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The Stampede to Stupid
Steyn Online ^ | 12 Oct 2021 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 10/12/2021 2:30:53 PM PDT by Rummyfan

I try to ignore the drearier provocations. So, when I heard that Superman is now homosexual and fighting for truth, justice and the American gay, my initial reaction was merely surprise that he hadn't gone gay already; surely by now he should be trans or Muslim or both.

Likewise, when informed that Playboy's successor to Marilyn Monroe and Barbi Benton is its first "openly gay" male cover star wearing a bunny costume that he, alas, can't quite fill, I felt only a mild pang of admiration for the thoroughness of the totalitarian left: the last three heterosexual men in America are to be denied even the consolations of girlie mags with girlies.

As you'll know if you heard my serialization of Nineteen Eighty-Four, in Orwell's dystopia pornography was encouraged by the state as a diversion for the masses from the ever tightening throttle of totalitarianism. In our more ambitious dystopia, even pornography is merely another mechanism for societal transformation.

Kate Smyth, doyenne of Australian Steyn Clubbers, writes in our comment section:

In terms of 'Wokism' as a religion - and noting, as Mark often laments, that it is essentially American in origin (not French) - one Club member (it may have been Wayne?) speculated that it might have its roots in Puritan attitudes.

(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...


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1 posted on 10/12/2021 2:30:53 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

I so miss Mark’s commentary on Rush’s show.


2 posted on 10/12/2021 2:50:35 PM PDT by Track9 (Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
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To: Rummyfan

3 posted on 10/12/2021 2:53:16 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: Pollard

Barbie…what a doll!


4 posted on 10/12/2021 2:57:10 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: Pollard

Is that Linda Ronstadt? Beautiful woman.


5 posted on 10/12/2021 3:01:09 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; Courage is a decision." Winston Churchill)
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To: Pollard

Barbie Benton.... OMG.


6 posted on 10/12/2021 3:02:06 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: Track9

I do too.

Miss Rush all the time. I would really love to hear his comments about the current state of affairs.


7 posted on 10/12/2021 3:02:37 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; Courage is a decision." Winston Churchill)
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To: Rummyfan

It is reassuring to read Mark Steyn saying, “Yes, this society has become as insane as you think it is.”


8 posted on 10/12/2021 3:03:24 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: Rummyfan

I had forgotten all about her til Steyn mentioned her.


9 posted on 10/12/2021 3:06:16 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: Rummyfan

Excellent article by Mark Steyn. I wish he had taken over Rush’s spot. He’s a lot like Rush, incisive and humorous.

Thanks for posting it.


10 posted on 10/12/2021 3:18:26 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Rummyfan

“The Stampede to Stupid”

Great article. I would only change the title to “Stampede to Insanity”.


11 posted on 10/12/2021 3:21:37 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Rummyfan

These days, every time I read a Steyn column, I kick myself for having an electric oven.


12 posted on 10/12/2021 3:24:17 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Rummyfan

“Eric Weinstein says we are committing “national suicide”

Wonder Who Weinstein thinks is “we”.

Truthfullly, the “we” are voters. We’ll see how they feel in a few months.


13 posted on 10/12/2021 3:26:15 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

You are going to wear that joke out! ;)


14 posted on 10/12/2021 3:56:20 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
It's just the way I feel! Steyn is wonderfully witty, but his pessimism is downright depressing ... not that it isn't warranted.

Next time I'll lament my electric razor!

15 posted on 10/12/2021 4:01:41 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: proud American in Canada

That is Barbi Benton😳😳😳


16 posted on 10/12/2021 6:06:26 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: Rummyfan

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17 posted on 10/12/2021 6:37:17 PM PDT by sauropod
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