Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Outbreak of severe coulrophobia in Missouri

Not only has the rodeo clown in the Obama mask been banned for life from the Missouri state fair (as I mentioned yesterday), but there are now calls for a DOJ “investigation”, and mandatory “sensitivity training”.

I cannot remember where I read it, but someone recently posited that the reason liberals are outraged over this – let’s be honest about it – pretty mild mockery of the president is because they know their guy is weak and thin-skinned and generally feckless, and even trivial barbs are likely to puncture the balloon of fantasy that has carried his career into the dizzying heights. Which all reminds me of this story by G.K. Chesterton, in which the author pokes fun at the idea of the Nietzschean superman (or, as we might say these days, “lightworker”).

I also stumbled upon something that explains (or partially explains) my distaste for many politicians, particularly of the liberal stripe. It’s called the “uncanny valley” effect: “a hypothesis in the field of human aesthetics which holds that when human features look and move almost, but not exactly, like natural human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers.” Gore, Schumer, Reid, Pelosi. They look and move - and speak - almost like humans, but not…quite.

7 comments:

rinardman said...

Rush, today, sounded about as pissed as I've heard him, over this latest example of the Democrats use of the race card. That's what Rush thinks it is, and he posited that if the rodeo clown had been in a Cinton mask during his term in office, it would have been a non-event. But, they've come to rely on the "racist" chant to protect the clown.

That's Obo the Clown, not the rodeo clown.

Paco said...

Obo is definitely one of those scary clowns.

rinardman said...

...they know their guy is weak and thin-skinned and generally feckless

As are they. They identify with him, and take it personally.

bruce said...

Yeah uncanny valley effect - I had not heard of that, but I've felt it sure.

Anonymous said...

Deborah .... Today, Glenn Beck suggested the rodeos step up for this guy. What if a lot of people showed up wearing Obama masks.

I don't think Obama could ride one of the sheep at the kids' rodeo. Though the image of him being thrown is a hoot.

Anonymous said...

Re-education camp for mocking Dear Leader.

RebeccaH said...

That explains it. Almost human, but not quite.