Tribes...A Bill Whittle Essay

Eject,Eject.Eject, website ^ | Sept 5, 2005 | Bill Whittle

[alfa6]

I’m generally an optimist, and it’s been my pleasure to be able to write mostly about the good and the noble things in our lives. But the events in the Gulf – of Mexico – have brought to a head a summer and a year that has been getting progressively uglier and more painful to watch.

Who can not see the way the country has changed, not since 9/11, but before that – since the 2000 election? Who cannot feel the split, the division, that rips like a shredding sail on a broken mast, canvas tearing like the sound of musketry, as the rigging falls to the deck?

This breaks my heart. It just breaks my heart into little pieces. I have said less and less as I see more and more, because deep in my core I still don’t want to believe that some Americans could willfully and consistently do such destructive things out of such petty and base motivations, things which in time will make the horrors of New Orleans look like a flea circus in a small tent, with the much larger carnival raging unseen in the background.

I’ve taken sides in these essays, obviously – that’s what I do. But I have never, until now, felt the need to take the gloves off and really let fly. I always feared I would regret it, later. I still do. Only now, I fear I will regret it worse if I do not.

So now we must look at Tribes.

[alfa6]

Bill Whittles latest is up

[alfa6]

Hey folks, over here Whittle has finally posted his latest essay. Hit the ping lists at your pleasure :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[D.P.Roberts]

What is this guy, 12 or something? Has ideas like a kid.

[hscott]

Hey guys wake up. This article is really outstanding and, given the current toxic climate, deserves to be circulated as widely as possible.

[Darnright]

This is a long, but very worthwhile essay. In it, Whittle dismantles the liberal idea of race and class, and replaces it with one of culture, of tribe. People tend to associate with those who share similar values, and who behave in a similar manner. Members of the group can be of very different physical makeup, and even of different religion, and different countries of origin.

[luv2ski]

It's a long read but well worth it!

[luv2ski]

What is this guy, 12 or something? Has ideas like a kid.

There is no way you could have read the entire piece and make that comment.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Very long. Very good.

[Tolik]

Nailed It!
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[MEG33]

You did not read it all?

[Darnright]

Bill Whittle bump. Once again, very long, but very worth your time

[Alia]

THIS IS SUPERB.

[Born Conservative]

Thanks for the ping; as usual, he hits the nail on the head.

[afnamvet]

Excellent essay from Whittle...Sheepdogs of the nation unite!

[HairOfTheDog]

Thank you! Excellent read.

[HairOfTheDog]

Give it a read, a patient one. He doesn't use big words, and he isn't brief, he sometimes goes the long way around, a risky venture in a short-attention-span world, but his understanding and insight are HUGE.

I'll be the first to admit that this essay, while good, is not his best. He's written so much great stuff he faces a very high water mark to surpass his previous best. But if you truly take the time to read his last essay: Eject! Eject! Eject!: SANCTUARY (part 1) I promise you you will not be sorry.

[BartMan1]

A man who is to the truth born....

[MassExodus]

LOVED IT !!

Another Whittle fan is born..

[January24th]

Read it yesterday as a special Labor Day treat. An amazing evolution of an idea.

Go Grey...all the way!