN 13: 9780807029152
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
~ Herodotus