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July 27, 2024

(#ParisOlympics is trending -not in a good way)

A company still sponsoring the Olympics come Monday is telling the world they’re ok with The Last Supper being lampooned by Papa Smurf in a Banana Hammock, a Wookiee in women’s lingerie, and a man with his balls exposed all while sharing the stage with a kid.

See also: Bud Light

https://x.com/JG_Nuke/status/1817075150317076781?t=izeEtmtI2jnXx7qPPLJIPw&s=19
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Culture and soft power is an important part of international politics, and France has a long history of cosmopolitanism that appeals to universal civilisation:

  • However, I suspect most of the world interprets this performance at the Paris Olympics as cultural decadence.
  • The Olympics is always political, so what is the significance? The show evidently intended to display and communicate tolerance as the most important ingredient of liberalism. Yet, the intolerance toward criticism of the appropriateness of this at the opening of the Olympics is a contradiction.
  • Liberalism is known for its two contradictory components: tolerance and the assumption of universalism. The contradiction becomes evident as there is very little tolerance toward dissent to progressiveness / universalism that must be embraced by all. This is why liberal societies usually have very little tolerance for dissent on issues like immigration, radical secularism, abortion and the new gender ideology.
  • As I write this, I realise I may already be guilty of "hate" by failing to comment on this cultural phenomenon with praise. But, if conformity and consensus about this new cultural phenomenon is formed through intolerance and intimidation, does it not prove my point?
  • However, I may be wrong... Culture is the root that sustains civilisation by connecting people across space and time. Maybe the world finds cosmopolitanism, unity and universalism in drag shows and sexualised smurfs.

https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen/status/1817075265190711444?t=JIhlGIlOO7BxrioOlII7KA&s=19

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My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad ! 

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

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