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Ian Bremmer trojka

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:34:01 +0000

In reply to Big White Ghetto: Kevin D. Williamson on America

Ian Bremmer trojka

https://time.com/5929978/the-u-s-capitol-riot-was-years-in-the-making-he...

It is funny

rmrd0000 — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:30:03 +0000

In reply to On my my . . .

It is funny

On my my . . .

oldenGoldenDecoy — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 23:27:25 +0000

In reply to "Bootstrapping" for 50 or so

On my my . . .

The language contortionist . . .

Watch 'm tie themselves in knots...

~OGD~

When you cut to the chase,

rmrd0000 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 23:26:26 +0000

In reply to A short trip in the go-back

When you cut to the chase, there are first principles in the Bible. You have no autonomy. You must follow the Bible.

You just need the right people to guide you.

If you remember years ago there was a scandal where a group of Congressmen lived in the same house.

One Congressman had an affair with another man's wife. The Congressman did not have to repent because he was the "right" type of Christian. The others attempted to cover up the affair.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/19/behind-closed-doors-c-street/

Josh Hawley is certain that his religion leads him to do what is proper

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/josh-hawley-religion-democracy.html

Other opinions are unimportant because he has the truth

Just trust Ensign, Coburn, and Hawley, they will lead you on the path of righteousness for their name's sake.

"Bootstrapping" for 50 or so

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:13:00 +0000

In reply to I was pointing out a specific

"Bootstrapping" for 50 or so years has meant a system that has just enough pieces to start up before it adds on the nonessential bits. So indeed, language changes, and most people don't have straps on their boots, nor riding crops, nor a bunch of other obsolete things. Amd societally, that "bootstrapping" can be a good metaphor - focus on just enough to get to the next level, not the home run/whole shebang. And even "fake it til you make it".

A short trip in the go-back

oldenGoldenDecoy — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:54:22 +0000

In reply to As America secularizes,

A short trip in the go-back machine...

The continuing saga and fallout of "David French-ism"?

The Christian traditionalists just love to get at each others throats.

Against David French-ism

by Sohrab Ahmari 5.29.19

In March, First Things published a manifesto of sorts signed by several mostly youngish, mostly Roman Catholic writers, who argued that “there is no returning to the pre-Trump conservative consensus that collapsed in 2016,” that “any attempt to revive the failed conservative consensus that preceded Trump would be misguided and harmful to the right.”

Against whom, concretely speaking, was this declaration directed?

I don’t claim to speak for the other signatories. But as one of the principal drafters, I have given the question a great deal of thought, both before and since the document’s publication. And I can now say that for me, “Against the Dead Consensus” drew a line of demarcation with what I call David French-ism, after the National Review writer and Never-Trump stalwart.

What is David French-ism? As Irving Kristol said of neoconservatism, French-ism is more a persuasion or a sensibility than a movement with clear tenets. And that sensibility is, in turn, bound up with the persona of one particular writer, though it reaches beyond him to pervade a wider sphere of conservative Christian thinking and activism.

It isn’t easy to critique the persona of someone as nice as French. Then again, it is in part that earnest and insistently polite quality of his that I find unsuitable to the depth of the present crisis facing religious conservatives. Which is why I recently quipped on Twitter that there is no “polite, David French-ian third way around the cultural civil war.”

It gets warmer as you read on-->>

~OGD~

I was pointing out a specific

rmrd0000 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:47:33 +0000

In reply to "Rising up" means trying to

I was pointing out a specific term

“Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” It’s a common phrase in American political discourse, particularly present in conservative rhetoric about self-reliance.

The concept is simple: To pull yourself up by your bootstraps means to succeed or elevate yourself without any outside help.

But when you examine this expression and its current meaning, it doesn’t seem to make much sense.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-nonsense_n_5b1ed024e4b0bbb7a0e037d4

"Rising up" means trying to

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:11:12 +0000

In reply to It is funny, Murray, Vance,

"Rising up" means trying to get up off the ground, not perform miracles.

It is funny, Murray, Vance,

rmrd0000 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:01:32 +0000

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It is funny, Murray, Vance, and Williamson all seem to use a variation on the theme of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. Poverty is a personal choice. The origins of the term actually meant attempting to perform an impossible task. Using bootstraps to lift yourself up was physically impossible.

Origins

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/pull_yourself_up_by_your_bootstraps/

HuffPost article

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-nonsense_n_5b1ed024e4b0bbb7a0e037d4

As America secularizes,

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:59:25 +0000

In reply to Big White Ghetto: Kevin D. Williamson on America

As America secularizes, Evangelicalism is increasingly southern Evangelicalism. It’s the population center. The power center. The culture center. And it helps explain some of the ungodly rage we see. It’s the southern culture leaking out. My Sunday essay: https://t.co/ezkdtmRcP1
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 17, 2021