tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post4398105672168143057..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: “Microaggressions” and “Triggers”Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82322958151411593092015-05-03T14:50:56.164-04:002015-05-03T14:50:56.164-04:00"Such a Balkanization will spell the end of t...<i>"Such a Balkanization will spell the end of the United States as a functioning national society."</i><br /><br />Am I the only one who sees this and says "Good!"? The American Left has been cultivating Balkanization since the changes in immigration policy in 1965. We are now to a point that if we hope to preserve any semblance of the original, "real" America, it's going to have to be isolated to smaller portions of what was once a geographic whole.<br /><br />There are entire swaths of the geographic USA that are hopelessly beyond repair. They need to be thrown overboard so some of us can actually survive in a lifeboat somewhere.MissAnthropyhttp://www.itsaboutliberty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-80920581241039813572015-05-03T05:46:16.514-04:002015-05-03T05:46:16.514-04:00As I grew up in the 6os, I somehow made an enemy o...As I grew up in the 6os, I somehow made an enemy of some punk in the early days of the 7th grade.<br /><br />I was scared, because I wasn't confrontational. But I didn't need a public-funded radio announcement telling me to "report" bullying. Reporting it or making it known to a teacher wasn't the problem. We knew back then that THERE ARE BULLIES. You don't report them to the teacher because that won't solve the problem.<br /><br />Whatever the teacher does, you have to deal with the punk, because the punk doesn't believe in the teacher's authority. The punk believe he can beat you. And besides, the teacher can't always be there, no matter how powerful the teacher is.<br /><br />The teacher might intervene, but that doesn't solve the problem.<br /><br />Listen up, champions of the U.N. THE TEACHER IS ALMOST NEVER THERE. So, at some point, you have to stand up for yourself.<br /><br />What's more, the punk-bully doesn't respect your authority, else he wouldn't have bullied in the first place.<br /><br />AND IF YOU INVITE THE BULLY INTO YOUR CLUB (U.N.) IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HIS "POSITION," you are absolutely setting yourself up for diversity and "other, valid opinions," to drill you up your rear and KILL YOU.<br /><br />So, if you're a kid getting bullied, you have to stand up for yourself, or appeal to the nearest group you can - your friends or your parents.<br /><br />You might get flattened. You might win. Or, you might stand up for yourself and JUST BY DOING THAT, convince the bully you aren't worth his time.<br /><br />Or - as you're getting plastered, the authorities might show up and restrain the punk - or you, if you're unlucky enough to live in a sufficiently Liberal state.<br /><br />The point? We aren't diverse. Or, if are it makes no difference. I was bullied by white guys as "privileged" as I was.<br /><br />Racism isn't a "cause of problems," anymore. Bullying (power-mongering), and the lack of societal scorn against it, IS.<br /><br />Lack of respect for the law, lack of respect for others, LACK OF RESPECT FOR WHAT GOD HAS MADE YOU AND GIVEN YOU is the problem - not some historical grievance someone panders to you as a narrative of your life.<br /><br />And that isn't made better when you have bureaucrats in the U.N. trying to resolve issues based on politics, envy and the "diversity" of letting the bully have the same vote as the innocent guy.<br /> <br />The left - government in general - doesn't want us to think about things in a personal way like this. They want us to see every problem as a huge societal mess that needs government solutions. <br /><br />That's wrong. Government doesn't "solve" bullying or hate or greed or ANYTHING. People do. By their personal beliefs and actions. *When needed,* the community of those people with similar beliefs takes actions against bullies.<br /><br />It's personal. It's not racism, it's not "class-warfare." It's as simple as knowing when another kid wants to compel you or take your milk money. You stand up, because you KNOW that if you don't, the teacher really can't save you every time.<br /><br />No. Bullying is personal. All the fu**ing public service announcements in the world shouldn't make you believe that the government - THE WORST BULLY - really has your best interests at heart.<br /><br />You really do have to stand up by yourself. You may get flattened. You may have to cry out for your siblings, parents and friends to help you.<br /><br />But you have to stand up instead of waiting - or expecting - the government to stand up for you.<br /><br />The government was supposed to be nothing more than you, via a representative. If you don't stand up, I guarantee you that your rep won't.Tim Turnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-10926253969319816232015-05-02T22:38:51.208-04:002015-05-02T22:38:51.208-04:00If you want to be ``othered,'' demonstrate...If you want to be ``othered,'' demonstrate to me that you have ``triggers.''<br /><br />These ``triggers'' sound like what my father's generation called ``fighting words.'' Ominous Cowherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802991559947782419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-18429437858048071932015-05-02T14:26:06.509-04:002015-05-02T14:26:06.509-04:00When they talk about "diversity", what t...When they talk about "diversity", what they really mean is a convoluted "sameness". We're not supposed to even notice differences anymore, we're supposed to lie to ourselves. Time was, TRUE diversity was appreciated, and celebrated, and even discussed. Now, we're supposed to just play dumb. Like on the radio, where it's become trendy to lead callers to identify that they're black, rather than for the host to infer based on the VERY BLACK voice on the other end that the person is black. Can't have that stereotyping, now. When's the last time you heard anyone OTHER than a black speak in even mild Ebonic?<br /><br />I'm single, and personally I prefer Asian women, for a whole host of reasons. Yes, I instantly "other" them on-sight, because I notice that they're Asian. I do this because Asian is a GOOD thing to me, and the fact that they look different makes it convenient. (Once I get talking, if they exhibit the touchy, self-absorbed traits of a Leftist American, I step away quickly)<br /><br />Invariably, one of the first questions I ask is about their heritage. I usually say "what nationality are you?". This usually leads to a pleasant conversation, in which I mention how MY family came here too, from Europe, and we go on from there. If she takes exception the moment the question gets out of my mouth, I again step away, because I know that this is a person with a contrary nature that I don't want to have to deal with.<br /><br />So from this angle, I'd like to THANK all these contrary morons for wearing their offense on their sleeve. It makes it very easy to discriminate against you, in favor of nice people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-28038677816331948082015-05-02T12:01:59.978-04:002015-05-02T12:01:59.978-04:00"Persons who believe themselves surrounded by..."Persons who believe themselves surrounded by enemies will naturally look for protectors...and the State is ever ready to step into that role. "<br /><br /><br />From Tocqueville's Democracy in America, book iii, chapter iv<br /><br /><i>a despot easily forgives his subjects for not loving him, provided they do not love each other</i>.<br /><br />Is that a double entendre we see there? Focus on the well placed verb <i>provided</i> that is easily misunderstood to be merely a subordinate conjunction. <br /><br />It's as if Tocqueville wished to convey the notion of the surreptitiousness of the providers. <br /><br />Too subtle, I know. But there it is, nonetheless, at the heart of the issue. What I have recognized as a Soviet-style media (SSM) has been rapidly <b>providing</b> <i>multicultural</i> ways for us to not love one another.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.com