The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.
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Something to think about since it explains much of the root of the schism inside of America right now:
Americans are disappointed with man’s depravity, but proud of the Founders’ ideals; liberals are disappointed with the Founders’ ideals, and proud of man’s depravity.
— jonolan
And yes, this is a paraphrasing, secularizing, and correction of a statement made earlier by Ben Shapiro.
This entry was posted on Sunday, July 9th, 2023 at 1:00 pm and is filed under Ethics & Morality, Politics, Society.
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Laugh all you want – and, in all truth, prima facie, this sort of thing is kind of funny. But, it’s also part and parcel of what the Left, especially the anti-normative #wokeists, have been doing to children’s books and such. They’ve been pushing and pushing hard to “mainstream” their postmodern fairy tales in order to warp the minds of our children.
How They Weaponize Fables
Step 1: Take any classic tale of Good vs. evil and add moral ambiguity to it
Step 2: Turn the Villain into either and Anti-Hero or actual Hero
Step 3: Have the Damsel or equivalent change sides and collude with the Villain
Step 4: Make the Villain, the Damsel, and/or the Hero all victims of society
Step 5: Sexualize the story
Step 6: Add the Gay
And that’s how these deranged and dangerous things do it. It’s a real-world example of the Boiling Frog pseudo-fable or apologue – one small step, one small corruption, one small degeneration at a time until we reach a point that is fundamentally unrecognizable. And worse, it’s all done in the name of “children needing stories about people like them” or “it’s important to breakdown current ideals and norms.“
And Yet, No Conspiracy Is Needed
That’s what makes this worse, more destructive to our children’s future, and harder to combat; there’s no real conspiracy needed. Each step down the road to perversion is specific and self-contained and it starts small, and almost reasonable. But then, each group who wants acceptance and privilege wants a little bit more. And they each, for the most part, only think of what they want, as if they were in a vacuum. And, then the next, more abnormal than the last group wants theirs…
And, Folks! We’ve been greasing the slope or allowing it to be greased for over six decades. It’s not a wonder that the slide to degeneracy has reached terminal velocity.
No, IMRHO, the closest there is or needs to be to a conspiracy is that the grifters from each group of advocates for the individual special interest groups need to keep manufacturing “oppression” in order to stay relevant and profitable, be it monetarily or in social capital. They literally can’t “win” because then they be done.. and then what would they do?
This why Feminists turned into vile things, when they originally had a real point. It’s also why Feminists allied themselves with as other special interest groups as they could and labeled it “Intersectionality.” They won, and rightly so back then. But, they needed to push the bar back or fade into history. It’s also why LGB turned into LGBT, then LGBTQ, and then into whatever alphabet soup it is now. They’re all in a state of perpetual war against normative society because they can’t afford to declare victory!
This entry was posted on Friday, June 2nd, 2023 at 9:03 am and is filed under Books & Reading, Society.
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The Golden Rule has been one of the cornerstones of Man’s many attempts at faith for literally thousands and thousands of the years. But, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is really only appropriate if you’re fairly normal for your culture. If you’re freaky – or in a foreign, alien land – not so much. 😉 Hell! Probably not at all in some your cases.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 at 9:00 am and is filed under Ethics & Morality, Humor, Philosophy, Religion, Society.
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Yeah, attacking crabbing in Maryland is right down there with the greatest bits of stupidity in history. But then, PETA is known for stupidity almost as much as their known sluttish displays and child abuse. They should have known that Old Bay would get spicy with them. 😆
Oh, and by the way, no matter what the wastes of some men’s seed of PETA claim, seafood is awesome.
This entry was posted on Sunday, September 18th, 2022 at 7:00 am and is filed under Ethics & Morality, Food & Drink, Humor, Society.
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Either your beliefs matter or they don’t. Do your beliefs matter? Or are you one of many, many, many sorts who claim beliefs but stay silenced by the fears of opprobrium? If you’re the latter what does that say about you?
Or, maybe it says more about your beliefs – not the content thereof, but your actual understanding of them. Maybe you don’t really believe in what you think you do. Maybe, that belief or yours is just a convenient placeholder and placard for what you really believe.
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