Posted on 06/12/2010 9:51:14 AM PDT by Talisker
I've found the slander and contempt expressed on Free Republic towards Abby Sunderland and her parents quite interesting. Of course, we're all supposed to believe that every post on FR is independently made, but these hate posts have been too interlocked in similiarly bizarre content for me to believe that.
Basically the hateful screeds boil down to Abby being a child instead of a young woman, unable to understand the danger of her trip, put at risk by fame seeking parents, to do something with no socially approved redeeming value, which ended in abject failure due to Abby's incompetence, and for which CPS should be called in to have Abby pulled from the family for re-education, while the parents are jailed, fined, and billed for the rescue efforts.
In short, an absolutely damning, completely collectivist viewpoint with zero acknowledgement of independent rights, which is based solely on collectivist evaluation, collectivist judgment, and collectivist punishment - fronted as family values and child protection.
Oh yeah, and also a complete and utter lie.
For there were many expert sailors as advisors behind this trip, all of whom signed off on both Abby's abilities, her equipment and her trip plan. And there was never any hint of her family not being willing to pay for any part of the rescue efforts. Entire ships have been destroyed through rogue waves, but there's no acknowledgement of that universal danger. And Abby performed beautifully as a sailor and as an adult, through storms, equipment failures, and difficulties across thousands of miles of sailing, and a crisis situation which would have had all of these naysayers pissing their pants.
But pants pissing is the point here - the very big point. Because Abby threatens the millions of families who base their concept of child rearing on the idea that childhood, literally, never ends. That children must be driven everywhere and monitored constantly, even as teenagers. That they need psych meds for growing pains. That responsibility is an injustice towards them, because they can't be allowed to develop any personal power that is not first approved by the mommy educational collective.
So pants pissing has become noble. It has become the sign of respect towards the community, of good parenting, and of normal childhood - the childhood that never ends. In fact, pants-pissing has become the litmus test of social approval itself, because it enables the protection of neurotic helicopter parents who see bogeymen under every bush so that they can justify an obsession about their children's safety that allows THEM to never grow up.
And guess which political party they ALL belong to, and HOPE to never CHANGE from?
So to them, now - now - "we" have this tiny little thumb-sucking girl child, only 16 years old and so barely out of diapers, being thrown into the ocean by greedy parents, straight into a hurricane to drown for their greed, with absolutely no approval from any group of safety parent educators or state approved parental control boards!
Do you realize what this could do to the carefully created psychological voting blocks of the pants pissers? Especially when that so-called "mom" from Alaska with the big family that hunts and fishes and camps and snow machines is running around actually threatening to run for high office?
Do you see the connection here? If Abby is praised and acknowledged for her courage and maturity, and for living life instead of just conforming to it, and especially - especially - for her individuality, her acceptance of personal risk and responsibility without the approval of the collective, people might start to remember what it means to be an American again! They might start to remember freedom, and risk for the sake of living life to the fullest, and learning through doing, and the value of learning courage in the face of difficulty, and they might start to discover their self-respect again, and build character.
And how would that effect the pants-pissing moms who scuttle through life at the end of the snapping fingers of feminist, communist, education-collective politicians? How would that effect their views of the locked-down, cop-patrolled, drug-infected, psych-medicated, fenced prison hellholes of morale-crushing subservience called public schools? How would that effect the ability of these politicians to convince these collectively-approved, latte-sucking "moms" to continue to destroy their children - by never letting them grow up - in the name of "safety"?
And above all, how would that effect the votes?
No, no, no, no, no. Call out the shills, invade the Net, and even get on Free Republic and in the name of God, parenting, sin, ego, vanity, stupidity and every other communist-studied conservative trigger-word, invoke cowardice in the name of responsibility, rip away adulthood with the insult of enforced childhood, hammer on cost without mentioning no resistance to payment, and above all sneer at parenting that is based of building courage and trust and adventure as an absolutely unforgivable violation of the sacred order of socially approved pants-pissing.
And demand wet pants! Wet pants for social justice! Wet pants for lack of guilt! And especially, wet pants for votes!
After all, it's for the children.
P.S. Congratulations to Abby and her family - you all did great. Abby sailed with competence, courage and joy, and inspired millions of people. If America is to have a future in freedom, she and people like her are the ones who will make it happen. But above all, she and her family made selfish cowards and conniving hypocrites everywhere publicly wet themselves, and for that America is truly grateful.
If it proves to be a publicity stunt, then that changes the entire argument.
You don’t know the entire situation, and neither do I. I guess we will have to wait for the book :)
Funny, I never once saw you on a thread bit*hing about illegal aliens costing American tax payers $20,000,000,000 every single year....
WTF...where the hell does that come from?
I’m all for putting a BOUNTY on illegals...which is a far cry from where we are now.
Spare me the “you’re no conservative “crap.
“If it proves to be a publicity stunt, then that changes the entire argument.”
yeah...well here’s your sign:
Abby Sunderland Set Sail On Saturday To Sail Solo Around The World
Submitted by admin on January 25, 2010
Having just turned 16 in October, Abby Sunderland set out from Marina del Rey on Saturday to become the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo.
Abby’s brother Zac set the record for the youngest to complete the feat at 17-years-old just last year before being dethroned by British teen, Mike Perham who was 2 months younger than Zac when he finished the voyage. Zac took 13 months for his voyage.
Abby has a more southerly route planned and intends to do the voyage without any stops on land. If everything goes according to plans, she will be at sea for 5-6 months. Her yacht is much faster than her brother’s and designed for the swells that she will definitely encounter on her more southerly route.
If successful with her itinerary, Abby would set a second record by becoming the youngest person to sail around the world unassisted. The current record is held by Australia’s Jesse Martin who completed his unassisted voyage at 18-years-old in 1999.
We wish Abby the best in her endeavor.
Not a publicity stunt my ass.
Started about 2 days ago, when a bunch of self appointed righteous types emptied out of their homeowners association meeting, demanding the young lady and her folks be burned at the stake.
Yeah, lets pretend we have no idea.....Act stupid....Be surprised...
Attempting to set a record versus doing something for publicity can be two different things.
Not interested in your #ss! :)
“Yeah, lets pretend we have no idea.....Act stupid....Be surprised”
WTF is your problem?...you are accusing me of supporting illegals because I think a 16 year old CHILD has no business trying to circumnavigate the globe alone????
How do you even make that type of warped mental connection?
And before you start..I’ve raised three kids of my own....I know a thing or two about the subject.
Once again..in case you missed it the first time....I’d support a BOUNTY on illegals.
So drop the BULLshit.
Not what I said...This is what was said.
And how much aussie taxpayer money and effort went to her “rescue”?
Funny, I never once saw you on a thread bit*hing about illegal aliens costing American tax payers $20,000,000,000 every single year....
“Funny, I never once saw you on a thread bit*hing about illegal aliens costing American tax payers $20,000,000,000 every single year....”
Meaning WHAT?
You are clearly implying that I somehow taxpayer support of illegals...which is as far from the truth of the matter as one can be...
You know...now that I think about it.....I’ve never seen you on a thread bitching about pedophiles....I even went and checked...perhaps I missed one??
LOL....Last checked, pedophiles are not compromising and undermining the entire system, including the electoral process in the U.S.
Not...I simply find your compliant about the minor cost to Australian tax payers for this rescue effort, odd, since you've never been seen on the many daily threads regarding illegals costing U.S. tax payers, 20,000,000,000 per year.
Seems your priorities are a little jacked up.
Nice rant, you moron.
Most of the critical posts I read concerned themselves not with some 16-year-old girl trying to live her dream, but rather the consequences that had to be borne by others for her failure. Does she have any intention of repaying the hours and money that were wasted on her rescue? That’s what I thought...
And now I hear she wants to try it again...
Why don’t you get out YOUR checkbook this time?
Think “Balloon Boy”,.......but with a little more refinement.
The whole balloon boy thing being as hoax....What a great analogy......
:o
Attention seeking families was the point, but if you feel good granting them your attention, go for it.
As much as the Aussies decided to spend. They didn't HAVE to respond, but they chose to do so.
Of course they had to respond. She had drifted into the Australian rescue zone so it did become a legal imperative for them.
Refusing to rescue any sailor is absolutely verboten. It’s not how maritime operations work, ever! To not do it would never cross their mind!
Ya mean like those guys driving 190 mph in circles in NASCAR, football players.....dirt bike racers, mountain climbers, surfers, skiers, cave explorers and all others the millions of others that takes risks?
lol...
“I’ve never seen you on a thread bitching about pedophiles”
“LOL....Last checked, pedophiles are not compromising and undermining the entire system, including the electoral process in the U.S.”
Right...they only rape liitle kids...not worthy of comment for you I suppose....
As far as my comments on illegals...maybe you should check next time before you spout bullshit:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2532043/posts?page=4#4
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2531351/posts?page=5#5
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2527061/posts?page=10#10
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2526966/posts?page=7#7
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2523723/posts?page=40#40
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2523336/posts?page=20#20
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2522924/posts?page=41#41
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2518179/posts?page=20#20
Tons more like it...but that is about all I’m going to look up for ya...
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