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Fundamentally Transformed: Have we reached a point of no return?
National Review ^ | July 12, 2016 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 07/12/2016 4:25:02 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

The only hope for history’s rare multiracial, multiethnic, and multireligious nations is to adopt a common culture, one that artificially suppresses the natural instinct of humans to identify first with their particular tribe. America, in the logical spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, was exceptional among modern societies in slowly evolving from its original, largely European immigrant population to a 21st-century assimilated, integrated, and intermarried multiracial society, in which religious and racial affiliations were incidental, not essential, to one’s public character and identity.

But such a bold experiment was always tenuous and against the cruel grain of history, in which the hard work of centuries could be easily torn apart by the brief demagoguery of the moment. Unfortunately, President Obama, ever since he first appeared on the national political scene in 2008, has systematically adopted a rhetoric and an agenda that is predicated on dividing up the country according to tribal grievances, in hopes of recalibrating various factions into a majority grievance culture. In large part, he has succeeded politically. But in doing so he has nearly torn the country apart. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to suggest that no other recent president has offered such a level of polarizing and divisive racial bombast.

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1 posted on 07/12/2016 4:25:02 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: Clintonfatigued

Probably


2 posted on 07/12/2016 4:25:53 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; NFHale; ExTexasRedhead; GeronL; Viennacon; ...

If Hillary Clinton wins the election, that may be the point of no return.

Every Presidential election seems to the most important facing its generation, but this is it. Given what Hillary and Company have in store for this nation, this may be our last chance.


3 posted on 07/12/2016 4:27:18 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gates)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Usurpation Day January 20, 2009

The Republic died when both parties ignored the natural born citizen requirement and allowed a self-admitted British subject Kenyanesian to usurp the office of President.
Everyone in the District of Corruption is responsible.
No one had the courage to stand up for the Constitution.


4 posted on 07/12/2016 4:28:51 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Clintonfatigued
...is to adopt a common culture

Oh yeah, right! Then we could all freely cut off heads and rape.

5 posted on 07/12/2016 4:28:55 PM PDT by Mr Apple (LORETTA LYNCH > COOKIES, CANDIES, CAKE, DESSERTS & CASHEWS....the WALRUS LOOK)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Diversity is a HUGE lie. Strength doesn’t lie in diversity. Strength lies in unity.


6 posted on 07/12/2016 4:29:16 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; Clintonfatigued
Possibly, maybe probably.

In the words of Sir Winston: Never, never, never, EVER give up.

7 posted on 07/12/2016 4:30:08 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. He's not Hillary. I love both these things.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Usurpation Day January 20, 2009

The Republic died when both parties ignored the natural born citizen requirement and allowed a self-admitted British subject Kenyanesian to usurp the office of President.
Everyone in the District of Corruption is responsible.
No one had the courage to stand up for the Constitution.


8 posted on 07/12/2016 4:30:27 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Jesus Christ is only hope for this nation or any nation.

Without Him there is no hope.

We do not get to true freedom of religion, personal property rights, a true understanding of right and wrong, or any of the benefits of liberty without Him.


9 posted on 07/12/2016 4:31:48 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Clintonfatigued

BLM is the black version of the Aryan Nation.


10 posted on 07/12/2016 4:32:37 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

We do not embrace other cultures and assimilate them, we allow all other cultures to dictate to the US. So we have lost who we are and have become a haven for refugees to change the US into the countries they came from. So we really no longer have any direction. Just chaos, disorganization and corruption


11 posted on 07/12/2016 4:32:51 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: Clintonfatigued

Simple answer is no....

Get Out The Vote

Trump 2016


12 posted on 07/12/2016 4:34:22 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Re the title:

If not, we’re within spittin’ distance.

Keep ‘em cleaned and oiled . . .


13 posted on 07/12/2016 4:35:40 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Clintonfatigued

Multiculturalism is an abysmal failure. Not to mention how easily it is used to destroy any little bit of fabric we have/had. It is dangerous and ultimately unstable.


14 posted on 07/12/2016 4:36:09 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Clintonfatigued

If Clinton gets in, YES, point of no return.


15 posted on 07/12/2016 4:36:22 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Perhaps not, if one thinks linearly.

However, civil wars and revolutions are not linear.


16 posted on 07/12/2016 4:38:10 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Clintonfatigued

Obama is a black Archie Bunker


17 posted on 07/12/2016 4:42:05 PM PDT by joshua c (Allah's paradise is full of mass murderers)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I do not think we are at that point yet. But if Hillary gets in and cements all of the changes Obama has given us—in addition to installing Supreme Court judges who will give up any pretext of following the Constitution—then we are lost.

I believe that Trump is the only man who has the vision to turn our course. But I won’t put blinders on—it will be tough going. And it may turn out that we are indeed beyond the point where we can still stop the juggernaut.


18 posted on 07/12/2016 4:43:45 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Clintonfatigued
its original, largely European immigrant population

Hanson can speak for himself. Most of my family had already been here for at least two generations at the time of the Revolution, and some as much as four generations.

They were already Americans when they decided to lose the Monarchs.

It was noted by the British soldiers in Western North Carolina that their "subjects" looked and acted different from them. They were no longer English, Scottish, Irish or German. They were a new breed....Americans.

We aren't "immigrants". We're Americans.

Calling us immigrants is a Leftist slur intended to deligitimize the nation.

19 posted on 07/12/2016 4:44:46 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Clintonfatigued

Absolutely brilliant piece by VDH. A must read. Thanks for posting even if it comes from the NR.


20 posted on 07/12/2016 4:57:18 PM PDT by kabar
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