Under Suspicion at the Age of Three: The Banality of Liberal

Anyone who keeps abreast of the news in Britain will have become accustomed to the absurd, the insane, and the depressing: the sharp rise in violent crime; criminals routinely escaping with a fine or community service; the erosion of free speech; the destruction of our culture by an authoritarian “liberalism.” “Where will it all end,” someone asked me rhetorically a few weeks ago. No great comfort, I admit, I responded, “what makes you think it will end?” Every week brings another low point for the people of Britain, but this week we seem to have sunk at a faster rate than normal.
 
The largely government funded National Children’s Bureau has now issued guidelines to nursery teachers, instructing them to be alert for “racist” incidents. If a child as young as 3, reacts with “yuk” to spicy food, this is to be regarded as such. Personally, in my experience, every child reacts in this way to any food that is unfamiliar – even before they have tried it. And nearly all children, by this standard, will be branded as racists (although it seems that it will apply only to White children, as the example of curry was given as one food with which children might be tested).
 
Racism is horrible, but the pathological obsession to root it out wherever it might possibly be, can no more create a harmonious society than if the government and authorities were to turn its sights to petty theft with similar frenzy. Imagine if every child of 3 were to be branded a thief for stealing another child’s yellow bricks or toy train. And imagine what would be implanted in society. Theft would not only be normalized, it would become a badge of honor; grand scale theft the aim of every once-indoctrinated adult. A damaging self-loathing would characterize the average man – and so many seem to suffer this already, after a decade of Labour.
 
But who are the authorities to watch over us for any hint of racism? The Labour government refuses equal pay, and even necessary medical operations, to the revered Nepalese Gurkha soldiers, who have long fought so valiantly for Britain. It has been denounced as anti-Semitic (for using “Nazi slurs”) and colonialist, and its ideology of multiculturalism – which has created ethnic ghettos – has constantly been likened to cultural “apartheid.” Any other party would have anti-racist protestors in permanent uproar, but Labour avoids this for one reason only: it never loses an opportunity to denounce the indigenous British (and especially the indigenous English).
 
Just as the most extreme feminists once viewed all men as “potential rapists,” so extremist liberals view all White-British people as “potential racists.” Of the two, the latter is the more fanatical, because at least members of the male sex had to reach puberty before extremist feminists regarded them with such Orwellian suspicion. Thought-crime is now the preoccupation of the government, the authorities, and Britain’s phony-intellectuals – real crime seems to go unpunished. Earlier this year a Down’s syndrome boy with the mental age of 5, was prosecuted by the police for racism, before the case was finally dropped months later. It was impossible for him to understand his supposed ‘crime.’ A couple of years ago a 10 year-old boy was taken to court for racism because he called another boy, “Paki” and “Bin Laden.” This is not nice, but it is also not a crime. The case was dismissed by District Judge Jonathan Finestein, who then found himself denounced, and protested against, by a teachers’ union. The union accused Finestein of feeding the extreme Right-wing agenda, despite the fact that he is Jewish, or that his dismissal of the case as, “political correctness gone mad,” was backed by the Muslim Council of Britain.
 
Why is it we constantly see White British liberals attacking not only the British and their culture, but everyone and everything, in the name of anti-racism? Most suggest that they are driven by self-loathing, and this, no doubt, counts for much. They hate British culture, and they are suspicious of the British people – and these more than anything. But, the truth of the matter is that they hate culture, and they are suspicious of humanity itself. They hate high ideals: religion; nation; the flag; virtue; virtus; character; fortitude; justice; honor; freedom of expression; freedom of thought; freedom of conscience. And they are suspicious of anyone who would cultivate himself through them.
 
Liberalism has convinced us that these things are bad. We hear of ‘law,’ not ‘justice.’ We are embarrassed by the word, ‘God.’ We have exchanged character for ‘personality.’ And we ask ourselves merely, “where will it end?” not, “what can I do?” The US, by contrast, still instills in its citizens – of whichever race or background – a sense of pride and hope. It believes that it is a great nation. And it is a nation “under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”  These are sacred words, and similar words must come to represent Britain, if the nation is to survive into the future.
 
A couple of decades ago liberals attacked Christianity because – in their view – it instilled people with a sense of guilt. How ironic, and how wrong. Archbishop Sentamu (of Ugandan origin) and Bishop Nazir-Ali (of Pakistani origin) have been among the most vocal supporters of the British and our culture. In contrast, Labour’s multicultural religion specializes in guilt. We are free to drink and have sex – to satiate ourselves so that we might forget the burden of guilt it has put on us. We are free to dwell in an existential banality. We are not free to reach for the heights of humanity, nation, culture, or our traditional religion. In the Catholic religion children are required to go to confession only after the age of 7, when it is thought they have reached the age of reason. In the multicultural religion, the child is under suspicion at 3.

Yes, excellent essay

Unfortunately, Britain seems to have reverted to its condition just after the Romans left, incapable of either self-government or self-defense. The Britons were then easy pickings for the Scots, Picts, and Saxons. Thrice they begged the Romans to return and save them. The Romans returned twice, then told them to learn the use of arms.

Liberals, Moslems, and Europe are a powerful set of allied enemies. Things may be worse now than they were for Harold II in 1066, who defeated one powerful enemy (the Danes) only to be felled by a second (the Normans). Maybe Britain needs another Arthur or Alfred to inspire it to fight for its survival. Who will step forward?

One approach may be for the civilized part of the country to arm itself and crush the barbaric part. Immigrants of course are free to defend the realm; Mr. Millar's Gurkhas exemplify the ability of very different peoples to commit themselves, sacrificially, to the nation. Only those who act like enemies should be treated as enemies, but they should be imprisoned, deported, or executed, not maintained in security at taxpayer expense. With respect to arms, some people seem to feel they have delegated their right and duty of self-defense to government employees. That is a rather utopian view, nowadays, especially with liberals running government for their benefit and the benefit of Europe and Moslems. It is certainly not a manly view. In any case, such a delegation is revocable.

Possibly I need to include a clarification regarding what may be identified as a potentially anti-Moslem view. Moslems can be excellent citizens of non-Moslem countries, but only if they totally neglect their Islamic duty to subjugate or exterminate non-Moslems, which many naturally would prefer to do. They can only get away with such neglect, however, if they are in such small numbers in any single location that they have an iron-clad excuse to do nothing. When they reach certain numbers in any location, they are duty-bound to assert the rights of Moslems qua Moslems, which really means the right to an infidel-free environment (or all infidels dhimmified) and Moslem government (or infidel government bowing to Moslems and paying tribute) and the right to wage jihad ultimately for the subjugation or extermination of non-Moslems. In view of the ongoing 1400-year war of Moslems against non-Moslems, only a liberal government would permit numerous Moslems to enter a non-Moslem country. That is because only a liberal government is blind to the reality of deep-founded religious and cultural loyalties, traditions, and commitments.

That brings me back to the excellence of this essay. Mr. Millar exposes the fundamental principle of liberalism, which is that all the differences that make people and nations who and what they are--culture, race, nationality, religion, gender, talent, thought, taste--must be subjugated or exterminated under the banner of equality. Liberalism, suprisingly to some, turns out itself to be Orwell's boot stamping on the human face, forever.

A great post, KO

"They can only get away with such neglect, however, if they are in such small numbers in any single location that they have an iron-clad excuse to do nothing. When they reach certain numbers in any location, they are duty-bound to assert the rights of Moslems...."

And, sadly for the Brits, therein lies the problem as 1 in 4 births was to an immigrant as was reported today by a British paper. There is no turning back from that grim reality. It's been Mark Steyn's point. You can't tell me that Labour all of these years was unable to run the demographic numbers and not see this coming.

White rioting would be refreshing and deserved at this point. It's become pretty apparent that Europeans are no longer served very well with the insipid election choices that they have. It's long overdue for some American style taking-it-to-the-streets or Texas "don't mess with" attitudes. The dirty little secret is that liberal fascists are a gutless lot, not that clever and easily back down when seriously confronted.

Thanks, Onecent

I agree that even rioting could be a positive in Britain at this point. When the people's governors no longer protect their natural rights, the people have a natural right to protect their rights themselves. As to having a stomach for the fight, however, we in the U.S. are scarcely better off than the Brits. The overwhelming majority of the American population supports immigration restriction, yet as far as our presidential candidates are concerned, we are choosing between amnesty today and amnesty tomorrow, as one commenter at VFR put it. We have not had any significant demonstrations over the federal government's refusal to end mass immigration, though we did have an uprising of a kind when the telephone calls, letters, faxes, and emails of outraged constituents prodded the Congress to drop the amnesty bill it concocted last summer. So we have some self-government remaining here, if not the will to take it to the streets. I'm not sure if the Brits would even wage such an electronic campaign, or if they would be listened to if they did.

The situations in the two countries are analogous. Liberals and business interests team up against the population to bring in immigrants. Liberals get more clients and voters in favor of the welfare state, while business gets lower-wage employees. The native population gets shafted: higher taxes to pay for the welfare state, a lower quality of life from increased crime, increased housing costs, and the stresses of multicultural living, and a lower standard of living because wages and salaries are lowered by immigrant labor. Basically, those who profit from poverty have found they can import even more of it.

I agree that liberal fascists are gutless, but when they have all the guns and all the organization, they present a problem. The people need to arm themselves and organize. The right to self-defense is inherent and non-delegable.

...'however, we in the U.S.

...'however, we in the U.S. are scarcely better off than the Brits."

KO, we are in much better shape than the Brits, so far our 1st and 2nd Amendments are alive and well. Hey, we have a written constitution, the Brits don't. The Nanny State creep here is far less, granted the Dems would morph into full blown Euroweenies if they had more permissions. And, at least we are having a loud and very public discussion about illegal immigration, the Brits aren't even there. Even if the Empty Suit, our lefty scourge, Obama, wins, he's an abberation that will only bring contempt eventually, Jimmy Carter comes to mind.

Our problems here in the US pale compared to the Brits whose slid into socialist hell and future dhimmitude are going to be very difficult to reverse, if they can.

rapists and racists

I suspect that by lebelling all men "rapists" feminists actually hint that they want some real action from the men. Men turned into adolescent nonsence. Feminists want men who really desire women, not just one-time sex for fun.

Maybe, same is true with liberals. Liberals want power and progress. But with white people, who don't multiply, don't like hard work but only comfort and vacations, they will never get the power which the West had before. So, liberals actually hint, though they may not realize it themselves, how useless and miserable thw white people became.

Great essay

But, the truth of the matter is that they hate culture, and they are suspicious of humanity itself. They hate high ideals: religion; nation; the flag; virtue; virtus; character; fortitude; justice; honor; freedom of expression; freedom of thought; freedom of conscience. And they are suspicious of anyone who would cultivate himself through them.

I agree. It certainly describes liberals in the media, the arts and academia in the west that have hijacked our culture.  I think there is also the sinister reality that lefty politicians require for their very survival the many victim groups that they have designated and cultivated. 

 

 Lefty politicians in Britain need the Muslim vote so multiculturalism can't be denounced. In the US, the refusal to clean up the illegal problem is because both parties covet them as future voters.

 

We need a whole new set of politicians in Britain and the US if we are ever going to turn this situation around. One of the problems in the west is a lack of adequate political choices. Surely, we could have done better than McCain and Obama here. Cameron is a pathetic alternative, definately better than Labour,  but, still an insipid choice for the task at hand turning the rot around in Britain.

Excellent essay.

Excellent essay. I am living in the UK now and although there are things I like about it the above article accurately describes the insanity. Something is going to give and soon I fear and this is not likely to be pro-active government responses to the decline in living standards and safety.