Posted on 07/26/2016 4:45:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
Rep. Robert Pittenger of North Carolina has written one of the best letters (below) I’ve ever seen come from the pen of an American politician. It was written to National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver and thus stands little chance of getting a response. Since the letter was so good and will probably get no reply, I thought I would offer the kind of rebuttal Commissioner Silver would offer if he really had personal integrity and a character for truth telling. He has neither. So here goes:
Dear Mr. Silver:
Last week, I met with constituents from China who outlined the Chinese government practice of forcefully harvesting vital organs as part of their oppression of religious minorities. Meanwhile, the NBA will start selling tickets for preseason games in China next week.
Is the NBA implying that China’s abhorrent violation of basic human rights is acceptable, but North Carolina saying men shouldn’t use the girl’s locker room is a bridge too far? What is the NBA’s true priority? The unmistakable hypocrisy is clear to me.
Please justify how you can be engaged with a country who [sic] has flagrantly violated human rights with forced abortions and selling vital human organs. There seems to be a gross lack of judgment and moral clarity.
Sincerely,
Robert Pittenger
Member of Congress
Dear Rep. Pittenger:
I can tell from the tone of your letter’s opening that you disapprove of our decision to do business with China. It is clear that you underestimate the extent and nature of our commitment to progressive politics. Some have claimed that the NBA has become captive to liberal political interests. That simply is not the truth. We are not a liberal organization. We are a leftist organization. That is an important distinction. It translates into a wholesale support of communism on our part. And that includes communist regimes with histories of so-called “human rights abuses.” We do not share your belief in the inherent dignity of individual human beings. Therefore, we have no problem with compulsory organ harvesting so long as the practice benefits the collective. Put simply, individuals have no rights. The collective has rights and it is the obligation of the state to enforce them for the common good. This is precisely why we have no interest in respecting religious freedom. Such “freedom” serves as nothing more than an opiate for the masses. It is the kind of freedom that induces slavery to the capitalist order.
Obviously, we are not implying that any “abhorrent violation of basic human rights” is acceptable because we do not believe in such a thing as basic human rights. It is worth repeating that people possess rights only in relation to the collective. Furthermore, no “creator” endows these rights. They are given instead by the state. If the state gives these rights then the state may take them away. Our priority is siding with the LGBT activists because we see them as revolutionaries. We believe the sexual revolution can help bring about a Marxist revolution in America. Put simply, cultural Marxism leads eventually to economic Marxism. That is the plan and that is why we are following those who are making the long march through our social institutions. There is no hypocrisy here. This is what we believe. And we are acting in accordance with our beliefs.
Your objections to abortion and organ harvesting fall on deaf ears. Clearly, both population control and the selling of organs benefit the collective, which is the sole concern of the state. Furthermore, your accusation that we lack “moral clarity” presupposes that an absolute standard of right and wrong exists. We reject this notion altogether. There is no truth. There is only power, which, in turn, defines “truth.” We respect your right to express your objections for the time being. But your time is drawing to a close. The Cultural Revolution is well underway. The economic one will soon follow. You are simply on the wrong side of history.
Sincerely,
Adam Silver
Commissioner
National Basketball Association.
Undoubtedly, many reading my mocking response will dismiss it as pure parody. But reality in 21st century America is getting hard to parody. I invite critics to offer a different ideological interpretation in order to reconcile the NBA’s respective treatment of North Carolina and Communist China.
Good luck trying. Just try not to come across as holier than Mao.
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“The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.”
Well, they can’t be Mensheviks. They could be Transheviks.
“The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.”
if one wishes to get grilled like a plump sardine, one should go on Facebook and express the slightest opposition to the issue of grown men in little girl’s private spaces...
one would thusly see the Revolution in the meanest of its expressions-and this is how civilization ends; not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with a series of snarled expletives...
The roots of this Cultural Revolution and the driving force behind it should be clear to anyone who has studied history.
That's just because it's inconvenient for them to kill you for disagreeing with them ... for now.
Great letter, but if you’re smart enough to use “sic” properly, you ought to know the difference between “forcibly” and “forcefully.”
/Grammar Nazi
Thanks! I’m having a cafepress moment. :D
You’re welcome. I don’t recall how I became the keeper of the Grammar Nazi flag, but there it is.
Thennnnnn, don't go on facebook??
Ancient redneck sayin': Stick your head in the outhouse, you will smell chit! d;^)
btt
for·ci·bly
ADVERB
• using force or violence: “no one will be forcibly evicted”
• in a forceful way; convincingly: “they argued forcibly against the proposal”
–Oxford Dictionaries ·
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forceful
adjective
: having a strong and confident quality
: expressed in a way that is effective and that influences people’s thoughts and ideas
: done with military or physical force
–Merriam-Webster.com
It’s time for all morality-based Americans to boycott the NBA just like Target. Sports is no longer sports when liberal political correctness dominates. I’m personally sad because my Cleveland Cavaliers finally won a title. I will ignore them next year because they are part of the National Bolshevik Association!
Thennnnnn, don’t go on facebook??
ever heard of reading between the lines...?
Dictionaries, like so many other learning sources, have “progressed” from accuracy to inclusiveness, and from rules to relativism.
The discerning must rely on manuals of style, which are gradually becoming racist protocols, no less contemptible than cursive writing.
Your contribution is duly noted, Citizen Wilde.
Is that real?
Why wouldn’t it be? Dr Adam’s writes sometimes satyr, but this isn’t.
Actually the word “sic” is not in the letter, if you click on the link you well see the letter in pdf
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