Jordan Crook is the Senior Writer for TechCrunch. I first found out about Crook when she
interviewed professional basketball player Harrison Barnes. The interview was relatively interesting, going into how technology plays a part in Harrison's life on and off the court.
In the beginning the voice over was really irritating, and I immediately thought to myself that the person speaking is either a girl who is taking hormones to be "the right gender" or just a lesbian techie. It was the latter. And
whoa.
Crook is a horrible interviewer - her posture sucks and she awkwardly is leaning forward, elbows resting on her knees. It's just weird. Her questions were okay; like I said the entire interview was relatively interesting. Harrison mentioned that he didn't have the mind of an engineer and that coding wasn't his strong suit, but I get the feeling he knows more about coding than Crook.
You may be asking why am I acting this way towards Crook? Honestly, her entire demeanor was just odd to me. I didn't want to assume, but I dd anyways. I assumed that her twitter account would be either of two things. In her bio she writes "Voice of a generation." I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I have a vague ballpark understanding, and if that vague ballpark is correct then she's filled with hubris.
First, her tweets being tech related, and the second being that she'll tweet about LGBT issues. I assumed correctly. I went down her tweet history and landed on September 11th. No tweets about the attack or about remembrance. The tweets that day were nothing related to the country's soul or to the victims of that day. I then scrolled down to July 4th. I did find a tweet linking to a stamp of the American flag with the word EQUALITY underneath. I saw where this was going. No mention of how thankful she is about the country she lives in or any pics of an All-American barbecue, or even a toast of alcohol towards the country. Nothing any of that sort. I then scrolled down to June 26th. What I found were many tweets about the Obergefell v Hodges decision. In one tweet Crook said that she was happy that the government recognized her as a "human capable of love." In another she admitted to leaving a voicemail on her mom's cell asking her to "pick the state and I'll pick the girl."
So, by (A) the tone of her voice before I even saw her face (B) her posture while interviewing and (C) her role as Senior Writer -- what qualifies her for this role I do not know, I basically read her like a book. My assumptions were right, and I'm glad they were right because that means my instincts when understanding the mentality of people like Crook is that her type (techies) are paper thin people who are boring as fuck. She doesn't come across as interesting. Almost everything personal I've come across from her tells me she's filled with narcissism. I mean, yes, I'm being judgmental on one public appearance and just a skim through twitter, but when I hit the bulls-eye that should count for something.
Yes, she dresses like a guy and so I thought she had to be a lesbian if not bisexual before she even mentioned about her "equality." She said her gaydar was horrible in one tweet - my gaydar is finally tuned and it accurately read, "You're are one typical lesbian." But why does it matter? In the grand scheme of things it doesn't, but one's fashion can tell some things about the wearer. One's tweets can say a lot about the person tweeting. She never tweeted anything beyond herself on two very important dates that truly defines the country, and when she did it was in reference of June 26th. I guess that's the only July 4th she ever saw the American flag in a reverent way.
In the end, Jordan Cook is a predictable person living in Brooklyn, making a living in an industry that leans to the modern left. All of a sudden that cubicle worker who lives in the Midwest seems much more appealing.
Conservatism dearly needs people who have sophistication – I wouldn’t say the educational pedigree that many on the left have – but it needs to evolve into an urbane image, both inside and out. We sorta have that in some of the current GOP candidates, but The Right needs more and such people need to take over the current GOP party, and for good.
Too long have conservatives wanted to be “left alone” and with this attitude have failed to engage in the world, when need be. And when they do it’s often times awkward and embarrassing. Take a lesson out of the left: infiltrate society’s institutions with the pedigree and slowly gain authority, but given how the American conservatism works it’ll twice as long as the left slogged away when they gained entrance.
September 24th, 2015 at 2:22 pm @ GRA: that’s sort of what conservatism is – the people who want to be left alone and have a life. We have businesses, families, charities, houses, and hobbies that we want to put our time into. What you say about engaging the culture is absolutely true, but it is never going to happen. When things are going badly wrong in the country, we will each do our bit, but we don’t tend to be the indefatigable SJW’s obsessed with fixing everyone else so that the world “finally looks right.”
If we limited the franchise to married people who have raised two children to the age of eight, the Democratic Party would shrink to unimportant size. Those of you here who don’t fit that description fully would likely sign off on it once you saw the results.
Never gonna happen, of course. But it illustrates my point.
September 24th, 2015 at 4:40 pm Also articles like this one makes me think the “not conservative enough” types are low in gray matter.
https://www.conservativereview.com/Commentary/2015/09/7-reasons-voters-are-questioning-fiorinas-outsider-status
@ AVI: True, many are busy in those things you’ve listed. What I don’t see why there isn’t a hard push to fight for elbow room in the cultural institutions I’ve noted. Even the military is bowing down to “equality” and “inclusion” and losing its identity. Not all conservatives have the mentality to run a business and ironically, businesses that become corporations tend to support whatever social issue becomes the flavor of the months (LGBT). So even the land of suits and “bottom-line” are in bed with the social tide.
>>When things are going badly wrong in the country, we will each do our bit,
Too little, too late. If there’s one thing I admire about The Left is their feverish will to “win.” They got a plan and they execute it. Even if they achieve just 80% of their goal, it’s far more than what conservatives have done. Conservatives don’t have that, and if any there’s not enough to go around.
I just see it as immensely pathetic how The Left dominates cultural institutions. It truly is pathetic. If leftism the tide and conservatism is cliff getting pummeled by the tide, causing slow erosion, there’s talk how to fix the erosion but no agency. I don’t households with conservative values encouraging their kids to enter academia if they show an aptitude for such a thing; I don’t see conservative families encouraging their kids t become playwrights or writers in fiction if they show talent in expressing their thoughts on paper. I don’t see conservative families encourage their kids to work in the media, even with all the technology that surrounds their kids. I don’t see any of that. It’s the weird obsession with STEM and business (and business is growing more left every day).
When it comes to education, there seems to be a fundamental difference in philosophy: conservatives see college as job training (STEM) while the left sees it as a cultural pathway to further push whatever agenda. You don’t gain cultural influence through STEM – STEM is behind the scenes. For all the talk about gaining back the culture, conservatives need a new strategy because their aim is aiming at the wrong target. As I said, you fail to engage in academia, arts & entertainment and journalism and you lost half the battle.
“Politics is downstream from culture.” – Andrew Breitbart
You gain a firm footing in culture, you can effectively change the culture – while not being the laughing stock.