Posted on 03/16/2015 5:07:16 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
It Takes a Traitor (and a Misfit)
Commentary for 15 March 2015
By J.R. Nyquist
Back in 1996, First Lady Hillary Clinton published a book titled, It Takes a Village. Given the political subculture of treason from which Clinton herself emerged, it might be more poignant to retitle the book, It Takes a Traitor. For this is our formative experience now. This is what our national education program signifies. At this moment, as we await the news from Moscow, with Putin and other principals disappearing at ten day intervals since the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, we have occasion to ask what nobody thinks to ask: how are the traitors in the United States psychologically linked to the ongoing misfits of today’s Moscow masquerade?
Recently the L.A. Times ran a story about the University of California at Irvine: “Does UC Irvine hate the American Flag? Not exactly.” About ten days ago a resolution was adopted by the legislative council of the campus’s Associated Students to remove the American flag from the student government offices. “The American flag has been flown in instances of colonialism and imperialism,” said the resolution, which passed on a vote of 6—4. The Saturday after this vote, the university issued a formal statement saying that the legislative council was “misguided.” Many normal students were offended by the 6—4 decision, and protests erupted. Few of the protestors, however, saw the decision as originating in a deep-seated impulse toward treason. Few recognized the insidious psychopathology of the university’s student government. These were educated adults, admittedly young, but morally responsible for their actions in all other respects. What they expressed was not misguided, but anti-American. It was also crazy, and could not have been the decision of psychologically normal people.
What this reveals about our universities is the operation of a pathological element. One need not ban the American flag from most of our campuses. It is more useful to deceive the world by allowing that flag to fly in a place where, all things being equal, its meaning and spirit has been abolished. In the Humanities and Social Science departments, where freedom of thought is of central importance, the American flag is more hated than loved by the faculty and the graduate students. I know this from firsthand because I was a graduate student at UC Irvine from 1986-1989. Professors there promoted Marxism, engaged in active recruitment of students amenable to Marxist ideas, and damaged the careers of those who were anti-Marxist. In those days it was done very quietly, administratively. If you dared speak up for America or economic freedom, you were persecuted. Your reputation was ruined. It is preferable to avert one’s eyes from such a situation, and very unpleasant to experience it directly; that is why those singled out for persecution were never defended. They were hung out to dry, and nobody dared interfere. Who, after all, wants trouble? This is the beauty of a quiet and selective intimidation. When I served as a Teaching Assistant at UCI, an oath of allegiance was required to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of California. I took that oath and wondered how so many others could take this same oath, and then break it without any consequence; for the Marxism they so fondly promoted has always been inimical to “bourgeois constitutions” of the type we have in the United States and California. I asked two other graduate students, who were committed Leftists, how they could in good conscience have taken the oath. They both gave the same answer: “Oh, that oath is a joke.” And why should they have taken it seriously when nobody else did? Neither the administration nor the faculty enforced the oath, but all facilitated its abrogation – or looked the other way out of cowardice. If you want to know how our universities were captured by the enemies of America, this is the answer. More than likely, the vast majority of professors at UCI who are opposed to banning the American flag are only interested in preventing a wider scandal; for if the public looked into the matter, it would find that the university is one of many schools of treason. And the smart traitor knows how to hide behind the flag. To remove the flag would invite a closer look at what’s going on. Oh yes, it takes a traitor….
But who profits from this treason? Who harvests it? Which power intends to take America’s place by turning Americans against themselves? And here we are, again, back in Moscow – where a mysterious fleet of trucks came rolling into Red Square on Friday, 13 March. Putin has not appeared in public for ten days. Sergei Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia, has not been (verifiably) sighted since 27 February. Sergei Stepashin, the Troubleshooter of the Empire, flew to the Urals some days ago on a pretext – yes, to those strategic mountains where so many underground cities and bunkers are located. Meanwhile, North Korea’s prime minister is said to have secretly arrived in Russia. And so, how do we interpret all this activity? Well, that fleet of mysterious trucks may be explained by the sudden erection of a giant platform in Red Square, with seating for hundreds of people. The planned event, of course, most probably is the first anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. This weekend the Russian public and press were told to expect an “important announcement” from the Kremlin. Perhaps the announcement came this evening, on Sunday, 10 pm Moscow time, in the form of a “bombshell” television documentary on which President Vladimir Putin depicted last year’s Ukrainian Revolution as a violent coup “masterminded by our American friends.” The Russian leader accused the United States of arming and training nationalist insurgents in western Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania. According to Putin there was good reason to fear an outright American attack on Russia. Sensible to the danger, Putin said he was prepared to arm Russia’s nuclear warheads. Of course, it is all lies. There was no American plot to arm Ukrainian revolutionaries. And there is no evidence that President Obama planned or authorized a coup attempt in Kiev. What happened in Ukraine was, by all appearances, a spontaneous event. Yes, the victorious Maidan demonstrators sought the advice of American officials. And yes, those officials stupidly inserted themselves in discussions regarding the formation of a new Ukrainian government. But in all this there was no American coup. Quite frankly, the government of the United States and the people of the United States are not particularly interested in Ukraine or Russia. Take it from one who writes on the subject – there is very little interest here. The consensus has long been that Russia doesn’t matter, and there is no real motivation for doing anything against Russia. Washington D.C. is preoccupied with other matters. And so, one might say to Vladimir Putin, “It’s not about you.”
What, no new Putin’s dead rumors to post?
I guess they forgot about all the times our flag has flown in liberation, humanitarian relief, hostage rescue.....
None of that matters because whatever we did it wasn't enough. And since I know that I obviously know what should have been done. /s
See how easy that is? I could be a PROFESSOR!
Putin’s back now. So this overly windy article could be pared down by half.
You didn’t read the article. It had very little to do with his disappearance and more to do with the symptoms of malignant narcissism that has infected our country (for the psycopath or narcissist tends to find refuge in Marxist ideologies), though it did mention a likely reason for Putin’s disappearance.
Oh, and I think Nyquist is a fantastic writer. But maybe the poetry in his writing isn’t appreciated by everybody.
Actually, I did. I also read, twenty years ago, an in-depth study of The Culture of Narcissim by the renowned critic of liberalism, Christopher Lasch, who pioneered the term "culture of narcissim" as the title of his excellent 1979 book. I also highly recommend his 1991 book, The True and Only Heaven, which pioneered the term "Me Decade" in reference to the 90s (Clinton era).
Did not mean to sound prideful myself in declaring what you did or did not read. I still stand that the issue you mentioned played only a small part in the article, however. Bravo on your studies and thanks for the link.
No problem... Have great day!
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