Applicable not only in the original context of Richard "Wretchard" Fernandez' comment to this Belmont Club post:Symbols matter. At least they matter to some. Those who laugh at Potemkin villages should remember how many of the pre-World War 2 British intelligensia were hoodwinked by them. The 19th century Raj had not yet found pomp and ceremony distasteful. They overawed the locals with grand spectacles, bombastic titles and above all, a manner of effortless superiority. Perhaps Europeans, never having had the colonial experience in relatively modern times, with exception of the German occupation, don’t know what it is like to be treated like a “native”.
Well, it’s like this. You are constantly praising the other person’s culture, making room for his cultural symbols. You are continuously apologizing for your religion as the superstition of mere rustics. You are made to stamp on your own traditions and deities. It becomes cool to wear articles of clothing of the conquering civilization. If you have a perfectly good English name you make haste to change it something fashionably Arabic, or ethnic at least. Finally you let a potentate parade women recruited from the local population in a public place. And then you say, “it’s good, I like it”.
What you don’t realize is that, far from obtaining the respect of your betters, you have actually earned his eternal contempt. He regards you as subhuman. He has a special term for you, like “whore” if you are the First Lady of France. And once again you bob your head and say, “it’s good, I like it”. And you cast your eyes around and notice who’s not bowing. Is that Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck over there? For shame! They are bigots. Mere rubes. For nothing is more sophisticated than to slavishly ape the manners of the Other.
That’s what it feels like to be conquered. The feeling is novel to Europe; perhaps even strange. Don’t worry. They’ll get used to it.
As will at least 150 million Americans.
What about them, both before, during, and after any Restoration struggle?
Think long and hard on that one, my friends.
The distribution of the 150 million is not uniform throughout America.
ReplyDeleteWhile every area has some of them, there are quite a few areas in which they are a distinct minority.
Urging them to shift towards their natural areas and out of areas dominated by FreeFor is a good idea.
I guess Gah-Daffy is feeling pretty good since his countryman the Lockerbie bomber was released and returned home a hero. Time for the next phase.
ReplyDeleteSo women are more respected in Libya than they are in the West? Watch the videos of the hired Italian women getting off the bus in Rome. Dressed like that in any Muslim-majority country, they'd be beaten bloody by the fatwah police.
Freedom Go to Hell and all that.
Yeah, women are SO respected that they WANT to wear the burqa so as to be free of being judged on their looks. Even when they're a princess kneeling to be shot in the head with an AK for having sex outside marriage.
As long as Ghadaffi isn't videotaped throwing puppies in a river, bygones seem to be bygones. In that case, European leaders agree with Islamia that life is dirt cheap. No wonder they don't understand our outrage over the 9/11 victory mosque. "That was NINE YEARS AGO, man! Get OVER it!"
They have their apologists here. I doubt they could find Mecca on a map. They certainly wouldn't be allowed to GO there, no matter how dear their Muslim friends are. I've seen a photo of the sign. The highway bypass says "Obligatory for non-Muslims."
Islam delenda est. I would rather there were 40 million freedom loving, hard working, Americans, than the mixed bag of shirkers, criminals, and parasites we have now. Time, and events, will solve that mystery of who is left, and who is not. The stupid, the lazy, and the careless will cease, and the ones left will be sharp, industrious, and aware. Nature has a way of making that the result.
ReplyDeleteOne of the problems w/ 150 million potential/semi-dhimmis is that they want to force the 'joys' of their subservience onto others. As w/ the human dreck exemplified in Julia Gorin's The Anti-gun Male, such people are shamed by those who are independent & self-reliant & rather than taking a lesson from same & uplifting themselves, will instead focus their efforts toward lowering everyone else down to their level of misery. The bizarre part is that these weak minded (if not outright mentally defective) types consider themselves to be intellectually & morally superior to their contemporaries, the bad part is that they're willing to do whatever they have to in order to ensure that their psychosis prevails.
ReplyDeleteCassandra (of Troy)
That description sounds familiar... yeah: it's sounds like the definition of a bottom bitch.
ReplyDeleteAmericans have been punked and made into the enemy's bottom bitch: ready, willing to do whatever massah wants.
Pat H. you push the bottom bitches out by being politically active and taking over your local town government. Just reviving the militia(City of _________ Volunteers works) and blocking the Only Ones when they go service warrants on organic co-ops or Amish raw milk sellers and that should be enough to send them packing to the major metro areas.
Take over the countryside and those metro areas (LA, Chicago, Atlanta, Eastern Seaboard and military bases) are effectively under siege, and potentially cut off from raw resources and food.
Maybe we can take the Republic back without going nuclear, but I don't think the rest of the world would give us THAT much time...
Defender,
ReplyDeleteYou've identified one of the big problems for the Resistance: What to do about Imperium sympathizers/supporters in their rear & AO. Another equally big problem is the disposition of prisoners & displaced population, & still another is the care of the sick & wounded. If the Resistance is comprised of primarily light-medium infantry forces supplemented by ad hoc air/arty/armor, these problems rapidly become a strategic boon for the Imperium as it has the resources to handle them. Those who're pushing revolt against the current system &, intentionally or not, are considered/consider themselves to be 'leaders' of the Resistance had better have some practical, rational solutions for the aforementioned problems if they don't want the brutal urgencies of war to make their decision for them. Wishin', hopin', & good intendin' won't get the job done, nor will egotistical tantrums & the support of sycophants.
As the proprietor of this site repeatedly warns: Tempus Fugit.
Cassandra (of Troy)
Verification word: soddess (lol)
AAAAGH!
ReplyDeleteThat post was for Pat H, not Defender. My apologies for any consternation my haste & inattention may have caused.
Cassandra (of Troy)
(Damn, I HATE doing that kind of s**t!)
Some things proponents of a ConRes revolt should consider.
ReplyDeleteFrom Alex Jones via Drudge:
Rodriguez Plans at Least Two "Machete" Sequels
(If the message of the film & its successors is the agitprop Jones claims & proves as popular as he suggests, ConRes is going to be a LOT more problematic than anticipated)
From Foxnews.com:
Farrakhan Expresses Support for Planned Mosque Near Ground Zero
(I was wondering how long it would be before this would made into a 'black thing' which automatically designates the opposition as 'racist' & therefore 'illegitimate'. More complications for the ConRes side)
It's unlikely that the above/similar currents in American society will wait to erupt until after the Imperium & the ConRes have finished their argument. Haven't seen much heavy discussion about that eventuality here or @ SSI. Bes' get thinkin' about suchlike because once the Imperium/ConRes festivities begin, the boil of the accumulated societal pathologies of the past half century represented above will rupture & spread their infection far & wide. Bosnia & Rwanda await the indecisive & the passionately myopic.
Cassandra (of Troy)
C.A. If I remember my American History Correctly the Torry´s Felt more Comfortable going to Nova Scotia and other points of the World than staying in what was once their homes. Besides the majority of the sheeple are in the Cities and they will be eating each other without any help from us Country Folk.
ReplyDeleteDennis
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Texas
Ya´ll did get out of the city?
grantD3:
ReplyDeleteNot yet, though a major change occurred last week that will help (if there's time).
If not, I'll be playing the role of the American ambassador in Moscow in the movie Fail Safe:
"I can hear the sound of explosions from the northeast. The sky is very bright. All lit up," Jay, the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow declares, shortly before his phone melts amidst a high-pitched, screeching sound.
;-)
For Liberty,
CA