Posted on 06/12/2020 5:41:29 AM PDT by grimalkin
White progressive racial masochism is nothing new; Tom Wolfe skewered it brilliantly nearly a half century ago in essays like “Mau-Mauing the Flak-Catchers.” But the current manifestation is more significant and dangerous. It has taken place amidst violent widespread rioting and looting and assaults, and so these acts of kneeling are a form of tribute exacted by the sheer power of destruction wrought by the rioters and their “peaceful” abettors. As such, they undermine the very foundation of citizen self-rule and political freedom: Government by laws, offices, and free deliberation rather than by the whims and failings of one man; and by accountability to the sovereign people and their laws, instead of submission to violent coercion.
Kneeling specifically appears in Greek literature as an emblem of political slavery that follows an absence of rule by law and accountability. In the Histories, Herodotus’s narrative of the Persian wars continually contrasts the free, self-ruling Greek with the slavish, unfree Persians. One cultural practice in particular epitomized for the Greeks the political enslavement of the Persians who were ruled by the quasi-divine Great King Xerxes bestowed with absolute power over the lives and property of his subjects. Hence the law that anytime someone came into the presence of the King, he had to kneel before him, then bend over and kiss the ground as an act of submission. The Greek word for this was proskunesis, an act of “obeisance” suitable only for acknowledging the gods.
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Free citizens DO kneel- before God, and before our spouse before proposing to them, and before both to abjectly apologizing for our latest screwup.
There should be banners printed with the Title of this thread - Free Citizens Do Not Kneel
Available free to every elementary school and required as part of Common Core.
That would be a start. A special Presidential Presentation to each and every school, even if it is part of a list read from every day for a week. ZOOM the meeting so parents can ‘attend’ the ceremony, with a schedule of school and day of presentation available online.
Subjects kneel. I stand and respect, if I desire. I am a citizen, not a subject. I own my life, my property and can protect myself.
I am an American. No hyphenation.
I kneel to nobody.
How about this;
You leave me alone, and i will let you live.
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