George Orwell’s classic essay “Politics and the English Language” ostensibly teaches us how to write well. More importantly, however, it teaches us how to think well before we write. According to Orwell, slovenly thought leads to slovenly writing as much as slovenly writing leads back to slovenly thought. In this essay, Orwell derides the politics of his day as being imbued with conformity of expression and the distancing of this expression from Truth. (more…)
Author: Spencer J. Quinn
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There are issues around which we rally, and then there are issues around which we let other people rally. And as long as these issues can coexist, alliances can be formed. I think that the Alt Right and gun rights advocates (whom I will collectively and symmetrically refer to as the Gun Right) have stumbled into such an alliance in the arena of American politics.
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People on the Alt Right tend to look forward a lot. After all, a future consisting of viable white ethnostates in Europe or North America is something we all want. What helps fuel this, however, is looking backwards into history and reminding ourselves of how good things were before mass Third-World immigration started to bring down our countries. (more…)
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Dear Jonah,
You are a cuckservative. But I say this with the utmost respect and affection, so please read on. (more…)
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They say that politics is downwind of culture. This means that something has to be commonly accepted by a critical mass of people as a “thing” (more…)
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Recently, Jewish conservative Dennis Prager made the commonsense argument that Jews should quit supporting Leftist causes because the Left, as he says, “is not our friend.” His piece, which appeared in the Jewish Journal on August 31, describes quite clearly how leftist radical organizations such as Black Lives Matter, MoveOn, Code Pink, and others reject not only Israel’s right to exist, but also the rights of Israel-supporting Jews to be part of these organizations. (more…)
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We can pretty much tell how far along a conservative is on the road to the Alt-Right by gauging his reaction to the latest storm-in-a-teacup outrage still brewing on social media. On August 26th, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem.
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In many ways, political correctness is like an artificial night. It obscures freedom. It obscures Truth. We all know this, of course. And while it’s great that sites like this one actively resist political correctness, sometimes it’s nice to stumble upon places that act as if it had never existed at all. (more…)
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Rotherham, England is in the news again. And for all the reasons you would expect.
Yes, the Muslim “grooming gang” problem still exists, although now more people are chattering about now than before. It remains to be seen whether this chattering will do any good, but it certainly is better than not chattering about it. For decades it was taboo even to discuss what was going on. And what was going on? Savage Muslim men, mostly from Pakistan, the Middle East, and North Africa, were raping and selling into sexual slavery tens of thousands of white British girls. (more…)
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Here is a great nugget of wisdom which I have ignored my entire adult life: “Never argue with the fiercely decided.”
It’s a good one, isn’t it? I don’t remember where I initially encountered it, perhaps in a comic book. I was young. It made sense at that time. And I would strongly advise following it when dealing with an angry spouse or with someone to whom you owe a lot of money. (more…)
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Last fall, I was watching the World Series, the Kansas City Royals versus the New York Mets. I have a little more than a casual interest in baseball, but I didn’t really care who won (the Royals did, by the way, four games to one). Rather, I’m drawn to the game by its lingering suspense, myriad decisions, and brief bursts of action. A tightly contested baseball game can suck me in for a long time. (more…)
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James Fenimore Cooper’s classic novel The Last of the Mohicans has been adapted to film or television many times, most notably by director Michael Mann in 1992. Mr. Mann’s version of the story was based more on the 1936 film (written by Philip Dunne and directed by George Seitz) than on the original novel. The reason for this is murky, and the development of Dunne’s screenplay even murkier. However, plotting how the story has evolved from landmark American literature to major motion picture is extremely instructive and enlightening with regard to popular attitudes towards the white race. And it isn’t good. (more…)