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| Western Self-Loathing: The Disease |
| 2018-06-24 |
| [Declination] Today, I intend to be very plain with my readers. I tire of beating around the bush. And to be frank, that is what I have been doing for quite some time, though this was not my intention. You see, I have fallen victim to describing in detail the symptoms, and how they might best be treated, with too little regard for the disease itself. This is a common affliction during the twilight of the West. Left and Right alike know that the West is dying; that it is deeply ill. The Right proposes to treat the symptoms, the Left prescribes euthanasia. For them, death is the only cure to any disease. My ancestor is reputed to have said, when given the opportunity to inspect the ax that was to behead him, "this is sharp medicine; but it is a sure cure for all diseases." Perhaps the Left has taken this too literally, or perhaps theirs is a cult that worships death. We can only speculate. Our first instinct as men, when accused of a crime, is to plead our innocence and to offer our proofs. With an impartial jury, this may work if the proofs are good. If the accuser is malicious, however, and merely intends harm regardless of innocence, the pleas will please him. The proofs will be laughed at. He will feel powerful, presented with your own weakness. Right now, as I type this, debates are raging across social media, and many of them are loaded with accusations of moral violation. These do not even contain the pretense of an impartial jury, as a legal violation might, but the consequences can be just as dire. Your job, your business, your possessions, your relationships, and reputation are all on the line. Are you, perhaps, a racist? Do you hate the poor? Do you stand on a cliff ready to push granny to her doom? Plead your innocence and your accuser will laugh. Fail to plead, and your guilt is established. It is a Catch-22, a Kafkatrap. The mind recoils from resultant feelings of guilt and shame. This weapon is the most powerful one in the enemy’s arsenal. We have survived by ignoring it, hiding from it, or dismissing it, depending on one’s inclination. Facing the guilt and shame head-on is a daunting task only a few are truly capable of. How did it come to this? Why is the weapon so effective? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 George Will Endorses Nancy Pelosi For Speaker Of The House But Does Anyone Care? Are the Elites so infatuated with their own Moral Superiority that they can't come outside and take a look at what is happening? |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-06-24 17:09 |