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March 19, 2012: All the Superheroes Read Lei Feng
Sent to me from Beijing. The text at the top reads "The world’s superheroes all study" and the book they're holding and referencing (that is to say, the book they all study) is Lei Feng's Diary.
Lei Feng is a Great Leap Forward icon, that’s him on the right.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The diary contains about 200,000 words describing selfless thoughts with enthusiastic comments on Mao and the inspiring nature of the Party.[10] The campaign began at a time when the Chinese economy was recovering from the Great Leap Forward campaign. During 1964 the Lei Feng campaign shifted gradually from doing good deeds to a cult of Mao.
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GunMaster357 Monday Mar 19 09:33 AM
Know your enemy all that kind of things
Clodfobble Monday Mar 19 03:56 PM
Superman has something weird going on with his britches.
infinite monkey Monday Mar 19 04:11 PM
Superpeople get on my nerves. They're all freaky weird and socially inept. 
Well, Wonder Woman was cool but I don't see her in that picture. I see a Kirstie Alley and a Sally Struthers, neither of whom is a superpeople.
Gravdigr Monday Mar 19 04:24 PM
Re: Sally Struthers & Kirstie Alley:
| ...neither of whom is a superpeople... |
Super-size people?
infinite monkey Monday Mar 19 07:28 PM
Grav, have you seen Kirstie lately? She's looking good! (Again!) I feel Kirstie's pain. 
spudcon Monday Mar 19 11:19 PM
People still worshipping Mao, the most successful mass murderer of the 20th century, outperforming Stalin and Hitler. Be proud, communists!
ZenGum Monday Mar 19 11:24 PM
Spud, bud, howdy! You've been quiet lately. How are things going?
Pearcie (AUS) Monday Mar 19 11:52 PM
Things I learned from Lei Feng...
Never let anyone take your photo while wearing a silly hat. You never know where it might end up.
HungLikeJesus Tuesday Mar 20 12:45 AM
I thought all superheros either wear a mask or a funny hat, or at least a headband.
Pearcie (AUS) Tuesday Mar 20 01:06 AM
Fair point, HLJ, but that's why superheroes usually try to keep their true identity secret. Plus most ordinary people wouldn't have the balls to rip on a superhero for obvious reasons.
SPUCK Tuesday Mar 20 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Re: Sally Struthers & Kirstie Alley:
Super-size people? |
newtimer Tuesday Mar 20 11:53 AM
When did Moe Howard become a superhero?
wolf Tuesday Mar 20 05:52 PM
I love Moe Howard and all, but I don't know if superhero is the word I'd use ...
Griff Tuesday Mar 20 06:43 PM
Wait, wasn't Superman a fascist rather than a commie? Cue UG in 3, 2, 1...
HungLikeJesus Tuesday Mar 20 08:14 PM
Who, John Wayne?
spudcon Tuesday May 22 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Spud, bud, howdy! You've been quiet lately. How are things going?
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wolf Tuesday May 22 02:15 PM
There are a couple non-uberliberals here, you know ...
glatt Tuesday May 22 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by spudcon
I spoke the truth here, some uberliberals wanted to squash my right to speak, so I just decided to let them have the site.
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A open minded person would take that opportunity to reexamine their beliefs and either learn something new or else realize that they were right all along and be able to clearly articulate why they are right. Nobody knows it all. There's no shame in being wrong, as long as you are willing to learn from it.
BigV Tuesday May 22 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by spudcon
Being away to keep from getting disappointed by Cellarites. Seems that when I spoke the truth here, some uberliberals wanted to squash my right to speak, so I just decided to let them have the site. It was fun for a while, and it takes a lot to offend me, but they finally wore me down. The web is a gigantic media, so I've found nicer places. Still look at the pod occasionally, but usually keep signed off.
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Originally Posted by glatt
I have no idea what incident you are talking about, but what's more likely is that you said something you couldn't defend well and when somebody called you on it, you saw you were losing the argument, so you ran away.
A open minded person would take that opportunity to reexamine their beliefs and either learn something new or else realize that they were right all along and be able to clearly articulate why they are right. Nobody knows it all. There's no shame in being wrong, as long as you are willing to learn from it. |
I see zero evidence of any effort to "squash his right to speak", though he would likely find the conversation as disappointing now as he did then.
spudcon, come on back. I'd love to read what you have to say.
classicman Wednesday May 23 12:05 AM
Heya Spud!
footfootfoot Wednesday May 23 07:01 PM
Yeah, and if all the super heroes were jumping off of bridges would you do that too?
infinite monkey Wednesday May 23 08:43 PM
Guffaw!
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