OH! OH! let me help!
*clears throat* AND - I am really at a loss for what to say in this letter other than to convey my shock. Here's my side of the story: If they could speak, the birds, snakes, and other creatures who are our Earth brothers and Earth sisters would unmistakably say that the worst sorts of mealymouthed windbags I've ever seen have increasingly been palming off our present situation as the compelling ground for worldwide immoralism. Ms. Briar Rose has a lot to answer for in regard to that. According to some data she claims to have, just about everyone wants Briar to allow federally funded research to mushroom into a repulsive, grossly inefficient system, hampered by unprofessional tin-pot tyrants and reprehensible balloon heads. Alas, giant numbers and statistical conceits can conceal as much as they reveal. The reality is that we mustn't be content to patch and darn, to piece and cobble at the worn and rotten fabric of Briar's disingenuous, brainless gibes. Instead we must fight scurrility and slander. I have absolutely no idea why she makes such a big fuss over absenteeism. There are far more pressing issues that present themselves and that should be discussed, debated, and solved—issues such as war, famine, poverty, and homelessness. There is also the lesser issue that if Briar had lived the short, sickly, miserable life of a chattel serf in the ages “before technocracy” she wouldn't be so keen to insist that our society be infested with fascism, factionalism, tuchungism, and an impressive swarm of other “isms”. Maybe she'd even begin to realize that to someone whose eyes are open, her constantly repeated mantra that courtesy and manners don't count for anything is an insanely unreasonable notion. By way of contrast, consider my personal mantra that Briar claims to be fighting for equality. What she's really fighting for, however, is equality in degradation, by which I mean that Briar's favorite story seems to be that if she kicks us in the teeth we'll then lick her toes and beg for another kick. This humbuggery is based on unverified rumor and has long since been decisively discredited by a variety of reputable organizations. Nevertheless, it's often hard to decipher Briar's loathsome, despicable comments. Obviously, she flees clarity whenever it involves unpleasant shouldering of responsibility, but I think that in this case, Briar's occasional demonstrations of benevolence are not genuine. Nor are her promises. In fact, we must give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.
Nothing unites people like a common enemy. That's why I would encourage everybody to take some shots of their own at Briar by reprimanding her for stabbing us in the back. Whenever her apple-polishers say that she is as innocent as a newborn lamb, their noses grow by a few centimeters. I've already explained why, but let me add that her malisons all stem from one, simple, faulty premise, that our unalienable rights are merely privileges that she can dole out or retract. Briar can go on saying that newspapers should report only on items she agrees with but the rest of us have serious problems to deal with that preclude our indulging in such ruthless dreams just now. I see how important her hate-filled hypnopompic insights are to her intimates and I laugh. I laugh because she is the embodiment of everything petty in our lives. Every grievance, every envy, every unconscionable ideology finds expression in Briar Rose.
Our conception of anti-intellectualism still remains a good deal less clear than we would wish, so to speak. Briar does, occasionally, make a valid point. But when she says that merit is adequately measured by her methods and qualifications, that's where the facts end and the ludicrousness begins. Oh, and one more thing. There's only one true drama queen around here, and she's the one wearing the crown. Let me close by reminding you that the statements I made about Ms. Briar Rose in this letter are in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch. And I will be heard.
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