(Don't forget: City Council meeting tonight, 7:30 pm)
When we last paused to decipher the crayon-encrusted graffiti scrawled on the weathered drywall above the precariously tilting urinals at the Luddite Bar & Grill, it was to place the anguished wail of the Troglodyte Shaman’s discordant shantytown karaoke firmly within the context of anti-intellectualism and paranoid style in American life and discourse.
Why? Because that’s precisely where it belongs, but even I have to admit that at times, it’s funny – rather like laughing at the bad performances on a television movie about a serious topic like Ebola or nuclear proliferation.
You’ll recall the recent published exchange between the blogger, the Tribune’s Chris Morris and 9th District Congressman Mike Sodrel (with much appreciated fact checking by columnist Debbie Harbeson) on the topics of religious belief, church and state separation, and the basis of law in America.
The Tribune eventually published a letter from a Sellersburg woman who acknowledged that she hadn’t paid close attention to her lessons while in school, complained nonetheless about the blogger’s “$10 words” and offered her own defense of God’s existence as proof of beauty in the world.
Of course, I can only assume that the “granny” in question actually exists – not because of a high-falutin’ cosmological argument meant to confound the denizens of the Luddite, but because the Tribune itself has acknowledged publishing a fraudulent letter a non-existent reader.
Don’t feel bad, Mr. Tucker; non-existence is an epistemological epidemic here in New Albany, a.k.a. Tiny Town, with an imaginary and illiterate college professor and his “Freedom” blog ranking among the worst offenders.
And so, the SOLNA comments unfolded in all their native grandeur.
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ANOTHER FED UP & DISGUSTED FLOYD CTY DEMOCRAT said...
To Granny who wrote the wonderful "short" version of our local brewmeister/athiest citizen:
He didn't understand. He didn't get his itch scratched. He is still using those $10.00 words.
Worse, Granny, at City Council meetings, this "group" is encouraged on with their ridiculous public displays with the blessings of a couple of City employees. One citizen a couple of weeks ago didn't even get to open his mouth.
We encourage everyone to come out and support the Council AND THE CITIZENS. We need to get our voices back and tell this Council and this Administration what OUR ROLE IN LIFE IS -- not theirs.
The first Monday (this coming Monday) and the third Thursday at 7:30 PM each month. You will be asked to "sign a sheet of paper at the podium BEFORE 7:30" or YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK, unless you are one of the chosen few.
Help, we need reinforcements from all walks of life, whatever party. We are watching our civil rights erode before our very eyes at each Council meeting that occurs.
Certain groups of these mindsets have no clue as to reality; and as mentioned on here before...how can anyone even begin to THINK THAT WAY? Gross. Our Opinions.
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The New Albanian said...
He didn't understand. He didn't get his itch scratched. He is still using those $10.00 words.
What a hoot.
Your attention is directed to the book known widely as "the dictionary."
It's the one with all the words in it.
You'll see that there are tens of thousands of words in the dictionary, and rightly so, because English is a rich, expressive language that has borrowed concepts and vocabulary from cultures and languages around the world.
Still with me?
Given the sheer depth, intricacy and beauty of the language we speak, do you think those words are there because they're meant to be learned and used, or, conversely, it's another conspiracy that prevents Grandma from understanding words she never bothered to learn?
Don't worry -- you won't be tested on it.
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PICTIONARY,DICTIONARY,THESAURUS, WHATEVER said...
Oh, we all understood your words -- that is why Grandma responded to you and in such an excellent fashion, we feel.
That good old dictionary, and here we thought you were using a thesaurus.
Subject matter probably had something to do with Grandma's letter, too.
Subject matter can offend some; things like religion and politics we were taught are YOUR OWN BUSINESS. Thus why you don't understand MIND YOUR OWN.
Yes, we got it, but we are not going to start talking about YOU again (sorry), we need some answers to a "few" questions. We wish your Dictionary had those answers!
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The New Albanian said...
I'm not the one who attends sporting events with a banner, seeking to evangelize.
I'm also not the one who seeks to read a specific meaning of vague (at best) scripture as a law to oppress true freedom of choice.
Minding your own business is a good policy, but the aggressors are the fundamentalists, not the unbelievers.
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Anonymous said...
pictionary, dictionary----Your are right, we need to stick to the issues facing New Albany. Let's not allow those who want to play the"word" game distract us.
They like to laugh and use their strange type of vocabulary. Their vocabulary sure isn't Hometown Hoosier or Southern Indiana vocabulary.
They like to torment us and shout,"I GOTCHA", AND THEN MAKE FUN OF US. THEY SHOULD JUST PLAY THEIR GAMES WITH EACH OTHER. WE ARE TOO BUSY FOR THEIR GAMES. Let us send them back to kindergarden where they belong.
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The New Albanian said...
This keeps getting better and better:
They like to laugh and use their strange type of vocabulary. Their vocabulary sure isn't Hometown Hoosier or Southern Indiana vocabulary.
Gee, I thought we all spoke English, and of course, if you're going to be a "little person" who speaks English, it stands to reason that you'd want to "play by the rules," right?
Or did I miss a top-secret, anonymous exception somewhere?
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Ground Clutter, Earth to New Albany, Ground Clutter!!!!!!!!!!!! said...
Ignore, Ignore, Ignore!!!!! Ground clutter, ground clutter, ground clutter.
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Congressman Sodrel, is that you?
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$10 words are a bargain compared to $20 pints!!
Now I gotta go look up "epistemological". That one may be $15.
Don't worry, Ceece. You've only been drugged and blindfolded during the appropriate "If we told you, we'd have to kill you" moments. It's for your own protection.
You're pretty lucky, really. My initiation was a lot worse. Of course, I can't tell you about it since I got my new car and all but, suffice it to say, at least I'm glad I'm not a city employee. They really get it. If that video ever gets leaked, we're all done for.
It's really enough to make you rethink how you make your money. No wonder NAC is selling T-shirts.
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