What’s a Clover?

Guest Post by Eric Peters

* Clover (noun):

The root cause of every affront to liberty. The spoonful of shit that ruins a gallon of ice cream. Clovers are instinctive authoritarian control freaks. They can be found on the political left and the political right and in between. They do not believe in live and let live. They believe in telling others how to live – using violence and threats of violence to coerce obedience.

Clovers can’t abide the organic society, voluntary interaction or free exchange. The are driven to control and regulate and micromanage and absolutely will not leave you alone.

Ever.

Clovers think it’s ok to violate the rights of individuals when it’s done by a group or by an uber Clover claiming to “represent” a group. Clovers think individual dictators are bad but the dictatorship of the “majority” is acceptable.

Morality for a Clover is a function of numbers; that is, of might.

Clovers are fundamentally hyenas.     double cross

You are not free to disagree with a Clover.

Clovers equate legal and illegal with moral right and wrong. If an action is legal than it it is morally right. And if an action is illegal then it is morally wrong and anyone who is “guilty” of committing the proscribed act deserves to be punished.

For which it is not necessary to produce an actual victim – a human being who was harmed by the action at issue.

For a Clover, right and wrong are constructs of law. They do not grok moral law.

Clovers believe the state can be a “victim” and that the greatest sin is to affront the authority of the state (that is, of other Clovers).

Clovers regard those who are paid to enforce their writ as “heroes.”

They always have “plans” and speak in terms of “we” – as if you agreed to their plans. Clovers reflexively presume the right to speak for you.

Clovers believe in something they call “implied consent” and the “general welfare” – which is always some particular thing favored by the Clover.

A Clover will speak of “our children” when he really means your children. Or means he expects you to pay for his children’s upkeep and education.hero worship

Clovers believe that their feelings about what “someone” might do justifies punishing people who haven’t actually done anything to anyone.

Clovers believe in group guilt.

They also believe that you are guilty until you prove yourself innocent.

Clovers believe the end (whatever they deem worthwhile) always justifies the means.

A Clover isn’t stopped in his tracks by a moral principle. For example, that it’s wrong to presume every driver on a given stretch of road is a “dangerous drunk” until he proves to the satisfaction of a cop that he isn’t.

Clovers believe that constructs such as “society” have rights – but actual human beings don’t.

They believe “there ought to be a law” whenever they see other people doing something they happen not to like. Or aren’t doing something they believe other people ought to do. Clover 2

Clovers think it’s ok to take your money if it’s called “taxes.”

They like to “help” others… with other people’s money.

They can’t stand privacy.

Clovers think people are too irresponsible and foolish to be trusted to govern themselves – but put limitless trust in people (that is, uber Clovers) once adorned with special titles and costumes such as “officer” and “senator” and “president.”     

Clovers consider other people their property – as evidence by their limitless desire to control other people, even to the extent of dictating to them what they may do with their own bodies.

A Clover will decree how much soda you may purchase.

He favors “sin” taxes – on the things he happens not to like.

Clovers measure everything according to their standards – which must then be imposed on others. If Clover thinks 80 MPH is “too fast” then driving 80 MPH must be made a punishable offense. But Clover is just fine with 75. So that’s legal.

Clovers suffer from a Parent Complex. They insist other adults be compelled to “buckle up” for “safety.” If Clovers have their way, we’ll all be forced to do jumping jacks and eat our veggies before long.

Clovers are also terrible drivers. They drive slow (which isn’t necessarily bad) but refuse to yield (which is). Read more about road-going Clovers here. Also here and here.

Most rank-and-file Clovers are, at bottom, bullies and busybodies – but also cowards who hide behind euphemisms (see above regarding “taxes”) and proxies like the ballot box. They are not bold enough to actually take other people’s things themselves and shy away from telling other people what to do – such as personally telling their neighbor to “buckle up for safety” – but are eager to vote to have others perform this work on their behalf.

Clovers are generally only dangerous in herds.


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kokoda
kokoda

For now, the ‘herd’ is the Establishment politicians of the Democratic and Republican Parties.

harry p.

Cowards demand tyranny.

Its the way of the world.

Ned Ludd
Ned Ludd

from http://www.thelocal.ch/20160621/nine-swiss-german-words-everyone-needs-to-know

Bünzli- This insult – based on a real Swiss surname – applies to those boring people who follow all the rules and make sure everyone else does too. A Bünzli is the sort of person who would never cross the street when the light is red, who never stays out too late and never gets too drunk.

He is also the person most likely to complain to the building president when you dare to do your washing on Sunday, or to ring the police when he sees someone parked in front of a fire hydrant. Think garden gnomes and socks paired with Adiletten and you have the idea.

Tüpflischiesser-Literally someone who “shits little dots”, a Tüpflischiesser is a pedant for whom everything has to be done in the right way. This could include the government official who makes you redo a form because you’ve filled everything out in black pen rather than the blue pen clearly specified. Or it might include the neighbour who enjoys reminding you cleaning is not allowed after 10pm.

Stucky

Fine. He describes the meaning of clover.

It would be nice if he explained WHY HE CHOSE THAT WORD.

It’s a weak word, in terms of eliciting a negative reaction. I think of the lovely song “Crimson and Clover”. Or, horses grazing in a green lush field of clover. Or, Lucky Charms.

I do give him permission to use ‘cloverfuk’, if he so desires.

James the Wanderer

“looking for a four-leaf clover” perhaps, and bringing everything else to a stop while you do? (a$$ in the air and blocking everyone around you)?

Westcoaster
Westcoaster

And all this time I thought “clovers” were that dumbass driving ten-under the speed limit in the fast lane with their left turn signal on.

CT-Hilltopper
CT-Hilltopper

Clovers also instituted the Special Snowflake rule in which every child gets an award for absolutely anything. Special status for those who don’t really excel in anything and have received the “I made it through four years of high school class changes without breaking a bone” award/

Ed
Ed

Clover is my least favorite term for control freaks. Eric adopted it as a catch-all word for assholes because a sitepest at EPA used the screen name clover. I hate it and won’t use it. My daughter asked about it and I told her why it’s his chosen term. she said “That’s retarded”. I agree.

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