Posted on 05/27/2018 9:56:54 PM PDT by Kaslin
There's a great scene in the movie Witness where a bunch of bullies start picking on some Amish farmers, and then they pick on Harrison Ford, who is sporting Extreme Mennonite drag. They knock off his straw hat, laugh at him, and then he beats the crap out of them.
The bullies are shocked, stunned, and bewildered. Why, hes not supposed to fight back! Why, the Amish, theyre better than that! But Harrisons not. As his buddy says, hes from Ohio.
I am not better than that either. How about you?
Because today, being better than that means being willing to allow other people to control you by defining you, and the definition is always a pushover. Youre supposed to be conservative, our conservasuperiors tell us, and we must therefore rigidly adhere to their precious conservative principles. But these bear no resemblance to real principles, much less conservative ones.
Allow me to sum up these fake principles:
Dont ever fight.
Dont presume to exercise your own right of free expression.
Lose like a gentleman.
Yeah, no. Hard pass, Fredocons.
Last week, the NFL, broken by our informal boycott, took action against those kneeling jerks, and the elite including its True Conservative collaborators wet their collective panties all over the Internet about it. How horrible we flexed our muscles, stopped watching these pampered jerks antics, and the NFL caved. Were not supposed to do that. Were supposed to behold these goofs glorious free speech, which consists of waving middle fingers in our mugs, and just nod politely. We arent the ones who should be exercising our freedom of expression. We are the ones who are supposed to cave. We are always the ones who are supposed to cave.
I guess we missed the memo.
Oh, and how Task Force Pearl Clutcher lectured us for not adequately defending the First Amendment that a bunch of us were physically defending when the vast majority of them were back home getting their masters in 17th century philosophy and sipping Zimas. Worse, they shamefully took to the enemy microphone that is the New York Times op-ed page to scold us and spew out exactly what the liberals wanted to hear that we conservatives should never, ever take our own side in a fight.
Apparently, the going rate for professional conservatives is thirty pieces of silver and a byline in American Pravda.
Liberals never seem to have this blue falcon problem, because they understand power. But then, those of us less concerned with getting an invitation to talk to donors at the National Weekly Liberty Forum for Eagle Family Liberty Standard Coalition and Cruise than not having progressive Birkenstocks ground into our faces forever, understand power too. And, scandalously, now were using it.
The liberals were likewise beside themselves at the results of our push back, prompting them to go into one of their trademark sessions of coordinated but inept gaslighting. Why, how dare we Normals take offense at this peaceful protest of love!
Baloney.
This kneeling thing was mindless performance art designed by these leftist jerks, and enabled by the liberal elite and its slobbering media lapdogs, to insult us to our faces by committing an act of calculated disrespect to our country and to the Normal Americans who built it, feed it, and protect it.
It was a scam and a lie from the word hike. This dimwitted protest was always directed at us, and no one else. If it wasnt us, who was it? The America-loathing elite that was cheering them on?
These preening primadonnas did not have to choose the football game venue, one we attend to escape from things like politics and condescending lectures. They did not have to choose the National Anthem, a symbol of the country we love and serve. If these overpaid, pampered, posing fools wanted to protest whatever it is they are protesting, they could have done it differently, but then doing it differently wouldnt have freaked out the squares. That was the point, and now they are mad because we took their insult exactly as they intended it to be taken.
And they arent even man enough to admit it. Their new story is that this has nothing to do with us Normals, that it's not an insult. No, it's a heartfelt plea for something. I guess the pig-cop socks and Castro T-shirt were gestures of respect.
Lets get real. They wanted to rub our faces in their contempt, to laugh at us as we had to endure it, humiliated by our own powerlessness. We were supposed to just sit there and take it. We are never supposed to use our own power to fight back.
Oops. Look whos laughing now. Turns out we can throw a punch as well, and did, slugging the feckless NFL right in the wallet. You want to politicize everything? This is politicizing everything. Enjoy. Were playing by the New Rules too.
But gosh, we cant do that. Oh well, I never! How dare you Normal Americans get militant and actually fight back, whine the kneelers of Team Principles. Real conservatives dont fight back. See, thats not who we are.
No, thats not who they are.
We understand something the Conservative, Inc., goofs never seem to figure out. They howl that all we are about these days is owning the libs and winning, but heres the thing. Sometimes, you have to win. Sometimes, you have to stop yapping and start performing. Once in a while, you have to put points on the board. Otherwise, people stop listening to you. Its possible to spend your whole career inside Conservative, Inc., drifting from cheesy think tank sinecure to lame magazine scribbling gig, never actually winning anything. But out here, in America, we want to, and need to, prevail. Our rights and our dignity are merely theoretical constructs to the Fredocons, and are of no significance to them. But our rights and dignity matter to us. And we are acting and voting accordingly.
These cruise-shilling nags have delivered nothing but tiresome scoldings and a never-ending series of capitulations. No wonder they cant seem to sell out those two-twin bed deluxe cabins along the Lido Deck anymore.
No wonder Normal Americans turned to someone like Donald Trump when these pathetic losers were only offering us more defeat and more humiliation at the hands of our enemies in the culture war.
We reject the bizarre notion that we are somehow obligated to stoically take guff from people who despise us without responding because doing so is unconservative. We decline to be commanded by conscientious objectors.
Heres how we roll. When the enemy deploys its power against us, whether its some football jerk dissing us via Old Glory or some tech titan deciding to not allow us access to social media, we will fight back using whatever power we have. Well bankrupt the NFL before we just sit there watching them flip us off. And well leverage our political power to regulate the Twittfacegrams into submission if they keep trying to exclude us from participation in our own culture. There is no conservative principle that requires you to not use your most effective weapon in your own self-defense. None.
But thats not conservative! the sissies whimper.
Thats true only if you adopt a definition of conservatism that presumptively surrenders whenever it meets resistance. The simple, undeniable fact is that punishment works. Retaliation works. If you want the Old Rules back in effect Id prefer that then you need to teach the enemy that it cant apply New Rules without feeling the same pain it inflicts. Thats a real conservative principle.
Unilateral disarmament doesnt work.
Remember, nothing in conservatism ever obligates you to accept an end-result where you must silently endure disrespect, where you are excluded from participation in your own governance, or where your rights are voided. None, though a bunch of allegedly conservative racketeers disenfranchised by the revolution that led to the election of Donald Trump are still trying to sell you on that idea.
Laugh at them and their fussy complaints about how you fail to conform your life to their labels. Fight back. Remember, militant Normal Americans arent from Washington. Theyre from Ohio.
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They can also use their head. The only way a player can use his hands if he is doing the throw in.
If a game ends in a tie, both teams repeat the next week.
I’m sad that it seems to be a less common thing in the civic sphere than in the sports sphere.
I’m sad that it seems to be a less common thing in the civic sphere than in the sports sphere.
Lol, thanks for the link. Very funny:)
Being from Alabama, naturally Im a college football fanatic. I was so proud of the classy way that the Bama team conducted themselves while visiting the White House.
I agree about the timeouts and all the penalties. Becomes very tedious.
I dont get to see many soccer (football) matches but I actually enjoy them. I enjoy the European leagues more than the American MLS because its obvious how much the sport means to the fans.
Im looking forward to the World Cup.
I remember when I grew up in Germany my parents used to go every Sunday to the Soccer game in the town I was raised. There was a out door cafe above the playing field and my father watched the game from there.
Thank you.
Sounds as if you and your parents had some good times.
I became an Alabama fan after their entire National championship football team went respectfully to the White House. Somehow their visit got very little press. Congratulations to Alabama.
What is wrong with being a conservative?
The Nazis were a reaction to the commies ....
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I suspect that the fact that no one on the team protested is why the media ignored the visit. We didnt care though:)
Heres hoping we make yet another appearance at the White House next year. Roll Tide!
I do not want to go back to Germany, anymore because so much has changed.
My parents are gone for many years. My father wanted to visit us after he retired from his job as bookkeeper from the brewery in my hometown. Unfortunately he died in the hospital of my hometown (February 5, 1975) He had the flu there were no flu shots at that period. We were stationed at Fort Riley, KY. I will continue this conversation via Freepmail.
I am a Federalist, not a Nationalist. I believe in localized governments and the Federation of the States rather than an all powerfull centralized Nationalized government. I am for State rights and the 10th Amendment as intended. https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/04/nationalism_versus_federalism.html
The problem with trying to be a conservative, is figuring out what to conserve. The dictionary definition of conservative is one who holds onto traditional values and is cautious about change. Well, guess what? Socialism has been creeping into American life for so long, that it is BECOMING the tradition. So somebody who wants to dismantle socialism is now no longer a conservative, he’s a radical.
As far as the Nazis were concerned, Nazi is short for National Socialist, with emphasis on the “socialist”. Nazis were all about total government. I’m about reducing government in order to enhance individual liberty.
You and I are mostly on the same page. When I say nationalist, it is in contrast to globalist. I care more about the people who I consider members of my nation, than those who are not part of my nation.
To the globalist, it is immoral to care more about your own family than about some third world stranger.
I figured so. I hope you had a good Memorial Day.
Trump swayed NFL owners on anthem rules, Kaepernick case depositions reveal!
The Wall Street Journal obtained depositions from NFL owners, including Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, as part of a grievance case filed by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
According to Jones deposition, reviewed by the Journal, the president personally told him, You cant win this one.
This is a very winning, strong issue for me, Trump reportedly said in a call with Jones. Tell everybody, you cant win this one. This one lifts me.
The feud between the White House and the NFL began in September 2017, when during a rally, the president suggested that if a player knelt or refused to stand for the anthem, the owner should get that son of a b—— off the field.
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross reportedly said in his deposition that he thought Trump changed the dialogue.
I was totally supportive of [the players] until Trump made his statement, Ross reportedly said.
Owner of the Houston Texans Bob McNair said he thought the presidents comments were inappropriate.
But McNair, Ross and Jones all reportedly acknowledged that the protests were financially hurting their teams.
Excerpted, go to the link below for full story on how we and President Trump kicked their $orry A$$es.
Any Freeper, who posts that our protests were not impacting the NFL owners, needs to have their brains MRIed to check on their brain injuries or they were/are paid NFL Trolls.
I am not a conservative. I am a nationalist. I am interested in the future of my children and grandchildren more than I am in conservative principles, and I will act to preserve the future of my kids, and my friends kids, by whatever means necessary.
Great tagline.
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