http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/07/the_lefts_imaginary_monsters_126516.html
The left really needs to be embarrassed.
Every few weeks, the citizens of Earth are treated to an opinion piece so deliriously absurd that it almost serves as a subversive form of art. On Wednesday, the media gods delivered such a treat, this time courtesy of the UK Guardian, crafted by one Martin Robbins. Get ready, as it’s a doozy: “How Can Our Future Mars Colonies Be Free of Racism and Sexism?”
So much ridiculousness, so little time! While we could dissect the article at length, and have great fun doing so, let’s focus on its most obvious, albeit unintentional, takeaway: Human beings, it seems, are growing increasingly intelligent and increasingly out to lunch at the same time. And by “out to lunch,” I mean “as dumb as a state-controlled, fully-rationed Pet Rock Superstore built in the center of a giant rock pit, surrounded by additional giant rock pits, and situated on a planet made almost entirely of tiny, pet-like rocks.”
Let’s take a step back: We’re talking about setting up colonies on Mars, a planet with an average temperature of negative 81 degrees Fahrenheit, an atmosphere that will quickly strangle you without regret, and a cosmic location that is, on average, 140 million miles away. This is spectacular, mind-blowing stuff. Yet, amazingly, even in the face of a pioneering and potentially dangerous push to brave the frontier of the cosmos—and a potential scientific miracle—many of today’s leftists simply shrug, reboot to their default “offended” position, and spit out a laundry list of banal oppression clichés, much like an angry, poorly programmed R2D2.
The left really needs to be embarrassed.
Every few weeks, the citizens of Earth are treated to an opinion piece so deliriously absurd that it almost serves as a subversive form of art. On Wednesday, the media gods delivered such a treat, this time courtesy of the UK Guardian, crafted by one Martin Robbins. Get ready, as it’s a doozy: “How Can Our Future Mars Colonies Be Free of Racism and Sexism?”
So much ridiculousness, so little time! While we could dissect the article at length, and have great fun doing so, let’s focus on its most obvious, albeit unintentional, takeaway: Human beings, it seems, are growing increasingly intelligent and increasingly out to lunch at the same time. And by “out to lunch,” I mean “as dumb as a state-controlled, fully-rationed Pet Rock Superstore built in the center of a giant rock pit, surrounded by additional giant rock pits, and situated on a planet made almost entirely of tiny, pet-like rocks.”
Let’s take a step back: We’re talking about setting up colonies on Mars, a planet with an average temperature of negative 81 degrees Fahrenheit, an atmosphere that will quickly strangle you without regret, and a cosmic location that is, on average, 140 million miles away. This is spectacular, mind-blowing stuff. Yet, amazingly, even in the face of a pioneering and potentially dangerous push to brave the frontier of the cosmos—and a potential scientific miracle—many of today’s leftists simply shrug, reboot to their default “offended” position, and spit out a laundry list of banal oppression clichés, much like an angry, poorly programmed R2D2.
