Bullshit comes with being Human. We don’t know yet if Bullshit comes with being sentient; do other animals capable of conscious thought LIE to each other when necessary? Why would we assume they didn’t?
I’m just saying — Lying and Bullshit seem so natural to us that it could be an organic outgrown of having a ‘sense of self’, an imperative to protect that ‘self’ from harm, and an impulse to alter the Truth in order to protect from harm.
Lie to a dog — about whether or not you’ll give it a treat — and you’ll see a mind grappling with bullshit. Ever watch a Nature Program where a pack of wild dogs hunt? It’s all about deception — that’s the nature of setting a trap: the trapped think safety lies in one direction when it doesn’t. It’s the creation of a legitimate fear for a bullshit reason (‘Run THIS way not THAT or you’ll get eaten). Next thing you know — you’re eaten.
Bullshit is powerful stuff used on the fly.
It’s even MORE powerful when given time to ‘cure’ like concrete. Just like concrete, as BULLSHIT hardens, it becomes more difficult to destroy. After a while — if it continues to stand, it becomes foundational — a thing that’s always been so it must be true…
Today’s Featured Player – “THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION”…
First published in Russia in 1903, the ‘Protocols’ want you to believe that a bunch of Jews got together and — having already planned World Domination — decided to get it all down in writing (bad writing). It ain’t even a good story.
If you really want to hate another group of people, please, Anti-Semites, have a little self-respect. Just go and hate. Don’t try to embellish with nonsense like this — it’s ‘unbecoming’…
C’mon, Jew-Haters — if you’re really THAT into hating Jews, why would you need an excuse? Isn’t your capacity to hate good enough for you? You need Bullshit Reasons for hating?
Chrissakes — don’t tell me even Bigotry has been wrecked by the Age of Trump…