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| Sarah Hoyt: No More White Knights |
| 2017-08-19 |
| I’m starting to get really tired of White Knights. You’ve seen these gentlemen. They rush in, when they perceive someone as being in danger, and pavane around with grandeur, proclaim their goodness and wonderfulness, and their willingness to defend the helpless. And nine times out of ten, leave, full of honor and glory, leaving things worse than they found them. Except the modern versions don’t ask you if you are helpless, they just assume. And they don’t do anything except signal their virtue and their willingness to defend you. Oh, they might take the opportunity to bash a few of their personal enemies, perhaps by claiming that they are your enemies too. They’ve been all over recently. Yes, sure, there are many minorities online, who, having fully imbibed the Kool-Aid, are now merrily calling everyone a Nazi on the slimmest of pretexts. But most such offenders are in fact lily white and convinced of their own special wonderfulness. It was a lily white and, if I had to guess, upper middle class young man who took it upon himself to tell me I should be grateful to Antifa for saving me from vile speech. Well, this first generation, immigrant Latina is not grateful. Do you know why she is not grateful? Because no one asked you to defend me. Certainly no one asked a communist front group with a frightening penchant for violence and vandalism to defend me. And if I wanted to be defended it wouldn’t be from speech, vile or not. It would be from active, physical aggression, which communists are at least as likely (and possibly more) to engage in than the crazy racists. I’m no more acceptable to communists than I am to the Nazis. The Nazis would reject me on account of my origins and the fact that I can tan really dark when I get out of the office and into the rays of the evil day star. And Antifa would reject me because I think people who attack their fellow citizens are despicable and their theories of power and wealth are wrong and based on the crazy theories of Marx, the most overrated dead white man ever. And because I’m tired of their trying to impose their ignorance and cultish beliefs on the rest of us. I don’t want either side to defend me from the other. I accept that both have the right to say whatever they please, and I hope they do it far away from me. If they come to my attention, I am entitled to make fun of them by all means available. Because you see, I’m not delicate, I’m not helpless, and I don’t need a white knight. ...Because you know, all those allies who come in "white knighting" it to defend women and minorities, don’t really want to defend women and minorities. They most of all want to claim victimhood. They think America and non-minorities are somehow evil. And the only way they can wash off that evil is to identify with a minority and defend it tooth and nail. Second, they want the glory and virtue that comes from being "enlightened" and "helping" minorities. Don't forget that, nowadays, being an "outspoken" (hysterically semi-incoherent) leftist is a key to a white collar job - not just in public sector. ...They are the privileged, coddled, praised products of self esteem education. And they’ll trample anyone, demean anyone, destroy anyone, and bring down their own country in an effort to continue thinking of themselves as the best, the brightest and the kindest people who ever lived. The expression behind the great, shining helm of the white knight is a smirk of superiority. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #14 DooDaaMan, once upon a time there was a holding 'prison' of sorts at Gitmo (long before they started storing Muslims there), filled with most Carribean types who had been caught 'doin off', as they say. The two largest populations were Dominicans and Puerto Ricans. Some helpful soul decided that a sports program would help to calm things and keep people occupied. So they formed baseball teams. The riot that ensued after the Doms beat the PR's in the final game caused the USMC garrison (Gitmo, remember) to call in backup troops from as far away as LeJune. After that, it was decided that soccer would be better. No bats and all. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-08-19 20:14 |
| #13 Amreicans Americans. For some reason I am having a dreadful time catching that typo at the moment. :-( |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-08-19 19:02 |
| #12 how many African-Americans are for Confederate statues removal? I saw a poll quoted that said 44% of African-Amreicans think they should be left alone -- I'm afraid I don't have the details. The push for this is coming from white Progressives white knighting the issue. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-08-19 18:52 |
| #11 Which brings on a question - how many African-Americans are for Confederate statues removal? I don't know. But for additional relevant information, I'd suggest reading the following; I'm going to chance copying this over rather than copying all the links... https://news.google.com/news/search/section/q/new%20orleans%20pumps/new%20orleans%20pumps?hl=en&ned=us tl;dr: After spending probably over a hundred billion dollars spent rebuilding New Orleans, it's still an accident waiting to happen. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-08-19 17:36 |
| #10 Put a Serb and a Croat in the same room and see what happens....but that's o.k...must be their whiteness. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2017-08-19 15:03 |
| #9 Now, I can't speak for Hoyt - but, I personally, believe that "African-Americans" have no idea what real suffering is. I didn't mean to imply offense or to take offense. Today we all have it exceptionally good in this country despite attempts by the left to create victim groups. I don't think there is much suffering in this country by African-Americans or anyone. There may have been suffering and deprivation in the past but not much today. I think there are people who often make bad choices that make future life more difficult. And sometimes things just happen and we have to dig ourselves out. There is opportunity here those who want to work. You try something and sometimes you fail. You learn from past history and then you try something else. But yes, I don't think African-Americans today have any idea about real suffering. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-19 14:14 |
| #8 The whole statue controversy is an extension of this Which brings on a question - how many African-Americans are for Confederate statues removal? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-19 12:59 |
| #7 Ironically, they're fighting for a political system that is f'ing them over, just like the confederate soldiers of a century and a half ago. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-08-19 12:45 |
| #6 A lot of them do, but because their primary dominant culture consists of torturing each other and blaming whitey for the results, they never actually get around to doing anything to change the situation. The whole statue controversy is an extension of this; it's something to soak up the energy and let the Mitch Landrieus of the world pretend they're actually helping black people instead of f___ing them over. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-08-19 12:43 |
| #5 John, all I meant by this is that: having grown in different culture, and being a natural born odd & a scholar, she has a different angle of view. To take one example - most Americans, even most conservatives, behave as if slavery/discrimination is something unique to USA. Now, I can't speak for Hoyt - but, I personally, believe that "African-Americans" have no idea what real suffering is. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-19 11:23 |
| #4 G(r)om, I suppose it is a matter of perspective. I have not read much of her writings; I was reacting to what I posted. I'm a bit tired of those who impose their ignorance and cultish beliefs on the rest of us. These mobs are not about free speech and individual rights. They would rob the rest of us of our freedoms in a New York minute. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-19 11:03 |
| #3 I like Sarah. I agree with a lot that she says, and she's a good writer. She does seem to to be safety-wired to the 'Rant' position, though. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-08-19 10:32 |
| #2 It's a matter of perspective, Mr Citizen. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-19 09:03 |
| #1 And Antifa would reject me because I think people who attack their fellow citizens are despicable and their theories of power and wealth are wrong and based on the crazy theories of Marx, the most overrated dead white man ever. And because I’m tired of their trying to impose their ignorance and cultish beliefs on the rest of us. Sarah Hoyt, a voice of wisdom amongst the barbarians. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-19 08:41 |