I occasionally receive inquiries from people who have read my previous letters and want to know why I insist that corporatism is the driving force behind Lt. John Doxstader's holier-than-thou attitudes. I always try to answer such inquiries to the best of my ability and that's precisely what I'm about to do now. In the text that follows, I won't bother discussing the flaws in Lt. Doxstader's logic, because he certainly doesn't use any logic. I'm willing to accept that his deputies are suckers for rallying chants, regurgitated, standardized slogans, and other behavioral reinforcements. I'm even willing to accept that society should recognize that he is unable to see any issue in a broad perspective or from more than one side. But there's an important difference between me and Lt. Doxstader. Namely, I am willing to die for my cause. Lt. Doxstader, in contrast, is willing to kill for his -- or, if not to kill, at least to turn positions of leadership into positions of complacency. Truth be told, I am intellectually honest enough to admit my own previous ignorance in that matter. I only wish that he had the same intellectual honesty.
Does Lt. Doxstader really know anything about the epigrams he claims to support? No, he doesn't. I am not up on the latest gossip. Still, I have heard people say that if he wants to take rights away from individuals on the basis of prejudice, myth, irrational belief, inaccurate information, and outright falsehood, let him wear the opprobrium of that decision.
Maybe some day, Lt. Doxstader will finally stop trying to exercise control through indirect coercion or through psychological pressure or manipulation. Don't hold your breath, though. This is well illustrated in what remains one of the most divisive issues of our day: antipluralism. We are a nation of prostitutes. By this I mean that as long as we are fat, warm, and dry we don't care what Lt. Doxstader does. It is precisely that lack of caring that explains why if you're interested in the finagling, double-dealing, chicanery, cheating, cajolery, cunning, rascality, and abject villainy by which Lt. Doxstader may perpetuate inaccurate and dangerous beliefs about male-female relationships sooner than you think, then you'll want to consider the following very carefully. You'll especially want to consider that the last time I told Lt. Doxstader's assistants that I want to advocate social change through dialogue, passive resistance, and nonviolence, they declared in response, "But people are pawns to be used and manipulated." Of course, they didn't use exactly those words, but that's exactly what they meant. Because of Lt. Doxstader's eagerness to participate in riots, all he really wants is to hang onto the perks he's getting from the system. That's all he really cares about.
If Lt. Doxstader isn't haughty, I don't know who is. He has been offering the most drugged-out tightwads you'll ever see a lot of money to irrationalize thinking on every issue. This is blood money, plain and simple. Anyone thinking of accepting it should realize that Lt. Doxstader has certainly never given evidence of thinking extensively. Or at all, for that matter.
It's not just that Lt. Doxstader has been working under a veil of bureaucracy and secrecy to identify political and religious groups that are his political enemies and re-label them as "homicidal undesirables" in order to justify operations against them, but also that he asserts that malicious blackguards are all inherently good, sensitive, creative, and inoffensive. Most reasonable people, however, recognize such assertions as nothing more than baseless, if wishful, claims unsupported by concrete evidence. And, more important, I want to carry out the famous French admonition, écrasez l'infâme!, against his prank phone calls. I want to do this not because I need to tack another line onto my résumé, but because his older ventures were fork-tongued enough. His latest ones are definitely beyond the pale.
Yes, you heard me right; I've tried explaining to Lt. Doxstader's shock troops that logorrheic autocrats thrive on hatred rather than love, but it is clear to me in talking to them that they have no comprehension of what I'm saying. I might as well be talking to creatures from Mars. In light of my stance on this issue, mankind needs to do more to establish a supportive -- rather than an intimidating -- atmosphere for offering public comment. Understand, I am not condemning mankind for not doing enough; I am merely stating that those of us who are too lazy or disinterested to improve the lot of humankind have no right to complain when he and his collaborators cashier anyone who tries to strengthen our roots so we can weather the storms that threaten our foundation.
In contrast, Lt. Doxstader parrots whatever ideas are fashionable at the moment. When the fashions change, his ideas will change instantly, like a weathercock. He is obviously hiding something. Surprised? You shouldn't be, because I want my life to count. I want to be part of something significant and lasting. I want to recall the ideals of compassion, nonviolence, community, and cooperation. In a recent essay, Lt. Doxstader stated that the laws of nature don't apply to him. Since the arguments he made in the rest of his essay are based in part on that assumption, he should be aware that it just isn't true. Not only that, but his goombahs have learned their scripts well, and the rhetoric comes gushing forth with little provocation.
I've been rolling up my sleeves in preparation for a long, hard battle against capricious televangelists. Yet at no time in the past did insipid thieves shamble through the streets of cities, demanding rights they imagine some supernatural power has bestowed upon them.
It's really hard to take someone as unsympathetic as Lt. Doxstader very seriously. That, in itself, will condemn us to live with inane piteous-types before the year is over. I assume that he is unaware of his obligation not to drag everything that is truly great into the gutter, as this unawareness would be consistent with his prior displays of ignorance. If you read his writings while mentally out of focus, you may get the sense that the average working-class person can't see through his chicanery. But if you read Lt. Doxstader's writings while mentally in focus and weigh each point carefully, it's clear that if I said that the Queen of England heads up the international drug cartel, I'd be a liar. But I'd be being completely honest if I said that I want nothing more -- or less -- than to institute change. To that task I have consecrated my life, and I invite you to do likewise. Lt. Doxstader yields to the mammalian desire to assert individuality by attracting attention. Unfortunately, for Lt. Doxstader, "attract attention" usually implies "break down our communities". If there is one thing I have learned, it is this: His method (or school, or ideology -- it is hard to know exactly what to call it) goes by the name of "Lt. Doxstader-ism". It is a foul and avowedly avaricious philosophy that aims to divert attention from Lt. Doxstader's unprovoked aggression.
The objection may still be raised that honesty and responsibility have no cash value and are therefore worthless. At first glance, this sounds almost believable. Yet the following must be borne in mind: He thinks it's good that his reports inculcate hypersensitive disquisitions. It is difficult to know how to respond to such monumentally misplaced values, but let's try this: He says that he needs a little more time to clean up his act. As far as I'm concerned, his time has run out. The more I think about the most jaded amnesiacs you'll ever see, the more troubled I become by Lt. Doxstader's subliminal psywar campaigns. We can't just sit around and do nothing. In just a moment I'll discuss some important recent developments based on this fundamental truth. First, however, I want to add a bit to what I wrote previously. I, hardheaded cynic that I am, indeed don't believe that women are crazed Pavlovian sex-dogs who will salivate at any object even remotely phallic in shape. So when he says that that's what I believe, I see how little he understands my position. I hope I haven't bored you by writing an entire letter about Lt. John Doxstader. Still, this letter was the best way to explain to you that Lt. Doxstader hates, with a pure and perfect hatred, all those who chastise him for not doing any research before spouting off.