Song of the Week

"Adventures in Solitude" by The New Pornographers.

Lawl

I get short-tempered

I posted something on my Twitter regarding my feelings on the phrase "going Galt", specifically how I would throw shit if I heard it one more time because it's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard in my life. A sorority sister who has better things to do than be cranky asked me to clarify. I may have gone over the edge.

In the book Atlas Shrugged, the character John Galt basically rejects society and becomes A Rebel. The idea of "going Galt" is a truly dipshitted conservative conceit wherein they soundly and obnoxiously reject ideas and policies promoted by the Democratic party/the Obama White House. Now, as an American voter and big fan of the First Amendment, I believe everyone has the right to full and unfettered political speech, and this includes these clowns. However, I have some objections to framing "going Galt" as some kind of rebellion. They are as follows:

(1) It's not really a rebellion. It's a temper tantrum because Teh Librulz kicked the shit out of the GOP in November. For those of you who were dead during the Bush years, the reason that the GOP lost so badly is because they did a shitty job and thus voters fired them. It's that simple. Instead of recognizing this and responding appropriately, the GOP is now doing the political equivalent of holding their breath until they get their way. This is predicated on the idea that Republicans are always right all the time even when voters clearly indicate that they are displeased with their performance and as a result, opt to put Democrats in power. As a matter of principle, I believe voters are never wrong. We only make choices and while we may not agree with each other, everyone has the right to make their own choices. The only people who get the distinction of being fuckups or successes in this whole operation are politicians. They can make crappy decisions and often do. And this whole "going Galt" notion seems to imply that while Democrats received the majority of votes, that doesn't mean anything and conservatives should still rule the universe. Evidently, we all have the right to vote for whomever we please unless they're not Republicans.

(2) It's so pretentious that it makes me want to vomit blood. I would bet you a miiiiillion dollars that, like, maybe a fifth of the people behind this John Galt shit have actually read Atlas Shrugged. Also, they clearly have no idea what Ayn Rand actually meant. Her entire life philosophy centered around being a militant atheist and selfish asshole. Seriously, she wrote an essay about the evils of altruism. What's that all about? Moreover, she is approximately the worst writer to ever pollute my vision. If you like prose that's so rigid that it's practically made of wood, I recommend you read Ayn Rand. All of her characters are shitheads and by the time you finish one of her books, you pretty much want to slit your wrists. Yeah, that's some inspiring shit right there.

(3) This is idiocy of the Michelle Malkin/Jonah Goldberg/National Review assclown variety. Seriously, Michelle Malkin is one of the stupidest people on the planet. She is neither insightful nor funny. Jonah Goldberg is a well-known box of rocks and the National Review...well, once I read an article by one of their big contributors about how abstinence-only sex ed wasn't about teaching kids to not have sex, it was about teaching kids to have fun doing other things except sex. Like what? Checkers? Roller-skating? I don't know about any of you, but I would definitely rather have sex than play checkers. The whole column was so brain-dead and off the reservation about actual facts surrounding the issue that I declared a liberal gay abortion godless rainbow glitter jihad on Kathryn Lopez.

But, selfish assholery, pretension and intellectual vacancy aside, I think going Galt is a super idea.

Yes, definitely a little more venomous than necessary.