JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
Some times Charlie was in the trees.
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JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
No they did not. Again, Germans didn't start to show up in meaningful numbers until the mid 19th century when the US was already established, and even then they were themselves immigrants.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
Fair point, I'll admit that I had mentally lumped the Scots in with "Free Englishmen" which I recognize is a faux pas when speaking to someone of Scottish descent.
You are wrong.
New York and Pennsylvania started as Dutch colonies before being occupied by the English in the 3rd Anglo-Dutch War. Meanwhile the Spanish presence in what would become Florida the Carolinas and Texas predates the Mayflower by a century, and much of the Mississippi watershed had been colonized by the French which set the stage for both the French and Indian War and the Louisiana Purchase.
Germans didn't start showing up in meaningful numbers until the mid 19th century, three generations after the United States had already been established.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
My country is not a costume,
No, it's an ideal. That is what it means to be a "Creedal Nation" I have far more respect people like @Opt-out who elected to self-deport, than I do the false friends who claim to love their country while simultaneously aligning themselves against everything it stands for.
As I said above, If you want to leave, I want you to leave. At the same time, if you are onboard with Baseball, Buc-ee's, and government by consent of the governed I welcome you with open arms.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
With a smattering of Dutch, French, Spanish and Native tossed in for flavor.
I hate this.
...and for what it is worth I hate you right back. While I may not have coined the phrase I do share the sentiment. Rawhide Kobayashi Is more of an "American" than you will ever be so long as you continue to cling to your old-world bigotries. Change my view.
I had intended to write an effort post commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of independence. Instead I allowed myself to be distracted by kids, dogs, the world cup, and holiday festivities.
I appreciate your post both for it's content, and for providing me with an opportunity to hit some of the bullet points that I had wanted to hit without putting in the effort expected of a top-level post. I had wanted to start with a discussion of Justice Thomas' address to the students and Faculty of the University of Texas from a couple months ago (the address itself starts around 9:20 into the video). Specifically how he describes the distinction between treating ideals and principles as abstract intellectual concepts vs treating them as active forces. He talks about his experience growing up under Jim how and about how while the law may treat people unequally, the law can not make them unequal, only God can, and only you can take away your dignity. He talks about the United States being a "creedal nation", IE a nation defined by ideals rather than blood-lines or geography. Those ideals being the ones espoused in the Declaration of Independence and in the Preamble to the Constitution.
I agree with Justice Thomas' observation that those ideals have fallen into disfavor in recent years, especially amongst our so-called "experts" and "elite" as those ideals are dismissed as "unscientific" and "anti-technocratic". Like Justice Tomas I also find it troubling that patriotism and has been allowed to become a partisan issue. Gone it seems is "the loyal opposition" instead what we have are two factions. Those who seek to diminish the United States and the ideals espoused in the Declaration versus those who seek to embody and perpetuate them.
Count me among the latter.
Back in January I wrote a post about how "Allegiance" was something that I feel is sorely missing from the modern immigration debate and that is a post that I stand by. Recently there was a poll going around about how 55% of self-identified Democrats would prefer to live overseas, and I can't help but contrast that with what has easily become my new favorite genre of content which is foreign World Cup fans reacting to mundane Americana like Air Conditioning and Ranch Dressing. If you want to leave, I want you to leave. At the same time, if you are onboard with Baseball, Buc-ee's, and government by consent of the governed I welcome you with open arms.
Happy 250 to my fellow Americans, and here's to 250 more.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
I am going to assume that we are talking about the character in your profile picture, and if that is the case she certainly looks prepubescent.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
I'm not talking about "contemplating NEETdom". As @JTarrou's parable of the "skint Mexican" aptly illustrates, there are other options. I'm talking about prioritizing things other than personal autonomy and "number go up".
If doing so goes against the liberal striver ethos, that only reinforces my point that the liberal striver ethos is simply not conducive to forming families.
NBC was always "bad", but I feel like it has gotten a lot worse in the last few years.
When Rupert Murdoch was initially trying to get Fox News off the ground his sales pitch was essentially "NBC but for Republicans". That said, NBC used to at least TRY to maintain some pretense of being a news source rather than an editorial outlet. That pretense seems to have been discarded somewhere in all the drama surrounding Covid, the George Floyd riots, January 6th, etc... and it has since become little more than a venue for affluent white liberals to vent their spleens.
I think you may be conflating the trappings of merit with "meritocracy"
The prioritization of "the rat race", of wealth power and privilege over every other consideration is exactly the attitude I'm talking about. You know you can just not do that right?
I would contend that every single person posting on this forum today lives a life of abundance that would've been the envy of anyone from their great grandparents' generation. When a middle class striver posts something on the internet about how they can't afford kids it not because they literally don't have the resources, it is because they have higher priorities.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
Right... I'm sure she's actually a 700 year old warlock or something.
You're missing the point.
If they filled out the paperwork we know who the agent behind the proxy is and we can retaliate against them directly. If they don't fill out the paperwork the agent goes to jail. Either way the agent's ability to act is hampered severely if not ended entirely.
The prepubesant anime girl in thier avatar is something of a give-away.
Furthermore, pretty much all the complainers that I've encountered have fit a very specific profile.
How much of this alleged "moral panic" is just the reasonable skepticisn of normie parents who don't like this "weirdo" leering at thier kids?
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
It was well deserved.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
Anecdotally, that advice checks out.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
My point is that private associations to develop build and sell nuclear weapons already exist.
I continue to maintain that the "modern" (IE post-modern) liberal-striver ethos is simply not conducive to forming healthy and stable relationships much less families.
I see the all the stuff that @Nerd brings up below about the pursuit of jobs over relationships, and the collapse of socialization, as the downstream effects of people choosing to prioritize "emancipation" and the maximization of one's own material comfort/status over other considerations.
Being in a relationship means being bound to someone else. Having kids means incurring significant costs both material and emotional. It also means accepting that you are no longer the protagonist of your own story. A lot of people are simply not prepared to make that trade.
Phones/Screentime are merely a contributing factor.
I gather that I am a bit older than you and I would point to TARP as a major inflection point.
JeSuisCharlie
Sumner, Hebdo, Kirk
1mo ago
Also, if nukes are a constitutional right then obviously forming associations to develop and build and sell them is also constitutionally protected.
General Atomics (GA) and Honeywell International (HON) are both publicly traded companies.
Sean Davis, CEO of the federalist, among many other crazy ideas suggested the dissolution of the union and forced sterilization of all tourists
Link? If your characterization is accurate I would acknowledge that as warranting a sincere "WTF Dude?" but most of the responses that I've been seeing have been more like this one. You can dismiss it as "cope" if you like, but I don't think Pinsker is entirely wrong.
Time will tell.
Because doing something that actually contributes to society is seen as "low status".
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