I have a love/hate relationship with the NY Times. At times I love that it has liberal social tendencies, yet hate its foreign viewpoints, particularly those towards Israel which I feel are slanted against it, asking from it the impossible. However, to be fair, at times it has a turn of phrase that just does it to a T. The title of this posting and a paraphrase from it work just so well that I stopped my unpacking and set down to writing (tough, Gracie).
Charles Krauthammer coined a particular phrase to describe anti George W. Bush fanatics and I am borrowing it for our new phrase - "Malcontent Derangement Syndrome" which is defined as "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, ......nay - the very existence of the Malcontents." To put it in other words, this syndrome defines a group of people who might seem normal on the outside but who dislike this particular group of people so much that they are irrational and even perhaps unhinged, so can we ask, you malcontent haters - is there something seriously going on with you???
Now here is the joke of all this and be patient as I ramble on thru (is that the right word, Gracie?). After reading through some historical documents and perusing some classic novels, in particular those of Theodore Dreiser and Jane Austen as well as Solzhenitsyn, it appears that this unhinged group of people are actually self hating individuals for THEY are the true malcontents. Yes, that is so.
Reformers and reformists are those who try to improve society, make it a better, kinder society, a saner world, especially for those who need help. That is what WE are trying to do here with our blogs, our "shout out" to the Villagers about issues in the Village that must be addressed. It is the true malcontents who cause trouble.
So who are they? Why, they are the ones who see a working place where all are invited to volunteer and participate, contribute time and ideas, mental and physical efforts, who see a place where financial sanity is a most important topic and goal, who see a place where there are priorities and good money is not thrown after bad - and then try to wreck it all, destroy it. These are the true malcontents of CV. These are the people who try to squelch all opposition, who threaten to call the cops on anyone who disagrees (anyone hear Deutschland uber alles here?) These are the malcontents who hate a society wherein people strive to be fair, to be good, to be honest and caring, to be fiscally conservative with the money of others. These are the people who have issues with their own selves, with their own self importance and who cannot function unless they put others down.
Read the novels and authors I mentioned above and see who are the malcontents. They are the ones who at first seem to be nice, pleasant, contributing people, but my, oh my, they are not and slowly their true colors are revealed.
Well, people, the true colors of our actual malcontents are right out there, glaring and blaring in the sun. They scream. They throw tantrums. They spy. They take pictures and then say oh, no, it was not our idea. It was Eva's. It is for safety. Really? So if someone loses a phone in the Clubhouse and claims theft, are you then going to raid the apts. of all those who entered the building that day? Will you call in SEAT teams to break down doors? Or better yet -DO YOU HAVE OTHER SECRET CAMERAS IN THE BUILDING AND IF SO, WHERER ARE THEY? COME CLEAN BECAUSE WE CAN JUST AS EASILY CALL IN OUR OWN EXPERT TO FIND THEM.
YOU SEE, PEOPLE, TRUE MALCONTENTS DO NOT HAVE YOUR WELFARE AT HEART AND CANNOT HIDE THEIR TRUE CHARACTERS. THEY WILL OUT, LIKE IT OR NOT. So come join the reformists of the Village who are fighting valiantly for YOU, to save the Village from the harmful effects and consequences of the true malcontents - DAVID ISRAEL, ED BLACK, PETER CRUZ, MARC V, JOY VESTAL, MYRON SILVERMAN, GRACIE MACKLIN, ELAINE BROWN AND ALL OTHERS WHO AID AND ABET THEM.
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