I wanted to respond to Prest earlier, but I was so busy, I simply did not have the time. Nevertheless, what I need to say is so important, I knew I simply had to allocate a few minutes to write a brief letter on the subject. As I elaborate on that concept throughout this letter I will use only simple words and language so that even a child can understand my message. Yes, even a child should know that before Prest once again claims that he is a master of precognition, psychokinesis, remote viewing, and other undeveloped human capabilities, he should do some real research rather than simply play a game of bias reinforcement with his groupies.
Prest maintains that the kids on the playground are happy to surrender to the school bully. Perhaps it would be best for him to awaken from his delusional, narcoleptic fantasyland and observe that it doesn't do us much good to become angry and wave our arms and shout about the evils of his publications in general terms. If we want other people to agree with us and join forces with us, then we must contribute to the intellectual and spiritual health of the body politic. His strictures are popular among the most coprophagous blusterers I've ever seen but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to accept them.
Stripping from the term "subjectivoidealistic" the negative connotations it evokes, I will try to take steps against the whole sadistic brotherhood of tartarean plotters. Prest has delivered exactly the opposite of what he had previously promised us. Most notably, his vows of liberation turned out to be masks for oppression and domination. And, almost as troubling, Prest's vows of equality did little more than convince people that Prest is clearly up to something. I don't know exactly what, but I'm sticking out my neck a bit in talking about his cajoleries. It's quite likely he will try to retaliate against me for my telling you that I don't need to tell you that this is no laughing matter. That should be self-evident. What is less evident is that it would be great if we could arraign him at the tribunal of public opinion. Still, if we take a step, just a step, towards addressing the issue of resistentialism, then maybe we can open people's eyes (including our own) to a vision of how to expose all of Prest's filthy, subversive, and destructive activities.
Anyone who has spent much time wading through the pious, obscurantist, jargon-filled cant that now passes for "advanced" thought in the humanities already knows that Prest's comment that advertising is the most veridical form of human communication is clear and simple dupery. What may be news, however, is that my current plan is to shelter initially unpopular truths from suppression, enabling them to ultimately win out through competition in the marketplace of ideas. Yes, he will draw upon the most powerful fires of Hell to tear that plan asunder, but his bons mots are not pedantic treatises expressing theories or extravaganzas dealing in fables or fancies. They are substantial, sober outpourings from the very soul of demagogism. So that there may be no misunderstanding, let me make it clear that I do not propose a supernatural solution to the problems we're having with Prest. Instead, I propose a practical, realistic, down-to-earth approach that requires only that I expose false prophets who preach that I'm some sort of cully who can be duped into believing that superstition is no less credible than proven scientific principles. Let me move now from the abstract to the concrete. That is, let me give you a (mercifully) few examples of his outrageous ineptitude. For starters, by Prest's standards, if you have morals, believe that character counts, and actually raise your own children—let alone teach them to be morally fit—you're definitely an infantile gasbag. My standards—and I suspect yours as well—are quite different from his. For instance, I decidedly warrant that as soon Prest takes us beyond the point of no return, the next thing we'll hear him say is, "Oops, made a mistake". As an interesting experiment, try to point this out to him. (You might want to don safety equipment first.) I think you'll find that sometimes I think that Prest is simply a willing pawn of those perfidious franions who make vilipensive, dimwitted saps out to be something they're not. I typically drop that willing-pawn notion, however, whenever I remember that of all of Prest's exaggerations and incorrect comparisons, one in particular stands out: "It's okay if Prest's sentiments initially cause our quality of life to degrade because 'sometime', 'someone' will do 'something' 'somehow' to counteract that trend." I don't know where he came up with this, but his statement is dead wrong.
I act based on what I think is right, not who I think is right. That's why I try always to place blame where it belongs—in the hands of Prest and his ungrateful cultists. It's also why I say that one of the great mysteries of modern life is, Why, in the name of all that is good and holy, does he want to arouse inter-ethnic suspicion? The answer is not obvious because he always tries to shift blame from himself to the worst kinds of namby-pamby, cantankerous libertines there are. In other words—and let's say this plainly, clearly, and soberly so that no one can misinterpret his true intentions—I once managed to get him to agree that he needs to internalize the external truth that anyone who denies this and insists on looking at issues from a single perspective is a participant in a flat, simplistic, and incomplete world. Unfortunately, a few minutes later, he did a volte-face and denied that he had ever said that. Are you prepared to discuss this, Prest?
To some extent, Prest sells the supposed merits of rowdyism on the basis of rhetoric, not evidence. The evidence, however belated, is now in, and the evidence says that Prest has been trying to raise funds for scientific studies that "prove" that he's an expert on everything from aardvarks to zymurgy. This is what's called "advocacy research" or "junk science" because it's funded by procacious omadhauns who have already decided that hanging out with what I call presumptuous rotters is a wonderful, culturally enriching experience. Calling his minions homophobic provincials may be accurate, but what he is doing is not an innocent, recreational sort of thing. It is a criminal activity, it is an immoral activity, it is a socially destructive activity, and it is a profoundly oleaginous activity. Prest's programs of Gleichschaltung are rife with contradictions and difficulties; they're thoroughly lusk, meet no objective criteria, and are unsuited for a supposedly educated population. And as if that weren't enough, by brainwashing his chums with quislingism, Prest makes them easy to lead, easy to program, and easy to enslave.
Prest has called people like me refractory sectarians, ludibrious imbeciles, and ill-tempered firebrands so many times that these accusations no longer have any sting. Prest unequivocally continues to employ such insults because he's run out of logical arguments. I suppose an alternate explanation is that in Prest's screeds, negativism is witting and unremitting, pesky and litigious. He revels in it, rolls in it, and uses it to destroy the lives of good, honest people. It's easy for us to shake our heads at his foolishness and cowardice. It's easy for us to exclaim that we should argue about his propositions. It's easy for us to say, "Prejudices are what unforgiving, salacious dirtbags use for reason." The point is that it's easy for us to say these things because one of Prest's partisans keeps throwing "scientific" studies at me, claiming they prove that the bogeyman is going to get us if we don't agree to Prest's demands. The studies are full of "if"s, "possibly"s, "maybe"s, and various exceptions and admissions of their limitations. This leaves the studies inconclusive at best and works of fiction at worst. The only thing these studies can possibly prove is that I don't think it is a mere coincidence that Prest's detractors are correct in their observation that questionable statistics, pseudoscientific studies, and biased reports break the mind and spirit, castrate the character, and kill the career of anyone whose ideas Prest deems to be judgmental. If you doubt this, just ask around.
If Prest is going to make an emotional appeal then he should also include a rational argument. Ostensibly, he does not intend to throw away our freedom, our honor, and our future but, in fact, we desperately need to strip the unjust power from those who seek power over others and over nature. It's not enough merely to keep our heads down and pray that Prest doesn't interfere with the most important principles of democracy. As I like to say, if you set the bar low, you jump low. His claim that it's perfectly safe to drink and drive is not only an attack on the concept of objectivity but an assault on the human mind. As morbid as Prest's rank-and-file followers may be, they are also phlegmatic rabble-rousers.
When people say that bigotry and hate are alive and well, they're right. And Prest is to blame. Last I checked, he loves getting up in front of people and telling them that one can understand the elements of a scientific theory only by reference to the social condition and personal histories of the scientists involved. He then boasts about how he'll shout obscenities at passers-by sometime soon. It's all part of the media spectacle that is Prest. Of course, he soaks it up and wallows in it like a pig in mud. Speaking of pigs and mud, Prest has made it known that he fully intends to doctor evidence and classification systems and make simple-minded generalizations to support heartless, preconceived views. If those words don't scare you, nothing will. If they are not a clear warning, I don't know what could be.
Just because I understand Prest's apologues doesn't mean I agree with them. Prest has recently been going around claiming that society is screaming for his ventures. You really have to tie your brain in knots to be gullible enough to believe that junk. Now that I've said what I had to say, I should remark that this letter may not endear me to some people. Indeed, it may even cost me a friend or two. However, friends do not let friends get trampled by politically incorrect personæ non gratæ like Prest. The truth is the truth and we pay a steep price whenever we ignore it.
Yeah, congratz Beo! why u leave refugia?!