COMPILATION AND COMMENTARY
BY LUCY WARNER
MAY 2, 2021
JAMES CARVILLE
SPEAKS HIS MIND
“FACULTY LOUNGE
JARGON” AND “COSMOPOLITAN SMUGNESS” WILL NOT WIN OVER AMERICAN HEARTS AND
MINDS, ACCORDING TO JAMES CARVILLE. CARVILLE IS JOKINGLY CRITIQUED FOR HIS
WORDS AND CALLED AN “OLD MAN,” BUT IT IS TRUE THAT ANY SORT OF SMUGNESS OR
IN-GROUP LANGUAGE WILL BE LESS READILY UNDERSTOOD AND EFFECTIVE THAN CLARITY,
OPENNESS AND RESPECT. I BELIEVE HE HAS MADE A VALID COMMENT, BUT OF COURSE HE
HAS BEEN CRITICIZED. WATCH HIS COMMENTS FROM A FEW DAYS AGO.
New Day
CNN's W. Kamau Bell responds after political consultant James Carville says "wokeness" could hurt Democrats going forward.
Source: CNN
IN THIS LATER
VIDEO, CARVILLE EXPANDS HIS IDEA, AND IN MY VIEW IT STILL MAKES SENSE. HE IS A
PERSON WHO HAS BEEN PANNED IN THE PAST FOR BEING BRASH, BLUNT AND MAYBE A NUT
JOB, BUT HE IS NOT ALWAYS ANY OF THOSE THINGS. THIS INTERVIEW IS AN EXAMPLE OF
HIS SPEAKING HIS MIND CLEARLY BUT HUMANELY. IT IS PROBABLY CLEAR THAT I HAVE
ALWAYS LIKED CARVILLE. THAT IS BECAUSE I AM NO FAN OF TOO MUCH SMOOTHNESS. I
THINK IT IS CLOSELY LINKED WITH DISHONESTY AND BACK-HANDED DEALING.
FOR THOSE WHO
DIDN’T SEE IT AT THE TIME OR MAY WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN, THE READERS MAY WISH TO
SIT DOWN WITH A BOWL OF POPCORN AND WATCH THE GREAT COMIC MOVIE ON THE BILL
CLINTON PRESIDENCY, CALLED PRIMARY COLORS, FROM 1998, AND NOTICE HOW
CARVILLE WAS PORTRAYED THERE. HE CAME ACROSS TO AMERICANS AT THAT TIME AS BEING
A LITTLE SCARY, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS CLEARLY INTELLIGENT. HE WAS ALSO CALLED AT
LEAST ONCE IN THE NEWS “BILL CLINTON’S PIT BULL.”
IN THIS CASE HE IS BEING PRUDENT, BUT NOT RIGHTIST. WHILE WITHDRAWING AS A NATION FROM ANY FORM OF RACISM OR BIAS IS ESSENTIAL, IN-GROUP WORDS LIKE “LATINX” STRIKE ME AS BEING A LITTLE SILLY, AND “WOKE” IS ANOTHER OF THOSE. IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT JAMES CARVILLE AND HIS BASIC GOOD WILL THAT HE IS MARRIED TO A BRASH, BLUNT CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR OF THE TIME NAMED MARY MATALIN, OF CNN’S CROSSFIRE FAME. TOGETHER THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. FOR BACKGROUND ON MATALIN I SUGGEST WIKIPEDIA: HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MARY_MATALIN.
I DO USE
WIKIPEDIA FREQUENTLY AND WITHOUT APOLOGY. MANY OF THE INTELLECTUAL ELITE, OR
WANNABES ALONG THOSE LINES, THROW SCORN ON WIKIPEDIA, BUT FOR QUICK, IN DEPTH
INFORMATION IT IS HARD TO BEAT. FACTS ON ALMOST ANY ARTICULABLE SUBJECT CAN BE
FOUND THERE. AS WITH ANY SOURCE OF DATA, IF A STATEMENT SEEMS INACCURATE OR
BIASED, RESEARCH THE SUBJECT IN GREATER DEPTH ON THE INTERNET.
WIKIPEDIA IS
ONE OF THE FEW ONLINE INFORMATION SOURCES THAT I DO GIVE MY WIDOW’S MITE TO ON A
MONTHLY BASIS, AND A LITTLE MORE WHEN THEY ACTUALLY ASK FOR HELP. THEY ARE A
NON-PROFIT BUSINESS, AND DO NOT GET THEIR FUNDING FROM CLICKS.
THE FOLLOWING
CLIP SUMMARIZES WIKIPEDIA’S LEGAL IDENTITY AND THEIR PURPOSE:
“We are not for
sale. If you're
waiting for Wikipedia to be bought by your friendly neighborhood Internet
giant, don't hold your breath. Wikipedia is a non-commercial website run by the
Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in San
Francisco. We are supported by donations and grants, and our
mission is to bring free knowledge to everyone.”
“OUR MISSION IS
TO BRING FREE KNOWLEDGE TO EVERYONE.” IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT WE NEED MORE
OF IN THIS NATION WHICH IS RAPIDLY BECOMING ONE OF OF THE PRIVILEGED AND THE POOR, IT IS FREE KNOWLEDGE, FOR IT
IS KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT RUNG ON THE LADDER OF PRESENT
AND FUTURE SUCCESS IN A FREE SOCIETY. TOO MANY OF US BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY
LEGITIMATE OR USEFUL PURPOSE FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE IS TO GAIN MORE HIGHLY PAID WORK.
I DISAGREE.
I BELIEVE A “GOOD”
EDUCATION IS ULTIMATELY FOR THE HIGHER PURPOSE OF EXPANDING THE INNER MIND AND
SOUL, AND THAT RELIABLE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE FREE OF CHARGE AND WRITTEN ON A
LEVEL THAT MOST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES CAN READ IT WITH UNDERSTANDING, LIKE THE
DAILY NEWSPAPER. A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN NEEDS A PRINT NEWSPAPER, SOME REFERENCE MATERIALS AND A GOOD ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY, IN MY VIEW. ONE OF SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S GOALS IS A "HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE" WHICH INCLUDES FREE BROADBAND. THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WIKIPEDIA
GOES FURTHER THAN BOOKS, IN THAT IT INCLUDES INTERACTIVE EXPLAINER LINKS TO OTHER
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES, CONTINUAL UPDATES, CAUTIONS BY WIKIPEDIA'S EDITORS WHEN THEY BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION IN AN ARTICLE NEEDS TO BE FURTHER RESEARCHED AND EDITED. IN ADDITION TO WIKIPEDIA, OUR BASIC SEARCH ENGINES LIKE GOOGLE ARE ALWAYS A
SOURCE OF DEFINITIONS FOR THOSE WORDS OR PHRASES THAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. EVEN
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS ARE USUALLY WRITTEN IN WIKIPEDIA ON A LEVEL THAT WILL NOT
REQUIRE A PHD IN THE SUBJECT TO MAKE SENSE OF IT.
ANYONE WHO HAS
READ MY COMMENTS IN THE PAST KNOWS THAT I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN LIFELONG
LEARNING. THAT APHORISM, “A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE,” SAYS IT ALL. AS
FOR THE USEFULNESS OF AN EDUCATION WHICH INCLUDES A STRONG EMPHASIS ON THE
HUMANITIES, I BELIEVE IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT MOST REASONABLY WELL-EDUCATED AND
HUMANE PEOPLE, FOSTERED BY SUCH BROADENING AND ENLIGHTENING KNOWLEDGE, WILL NOT
RAMPAGE THROUGH THE CAPITOL BUILDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HUNTING LIKE
A PACK OF FERAL DOGS FOR NATIONAL LEADERS TO INJURE OR EVEN KILL, BEATING
POLICE OFFICERS TO DEATH AND, ACCORDING TO ONE REPORT, ACTUALLY SMEARING FECES
ON THE WALLS. THAT GOES BEYOND THE UNCIVILIZED INTO THE INSANE. BEING A GREAT NATION INVOLVES MORE THAN WEALTH AND POWER.
I CANNOT
UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAME TO THIS PLACE AS A SOCIETY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT BETTER
EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE AND AN INCOME THAT RISES WELL ABOVE THE POVERTY LEVEL IS
THE WAY OUT. AS INDIVIDUALS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR SOME GOODS AND
SERVICES THAT WILL ENABLE US TO MAKE A REASONABLE STAB AT BECOMING BETTER
PEOPLE IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, GREEDY, CONCEITED, SIMPLE-MINDED AND SOMETIMES IN
OTHER WAYS A NEGATIVE NATION. THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS’ PARTS,
TRULY, BUT EVERY CITIZEN GOES INTO CREATING A CIVILIZATION. THE KIND OF PEOPLE
WE ARE WILL DETERMINE WHAT WE ARE AS A GROUP. WE SHOULD HAVE NO ROOM IN AMERICA
FOR A NEW UPSURGE OF GROUP BASED HATRED, SUCH AS WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THESE
LAST FEW YEARS.
FOR ROGER
EBERT’S ENTHUSIASTIC REVIEW OF THE FILM PRIMARY COLORS, GO TO: HTTPS://WWW.ROGEREBERT.COM/REVIEWS/PRIMARY-COLORS-1998, REVIEWS, PRIMARY COLORS, ROGER EBERT MARCH 20, 1998.
APOLOGIZING FOR
THAT EXTENDED SERMON, I PRESENT JAMES CARVILLE’S FURTHER COMMENTS ON
“WOKENESS.” HE IS ABSOLUTELY ELOQUENT IN HIS ARGUMENT, AND WITHOUT ANY FANCY
WORDS.
VIDEO ONLY
James Carville: The woke are tired of being woke, 04:52 MIN.
Smerconish
Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville thinks Democrats' allegiance to all things "woke" will hurt the party at the ballot box and they should speak "the language of the people" instead. Source: CNN
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