Interleaved, below:
Dale Nelson Wrote:
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> People need a number of qualities that recently
> were denounced as principles of "whiteness." I
> hasten to note that a great deal (I suspect far
> and away the majority of it) of the
> anti-"whiteness" stuff comes from white academics,
> public employees such as K-12 principals and
> teachers, etc.
>
> Take a look at the "Aspects and Assumptions of
> Whiteness" graphic here:
>
> [
www.thethinkingconservative.com]
> sumptions-of-whiteness-white-culture-in-the-united
> -states/
>
> If one must stand in line, let's say to get one's
> driver's license renewed, then one benefits if the
> DMV employee
>
> --showed up for work on time
> --is polite
> --puts work (such as serving the public) ahead of
> play (such as texting friends)
> --is willing to try to resolve problems that are a
> legitimate part of the job
>
> and so on.
>
> A campaign against "whiteness" will tend to
> dismantle aspects of the West that are beneficial
> to all.
The ethical bankruptcy of CRT and its advocates is that while they loudly condemn the existence of Western cultural values, they say nothing about foregoing the benefits--material and procedural--of this same cultural.
They wish to dismantle all Western systems, but still expect a cell phone that works, plentiful and inexpensive food, and fair treatment from the public administrative apparatus.
> (Where those benefits have been available
> to some but not others due to ethnicity, then
> there is indeed a problem of justice; and the
> Western heritage, with its regard for principles
> of justice, is a court of appeal. It will not be
> beneficial if such recourse is unavailable to
> someone due to social class, as in various Marxian
> regimes, or ethnicity.)
>
> The "good leaders" -- Knygatin, note, did not say
> "strong leaders" -- will live by the code of
> "natural law" and will be able to articulate it.
> But our time is infested with people who get a lot
> of media attention but whose minds seem to have
> been largely consumed by passions.
Disheartening to consider, but this implies that the culture values--and empathizes with--a child-like need for attention and approval over consistency and personal integrity.
--Sawfish
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