...The Virtuous Victim possesses a basic goodness that brings life to members of the multiculturalist clan. But as Durkheim observed, totems operate in a binary system: The sacred is under constant threat by the profane. The profane forces are in radical opposition to the totem, and they can sometimes take on form as an anti-totem. Members of the clan honor the totem by protecting it from pollution by the anti-totem.
The Twitter discussion of the Smollett case brought out some of the multiculturalist clan’s anti-totems. Celebrities and other status-rich multiculturalists embraced Smollett’s narrative and condemned President Trump and everyone who supports him. Actor George Takei tweeted: “This is horrific. What kind of country do we live in?” His followers answered in terms that evoked pollution and the need to purge society of the profane:
“A broken one. Magat [i.e., ‘MAGA hat’ transformed into a homonym for ‘maggot’] gangs roam the streets, causing ruckus, then news outlets spend weeks arguing on their side. Magats are dangerous. They have a sadist streak a mile wide.” “We live in a sick and twisted Trump America. MAGA is indeed a dog whistle for racism, homophobia, and misogyny.” “It’s time for the maga gang to be identified as an organized criminal entity with intent to harm & disturb the peace. They are a gang and the redhat is a gang symbol. People need signs that say ‘no redhats’ at this point. No gang members allowed.” “Is this okay with you, America? @Alyssa_Milano was right: maga hats really are the new white hoods.” The red MAGA hat is an anti-totem. The symbol alone is enough to evoke the fury of multiculturalist clan members. Even the acronym has dreaded symbolic power. The anti-totem is sacrilege.
Over the last two years, the multiculturalist clan has stigmatized MAGA hats as symbols of a polluting racism. This was true in the reactions to the Covington boys and to Smollett. Even after evidence debunked the early accounts of both incidents, MAGA hats remained potent images in the minds of multiculturalists. I am confident that a young white man wearing a MAGA hat to class at any major university would become an object of fear, anger, and anxiety among students who are members of the multiculturalist clan. Indeed, it is striking how emotional students now become in response to what once were conventional means of political partisanship: hats, banners, buttons. But it is wrong to see this as a sign of fragility. In my experience, the outraged students are anything but fragile as they seek to destroy the source of profane power. They are better viewed as participants in a primitive religious mindset, fiercely loyal to the Virtuous Victim and ruthlessly antagonistic to its anti-totems....
And we need to fight this, both intellectually and emotionally.
I’m thinking of starting to post pictures of American accomplishments and labeling them as “American greatness, the kind the left opposes.”
These can be anything: first national park in the world (Yellowstone), airplanes, electric lights, radios, etc. Anything worthwhile that was invented or conceived in America would do the trick.
Lord of the Flies writ large.
What we're experiencing today is the "noble victim." The idea here is that if you can assert a claim of victimhood, regardless of its substance, you stand on the moral high ground and everyone below must bow to you.
So the most powerful thing you can be today is a victim of some sort. Racism, patriarchy, discrimination, abuse, rape, economic disparity, gender bias ... something.
I think that the analysis while interesting gives short shrift to the potential in modern multiculturalism for developing into more evil form such as genocide...
This alone is just cause to reject its teachings.
Ping!
Enjoy and pass on to all your friends who need a ready reference to the principles and ideas underlying our Constitution of the United States of America.