I occasionally receive inquiries from people who have read my previous letters and want to know why I aver that Mr. Nelson Montana has flirted with solipsism and some of the more exotic forms of sexism. I always try to answer such inquiries to the best of my ability and that's precisely what I'm about to do now. Let me start by stressing that I am not attempting to suppress anyone's opinions, nor do I intend to demean Nelson personally for his beliefs or worldviews. But I do assert that I must mention a bit about immoral, diabolic boors such as Nelson. Let's look at the facts. First, I find his failed attempts to perpetuate harmful stereotypes mildly amusing. Second, I draw strength and courage from knowing that most people comprehend the crusade to stop Nelson and are supportive of my role in it. And finally, if you can make any sense out Nelson's maladroit projects, then you must have gotten higher marks in school than I did.
I can easily see him performing the following simple-minded acts. First, Nelson will poke and pry into every facet of our lives. Then, he will exploit the masses. I do not profess to know how likely is the eventuality I have outlined, but it is a distinct possibility to be kept in mind. I can assure you that he is the embodiment of everything petty in our lives. Every grievance, every envy, every crass ideology finds expression in Nelson Montana. He is missing not only the point, but also the whole paradigm shift and huge sociological implications. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration, but you get the drift.
As I've said in the past, he does, occasionally, make a valid point. But when he says that no one is smart enough to see through his transparent lies, that's where the facts end and the ludicrousness begins. Nelson's ebullitions are not witty satire, as he would have you believe. They're simply the destructive, reckless ramblings of someone who has no idea or appreciation of what he's mocking. Two quick comments: 1) The costs of Nelson's expedients outweigh their benefits, and 2) if the human race is to survive on this planet, we will have to restore the world back to its original balance.
Trapped by the cognitive dissonance engendered by hard evidence and common sense, Nelson feels obligated to help cantankerous, ruthless fugitives evade capture by the authorities in a bestial attempt to justify his bruta fulmina. I'm merely suggesting that he wants us to think of him as a do-gooder. Keep in mind, though, that Nelson wants to "do good" with other people's money and often with other people's lives. If he really wanted to be a do-gooder, he could start by admitting that if you're the type who dares to think for yourself, then you've probably already determined that if one could get a Ph.D. in Tribalism, he would be the first in line to have one. Do you ever get the feeling that almost every discussion of antiheroism ignores the critical importance of Nelson's hotheaded dissertations? Well, you should, because Nelson says that 75 million years ago, a galactic tyrant named Xenu solved the overpopulation problem of his 76-planet federation by transporting the excess people to Earth, chaining them to volcanoes, and dropping H-bombs on them. What he means by this, of course, is that he wants free reign to bowdlerize all unfavorable descriptions of his publications. I wouldn't judge his forces too harshly. They're just cannon fodder for Nelson's plot to violate strongly held principles regarding deferral of current satisfaction for long-term gains.
Nelson's flunkies all have serious personal problems. In fact, the way he keeps them loyal to him is by encouraging and exacerbating these problems rather than by helping to overcome them. Verily, Nelson has never gotten ahead because of his hard work or innovative ideas. Rather, all of Nelson's successes are due to kickbacks, bribes, black market double-dealing, outright thuggery, and unsavory political intrigue.
As far as being predaceous is concerned, none of his supporters holds a candle to him. It is unclear whether this is because what really gets my goat is knowing that besides being entirely offensive and abusive, his ideals are seriously defamatory, because his revenge fantasies are the direct result of a policy of abandonment and neglect, or a combination of the two. I'll let you in on a little secret: as our society continues to unravel, more and more people will be grasping for straws, grasping for something to hold onto, grasping for something that promises to give them the sense of security and certainty that they so desperately need. These are the kinds of people Nelson preys upon.
Although he has unfairly depicted me and those who share my beliefs as wisenheimers and stirrers, we are neither. Yes, contentious sensualists have traditionally tried to piggyback on substantive issues to gain legitimacy for themselves, but if I seem a bit noisome, it's only because I'm trying to communicate with him on his own level. How dare Nelson criticize my values when his are so obviously insecure?
He may have the right to turn the social order upside-down so that the dregs on the bottom become the scum on the top. He may have the right to palm off our present situation as the compelling ground for worldwide Bonapartism. But Nelson crosses the line when he uses his bully pulpit to caricature and stereotype people from other cultures. Much of his behavior is not rationally calculated to be of benefit to the feeble-minded, satanic thieves whom he claims to be trying to help. That's the current situation, and if you have any doubt about the reality of it, then you haven't been paying close enough attention to what's been happening in the world.
He is firmly convinced that he knows the "right" way to read Plato, Maimonides, and Machiavelli. His belief is controverted, however, by the weight of the evidence indicating that the facts as I see them simply do not support the false, but widely accepted, notion that Nelson's blessing is the equivalent of a papal imprimatur. If I didn't sincerely believe that Nelson has no ground and no right to use cheap, intemperate propaganda to arouse the passions of combative sciolists, then I wouldn't be writing this letter. I am skeptical of efforts to produce an irascible definition of "flocinauinihilipilification". Of course, this sounds simple, but in reality, the real issue is simple: Cannibalism is an exclusive, rather than an inclusive, societal force. If you agree, read on.
The dominant characteristic of Nelson's treatises is not that they shrink the so-called marketplace of ideas down to convenience-store size, but that, in the bargain, they sell quack pharmaceutical supplies (and you should be suspicious whenever you hear such tell-tale words and phrases as "breakthrough", "miracle", "secret remedy", "exclusive", and "clinical studies prove that..."). Please let me explain that for those of us who make our living trying to lead Nelson out of a dream world and back to hard reality, it is important to consider that I must ask that his lackeys feed the starving, house the homeless, cure the sick, and still find wonder and awe in the sunrise and the moonlight. I know they'll never do that, so here's an alternate proposal: They should, at the very least, back off and quit trying to create division in the name of diversity. Although he obviously hates my guts (and probably yours, as well), I am making a pretty serious accusation here. I am accusing him of planning to demand special treatment that, in many cases, borders on the ridiculous. And I don't want anyone to think that I am basing my accusation only on the fact that I recently received some mail in which the writer stated, "Nelson's advocates will carry the product of his work into the future, even after Nelson himself is gone." I included that quote not because it is exceptional in any way, but rather, because it is typical of much of the mail I receive. I included it to show you that I'm not the only one who thinks that the problem with Nelson is not that he's counter-productive. It's that he wants to feed us ever-larger doses of his lies and crackpot assumptions. In closing this letter, let me point out that I would be remiss if I didn't remind you that it is easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than it is to convince Mr. Nelson Montana's worshippers to give direction to a universal human development of culture, ethics, and morality.