tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3010526797897205560..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: ImmisciblesFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-59469380156743708492020-08-06T16:48:53.951-04:002020-08-06T16:48:53.951-04:00I am uncomfortable with the formulation of this qu...I am uncomfortable with the formulation of this question, since it appears to be collectivist-speak.<br /><br />I am a great fan of Kipling, but his poem here seems even to disallow trade with others, never mind living with them.<br /><br />There is hardly a more foreign "demographic" than Chinese, yet my immigrant Chinese wife of 43 years fit into America like a duck to water. She has a vast collection of business and personal contacts, has acted as an entrepreneur all her life, once had upwards of 50 people on her payroll, most of them highly paid (subcontractors). Virtually everybody gets along with her. It's hard to imagine how anyone could fit in better than she has.<br /><br />I think it makes more sense to say that *on average*, demographic X fits quite well and does not challenge the majority culture even as a fairly large minority, while *on average* demographic Y fits somewhere between poorly and disastrously, with challenges to the majority culture even when their population is tiny.<br /><br />Of course most will recognize that X is east asians generally, while Y is muslims. But the point here, is that it depends strongly on whom you are talking about.Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-56606902422523015202020-08-04T08:15:46.054-04:002020-08-04T08:15:46.054-04:00America was founded on the idea that sentient indi...America was founded on the idea that sentient individuals could decide to 'buy into' the core principles of the nation. They could self-select their new national identity, rather than being born into it.<br /><br />It all started to fall apart when the immigrants could opt out of agreement with the core beliefs.<br /><br />Leftism is deeply rooted in the fabric of our country. We need to start looking at ways to diminish their influence, including allowing them to voluntarily re-locate into geographically-isolated communities, with limited access to communications outside of those communities. Perhaps give them a subsidy that makes those isolated locations more attractive? Only available to those unable to have children.<br /><br />Sometimes, paying off a crank is easier and cheaper than fighting them. Particularly if it keeps them from passing on their type of crazy.<br /><br />But, take heart - I do believe that the end of the Crazy Years is near!<br /><br />https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6557458849091969678/414159692507863443Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-21574197572751660282020-08-04T01:08:40.899-04:002020-08-04T01:08:40.899-04:00Heard Simone Gold in an interview today on the Pra...Heard Simone Gold in an interview today on the Prager show. Not only was she fired they threatened the entire contract staff to which she belongs if she did not go quietly. Not only would she suffer the consequences but La Familia would also be fired. The time for action is here.Andy Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930212556020086701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-34653948865628240372020-08-03T17:58:08.850-04:002020-08-03T17:58:08.850-04:00How about a distinction between those who act as i...How about a distinction between those who act as if they hold human life is sacred and those who act as if they don't?<br /><br />Here is a current example. In addition to Dr Simone Gold having gotten in trouble for her role in Doctors on the Frontlines and exposing the HCQ/Zinc slander campaign that embarrassed both The Lancet and NEJM, I believe she was fired more for what she and Charlie Kirk agreed to in his interview of her. Listen to this alone.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/PUedVXz4X2E?t=40" rel="nofollow">A short segment.</a><br /><br /><br />You know as well as I how often people have tried to ignore this trend. They just don't want to hear it or believe such people are so cold-hearted. But here are two personalities actually breaking the long silence. And she got fired.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-54494681250176756432020-08-03T12:25:14.058-04:002020-08-03T12:25:14.058-04:00There are physical differences between individuals...There are physical differences between individuals; they are obvious when we use the perceptual senses to see the PERSON who is visiting from another culture. <br />There are mental (intellectual) differences. They are inherent in each specific PERSONALITY, and may not be immediately obvious. Traits of personality may be concealed when one has been trained to be polite to strangers. <br /> The values (and I should include here the common vices) we consciously and subconsciously accept as part of our culture, effectively determine, to some degree, our emotional responses. Reason, if a reasonable thought process is initiated and maintained, may limit and check unreasonable emotions on a conscious level. We are, in this sense, self-determined. We are in significant part responsible for the creation of our personality, i.e., of who we are intellectually.<br />However, it seems to be difficult to evaluate the reasonableness of cultural values when held on a subconscious level. We need a science of psychology to function rationally.<br />Kipling was a produce of Colonial India, and a keen observer of nice differences. He dealt with a plethora of different languages and religions, i.e., distinct cultures. In other words, he was both physically perceptive, i.e., he saw the world empirically, as it was, and intellectually discriminating, he grasped the causal relationships that explained human action. He achieved, and was able to express, a remarkable degree of understanding.<br /> The fear of things strange, foreign and different is called, in its extreme form, xenophobia. This fear serves us as a check on the naïve curiosity of the child in the playpen. The danger is to restrict intellectual curiosity.<br />The thought process, which we must initiate to use, must be supported by truth, and guided by a reasonable procedure (an argument). The alternative is to choose to not think, and be guided, like the lesser animals, by emotion.<br />The people who need to read Kipling, will not willingly read Kipling. He was removed from the library, along with Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, etc. He's on their list of racists. christiansweeny@yahoo.com<br />Selfish Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667324411421722305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-88344228973204294732020-08-03T09:44:05.610-04:002020-08-03T09:44:05.610-04:00I think the most immiscible group going are Mosle...I think the most immiscible group going are Moslems. Not only is the goal of Islam to convert or destroy us but to lie about it as they do it. That sounds pretty immiscible to me. <br /><br />We could include communists as immiscibles for the same reasons. Both groups should be driven from our Republic. With prejudice. Kyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399082135529920025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-8850377501916828692020-08-03T07:06:42.545-04:002020-08-03T07:06:42.545-04:00Thank you for the poem, Francis. Putting it into ...Thank you for the poem, Francis. Putting it into an essay I'm writing (of course, a HT to you).NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.com