C-SPAN broadcast +Bill Whittler’s speech he gave to the
+Silicon Valley Tea Party. I found the speech extremely interesting; never
before had I heard all of the Republican philosophy compiled and condensed into
a one-hour long lecture—it was a truly remarkable performance. Whittle has been a featured speaker at
universities and a number of Republican and +Tea Party events throughout the
United States thus he is a seasoned individual.
The audience, which was older white men, sat nodding their
heads in unison and giving applause on point after point. The attendees were
all clean-shaven, dressed in suites, and having an average age of about
70-years with a small scattering of equally aged females. Camera operators at
these events are inclined to focus on the unusual and this time it was no
different. They gave the impression there were more women present than there
actually were. When it comes to blacks,
even the camera operator had problems; I saw one, and that was a glancing shot.
Clearly, the characteristics of the attendees reflected the Republican Party
philosophy. Of course, Whittle used the shock value of telling his first lie;
the attendees they were not Republican but were the elite of that party. Thus,
he made the welcomed gesture required by the types of folks he had in his
audience that is stroking their egos. They were Tea Party members—something
special.
There was not one word about who Republican are in society;
that is rich, poor, construction workers, company executives, professionals,
janitors, farmers, etc. He assumes they
all have a high IQ and are physically fit. He focused the entire presentation was
the age-old theme of individualism versus collectivism. He made fun of
collectivism by citing ridiculous examples such as asking the attendees to
bring their phones to him, which he proposed to sell and then distribute the
money to everyone. Loudly emphasizing the fact that the people he was asking to
give up their phones had worked hard to accumulate the money they used to buy
the phones, as he had. It was their
money, and they could do with it what they wanted.
He moved to the Ayn Rand world, without mentioning her by
name, where deserving human being works hard and deserves what they earned—no
one else matters. Of course, they are all Republicans. He interjected race into
this discussion by implying if “people” stopped asking for special treatment and
went to work, they would excel in a Republican world, just like everyone else.
Of course, in his world, the lazy (black) people are all liberals.
He got into history with the usual theme by mentioning Mao,
Stalin, Hitler, and anyone else he could think of to label as evil; that is
collectivist. He compared them to George Washington, whom he labeled as an
individualist. He pointed out Washington ordered an English tailor to make him
fines clothing at the same time he was leading an army fighting against them.
Washington’s duplicity that is dealing with the enemy did not bother Republican
Whittle; if he wanted something, it was his right to have it.
As all Republicans do, Whittle overlooks the fundamental
concept of collectivism; in unity, we have strength. This concept applies to
politics just as it applies to armies. His would be an ordered society with
individuals in charge—how stupid can a person be and still sound as reasonable
as Whittle sounded, at least in front of a room full of people who already
agree with your nonsense. His would be an unreal government of hermits in a
world of seven billion people. His would be an army of individuals, each
selecting their personal weapons, with their personal idea of how to fight a
war, and each with his privately held
loyalties. His would be a family of him and his obedient wife and
children. If she and the children weren't’ obedient, they soon would be; he
would see to that!.
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