Petty, narrow, mean, and insecure

“Sonic Charmer” creates a truth table, and something most of us instinctively suspected becomes becomes abundantly clear:

What two recent faddish news items, both involving previously-unknown women, say about the current state of our culture:

... In both cases we find people being treated as beneath contempt – as not meriting the slightest basic human decency – as, essentially, unpersons – unless and until [or as long as - o.g.] they meet certain conditions.  Susan Boyle met those conditions by demonstrating an unsuspected and unlikely-seeming artistic talent.  Carrie Prejean, meanwhile, excluded herself from those conditions by demonstrating an incorrect opinion.
...

Boyle-Prejean Matrix	no opinions known	incorrect opinions
no artistic talent known	person if and only if beautiful	unperson
artistic talent demonstrated	person	unperson

...
The priorities for someone wishing to be treated decently are clearly:

1. Conform to the correct opinions.
2. Have some artistic talent of some sort that will impress people.
3. Be beautiful.

At the very least, make sure you conform.
- Two People, Two Beauties: The Boyle-Prejean Matrix

(That’s the essence, but read the whole thing.)

Certainly says something about our “betters,” those who would dictate social and cultural standards.  Like a never-ending high school

High school never ended?  More like junior high!


LATER:  Discussion in the comments at Dustbury.  And backstory from Akaky.


Via:  Tatyana via Charles.

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