Dag, I can relate to this article. I am besieged by family & (friends long gone) who never hesitate to try to impress with their sheepskins as to the depth, length and breathe of their education, who never see the forest for the trees, to belittle if not from words then their actions or inactions, the disregard they have for a lowly high…
Dag, I can relate to this article. I am besieged by family & (friends long gone) who never hesitate to try to impress with their sheepskins as to the depth, length and breathe of their education, who never see the forest for the trees, to belittle if not from words then their actions or inactions, the disregard they have for a lowly high school graduate, like me. Crushed, by their own conceit.
I personally observe their lack of manners, a dead giveaway, in light of the fact they came from families who excelled in courtesy, warmth and generosity leaving no stone unturned in their endeavors to make one feel at home with all the hospitality you can imagine. All gone.
These college professors installed this superiority complex into dumbed down wannabes disallowed from having or even trying to express an original thought or idea, as tantamount to sacrilege. These Ivy Leaguers are stifling the very life of our future generations
I see it daily. Common sense, gone. Sanguine views, gone. Manners, gone. Cogent arguments, straight out of textbooks. Gray areas, nope, nonexistent. Could this be possible seen through a different lens? Nope, not possible, and I have a degree to prove I'm right. Even though that degree doesn't even come close to the subject matter, still nope. Mr Lelievre sees it better than me as he is living it. But I have engaged these folks for over 50 years now and it hasn't gotten much better, sorry to say. I met a graduate art student once who had no idea who Toulouse-Latrec was?????? Splain that to me like I'm a 4 year old.
Despite being only a High School graduate, I employed some critical thinking, enough to know not to succumb to the experimental inoculation. I was stunned at how other, more highly educated than I, ran in haste to get in line for it, most of whom do not ever bring up the subject now of course.... not a mention of the hardship I lived through as a result of my 'outlandish' decision, nor the betrayal of our Government here in Quebec.
Luc is a fine example of tenacity and good character...a person I strongly admire after reading about his trials and tribulations. Immense respect !
Good comment Wendy, I was right there with you. I can't say it was that difficult for me because I was prepared to stand my ground. I fought my way thru the 1st 2 years, too many confrontations, cops called, spent a night in jail, but I never complied with anything. And you're right about these "gifted" ones who seem to be shamed about taking the shot, now that the gig is up and the truth is known. If you open your eyes and ears. And that is critical thinking. We have it.
I was merely a quiet non complier ....was most incensed when they cancelled New Years Eve somewhere around noon on December 31 ! As our family had always gathered to celebrate, we decided to ignore the 8 pm curfew and gathered anyway through the evening up till about 10 pm which suited us well enough. One of the guest friends needed a lift so I volunteered to drive and thought, oh well, screw it ! Off we went. Streets were deserted ! I could hardly believe NO ONE out and about on such an occasion. Reached our destination and then I travelled back home without a care.
Really ! No police patrolling around as they somehow knew that everyone would obey. And so they were right ! Annoyingly right....it was like driving around on the moon. Damn it. Completely deserted.
You see things others do not, and therein lies the rub, for me. There is always ONE thing that stands out, completely devoid of common sense, that which if all would have done, would have crippled the narrative, which is not to say they wouldn't have come up with something else to cover that huge blunder, and that one thing was masks. On that issue, thru my experience of using one just one time, made me non-compliant. I simply could not breathe behind one.
Can you imagine how much better off we all could have been if all the Doctors had stood up against this one forced indignity they put us through that held no scientific validation ! I wore one where required just because I'm a law abiding citizen but feel angry and duped now...and when I think of them forcing masks on children at the time, I am incensed.
I am in the unique position of having BOTH an academic dropout's view of life AND an academic drop-in's view of life! I was never very much of an intellectual. I do not hold a candle to Luc and neither to many others on Substack. However, starting in 1980 and then again around 2001 I entered into some intellectual inquiry. So now I am both persons simultaneously. I slided (oopps! "slid") right through the undergraduate level with no major problems. But then, when I signed up for "the graduate program" it was Economics and I found out that Economics was all math. So I dropped out. Then, in Sept. 2001, just a few days before that great airplane event crashing into New York and D.C. and Pennsylvania I got an original idea in Economics. So two things happened in early Sept. of 2001: the violent event and my peaceful, intellectual event. Since then I have been somewhat intellectual. But the smart-ass high school punk is never very far!!!!#
I doubt you're a punk. I could never consider myself an intellectual. I just read, take notes, and read some more. My epiphany came on 9/11 albeit I lived thru extraordinary events in the 60's & 70's that put me in libraries a great portion of my life since the news media at that time was as bad as now and my gut was screaming out, NO, that can't be, makes no sense. Generally, I cut thru the pedantic with Occam's razorblade, otherwise I'd go blind reading all the BS put out there. But, once in a while, I can't suppress the urge to jump into a rabbit hole.
Dag, I can relate to this article. I am besieged by family & (friends long gone) who never hesitate to try to impress with their sheepskins as to the depth, length and breathe of their education, who never see the forest for the trees, to belittle if not from words then their actions or inactions, the disregard they have for a lowly high school graduate, like me. Crushed, by their own conceit.
I personally observe their lack of manners, a dead giveaway, in light of the fact they came from families who excelled in courtesy, warmth and generosity leaving no stone unturned in their endeavors to make one feel at home with all the hospitality you can imagine. All gone.
These college professors installed this superiority complex into dumbed down wannabes disallowed from having or even trying to express an original thought or idea, as tantamount to sacrilege. These Ivy Leaguers are stifling the very life of our future generations
I see it daily. Common sense, gone. Sanguine views, gone. Manners, gone. Cogent arguments, straight out of textbooks. Gray areas, nope, nonexistent. Could this be possible seen through a different lens? Nope, not possible, and I have a degree to prove I'm right. Even though that degree doesn't even come close to the subject matter, still nope. Mr Lelievre sees it better than me as he is living it. But I have engaged these folks for over 50 years now and it hasn't gotten much better, sorry to say. I met a graduate art student once who had no idea who Toulouse-Latrec was?????? Splain that to me like I'm a 4 year old.
Despite being only a High School graduate, I employed some critical thinking, enough to know not to succumb to the experimental inoculation. I was stunned at how other, more highly educated than I, ran in haste to get in line for it, most of whom do not ever bring up the subject now of course.... not a mention of the hardship I lived through as a result of my 'outlandish' decision, nor the betrayal of our Government here in Quebec.
Luc is a fine example of tenacity and good character...a person I strongly admire after reading about his trials and tribulations. Immense respect !
Good comment Wendy, I was right there with you. I can't say it was that difficult for me because I was prepared to stand my ground. I fought my way thru the 1st 2 years, too many confrontations, cops called, spent a night in jail, but I never complied with anything. And you're right about these "gifted" ones who seem to be shamed about taking the shot, now that the gig is up and the truth is known. If you open your eyes and ears. And that is critical thinking. We have it.
Well, you were certainly braver than I.
I admire your courageous defiance !
I was merely a quiet non complier ....was most incensed when they cancelled New Years Eve somewhere around noon on December 31 ! As our family had always gathered to celebrate, we decided to ignore the 8 pm curfew and gathered anyway through the evening up till about 10 pm which suited us well enough. One of the guest friends needed a lift so I volunteered to drive and thought, oh well, screw it ! Off we went. Streets were deserted ! I could hardly believe NO ONE out and about on such an occasion. Reached our destination and then I travelled back home without a care.
Really ! No police patrolling around as they somehow knew that everyone would obey. And so they were right ! Annoyingly right....it was like driving around on the moon. Damn it. Completely deserted.
I fear for the future every day.
You see things others do not, and therein lies the rub, for me. There is always ONE thing that stands out, completely devoid of common sense, that which if all would have done, would have crippled the narrative, which is not to say they wouldn't have come up with something else to cover that huge blunder, and that one thing was masks. On that issue, thru my experience of using one just one time, made me non-compliant. I simply could not breathe behind one.
Can you imagine how much better off we all could have been if all the Doctors had stood up against this one forced indignity they put us through that held no scientific validation ! I wore one where required just because I'm a law abiding citizen but feel angry and duped now...and when I think of them forcing masks on children at the time, I am incensed.
I am in the unique position of having BOTH an academic dropout's view of life AND an academic drop-in's view of life! I was never very much of an intellectual. I do not hold a candle to Luc and neither to many others on Substack. However, starting in 1980 and then again around 2001 I entered into some intellectual inquiry. So now I am both persons simultaneously. I slided (oopps! "slid") right through the undergraduate level with no major problems. But then, when I signed up for "the graduate program" it was Economics and I found out that Economics was all math. So I dropped out. Then, in Sept. 2001, just a few days before that great airplane event crashing into New York and D.C. and Pennsylvania I got an original idea in Economics. So two things happened in early Sept. of 2001: the violent event and my peaceful, intellectual event. Since then I have been somewhat intellectual. But the smart-ass high school punk is never very far!!!!#
I doubt you're a punk. I could never consider myself an intellectual. I just read, take notes, and read some more. My epiphany came on 9/11 albeit I lived thru extraordinary events in the 60's & 70's that put me in libraries a great portion of my life since the news media at that time was as bad as now and my gut was screaming out, NO, that can't be, makes no sense. Generally, I cut thru the pedantic with Occam's razorblade, otherwise I'd go blind reading all the BS put out there. But, once in a while, I can't suppress the urge to jump into a rabbit hole.