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Assholes - a theory: The boorish asshole
Published: 07/01/2014 11:46
You do not know even what? Assholes are a disgrace. Annoy you at work, in sports, on TV, friends, or even in
the family. But what exactly is an asshole? Why are most male? Is capitalism to blame? These and other
important questions philosophy professor Aaron James in his book "assholes - One theory" after. We publish
this the most exciting propositions.
Assholes are not too hard to spot. An asshole even readily recognize another asshole (and sometimes even
competes with it for the pole position).
But you have to necessarily be an asshole to recognize another? No, of course not. It is a necessary condition for
the existence of assholes that there is sufficient cooperative people who are not, because otherwise the asshole
could not fight its special advantages yes. And most people have no problem to recognize an asshole, if they
come across such.
To the other hand, recognize and classify the different types asshole sure it takes a sharp look. Therefore, I see
no other way to imagine possible examples and to describe them in detail and with due attention to detail. Our
theory requires only that I mistakenly holds the asshole for privileged and is not affected by his own mistakes.
How does he get this false sense of entitlement, however, is quite different.
Therefore, the question is to clarify what types of assholes out there. In addition, we adhere to Aristotle's wise
maxim that we can not ask for more accuracy of a theory as the research subject will bear. Seal is not
mathematics. The same applies to the wide range of vice and virtue - and for the infinite variety of asshole
types. We must therefore proceed inductively, as Aristotle would have done. So we are therefore a number of
species described in detail in the hope that it can be distilled to a typology of asshole.
The boorish asshole
Let's start with a known type: the bully asshole. A person can be rude, insensitive or rude without reason
"asshole" to belong to the category. Maybe he cherishes so good intentions or did not feel they deserve special
treatment, but is still unable to acceptable social behavior. The boorish asshole, however, shows unimpressed
aware of the limits of courtesy and respect. He usually does that quite frankly, yes, he is still proud of it.
Noel Gallagher, for example, the guitarist of Oasis - undoubtedly the most confident asshole rock band of all
time - attracts about other musicians obviously ago just for the fun of badmouthing. The German "comedian"
Oliver Pocher designated Mariah Carey on the talk show Gottschalk & Friends in her presence as a "brawn" and
spat it do with water. The American radio host Rush Limbaugh is striking rude, but what handed to him for
personal benefit, both financially and in terms of its political influence.
Filmmaker Michael Moore is really a bit bashful. If he treats his employees condescending, and he does so for
the sake of public morality. In all these cases the proven rudeness does not move from a lack of sensitivity, but
from the claim, the rules of courtesy and respect simply to can override. Gallagher and Pocher seem to imply
that their popularity gives them the freedom to do anything or say anything that comes straight to mind.
Limbaugh and Michael Moore refer to the higher cause they serve: the liberal threat finally curb (Limbaugh) or
the defense of the working class against the corporate fat cats (Moore).
The case of American journalist and critic HL Mencken, who lived at the beginning of the 20th century and
wrote is really a bit more subtle. Here are some of his comments on various Presidents of the USA:
Woodrow Wilson: "a bonkers that have become a teacher"
Calvin Coolidge: "the intelligence of an unskilled", with a career "so frightening and fascinating as a child with
two heads"
Herbert Hoover: "only with yourself busy ... Its principles are so weak that even his closest confidants are
incapable of putting it into words ... He knows who his Lord and will serve them."
Warren G. Harding: "Master a language that went into the inner connection between word and meaning is lost
long ago ... [Harding's style] reminds me of wet sponges on a string, to crumbling plaster, to stale bean soup, to
the wake-up in college, to dogs that bark all night long in the summer. He is so bad that it is already a touch of
grandeur. "
It is perhaps no coincidence that Mencken about the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche praised writes: "No
ornamental epithet was too outrageous for him, no accusation too far-fetched, no manipulation or interpretation
of the facts too daring to support his wild accusation."
The article is based on the book "assholes - a theory"
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ISBN: 978-3-570-50157-3