so you miss the warmongering neanderthals, eh? On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 12:41:27 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://fredoneverything.org/wimp-nation-poised-to-fall/ > > > > *Wimp Nation: Poised to Fall* > > Posted on October 23, 2015 > <http://fredoneverything.org/wimp-nation-poised-to-fall/> by Fred Reed > <http://fredoneverything.org/author/fredreed/> > > [image: Description: Marlboro Man] > <http://fredoneverything.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Marlboro-Man.png> > > *An example of pathological masculinity, male privilege, substance abuse, > and patriarchy with overtones of violence against women and people of > color, as well as probable homophobia. May drive a truck.* > > Come morning, I receive emails from friends documenting the curious social > transformation coming over the US. These missives usually accompany links > to some new tragicomic antics. E.g., Harvard > <https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/09/02/harvard-allows-students-pick-new-gender-pronouns/C0EXpZHw09zwCzo4hVhjdJ/story.html>, > > once a university, lets students invent odd pronouns to promote gender > equity. “He” and “she” represent oppression and lack of inclusion. > > Recently a friend, a Harvard PhD, wrote and said, “It’s not funny > anymore.” I thought, and realized that, no, it isn’t. Things that seemed > the obsessions of the occasional lugubrious neurotic are so common that > they represent a change in the national character. It is eerie. Something > strange is happening. > > What now *is* the national character? What sort of country is America > today? A country of rugged individualism? Land of the free and home of the > brave? A nation of the independent and self-reliant? > > Let us start with Brave. > > *“Student wearing Halloween costume prompts Pueblo County school lockdown > <http://gazette.com/student-wearing-halloween-costume-prompts-pueblo-county-school-lockdown/article/1560797>“* > > “Pueblo County High School was on lockdown for more than an hour Wednesday > after authorities say a student was apprehended wearing a trench coat and > gas mask.” > > Or > > *Panic strikes > <http://eagnews.org/panic-strikes-school-after-student-says-gum/> school > after student says ‘gum’* > > “A student at Lehman High School reportedly asked for some chewing gum, > but another student thought the student said “gun,” KCEN reports > <http://www.kcentv.com/story/30261397/gun-scare-at-lehman-hs-when-student-asks-for-gum> > . > “No gun was found and Hays County, Texas school district spokesman Tim > Savoy insists the school was never in “lock down,” though school > administrators did “hold students in their extended class periods to > investigate….” > > Rugged? Not even close. Obesity is so common that the Army has trouble > finding recruits. Professors complain of the emotional fragility of the > young. > > Colleg Students > <http://www.thesocialmemo.org/2015/09/college-students-call-police-seek.html> > *Call > Police, Seek Counseling After Seeing Mouse* > <http://www.thesocialmemo.org/2015/09/college-students-call-police-seek.html> > ” > > *Or* > > *“Declining Student Resilience > <https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201509/declining-student-resilience-serious-problem-colleges>: > > A Serious Problem for Colleges.”* > > They cry if they don’t get A’s. > > [image: Description: MarlboroMan2] > <http://fredoneverything.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MarlboroMan2.jpeg> > > *The new gender-neutral Navy. Don’t you feel safer? I do. Not sure of the > gender, though.* > > Psychologists note a surge of narcissism among the young. Students in > universities need “safe spaces” where they won’t hear any word or idea that > upsets them. > > *“In College > <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/opinion/sunday/judith-shulevitz-hiding-from-scary-ideas.html?_r=0> > > and Hiding from Scary Ideas”* > > Somebody might do a micro-aggression or commit a racial slur, such as > saying “watermelon.” > > The United States has become a nation of weak, pampered, easily > frightened, helpless milquetoasts who have never caught a fish, fired a > gun, chopped a log, hitchhiked across the country, or been in a schoolyard > fight. If their cat dies, they call a grief therapist. *Everything* > frightens Americans. > > *“School District Bans Playing Tag > <http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424644/mercer-island-school-district-tag-banned> > > to Ensure the Physical and Emotional Safety of All Students” * > > Independent? No. America is a nation of employees, afraid of the boss, > trapped by the retirement system, worried that if they lose the job they > won’t get another one. > > Farmers can be independent. So can mechanics with their own tools, > commercial fishermen with their own boats. Employees sitting in a maze of > cubicles like letters in some gigantic crossword puzzle are not independent. > > Self-reliant? Americans now depend on the hive for almost everything. The > faucet leaks? Call the plumber. The car makes funny noises? Go to a > mechanic. Someone is sneaking around your house at night? Call a cop. A > porch light stops working? Call the electrician. You saw a mouse? Call a > psychiatrist. Self-defense? Dear God, no. Too macho. > > Further, Americans cannot feed themselves. If any catastrophe–revolution, > war, epidemic–breaks the link between the two percent who work on farms and > the cities, within a week New Yorkers will be eating each other. > > Individualism? America is among the least individualistic countries on the > planet. The United States discourages everything reflecting difference, > whether architectural, political, or cultural, often under heavy > penalty. It is the land of indistinguishable shopping malls, of burger > chains and tract suburbs of a hundred identical houses. Urban architecture > means the office block. Casper looks like Des Moines looks like everywhere > else. When a region like the South stubbornly tries to maintain its > identity, the hive forces it to conform. I am reminded of what I believe to > be a Japanese proverb: “The nail that stands up is beaten down.” We are > more a nation less of nails than of thumbtacks, though. > > The ferocious American hostility to individualism is most virulent in the > form of political correctness, which requires that all of us think the same > things. The universities are worst, and they are the future. Once, > unpopular ideas were argued and freedom of speech respected, however > grudgingly. Today we have the pack mind. > > Beyond the insistence that everyone should be like everyone else is the > insistence that everyone already *is *like everyone else. No differences > exist between men and women, sex being a social construct, and thus women > should be in the Marines. Differences of race do not exist, race being a > social construct, so if members of one non-existent race do not do as well > at physics as members of another nonexistent race, we must on racial > grounds hire them as physicists anyway under affirmative action, since > differences are social constructs. > > Home of the free? America is controlled, watched, and regulated to a > degree unimaginable in 1960. Speakers on subways admonish us to watch > other passengers for suspicious behavior. We dance barefoot in airports. > Cameras read our license plates and mail us tickets. Freedom of speech? Say > anything interpretable as a “racial slur” and you lose your job. Truth has > nothing to do with it. You are a reporter? Criticize Israel and you lose > your job. Offend the proliferating sexual curiosities and you lose your > job. Surveillance cameras are everywhere. Freedom of religion? Overt > Christianity is almost illegal. > > “*Ten Commandments Removed > <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/08/10-commandments-removed-state-capitol-per-oklahoma-supreme-court/> > > from State Capitol per Oklahoma Supreme Court”* > > You are not free to decide what your children are taught in school. If you > suggest that Sojourner Truth was not perhaps as important to civilization > as Aristotle, your children will be horrified and, if they mention your > heresy at school, you will probably have a visit from Child Protective > Services. > > Democratic? As Stalin had show trials, America has show elections. These > serve to distract the public while keeping them away from issues of > importance. Who do you vote for if you want to end the wars, halve the > military budget, end affirmative action, get the government out of family > life, control criminal minorities who burn cities, and slap down NSA? > > Strong? America actually *wants* weaklings. > > “*Students warned* <http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/24488/>*: Bulging > biceps, big guns advance unhealthy masculinity” * > > But in today’s America, any masculinity at all is unhealthy*. * > > *“Navy teaching members to combat “Male Privilege” > <http://www.theamericanmirror.com/u-s-navy-teaching-members-to-combat-male-privilege/>* > > *[image: Description: Wimps]* > <http://fredoneverything.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Wimps.jpg>* Healthy > masculinity. The new America.* > > The United States, in a historical first, has turned the pyramid of > civilization upside down. Universities, instead of seeking the qualified, > actually look for the unqualified. > > *“Georgetown University > <http://wtop.com/dc/2015/07/george-washington-university-dropped-tests-admissions-requirements/> > > Drops SAT/ACT Requirement”.* > > This latter is needed to open the gates to the “disadvantaged,” meaning > the stupid. And it has worked marvelously: > > *Forbes > <http://fortune.com/2015/03/10/american-millennials-are-among-the-worlds-least-skilled/>: > > “America’s Millennials Are Among the World’s Least Skilled”* > > Specifically, they are short on literacy, numeracy, ability to follow > simple orders, poor at solving problems. Oh good. > > This ménage of middle-school delicates is not the country that fought > World War II, or Vietnam. It is a jellyfish threatening to collapse under > any serious stress. Corrupt, seriously divided racially, the middle-class > sinking, ruled by fools and kleptocrats, a house of pudding cannot stand. > Scared, fat, weak, fragile, narcissistic, herd-minded, prissy, censorious > and, increasingly, ignorant. Deliberately ignorant. This is wonderful stuff. > > It warms a curmudgeon’s heart. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZDE0NmQ1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NDU2MjEwOTE-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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