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dreadedcandiru2As we know, Charles Schulz once made a statement to the effect that children know more than adults like to think they know but know less than they themselves believe themselves to know. This is why we have Linus getting his holidays all messed up in his head and it's why also we have Holly from Stone Soup being a pain in the ass because she thinks she's smarter than she actually is. It's also why Chinnuts and the Missus were blindsided by the fact that their poor innocent granddaughter had lost faith in the stability of marriage or some such loony old people rumbling.
What this means in plain English instead of 'old fart with a bug up his shorts' is that Lizzie knew what divorce was, feared it might happen to her family and saw it as possibly happening to her uncle if he wasn't careful. She also knows from television that despite the thunderous bleating coming from an old man who pissed himself when contemplating Rosie The Riveter owing to the mistaken belief that wartime mobilization of everything with a pulse meant the subjugation of the menfolk or some such idiot drivel. Since Jim didn't feel like living in the real world, he had to find someone to blame for what a dolt like him saw as the corruption of a minor. If you've been paying attention, you'll have figured out that said scapegoat's name has four letters in it, two syllables and is attached to someone with a low-hanging ponytail.
It makes sense given who and what Jim is that he blames Elly for the fact that when something vital comes along, Lizzie won't be totally fucking confused by something she's never conceived of or helpless to deal with the unknown and incomprehensible threat. Only by being ignorant and unable to cope with life's demands can our children be safe; so say those who benefit from reverse infallibility.
What this means in plain English instead of 'old fart with a bug up his shorts' is that Lizzie knew what divorce was, feared it might happen to her family and saw it as possibly happening to her uncle if he wasn't careful. She also knows from television that despite the thunderous bleating coming from an old man who pissed himself when contemplating Rosie The Riveter owing to the mistaken belief that wartime mobilization of everything with a pulse meant the subjugation of the menfolk or some such idiot drivel. Since Jim didn't feel like living in the real world, he had to find someone to blame for what a dolt like him saw as the corruption of a minor. If you've been paying attention, you'll have figured out that said scapegoat's name has four letters in it, two syllables and is attached to someone with a low-hanging ponytail.
It makes sense given who and what Jim is that he blames Elly for the fact that when something vital comes along, Lizzie won't be totally fucking confused by something she's never conceived of or helpless to deal with the unknown and incomprehensible threat. Only by being ignorant and unable to cope with life's demands can our children be safe; so say those who benefit from reverse infallibility.
