01 February 2007

Paradoxes of mediocracy #2

Following from #1 here.

(A) Il-liberal fixation on the evils of being "offensive" or "biased" is associated with

(B) increasing in-yer-face rudeness, aggression and bullying.


Illustration: behaviour in the Big Brother house.

Note about paradoxes
The contrast between the ostensible motives of intervention, and the actual results, may seem unexpected. However, one needs to consider whether it is in fact outcome, rather than rhetoric, which demonstrates the real motivation of those doing the intervening.