Tag: politics

Christian universal love is a dubious concept

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As practiced today by many, I don’t think it works.

An example I know in detail is the story of a woman whose second husband was a closet alcoholic. After she discovered his problem and divorced him for other reasons, which were profoundly complicated by the booze, she continued to believe that he just needed more Christian love. Long story short, eventually she came to understand that you cannot love someone away from alcoholism. That tactic only enables them in too many cases.

A second example appears in the video below, Wilders’ opponent uses many abstractions, including Christian love, to defend his position. His defense reminds me of the woman in the story above. It is an a priori defense, an application of a rule that obviously cannot be right every time.

Why is wisdom thought to run counter to universal love in Christianity? Why can’t loving your neighbor be tempered with a wise understanding of your neighbor?

Here is the vid, which is interesting in and of itself.

By the way, I favor love and kindness as much as reasonably possible. I also favor erring on the side of mercy and kindness as much as reasonably possible. But there is a line there that I believe it is stupid to cross.

Most of the arguments about immigration in the US and Europe today are arguments about degree. Often those arguments get mixed in with “universals” like constitutional law, Christian love, fairness, rights, and so on.

Reasonable minds may differ, but all factors need to be considered, including the factors of the traditional culture of the region and the needs and desires of the citizens who are of that traditional culture.

In my view, some new people is good. Too many new people is not good.

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Edit 3/18/17: I am a distant foreign observer, but my guess is Wilders lost at least partly because he says things about Islam that there is no need to say. A simple cultural-demographic argument is all that is needed.

British Intelligence GCHQ surveiled Trump on behalf of the Obama Admin, Fox sources say

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Andrew Napolitano speaks the truth—that friendly intelligence services spy on each others’ citizens and then share the data behind-the-scenes to circumvent legal restrictions.

According to Napolitano’s sources, this is how Obama spied on Trump both before and after the election.

Additional info:

…documents of the FVEY [Five Eyes] have shown that they are intentionally spying on one another’s citizens and sharing the collected information with each other in order to circumvent restrictive domestic regulations on spying. (Source)

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. (Same source as above)

More discussion can be found here.

Did Obama break the law to get Trump?

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Social media is still producing good analyses well-worth reading. Here is an example:

In summary: the Obama administration sought, and eventually obtained, authorization to eavesdrop on the Trump campaign; continued monitoring the Trump team even when no evidence of wrongdoing was found; then relaxed the NSA rules to allow evidence to be shared widely within the government, virtually ensuring that the information, including the conversations of private citizens, would be leaked to the media. (Source)

The link above has a long and very well-presented analysis on the wiretapping, Syria, the gas pipeline from Iran, the role of Saudi Arabia, and alleged deep corruption within and between the Obama and Clinton camps concerning all of this.

Many sources are cited and the reasoning is clear. Highly recommended. Obviously, draw your own conclusions.

The left is a totalitarian subculture

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Totalitarian means “relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.”

When I say the left is a totalitarian subculture, I mean that it has become a subculture with very conspicuous totalitarian elements. These include newspeak, PC proscriptions, intolerance of differing views, and a willingness to break laws or engage in violence to prevent the free exchange of ideas and or to further only their own ideas.

I could post many links every day to back up these claims. Here are just two from the morning news:

The second link is very serious. It alleges that the Obama DOJ illegally funneled taxpayer funds to leftist groups, including La Raza.

The first link details yet more leftist intolerance of diverse views. Did funding for the “outside agitators” ultimately come from taxpayers through the DOJ slush fund?

The American legal system has excellent protections for individual rights. But this same system is lacking in protections against nefarious groups that work in concert to undermine it.

That the left has become such a group is easily proved by the fact that academia is 90% leftist as is MSM. Both groups have become totalitarian institutions within the overall totalitarian subculture of the left.

An interesting take on the Jeff Sessions flap

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In support of diversity of voice and opinion, I hereby present a theory offered by an anonymous person online.

Here is the nutshell of the theory:

In conclusion, the play here is not Sessions per say, it has been to get a Democrat controlled special prosecutor named to obstruct and slow down the Trump administration. Its been planned out by the Democrats since at least Jan 12th.

Here is the full theory: The hidden politics behind the Jeff Sessions smear. This was set up by Obama in January.

I find the author’s explanation of events credible and well-worth considering, if only to gain a better sense of how complex behind-the-scenes moves can be.

The left is using basic Saul Alinksy techniques to hobble, and destroy if they can, the presidency of Donald Trump.

Their basic tactic is attack, attack, attack and lie, lie, lie. Not only are the attacks to be directed against Donald Trump himself, which many are, but they are also directed at the people around him. This includes his family as well as his advisors and cabinet choices.

Since MSM comprises a significant part of the left, these scurrilous attacks (which have even included Barron Trump as a target) are backed up by media talking heads, late night comedians, celebrities, actors, and so on.

Expect to see new attacks almost daily throughout the Trump presidency. I doubt we will see much decline in the extreme MSM slanting of news against Trump which began at the beginning of his campaign.

Yes, it is true that Republicans have and do use similar techniques, but the scope, severity, and baselessness of the attacks coming from the left are more vicious by far. That’s how the left has succeeded in taking over US academia, mainstream media, and until Donald Trump, Washington DC itself.

Excellent short video on “the narrative” used by the left

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The short video below provides an excellent overview of where “the narrative” comes from and how it relates to PC culture and the behavior of the left today.

If you are not fully aware of “cultural Marxism,” where it comes from, and how it has shaped American (and European) society for many decades, this video is a very good place to begin.

If this video piques your interest, I highly recommend The Culture of Critique, which delves more deeply into this subject. The Kindle version of this book is available for free today, so download now to read later. In my opinion, it is not possible to understand modern American and European history without reading this book.