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Losing Confidence in the Pillars of Our Civilization
Townhall.com ^ | November 24, 2021 | Victor, Davis Hanson

Posted on 11/24/2021 8:49:27 AM PST by Kaslin

Millions of citizens long ago concluded that professional sports, academia, and entertainment were no longer disinterested institutions, but far Left and deliberately hostile to Middle America.

Yet American conservatives still adamantly supported the nation's traditional investigatory, intelligence, and military agencies - especially when they came under budgetary or cultural attacks.

Not so much anymore.

For the first time in memory, conservatives now connect the FBI hierarchy with bureaucratic bloat, political bias, and even illegality.

In the last five years, the FBI was mostly in the news for the checkered careers of James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Robert Mueller, Lisa Page, and Peter Strzok. Add in the criminality of convicted FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith.

The colossal FBI-driven "Russian collusion" hoax was marked by the leaking of confidential FBI memos, forged documents, improper surveillance, and serial disinformation.

Prior heads of the CIA and FBI, as well as the director of national intelligence, have at times either not told the truth under oath or claimed amnesia, without legal repercussions.

Mention the military to conservative Americans these days, and they unfortunately associate its leadership with the disastrous flight from Afghanistan. Few, if any, high-ranking officers have yet taken responsibility - much less resigned - for the worst military fiasco of the last half-century.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: coronavius; justice; laworder; military; publichealth; society; vdh

1 posted on 11/24/2021 8:49:27 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

He’s right. There’s been a vast loss of trust in any and all of our institutions.

They’ve all been politicized and turned against the citizens.


2 posted on 11/24/2021 8:57:21 AM PST by livius
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To: Kaslin

the fbi of jimmy stewart died.
there are no more schwartzkopfs in the military, they are all political and in fear of not reaching their pension, so its “yassuh boss”.


3 posted on 11/24/2021 9:03:24 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Kaslin
You could also add the criminal justice system, due process of law as well as the electoral system to this list.

10 years ago I never thought I would be typing these words.

4 posted on 11/24/2021 9:11:46 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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To: Kaslin
These government and korporate institutions have never been pillars of our civilization. At best they were a necessary evil, at worst just plain evil. Since the time of the ancient Greeks, man has been warned of the decadence and corruption of such institutions.

Faith and family are pillars of civilization which is why these institutions constantly attack them.

5 posted on 11/24/2021 9:12:02 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Kaslin

They were always fake, did not follow Christ in any way..man not ready with some rod prodding..


6 posted on 11/24/2021 9:12:51 AM PST by aces (and )
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This article is incorrect. People have plenty of faith in the pillars of civilization. They simply aren’t going to waste their time with poisoned aspects of the culture.


7 posted on 11/24/2021 9:14:07 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Culture, culture, culture. Not partisan politics. )
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To: Kaslin

FBI is a “pillar of our civilization”?

Ok, got it Victor.


8 posted on 11/24/2021 9:30:38 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Kaslin

There’s no greater enemy of the common citizen than the “forces of order” once they have been co-opted by the left.


9 posted on 11/24/2021 9:38:35 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Kaslin

Professor at UNC Chapel Hill and Cornell. How many young minds did this damned communist poison? She did far more damage there even.


10 posted on 11/24/2021 9:41:16 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: DesertRhino

😄


11 posted on 11/24/2021 9:43:17 AM PST by BDParrish (God called, He said He'd take you back!)
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To: livius

They’ve all been politicized and turned against the citizens.
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That’s what happens when the Constitution is ignored.

It says natural born citizen.

Obama is NOT one.


12 posted on 11/24/2021 11:00:28 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Kaslin

The FBI definitely vaulted to the top of my crap list.

Congratulations 🤪


13 posted on 11/24/2021 11:04:03 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Kaslin

I only have confidence from my trust in God.


14 posted on 11/24/2021 6:02:28 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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