tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post1880564605572407845..comments2024-03-29T06:13:48.766-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: Thoughts on "A Freedomnista Symbiosis For Our Future"Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-19175783686855071842021-06-13T14:10:36.111-07:002021-06-13T14:10:36.111-07:00Greg, I am enchanted with Claire (if one can say t...Greg, I am enchanted with Claire (if one can say this about someone one has never met). Her writings continue to demonstrate a level of thought and pondering I only wish that I could attain. <br /><br />Another tack the passive aggressive will take is the minimum, unenthusiastic compliance which is so awful that it people simply ignoring something more desirable.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-12595508711329915372021-06-13T14:07:22.904-07:002021-06-13T14:07:22.904-07:00Margi - Thank for the recommendation - turns out h...Margi - Thank for the recommendation - turns out he has a blog as well: https://eatonrapidsjoe.blogspot.com/<br /><br />And thank you for stopping by!Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-2059609959908267742021-06-13T14:06:39.828-07:002021-06-13T14:06:39.828-07:00It is odd Glen - I have no real concept of what Ca...It is odd Glen - I have no real concept of what Canada's vibe is as a country, maybe because it stretches as long as the US but with far less people.<br /><br />I will say that the US response is not monolithic either. It is a fair approximation to say that the "Red" areas have been less stringent and the "Blue" areas more stringent. Even with in states that were more draconian, there were parts where the mandates never touched daily activities. Going to them - from where we currently are - was a breath of fresh air.<br /><br />Governments are powerful as long as they are considered important and legitimate. Criminals of all stripes have already figured this out; it is only the law abiding that maintain a respect for the government no matter. Remove their respect, and the government is nothing but a hollow shell.<br /><br />I am somewhat confident, at least in that sense as well. People are learning rapidly to live their lives and exist outside of the system - first in small ways, then in larger ways. The time when the government becomes more demanding for respect will be some of the most delightful times of all.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-63847711069353428682021-06-12T20:44:29.285-07:002021-06-12T20:44:29.285-07:00I have been reading and following Claire Wolfe for...I have been reading and following Claire Wolfe for at least forty if not fifty years now. I don't remember when I first encountered Loompanics Press and her other counterculturalists, but I've been a fan ever since. That she's still writing regularly is remarkable, and a delight. In answer to her book titled "Don't Shoot the Bastards Yet" we perennially ask: "Is it time yet, Claire?"<br /> And Glenn, the Scots-Irish people so hated the establishment church that they refused to even call their Sunday observances "church". It was Sunday Go To Meeting time.<br /> The passive-aggressive learn that the most powerful words in the language are "I Won't!" You can beat me to a bloody pulp, but you CAN'T MAKE ME!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183459827508486809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-51468047100191127152021-06-12T18:41:41.809-07:002021-06-12T18:41:41.809-07:00I can't recommend highly enough the first book...I can't recommend highly enough the first book by Eaton Rapids Joe (book published in that name)Seven Cows: Pandemic, Resilience and Hope. Amazon has it free on Kindle. Had zero idea what it was about but free. Started it one night as a go to sleep book. Well that didn't work! Made myself turn it off at 3:30am. Blog is also excellent. Found it 5/6 months ago and like your got hooked quickly. <br />MargiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-33946392058196052472021-06-12T12:01:32.765-07:002021-06-12T12:01:32.765-07:00Say ‘ci’, not ‘oui’, TB! 😉👍
Canadians handle ty...Say ‘ci’, not ‘oui’, TB! 😉👍<br /><br />Canadians handle tyranny much differently than Yanks. In America, if you make one unconstitutional move, the guns start loading, the knives come out, and the Patriots start scaring the pooh out of the socialists and commies with talk about cold dead hands and the folly of stepping on snakes.<br /><br />Up here in Canada we ignore it. We are supposedly still in lockdown over COVID, but the dissidents are in open revolt everywhere. I carry a mask but seldom wear it. If some Karen starts scolding me I will claim a senior’s moment, apologize, and put it on. As soon as the heat is off I will half-arse the mask with my beak hanging out. If Karen notices me and comes back again I will pull it up until her back is turned and then let it ride down again. When I am at the till at the store, I take my mask off right there after I paid up, and walk out maskless. For the most part no one notices or cares. So it goes for gun control, fwench immersion, multiculturalism, and other govt mandated rot.<br /><br />Draconian govts lose legitimacy eventually and people just start ignoring them. We can’t go to church? Fine, we’ll meet in our homes. If they bust us up at one house, we’ll meet at another. Force our kids into mandatory fwench immersion? Our kids will cut the class. Metric system? I will only use it for convenience but tend toward imperial measurements otherwise. Think about it - would you take orders from people like Justin Trudeau? His own family thinks he’s a fink.<br /><br />My own recent adventures with Marxism, materialism has me oddly confident of the future. Our would-be tyrants are mostly incredibly stupid people. They are often insulated and protected from the consequences of their actions and if things get dire… they will lose that. Common sense and reality can be deferred but never dispensed with.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.com