The US Corporate Media has an especial hatred for the Vatican. After all, the Church believes in things like the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount; both of which condemn behaviors that the Media and its Wall Street overlords routinely engage in.
There's also been a latent hatred for the Vatican among the Right-Wing Media too, though with the emergence of Donald Trump, it has become more overt. Pundits, commentators, and radio shock-jocks refer to Pope Francis as "Lenin's Pope" and accuse him of being a radical Leftist. This was exacerbated by the Pope recently speaking out against both the Border Wall and War Profiteering which outraged the Neocons on the Alt-Right; although none of them have bothered to explain why allowing more Christians into America and suppressing the international weapons, slavery, and narcotics smuggling trade are bad things.
So the Pope spoke out today against the moral degeneracy of Western governments, who are proliferating the poison of sexual anarchism worldwide.
"It is terrible that today in schools they are teaching this to children---to children! This doctrine that everyone can choose their own gender...We must think about what Pope Benedict said on the subject: this is the epoch of sin against the Creator. He is intelligent! God created man and woman and we are doing the opposite...it is the epoch of sin against God the Creator."
That does not sound especially like the sentiments of some Left-Wing radical. So how about what Donald Trump, the Alt-Right's champion of the American Way, has to say on these subjects?
On the Supreme Court's decision to redefine marriage, Trump stated "The decision has been made and it's the law of the land." On mandatory unisex bathrooms: "Transgenders should be allowed to use any bathroom with which they feel comfortable." Trump has also donated considerable money to homosexual activist causes.
Maybe those on the Alt-Right should pay a little closer attention to what the Pope has to say than their own leaders on these issues.
Critics are also outraged that the Pope hasn't issued a blanket condemnation of Islam, like the Neocons all do. Maybe that has something to with the number of Christian lives that Moslem soldiers have saved in places like Syria? Or maybe last weekend, when European Moslems attended Catholic Masses to show solidarity with Christians after the murder of a priest? The Alt-Right Corporate Media doesn't mention these things: they don't fit their politically correct narrative.
Of course, when we examine the Right's two major media corporations: Clear Channel and News Corp, and see the incestuous ties both have to the security and defense industries, we understand why they support things like border walls and war profiteering. But supporting traditionally Conservative values, not so much.
One of last week's posts about the Manosphere Game Cult generated some discussion in the comments. One of the partisans of the Red Pill Philosophy mentioned two concepts which merit some further discussion. He speaks of Sexual Market Value and Marriage Market Value. These two concepts are central to Game Cult thinking.
Simply put, both of these notions are premised on the idea that interpersonal relationships function like economic relationships; hence even things like sexual attraction and marriage can presumably be understood by marketing dynamics and methods.
Some of the Game Cultists have sneered over our comparisons to their theories and Marxism. But in reality, who besides Red Pills and Communists interpret the complexities of human life by simplistic economic formulas?
"Communism does not consist of any independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws and the systematic application of them towards concrete objectives."---- Friedrich Engels
Marx and Engels clearly knew Game. Many Gamers claim that their ideas are found in the Bible, but in reality the Communist writers were far better Gamers than the Apostles.
Now no one denies that normal human beings find certain physical qualities in the opposite sex attractive for sexual and marriages. But the factors behind these attractions are subjective individually and not reducible to formulas or rubrics. What human beings find attractive in the opposite sex are based upon internal idealizations of the opposite sex learned in childhood. There is obviously no way that this can be categorized into universal precepts. In the long-term sense of committed marriage, what human beings search for are strong complimentary qualities in another person. That is, they seek supportive qualities in others which they lack. This too is entirely subjective and based solely upon an individual's self-perception. Again, these tendencies cannot follow a standard rule.
The Game Cultists, like the Communists, are so completely intellectually bound to the grossest and most vulgar Materialism that it is literally impossible for them to comprehend anything---or other people---except in terms of physical value and utility. In the Gamers' case, they hold that women have no value outside of their capacity to have sexual relations and bear children or otherwise serve the Alpha Male. This is really only a sexual variation of the Communist belief that those not serving the Party are social parasites, and of no value to anyone.
The Sexual Market Value does not exist---anymore than Female Hypergamy, Masculine Archetypes or any of the other innovations that the Game leadership concocts. The only social realms where sex has any actual 'marketability' is prostitution and pornography: neither of which are especially useful sources upon which to draw conclusions about relationships and marriage.
This why boys are (or used to be) taught that their ability to keep and make happy ONE woman was a great masculine achievement. That was because simply that finding one who compliments you is the truly valuable thing.
The politically-correct Seattle City Council made that once-great city the third in the Prozac Nation to ban so-called Conversion Therapy. There is a pending bill the Washington State Legislature to ban the 'procedure' statewide, as Oregon and California have already done. In New Jersey, the Conservative Republican governor Christie also signed such a law into effect.
Conversion Therapy is a term that the Gay Mafia invented to disparage religious counseling for homosexuals. What these types of laws essentially amount to is this: parents or legal guardians of children and legal minors who are exposed to homosexual recruitment during most of their waking hours are legally forbidden to employ religious instruction to lead them to normal sexuality. In short, the State no longer considers that parents have any right to the sexual education of their own children.
In the past, when psychology was still a legitimate science, homosexuals were routinely cured even through very secular psychotherapy. It was formerly the case in America that, when someone had a personal problem that impeded normal social interaction, they would try to solve the problem. But in our Postmodernist Age, the social paradigm has changed. Today, if a person has such a problem, then society at large is obliged to conform to that person's (or interest group's) deviant behavior.
The fact that laws like these are obvious infringements on religious liberty and parental rights; and are clearly designed to facilitate homosexual recruiting among the youth is likely of little or no concern to modern Americans. Americans long ago abdicated things like parental responsibility. We are talking here about a society where abortion, divorce, and homosexuality are considered socially desirable things. According to recent census figures only 1/4 US children under 12 are living with both of their biological parents.
So is it a desirable thing---as the cultural Marxists believe---that the State usurps the position of parents? Or more accurately, in America's case, that parents cede their responsibilities to the State? That would obviously depend on what the goals of the State are. Now Postmodern parents want the State to assume more responsibility to free them for more important things like doing drugs, 'exploring their sexuality' and chasing the Almighty Dollar. But if children, during their formative years, have no immediate parental role models to bond with---with whom do they identify? Well, currently they bond with disgusting celebrities. But if the State assumes parental roles, where are growing children most likely to find their purpose in life? Obviously: they will find it in service to the State.
We are not talking here about service to the State in terms of government as a career path, what we are describing is the universal submission to an ideology, whereby one's ego-identity is tied to the success and goals of the ruling elite, regardless of their occupation. If anyone doubts that is precisely where the tendencies of our youth are going just observe the violent Sanders and Trump crowds, the Black-Lives-Matter gangs and the so-called Anarchists and see how much individuality and independent thinking are valued by any of them (i.e. not at all). And we see from laws like the Seattle Ban, that such things are not tolerated by the ruling elite either.
It is long past time that the American people really started taking our collective responsibility to future generations seriously. But given our culture's degree of narcissism, the possibility that they will seems increasingly remote.
An interesting article appeared in the official state-run Chinese news outlet The Global Times today concerning religious freedom in China. There are currently millions of Christians in China, and the faith is growing despite non-recognition from the government. President Xi Jinping addressed the issue at last Spring's annual Party Congress.
Xi stated that "Religious affairs carry a special importance to the work of our party. I call upon the Party authorities to improve religious work in line with law."
Xi's proclamation is a radical departure from the tenuous relationship between Christianity and the Chinese Government. When the Communists assumed control over China in 1949, Christianity was driven underground; churches were closed and Believers worshipped in 'House Churches' or informal assemblies. The Maoist Era laws are still in effect. Although not enforced on a national level, some local jurisdictions still take a hardline approach.
Liu Ping, Director of the Beijing Pu Shi Institute for Social Sciences, issued a report in response to Xi's appeal. His conclusion was that China must officially abandon its suspicion of Christian assemblies and grant them full legal status.
"The religious management model that China has been using for decades is the 'state-control model' which follows the example of the Soviet Union. But this obsolete mindset cannot meet the diverse spiritual needs of a modern society." Liu stated. "Many Chinese officials still don't have a clear understanding of religion; and many of the old concepts lead them to fear and distrust religious beliefs as a source of trouble. And the way they manage religions can't meet the demands of the pace of social development."
Liu's proposal is that the underground churches be offered an opportunity to register as legal religious entities; with exemptions from the background checks and internal investigations currently required.
"The actual situation is that if these House Churches are able to obtain legal status, they would particularly cherish such recognition; and would become a model of propriety and thus resist any propensity to employ Christianity as a cover for clandestine political activities." Liu concluded. "Once they obtain official recognition, religious bodies could contribute to social and charitable services and become a positive force for social stability."
The Chinese Congress is currently debating Liu's proposal, and the prediction is that they authorize pilot programs in selected cities.
As China is striving to integrate Christianity into its social mainstream, we in the Prozac Nation hear different positions from our own political leadership. The Republican Party, whose candidate sees nothing wrong with the Media Cartels publishing nude photos of his wife, has adopted a win-at-all-costs philosophy. Their leadership tells us that is time to abandon all this ideological conservativism and forget about their adherence to upholding traditional values.
And then the Democratic Party adopted into their platform positions what they rather ominously call a progressive notion of religious freedom. Which stripped of the characteristic Leftist platitudes simply means that the Democrats intend to uphold religious freedom wherever it does not conflict with their Cultural Marxist ideology. As Hilary Clinton stated in a pro-abortion speech last year, "Deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs, and cultural biases have to be changed".
So America---the first country to legalize freedom of worship and the right of conscience may soon find itself behind Communist China in its tolerance of traditional Christianity. Either way, the future of the Christian Faith is beginning to look rather dim in North America, while the Sun of Righteousness appears to be rising fast in the East.
Throughout the 2010 decade, the International Jewish Conspiracy has experienced a revival among Postmodern Ameroboob fringe-groups. The International Jewish Conspiracy holds that the Jews---though comprising 1/5 of 1% of the world's population---control governments and economies on a global scale with the ultimate intention of enslaving the Gentiles.
This theory crops up, like a noxious weed, at various intervals throughout Western History. The most drastic expression of it, of course, happened during the Second World War when the Nazi Regime carried out a Mediaeval-style pogrom with advanced technology. We've seen less dramatic outbreaks of Anti-Semitism here in the US as well. The 1840's Nativist Movement, the US Civil War, and the post-WW1 era saw it at its heights. As a rule, American Anti-Semitism never gained much legal traction here outside a few excesses during the Civil War.
It's a singular fact that the theory of an International Jewish Conspiracy always arises in regions during periods of economic or political turmoil. It never seems to occur to the partisans of this theory that, if the Jews really did run everything, then they must also have been in control during times of peace and plenty. Yet we never hear of praise being heaped upon International Jewry during prosperous times. It's also noteworthy that countries like China, Korea and Japan---places where there are few or no Jews---manage to experience national emergencies without any Jewish input.
Parts of the Manosphere and the so-called Alt-Right are the hotbeds of contemporary Anti-Semitism. The general trend of their arguments are that the Jews are fomenting Radical Feminism and Cultural Marxism to destroy the White Male. While it is true that Feminists and Marxists do in fact hate white men, the forces behind these movements have really nothing to do with Judaism. The Western Progressive/Left hate Jews about as deeply as they hate Christians.
It is rather disingenuous to argue, as many Anti-Semites do, that the Cultural Marxists have a large percentage of ethnic Jews among their numbers. Most of the American Left had ancestors who were Christians. None of these people are taking orders from the Israeli Government; in fact most of them oppose Israeli policies.
Let us look at this objectively: contrary to what most Ameroboobs seem to imagine, Israel is not a world superpower. It is a powerful country in the Near East, but probably less so than even Turkey or Iran. Israel is a country roughly the size of New Jersey. It hasn't the population or the resources to dominate anybody---the Israelis can barely control the Palestinians let alone control the world. And admittedly, like most other world governments, Israel engages in international intrigues and plays geopolitical strategies. Some conspiratorial types say that our government gives Israel a free pass over some its objectionable behavior; but in perspective, that's nothing compared to the behavior our government routinely overlooks from countries like Saudi Arabia or Imperial Japan.
What's really motivating the Anti-Semitism on the Alt-Right is that Judaism recognizes a Higher Power than the ideologies flowing out of the Far Right. Authoritarian forces simply don't tolerate competing authorities.
Blaming the Jews for America's current problems is ultimately just another way of shifting responsibility for our own generation's failures. The Eternal Jew is what he's always been throughout history: the eternal scapegoat.
In its ongoing efforts to purge masculinity from its ranks, the Rainbow-Pride US Navy announced this week that it is naming a newly-commissioned destroyer in honor of homosexual politician Harvey Milk. But, like when Michelle Obama christened an all-girl submarine a few years ago, this likely won't cause any controversy either.
Pentagon Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who's made it a point to name other naval vessels after social activists like Medger Evars and Caesar Chavez has even invented a new naval classification for destroyers named for labor leader John Lewis. Among other ships in this class, Earl Warren, Sojourner Truth, and Lucy Stone all will have ships named for them.
On the one hand, one has to wonder at this point whether naval vessels named for homosexuals and other politically-correct figures aren't about what modern American servicemen actually deserve. We are talking here about sailors who cry and kneel in front of Iranian Coast Guardsman. Or Marines who crawl under their desks and dial 911 when faced with a lone gunman. Or Naval leaders who get caught in smuggling and bribery operations run by Singaporean gangsters. Those guys.
The military has reached this point too without a peep of protest from the American public. Unfortunately, a nation's military does reflect its people. That our military is made up of gangbangers, girls wanting to be men, the Gay Mafia, pajama-boys, perverts, and drug addicts is because that is what American society now looks like.
The subject is depressing to contemplate, however in September we will have an opportunity to see some real navies in action. The Chinese and Russia are going to conduct a joint naval exercise in the South China Sea in about six weeks. The revamped Russian Pacific Fleet---based at a state-of-the-art facility on Sakhalin Island---has already demonstrated some of its capabilities in demonstrations off the coasts of Alaska and Hawaii earlier this year. But Ameroboobs were too busy beating each other up at political rallies to notice.
For its part, China has unveiled some of its new state-of-the-art destroyers. The Chinese Navy really excels in submarine technology. On several occasions, they have surfaced undetected within torpedo range of American ships. Once, when Obama was in Alaska, the Chinese Navy sent a task force undetected into the Bering Sea. Obama was in range of their missiles. But Ameroboobs shrug off things like these.
What the United States has essentially become is what one writer called An Armed Madhouse. Unlike dangerous regimes of the past, where the populations were essentially decent but controlled by rogue governments, we have the world's best form of government controlled by a rogue populace. An unpleasant fact, but a fact nonetheless. Our system is not broken. Our system is functioning perfectly. It would be easy to point an accusing finger at Barack Obama or Ray Mabus, but they are products of a degenerate culture that put them in positions of power. Simply put, we cannot have a culture that depreciates gender roles, with dumbed-down, politically correct schools and a media worshipping force and fraud with a win-at-all-costs attitude and expect that will produce virile, red-blooded professional military men motivated by patriotism and other high ideals. Nor can we expect it in any other cultural institution.
Can things really turn around here? Can we make America great again? The short answer is that, unless we collectively start rediscovering our national ideals again, we cannot.
Earlier this week, Allied forces surrounded the city of Aleppo, Syria---the last major stronghold of Al-Qaeda and its affiliates in the region. President Bashir Assad then made a proclamation of a kind that no Western politician would ever make. Assad apprised the Jihadists in Aleppo that they were cut off; resistance was futile---and offered an amnesty to those who would surrender.
As of yesterday, hundreds of rebel soldiers have surrendered, including two entire towns in the Aleppo suburbs. Morale among the remaining Jihadists in Aleppo is reportedly extremely low, and Allied intelligence estimates many more will take advantage of Assad's offer.
This is not the first time this has happened in Syria. In 2015, ISIS forces surrendered Homs---a city of 2 million people---without firing a shot after Assad offered similar terms to those holding Aleppo. It speaks well of the character of President Assad, whom the US Government-Media Complex never speaks of except in the blackest terms. He empathizes even with those who fought against and seeks reconciliation over revenge. The typical Jihadist soldier, at this point in the war, probably enlisted believing himself part of an epic struggle in a holy crusade---only to discover that his leaders were a band of criminals, cutthroats, and cowards. To men like these, an amnesty is not only a way out of a hopeless situation, but an opportunity to acknowledge their wrongs and reintegrate into a society. Repentance and restitution, as we say in Christian terms; which is also a tenet of mainstream Islam.
In Postmodern America, however, we have become a nation of bullies whereby it is believed that utter destruction of an opponent with overwhelming force is the only desirable outcome. Following the terror attacks in Europe, there were American political and military pundits screaming (literally in some cases) for turning their cities to glass and carpet-bombing the whole region, and analogies were drawn between the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the fire bombing of Dresden. "Oh, if we only had a real leader" (presumably meaning Trump whom these commentators all support), "somebody not afraid to use these weapons!"
It wasn't always this way in America, however. Amnesties have been offered before. Once upon a time, the US was noted for its magnanimity towards the defeated, and its desire for peaceful reconciliation. George Washington offered an amnesty to Tories after the War of Independence and after the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion. The Indian revolts in the War of 1812 were settled with amnesties. Lincoln used the amnesty often during the US Civil War, and we had the Marshall Plan and there were many other instances. Magnanimity is not a sign of weakness; it can only come from a position of strength.
These same pundits, however, justified their bloodlust by claiming that, "there are no innocents in these cities!" These hypocrites should look at pictures in the Arab media today of the non-innocents leaving Aleppo to shelter in the Displaced Persons' camps. Young widows carrying babies with two or three barefoot children following them, for example.
In related news today, the Allies reported that a Russian convoy carrying 39 tons of humanitarian aid reached Deir Ezzur, a city recently liberated from ISIS. Allied military engineers also report that the Qamishili Air Base is undergoing repairs after last week's terror attack; and the Humanitarian Air Bridge could resume shipments as early as next week.
And that shows the difference between our two cultures at this point in the 21st Century. One pops pills, flies into outrage, and demands blood, while the other defends and protects from a position of strength; and believes that converting an enemy is the highest form of victory.
Good Men Doing Good Things
Ameroboobs Expressing Their Outrage
