Posted on 10/26/2023 6:14:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
These past few weeks, we’ve witnessed a new and terrifying phenomenon: The banlieue-ization of American cities and college campuses.
Just like the French suburbs that catch fire, quite literally, every time their disgruntled residents decide that they’re not fond of a particular policy or bit of breaking news, we now have bonfires in Bay Ridge and pinheads at Penn marching around and cheering on Jewish genocide. And just like those French suburbs, one major reason for this vile and violent degeneracy is a new generation of young people who no longer feel bound to their fellow citizens in any meaningful way.
Watching Brooklynites burn down the block while calling for the destruction of the world’s sole Jewish state upset me not only because of what it might mean for Israel, where I was born, but also, and much more so, because of what it means for America, where I choose to live.
I’m an immigrant to this great country. I spent a handful of my most formative boyhood months crouching in a bomb shelter on the outskirts of my native Tel Aviv, watching Saddam Hussein’s Scud rockets bursting in air as American Patriot missiles intercepted them before they could wreak havoc. Seeing American soldiers fighting abroad for freedom—my freedom—moved me deeply. It inspired me, as soon as I was able, to move here, to fly a large American flag outside my apartment door, and to raise my American children to cherish this nation and its divinely inspired mandate of pursuing life, liberty, and happiness.
The most extraordinary thing about my personal story is how ordinary it is. Bay Ridge, the charming neighborhood in the southwest corner of Brooklyn where some of the worst pro-Hamas riots erupted last week, is itself a tapestry of so many similar stories of young men and women coming to America in search of its goodness and greatness. The neighborhood was once home to America’s largest Norwegian community; then came the Italians and the Irish and the Greeks, followed by the Puerto Ricans and the Mexicans, the Jordanians and the Egyptians and the Syrians. Different people, different ethnicities, different faiths, yet a shared sense of place and, more importantly, of destiny. Whatever else these immigrants believed, whatever else they carried with them from their homelands, they all had this in common: America was their home, and you don’t set your home on fire.
What changed?
To answer this question, consider the two things press reports tell us for certain about the rioters: Most are young, and most are of Middle Eastern descent....
And many more of these people are coming across the border every day.
Another Jewish liberal begins to shake the scales from his eyes.
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Trump tried to extinguish tribalism when he was in office, pretty much all white males in his cabinet (with some exceptions, though). But now it’s back with a vengeance and may well get us into World War 3.
Get rid of Tribalism?
The plan has been to create as much tribalism as possible. Divide and conquer! The Kenyan and his two terms in office (now third) have made that very clear to anyone not in a drug induced stupor.
Not just create tribalism, but to import as many anti-Western culture tribal members as possible.
The consequence of abandoning The Melting Pot, for the Tossed Salad.
How can you determine when the left adopted tribalism? Look for when the media last described the US as a “melting pot” and spoke of immigrants assimilating into US culture as a good thing.
As with most leftist dreams of unicorns flying between faerie castles in the clouds, multiculturalism is foolish and destructive.
Islam is the religion of conquest. Anyone who doesn’t comprehend this should either move and live among them or bide their tongue.
Europe already dealt with this 600 years ago and found successful policies to prevent their societies from crumbling and their cities burning. While the Christian world advanced to the point of becoming haughty, patronizing and ignorant nothing has changed with Islam
Brooklyn trying o be American
It was not part of their blood, it came to them very late with long arrears to make good, when the Saxon began to hate.
They were not easily moved, They were icy -- willing to wait Till every count should be proved, Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low. Their eyes were level and straight. There was neither sign nor show when the Saxon began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd. It was not taught by the state. No man spoke it aloud when the Saxon began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred. It will not swiftly abate. Through the chilled years ahead, when Time shall count from the date that the Saxon began to hate.
Rudyard Kipling
Someone’s got the wrong perspective here. The intellectualization of evil is NOT a survival strategy. Alone, with the wide-open border, events in this country are gonna get interesting; but as the days of Noah were,(strap-in, strap-on) things are gonna get hot, hot , hot!
I have a strong suspicion much of this is also being ‘sponsored’, much like the summer of 2020.
From the beginning this has been a world of tribes, some friendly, some war-like.
And even here in the melting-pot of the world where many tribes have been gathered together, the tribes re-appear. People with similar backgrounds will gather to associate and live.
Obama’s dream of a world where everyone is”tan,” in contrary to nature.
Too late! After 8 years of obummer the US either rejected peace and prosperity or had it stolen for 4 more years of obummer!-(
It’s called the break down of civil society in these cities.
“A whiff of grapeshot,” to quote Carlyle, seemed to have worked wonders in France.
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