Genet’s embrace of "evil" was more poetic and existential. He did not argue that crime was "natural" in a biological sense, but rather that adopting the role of the thief or traitor was a way to achieve authenticity and freedom in a world he saw as fundamentally corrupt.
For Genet, the "virtuous" society was not just hypocritical; it was boring and suffocating. He sought to transform his own marginalization into a form of sainthood through the deliberate performance of transgression.
Ask Elvis Presley if you don't believe me. He transgressed .
Sade argues that what society calls "virtue" is often a performance designed to gain social approval while concealing selfish, predatory instincts. In his view, moral laws are artificial constructs created by the weak and the religious to shackle the strong and suppress natural desires.
A M Man I All you pretty women I'm a man. M A N Man.
Thanks, you are the first person I have read who is talking about reality correspondence. I think of this as a positive and a negative scale, and do not engage with people on the negative scale since insanity breeds insanity. As a society we need to move towards more reality, and I wish you well with your writing and interviews.
Reality exists. Equality and all the rest do not. They are fictions.
It is often said progressives are people who invent an impossibly unrealistic world then become enraged it does not exist. Fiction can be perfect; reality is often messy. For example, the homeless are not just people lacking a house, they are often difficult people with complex problems that cannot be easily solved. Virtually everything is like this too. Hence the tragic vision of the conservatives. Life is hard.
Interesting read, thanks Frank. I see this jarring clash between the oppressive push for equality a lot in the workplace. At a recent conference every guest speaker was a senior/very senior, well paid (six figures), white middle age woman who was ordered by the white, middle aged, well paid female organiser to tell a full auditorium of their trauma (many of whom couldn't recall any) but the pace was relentless and a 'i can't recall any' was dismissed as 'clearly too traumatic to remember'. When it was a British Asian man's turn to talk (again senior and no doubt had a few tales to tell) he was introduced with a cursory intro and a sneer and cut off after 5 mins - the messaging was clear, woman are oppressed victims and men are evil and deserve everything bad that happens to them. And this isn't a small business, it's a national org. The Equalities Act has been used to browbeat men into submission and shift promotion to gender and political biases rather than competence. I know many competent men and women, but only the women will thrive and achieve senior unless a man assumes the they/them mantle. Sad days.
I’ll read this later. I am writing a new series built on my own memoir, my recent essays about my ancestors and English identity and also inspired by new understandings reached after listening to Neema Parvini amongst others - and you Frank have now helped refine my thoughts too with your perspective. It’s important we men re draw the lines.
Another masterpiece, Frank. Well done. We have been brainwashed for so long ….thank you for your clarity of mind. God bless.
Are you trying to say climate change wasn't caused by imperialism? Lol.
Genet’s Aesthetic Transgression:
Genet’s embrace of "evil" was more poetic and existential. He did not argue that crime was "natural" in a biological sense, but rather that adopting the role of the thief or traitor was a way to achieve authenticity and freedom in a world he saw as fundamentally corrupt.
For Genet, the "virtuous" society was not just hypocritical; it was boring and suffocating. He sought to transform his own marginalization into a form of sainthood through the deliberate performance of transgression.
Ask Elvis Presley if you don't believe me. He transgressed .
The Hypocrisy of Virtue
Sade argues that what society calls "virtue" is often a performance designed to gain social approval while concealing selfish, predatory instincts. In his view, moral laws are artificial constructs created by the weak and the religious to shackle the strong and suppress natural desires.
A M Man I All you pretty women I'm a man. M A N Man.
Thank you Frank for another article that is right on target.
U de best! Gotta read it again.
Thanks, you are the first person I have read who is talking about reality correspondence. I think of this as a positive and a negative scale, and do not engage with people on the negative scale since insanity breeds insanity. As a society we need to move towards more reality, and I wish you well with your writing and interviews.
Reality exists. Equality and all the rest do not. They are fictions.
It is often said progressives are people who invent an impossibly unrealistic world then become enraged it does not exist. Fiction can be perfect; reality is often messy. For example, the homeless are not just people lacking a house, they are often difficult people with complex problems that cannot be easily solved. Virtually everything is like this too. Hence the tragic vision of the conservatives. Life is hard.
Interesting read, thanks Frank. I see this jarring clash between the oppressive push for equality a lot in the workplace. At a recent conference every guest speaker was a senior/very senior, well paid (six figures), white middle age woman who was ordered by the white, middle aged, well paid female organiser to tell a full auditorium of their trauma (many of whom couldn't recall any) but the pace was relentless and a 'i can't recall any' was dismissed as 'clearly too traumatic to remember'. When it was a British Asian man's turn to talk (again senior and no doubt had a few tales to tell) he was introduced with a cursory intro and a sneer and cut off after 5 mins - the messaging was clear, woman are oppressed victims and men are evil and deserve everything bad that happens to them. And this isn't a small business, it's a national org. The Equalities Act has been used to browbeat men into submission and shift promotion to gender and political biases rather than competence. I know many competent men and women, but only the women will thrive and achieve senior unless a man assumes the they/them mantle. Sad days.
“The criminal and homosexualist Jean Genet” lmao.
Amazing work mate — no f*cking about as per.
Liberals do not want equality they want the supremacy of oddity.
I’ll read this later. I am writing a new series built on my own memoir, my recent essays about my ancestors and English identity and also inspired by new understandings reached after listening to Neema Parvini amongst others - and you Frank have now helped refine my thoughts too with your perspective. It’s important we men re draw the lines.