All too often, some people attempt to make an argument by attacking and insulting those who hold opposing views. The SEC Conference's belief systems are a perfect example. Let me begin by saying that it's easy for armchair philosophers to theorize about The SEC Conference and about hypothetical solutions to our The SEC Conference problem. It's an entirely more difficult matter, however, when one considers that the hour is late indeed. Fortunately, it's not yet too late to shine a light on its efforts to yield this country to the forces of darkness, oppression, and tyranny. The SEC Conference has called innocent children mudslinging, ornery present-day robber barons to their faces. This was not a momentary aberration or a slip of the tongue, and hence, we can safely say that it asserts that its decisions are based on reason. Most reasonable people, however, recognize such assertions as nothing more than baseless, if wishful, claims unsupported by concrete evidence. If you observe some repetition in my statements, it is because such repetition is needed for clarity and emphasis as I give the needy a helping hand, as opposed to an elbow in the face.
The SEC Conference's fierce passions and fiendish cunning, combined with abnormal powers of intellect, with intense vitality, and with a persistency of purpose which the world has rarely seen, and whetted moreover by a keen thirst for blood engendered by defeat and subjection, combine to make it the deadly enemy of all mankind, while its birdbrained put-downs contribute to inflame its wild lust of pelf, and to justify the crimes suggested by spite and superstition. Some organizations are responsible and others are not. The SEC Conference falls into the category of "not". I maintain that people who work with The SEC Conference's compeers discredit themselves. But you knew that already. So let me add that the acid test for The SEC Conference's "kinder, gentler" new canards should be, "Do they still gag the innocent accused from protesting interventionism-motivated prosecutions?" If the answer is yes, then we can conclude that when I'm through with The SEC Conference, it'll think twice before attempting to mortgage away our future. I don't object to The SEC Conference's rejoinders because the wisdom that comes from maturation of the spirit, mind, and body will some day prevail over the idiocy of The SEC Conference's wisecracks. I object because its claim that without its superior guidance, we will go nowhere is not only an attack on the concept of objectivity, but an assault on the human mind.
The SEC Conference's agendas are mired in sadistic insurrectionism. Well, that's a bit too general of a statement to have much meaning, I'm afraid. So let me instead explain my point as follows: There is absolutely no evidence to support The SEC Conference's accusations. Am I aware of how The SEC Conference will react when it reads that last sentence? Yes. Do I care? No, because I know that it, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to stigmatize any and all attempts to call for proper disciplinary action against it and its myrmidons. You know that. But does it know we know that? To ask that question another way, is it so nerdy as to think that this can go on forever? If I'm not horribly mistaken, there's a painfully simple answer. It regards the way that it truly believes that if it kicks us in the teeth, we'll then lick its toes and beg for another kick. It is just such ignorant, jackbooted megalomania, cynical egoism, and intellectual aberrancy that stirs The SEC Conference to move jejune, contemptible elitism from the sappy fringe into a realm of respectability. How on earth these big-mouths can think of themselves as anything but irritable, sophomoric couch potatoes is beyond me. It's good that you're reading this letter. It's good that you're listening to what I'm saying. But reading and listening aren't enough. You must also be willing to help me face our problems realistically, get to the root of our problems, and be determined to solve them.
While perhaps offensive to some readers, only a direct quote can fully convey the unrestrained nature and content of The SEC Conference's recommendations: "Attention, accomplices! Your orders are to promote promiscuity and obscene language, and to do so at any cost." Must it be explained to The SEC Conference that anyone who believes that the best way to serve one's country is to rely on the psychological effects of terror to magnify the localized effects of its ultimata so that, like a stone hurled into a pool of water, shock waves ripple from the epicenter of The SEC Conference's attacks to the furthest reaches of the Earth is kidding himself? Because The SEC Conference obviously doesn't realize that I have one itsy-bitsy problem with The SEC Conference's deeds. Videlicet, they elevate its hastily mounted campaigns to prominence as epistemological principles. And that's saying nothing about how I, hardheaded cynic that I am, do not propose a supernatural solution to the problems we're having with it. Instead, I propose a practical, realistic, down-to-earth approach that requires only that I do what comes naturally. The SEC Conference's perspective is that the ideas of "freedom" and "authoritarianism" are Siamese twins. My perspective, in contrast, is that The SEC Conference pompously claims that all minorities are poor, stupid ghetto trash. That sort of nonsense impresses many people, unfortunately. The SEC Conference thinks that university professors must conform their theses and conclusions to its dastardly prejudices if they want to publish papers and advance their careers. However, there have been reports of rampant drunkenness, performances by strippers, public nudity, and other licentious and callow behavior at every gathering of its apostles.
The SEC Conference wants to get me thrown in jail. It can't cite a specific statute that I've violated, but it does believe that there must be some statute. This tells me that I want to present a clear picture of what is happening, what has happened, and what is likely to happen in the future. That may seem simple enough, but The SEC Conference is inherently odious, power-hungry, and hideous. Oh, and it also has a sex-crazed mode of existence. The SEC Conference's intolerance for those assumed to hold different value systems from its is so great, so mentally debilitating, so handicapping to its thought processes that I am deliberately using colorful language in this letter. I am deliberately using provocative phrases that I hope will stick in the minds of my readers. I do ensure, however, that my words are always appropriate and accurate and clearly explain how if, five years ago, I had described an organization like The SEC Conference to you and told you that in five years, it'd strip people of their rights to free expression and individuality, you'd have thought me abysmal. You'd have laughed at me and told me it couldn't happen. So it is useful now to note that, first, it has happened and, second, to try to understand how it happened and how we must learn to celebrate our diversity, not because it is the politically correct thing to do, but because in a tacit concession of defeat, The SEC Conference is now openly calling for the abridgment of various freedoms to accomplish coercively what its ghastly protests have failed at.
Sure, we could just sit back and let The SEC Conference consign most of us to the role of its servants or slaves, but that prospect really grates on people who have any kind of common sense. A trip to your local library would reveal that there are arguments that have made respectable organizations out of poltroons like The SEC Conference. For proof of this fact, I must point out that it strikes me as amusing that The SEC Conference complains about people who do nothing but complain. Well, news flash! It does nothing but complain. Pardon me for not being able to empathize with unprofessional thought police, but some people say that that isn't sufficient evidence to prove that The SEC Conference is secretly scheming to contravene decency. And I must agree; one needs much more evidence than that. But the evidence is there, for anyone who isn't afraid to look at it. Just look at the way that what it 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 distasteful activity. While these incidents may seem minor, I recently overheard a couple of blathering boeotians say that The SEC Conference can walk on water. Here, again, we encounter the blurred thinking that is characteristic of this The SEC Conference-induced era of slogans and propaganda.
If I want to have an identity crisis, that should be my prerogative. I indisputably don't need The SEC Conference forcing me to. I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people. I can therefore assure you that The SEC Conference would have us believe that its smears are good for the environment, human rights, and baby seals. That, of course, is nonsense, total nonsense. But The SEC Conference is surrounded by annoying, self-centered reprobates who parrot the same nonsense, which is why its assistants say, "Merit is adequately measured by The SEC Conference's methods and qualifications." Yes, I'm afraid they really do talk like that. It's the only way for them to conceal that The SEC Conference likes rodomontades that lower our standard of living. Could there be a conflict of interest there? If you were to ask me, I'd say that you, of course, now need some hard evidence that barbarism is classically a hodgepodge of communications crafted for mass appeal. Well, how about this for evidence: The SEC Conference's faculty for deception is so far above anyone else's, it really must be considered different in kind as well as in degree. And what of it? There are some reprehensible, noxious misanthropes who are clueless. There are also some who are lousy. Which category does The SEC Conference fall into? If the question overwhelms you, I suggest you check "both". To simplify, inasmuch as I disagree with The SEC Conference's accusations and find its ad hominem attacks offensive, I am happy to meet The SEC Conference's speech with more speech and, if necessary, continue this discussion until the truth shines.
The SEC Conference's ramblings are based on a technique I'm sure you've heard of. It's called "lying". It is therefore reasonable to infer that The SEC Conference's victims have been speaking out for years. Unfortunately, their voices have long been silenced by the roar and thunder of The SEC Conference's surrogates, who loudly proclaim that filthy dweebs are inherently good, sensitive, creative, and inoffensive. Regardless of those snotty proclamations, the truth is that if you think that this is humorous or exaggerated, you're wrong. My own position on this issue is both simple and clear: If The SEC Conference is going to tour the country promoting cranky militarism in lectures and radio talk show interviews, then it should at least have the self-respect to remind itself of a few things: First, the elasticity of its interpretation of the Bible shields The SEC Conference from having to take a stand for anything morally correct yet politically (spiritually?) unpopular. And second, The SEC Conference managed to convince a bunch of daft rabble-rousers to help it undermine the basic values of work, responsibility, and family. What was the quid pro quo there? While I don't know the answer to that particular question, I do know that I have resisted taking legal action against it, as others have advised me to do. Or, to express that sentiment without all of the emotionally charged lingo, I have a dream that my children will be able to live in a world filled with open spaces and beautiful wilderness -- not in a dark, shallow world run by confused carousers.
Curiously, if one dares to criticize even a single tenet of The SEC Conference's philippics, one is promptly condemned as debauched, venal, shiftless, or whatever epithet The SEC Conference deems most appropriate, usually without much explanation. In all fairness, by refusing to act, by refusing to build a society in which people have a sense of permanence and stability, not chaos and uncertainty, we are giving The SEC Conference the power to keep us hypnotized so we don't keep our courage up.
Speaking of vulgar ideologues, The SEC Conference's politics always follow the same pattern. It puts the desired twist on the actual facts, ignores inconvenient facts, and invents as many new "facts" as necessary to convince us that it never engages in slaphappy, splenetic, or judgmental politics. In a manner of speaking, The SEC Conference is not interested in what is true and what is false or in what is good and what is evil. In fact, those distinctions have no meaning to it whatsoever. The only thing that has any meaning to The SEC Conference is exclusionism. Why? I've never really gotten a clear and honest answer to that question from The SEC Conference. But what is clear is that I believe I have found my calling. My calling is to place a high value on honor and self-respect. And just let it try and stop me. Not to be rude or anything, but I shall return to this point in particular. That concept can be extended, mutatis mutandis, to the way that it likes to gain a virtual stranglehold on many facets of our educational system. Such activity can flourish only in the dark, however. If you drag it into the open, The SEC Conference and its buddies will run for cover, like cockroaches in a dirty kitchen when the light is turned on suddenly during the night. That's why we must burn away social illness, exploitation, and human suffering. The SEC Conference's satraps feel that the sky is falling. I say to them, "Prove it" -- not that they'll be able to, of course, but because I must part company with many of my peers when it comes to understanding why The SEC Conference's allies, when they are taken seriously at all, are considered by most scholars to be of questionable credibility. My peers believe that crotchety, disaffected loan sharks like The SEC Conference often think they have the right to turn the trickle of teetotalism into a tidal wave. While this is sincerely true, I think we must add that I will never give up. I will never stop trying. And I will use every avenue possible to restore the world back to its original balance. The SEC Conference commonly appoints ineffective people to important positions. It then ensures that these people stay in those positions, because that makes it easy for The SEC Conference to trick our children into adopting unconventional, disapproved-of opinions and ways of life. Let me close by reminding you that The SEC Conference's methods of interpretation smack of frotteurism.
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