Posted on 11/18/2020 2:40:10 PM PST by Noumenon
[as they preach ‘social justice’]
I worked for somebody like that. Church organization, too.
I wasn’t familiar with the term “Social Justice Warrior (SJW)” at that time. I’ve seen it up close and personal.
He was a hard-core partial-preterist, too. Was convinced all of that happened 2,000 years ago. So he didn’t like me mentioning that Book of Revelation stuff. Nor Ezekiel 38, either.
Not any more. The enemy we face has abandoned any notion of morality or civility. I look in vain for any sign of it.
Stories and vids of clashes with protesters nearly always show mob members sneaking up behind their victims, then blindsiding them with violence from behind. The only time these thugs face their victims is when they have them outnumbered and surrounded, and chances are the blow will still come from behind, unseen.
Next comes stomping and kicking your victim when he's down, while the bloodthirsty crowd taunts him and cheers for more. They even make a game of it - the "knockout game".
For this behavior the thugs get cheers and approval from their peers. In no way is it moral, or civil.
This is the world we live in now - the moral code is broken and unprincipled people will not hold back. Don't expect mercy or understanding - expect a blow on your six.
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/10/suicide-of-the-liberals
As the foremost historian of Russian terrorism, Anna Geifman, observes, “Robbery, extortion, and murder became more common than traffic accidents.” ...
The party leader, Paul Milyukov, declared that “all means are now legitimate . . . and all means should be tried.” When asked to condemn terrorism, another liberal leader in the Duma, Ivan Petrunkevich, famously replied: “Condemn terror? That would be the moral death of the party!”
Everything old is new again
A good reminder that nothing is new under the sun.
Glad to see you back. And this is just as relevant today as when you first posted it.
L
Interesting that you quoted that passage from “The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America” by Leonard Peikoff. My great grandparents lived through WW I, the Weimar Republic, hyperinflation, the rise of Nazism, and WW II in Danzig. My grandparents were smart and left the country for the USA in 1927.
I’m actually reading “The Weimar Republic” by Eberhard Kolb right now to learn more about the era. “The Ominous Parallels” has great reviews and looks like a good book, too.
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Going to be a black rain, isn’t it?
Yep. Practical Rifle training this weekend.
Bang my aging body and my gear around in the dirt for a few hours. Find the rattles, fix the rattles, rinse, repeat.
I’m gonna need some Tylenol and a massage.
L
Ominous Parallels BUMP!
[paraphrasing Tom Hayden from one of the pages]...First you have to start the revolution, to see where it goes. (sound familiar?)
“Yep. Practical Rifle training this weekend.”
Chinese police are going to help patrol Italy...
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3907401/posts
Any “essentials” / troops could easily be transported around to a neighborhood near you in Amazon Prime trucks to take care of us “non-essentials”.
/worst case scenario war gaming
Hunting season coming up???
BUMP!
Civilization
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
The precondition of a civilized society is the barring of physical force from social relationships—thus establishing the principle that if men wish to deal with one another, they may do so only by means of reason: by discussion, persuasion and voluntary, uncoerced agreement.
The necessary consequence of man’s right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use.
Ayn Rand
Always PREPARE to be UNCIVILIZED toward the UNCIVIL.
“...That is, the monstrous evils of communism and National Socialism.”
National Socialism and International Socialism. Just different levels of the same pyramid scheme.
I have an old tattered copy of the Ominous Parallels. Underlined and everything.
Excellent reference.
Likewise. It’s gone from a caution and a warning to a documentary.
Unfortunately.
Keep your powder dry.
Great opinion piece, I loved every word.
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