[GOPJ]

Instead of pushing for internal reform or revolution, this new radicalism constitutes an overwhelmingly negative critique of Western civilization itself.

Unable to add anything to the discussion, new radicalism vents it's impotence by tearing down what others have contributed.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

These last words are important:

"The concepts of free enquiry and free expression and the right to criticise entrenched beliefs are things we take so much for granted they are almost part of the air we breathe. We need to recognise them as distinctly Western phenomena. They were never produced by Confucian or Hindu culture. Under Islam, the idea of objective inquiry had a brief life in the fourteenth century but was never heard of again. In the twentieth century, the first thing that every single communist government in the world did was suppress it.

But without this concept, the world would not be as it is today. There would have been no Copernicus, Galileo, Newton or Darwin. All of these thinkers profoundly offended the conventional wisdom of their day, and at great personal risk, in some cases to their lives but in all cases to their reputations and careers. But because they inherited a culture that valued free inquiry and free expression, it gave them the strength to continue.

Today, we live in an age of barbarism and decadence. There are barbarians outside the walls who want to destroy us and there is a decadent culture within. We are only getting what we deserve. The relentless critique of the West which has engaged our academic left and cultural elite since the 1960s has emboldened our adversaries and at the same time sapped our will to resist. The consequences of this adversary culture are all around us. The way to oppose it, however, is less clear. The survival of the Western principles of free inquiry and free expression now depend entirely on whether we have the intelligence to understand their true value and the will to face down their enemies."

Multiculturalism seeks to equalze cultures. Western Civilization has given much to the World. It is important to remember where we came from and maintain our pride in our past. Pride not arrogance; Confidence not doubt; and not waiver from our principles.

[el_texicano]

Mark for later reading...interesting so far.

[Tribune7]

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[Graymatter]

"The Adversary Culture: The perverse anti-Westernism of the cultural elite"

Title is so good, I thought sure the text would disappoint. Instead, it's outstanding, one of the best commentaries I've read in a long, long time.
Who is this fellow and why haven't I noticed him before?

[Texas_Jarhead]

Good piece.

[goldstategop]

We are assaulted by the barbarians from within as much as by our enemies from without. The internal barbarians are the greater threat to the West's survival, for they erode our belief in the greatness of our values, they instill doubt in the justice of our cause and they preach appeasement of, if not submission, to the demands of the external enemy. I am of course speaking of the Western Left. They have become a Fifth Column threatening the future of all we hold near and dear. We must defeat them before we can defeat the enemy abroad.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Triggerhippie]

Ping for later reading...

[tang-soo]

From Christiaity came the responsibilty to help widows, to help the orphans, the concept of equal rights, the lead in ending slavery. aid to the poor, proper treatment of children, hospitals. I'm not saying the invention of these concepts, but certainly the widespread usage.

[stripes1776]

The link to the original article doesn't work. Could you provide an update? Thanks. Good article.

[Rembrandt]

The only thing that I'll give the French any credit for is the invention of the guillotine back in the 18th century which they then used to behead all the a-holes, incl. the intelligentsia and ruling class. It worked for a while for France but scum does grow back.

Nonetheless, we need our own guillotine solution to rid ourselves of this pestilence which continues to destroy all that we love and stand for.

[The Fop]

An excellent article, but it leaves out the main point.....

By the 1960's, Marxists understood that Marxism would never take hold in the Western world, so they had to demonize the West. If Western Europe and America had embraced Marxism, this wouldn't be necessary.

Moral relativism is a reaction to the fact that in terms of practical application, Marxism is a failure. But the true believers keep believing, and in order to believe, they had to create moral relativism, which basically says that the evil White Westerner is too greedy and corrupt to accept Marxism, so therefore, he must be destroyed.

The problem is that if you talk to most people about the threat posed by Marxists they'll say "aw c'mon, Marxism will never prevail". What they don't understand is that it doesn't matter if Marxism never prevails. What matters is that Marxists are working very hard to make Westerners so cynical and blase about our culture and way of life that we won't have the will to defend ourselves against anyone.

[marc costanzo]

Go read Lawrence Auster's:
PATH TO NATIONAL SUICIDE: An Essay on Immigration &
Multiculturalism .

Multiculturalist studies and teachings have always been about defaming Western Civilization .

That is what the Far-Left and Afro-Centrics might call:
"The Equality of Cultures" - -

'cause according to these neo-Marxists in our universities,
everything is subject, i.e. the greatness of Western Civ' is just a point of view !

[sageb1]

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[Rocky]

Excellent column! I see our old friend Ward Churchill gets prominent mention, as well he should.

The Left has built all of this anti-Western sentiment on lies, and very few call them on it.

We need to circulate this column widely.

[Billthedrill]

An excellent post, and thanks for bringing it to us. What most appalls me about the current state of Western intellectual life is that Edward Said, Ward Churchill, Noam Chomsky, Susan Sontag and Naomi Klein are in the least taken seriously. Of these only Chomsky ever pretended to be a serious scholar and that (1) was in an unrelated field, and (2) was long before he became the poster boy for reflexive anti-Americanism.

Their real god, Marxism, has settled in among the other relics in the cultural dumpster and is good for humor value only at this point.

[aquila48]

"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."

I loved this!!

That's the problem with these self-hating, suicidal, guilt-ridden apologists of those who would kill them. They can find nothing good about the culture that is providing them a life of liberty, security and comfort, yet they can't find anything bad about cultures which if they ever became dominant would waste no time in eliminating them.

We do have a weakness in our culture - we allow ungrateful parasites like these in places of prestige and influence. It's time we put a stop to this!!

[Nam Vet]

The first time I personally noticed this redefining of our culture was in 1962 or 1963. The socialist asshole teacher was Mr. Brian in a joint high school class social studies lecture.

It was there that I witnessed the first outright lies. Mr. Brian's favorite tactic was quoting Marxists writers and calling them "respected Conservative authors". May that lying pig rot in hell. God only knows how many of my 60s generation he polluted.

Nam Vet

[aquila48]

"Cultural relativism claims there are no absolute standards for assessing human culture. Hence all cultures should be regarded as equal, though different."

Couldn't disagree more... There is a very simple, objective and reality-based standard for judging whether one culture is superior to another. Anytime two cultures come in contact with each other, the one that ends up dominating the other is the superior one. (By the way a culture dominating another does not mean a people dominating another).

The biggest threat to our culture is not other cultures, rather it is our own home grown parasites which we tolerate far too much. Hopefully our cultural antibodies will react soon and strong enough to neutralize these pathogens.

[Actually_in_Tokyo]

Very interesting so far. Will read the rest later.