tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7308725620503219848..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A SummationFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-46786268692284385282017-04-22T14:29:58.786-04:002017-04-22T14:29:58.786-04:00"Never Appease Evil"
I didn't make ..."Never Appease Evil"<br /><br />I didn't make up the concept, I just put it into a graphic I use. A lot (scroll down to see it: https://housewife3-0.com/t-shirts/). In searching for the originator of it I found this super short edited version of the Ronald Reagan speech wherein he introduces Goldwater at the 1964 convention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eest4JQ_NzU<br /><br />("Appeasement" is on page 11 of 11) Full speech transcript here: http://cdn.constitutionreader.com/files/pdf/constitution/ch123.pdfPatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09689117454609937247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-9124904933615340382017-04-21T13:50:19.617-04:002017-04-21T13:50:19.617-04:00Great article. Never forget the words of Galileo:...Great article. Never forget the words of Galileo:<br /><br />"Eppur si muove" ("Yet it moves.")<br /><br /><br /><br />(BTW, I *hate* reCaptcha.)<br />The Old Sargenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-15300253798384052632017-04-21T11:39:44.344-04:002017-04-21T11:39:44.344-04:00Perhaps this is the source of the vile spitefulnes...Perhaps this is the source of the vile spitefulness that characterizes the left. They hate themselves so much but cannot or will not for some unknown reason admit it and change. Therefore they transfer their self loathing onto we the deplorable.<br />I imagine that if one hates oneself life must be hell on earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-8908197391039178732017-04-20T11:01:07.079-04:002017-04-20T11:01:07.079-04:00This quote ought to be carved in stone, so as to b...This quote ought to be carved in stone, so as to better ensure that future generations read it:<br /><br />"If the ultimate tyranny is tyranny over the mind, then the ultimate bastion of liberty is mental liberty: the insistence upon the real, “the freedom to say that two plus two make four.” He who maintains the facts as witnessed, confirmed, and recorded by reliable record-keepers is a defender of freedom; he who excuses himself from that effort, whatever his rationale, has joined forces with the tyrants."<br /><br />The older I get, the more of this manipulation, gaslighting, weaponized empathy, and kafka-trapping I see everywhere. Once, I ascribed good motives to such people, I thought them merely mistaken. But I've come to realize that they are, as you say, tyrants. There are no good motives for them. Good motives are excuses. Moral relativism is merely a rationalization for conclusions they already made. Maybe some have genuinely convinced themselves that they act in good faith, but even those are merely adept at self-deception. The worst among them, of course, are fully conscious of their evil intent.<br /><br />One must never join them, not even in silence.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82533061814601010832017-04-20T09:32:42.571-04:002017-04-20T09:32:42.571-04:00I feel compelled to say that both this essay and D...I feel compelled to say that both this essay and Dystopic's are two of the finest works I have read in a very long time; on par with " Frankly My Dear" from Remus of the Woodpile Report and "The New Segregationists / Shamans" tandem by our esteemed intellect, Francis. I think they perfectly illustrate the insidious nature of the regressive left, and the tactics they use to great affect. <br /><br />Living in rural Indiana, I don't see it as much, but even in corn country the progs have started with their "white privilege" nonsense. I am so thankful to have the opportunity to read these fine works to help guide my worldview, and to keep me sane. Thank you. scttmtclfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04361605374663334855noreply@blogger.com