This photo perfectly captures the modern AWFL*.
I've seen that same facial expression in a couple of women on our Parish Synod team. They're the ones going on at length about the migrants and about how our parish is insulated from the real world, read: we're too white.
If you don't know, that's the AWFL what took a bullet to the dome the other day while doing stupid things with her car around Federal law enforcement officers. She's the very model of the Greek tragedy concept of hubris. AI defines that as follows:
In Greek tragedy, what comes before nemesis is hubris.
The classic moral sequence is:
Hubris → Atē → Nemesis
Here’s how it works:
Hubris (ὕβρις)
Arrogance, pride, or overreaching—especially toward the gods or the moral order. The hero believes he is above limits, law, or fate.
Atē (ἄτη) (often implicit)
A state of delusion or moral blindness sent by the gods. Because of hubris, the character can no longer see clearly and makes disastrous choices.
Nemesis (νέμεσις)
Retribution or divine justice. Not mere revenge, but the restoration of balance through punishment.
In short:
Hubris blinds → Atē misleads → Nemesis restores order
I think that's a good summation for what happens to AWFLs when they try to translate their devouring mother tendencies into the real world.
Adam Carolla said it much more bluntly here.
* - AWFL: Affluent, White, Female Liberal
2 comments:
While it is true she was being kind of cocky, I think that there is plenty of hubris to go around here. The ICE look like they are throwing their weight around as if they are God's gift to law enforcement, when in reality they are limited-juristiction officers who only have authority to enforce one narrow part of the law, similar to game wardens and truant officers.
My real question, though, is this: Even if we concede that the ICE officer had the right to shoot, was it in fact a sensible thing for him to do? Here he is, standing maybe 3 or 4 feet in front of a vehicle. Suddenly it starts moving towards him. Just exactly how is pulling his gun and shooting going to help? At this point, the only thing that is going to stop that vehicle is if the driver stomps on the brakes. No number of pistol bullets is going to affect the momentum of the car in the slightest. And they certainly aren't going to take their foot off the accelerator and slam on the brakes if they are unconscious due to having been shot in the face. If anything, in their death spasms they are going to push on the accelerator even harder.
The only sensible thing to do in this case is to jump aside, maybe using your hands to push off of the vehicle fender, without distracting yourself with pistols. And afterwards, you know who they are and can easily have the regular police pick them up, I don't see much point in spraying around bullets and risking hitting either bystanders or your fellow officers.
So why should he shoot, other than being angry and aching to shoot somebody?
Just so you know, I believe that AWFL should be AWFUL. The U is "Unmarried".
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