One Nation - the Last Word
Jerry Bowyer, The Renewal of the West, Tech Central Station http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=062806C
This guy said it best, albeit in relation to the Republican Party in the USA.
He gives an excellent argument against the belief that genetics and/or culture drives the West's ability to get its act together.
Clearly, there is a rage of anti-immigrant feeling in large swaths of my political party (Republican) at the moment. I don't think, however, that it's racism that drives it. It's nostalgia. Large numbers of conservatives seem to think that they have a constitutional right to have their country look the same in their old age as it did in their childhoods.
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If you are of Northern European stock, or British or Irish, and you are tempted to racial pride, I highly recommend that you study Romans like Tacitus or Caesar to get some idea how your ancestors looked to the civilized world 2000 years ago.
This guy said it best, albeit in relation to the Republican Party in the USA.
He gives an excellent argument against the belief that genetics and/or culture drives the West's ability to get its act together.
Clearly, there is a rage of anti-immigrant feeling in large swaths of my political party (Republican) at the moment. I don't think, however, that it's racism that drives it. It's nostalgia. Large numbers of conservatives seem to think that they have a constitutional right to have their country look the same in their old age as it did in their childhoods.
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If you are of Northern European stock, or British or Irish, and you are tempted to racial pride, I highly recommend that you study Romans like Tacitus or Caesar to get some idea how your ancestors looked to the civilized world 2000 years ago.
posted by Patrick Henry at 12:33
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