Memes
Tolkien and Nazi Germany
There's a famous story of how Tolkien responded to the question of whether he was the correct racial group to translate The Hobbit into German. This is basically how it went:
Sunday Flotsam
1. I seem to be doing a lot of Sunday flotsams these days. 2. The first requirement for intelligent political discourse is to distinguish political thought from political rhetoric. That is, we have to set aside the buzzwords and loaded language ('racist', 'imperialist', 'exploitative', 'equality', and, especially, 'liberty') and make it clear what concrete realities … Continue reading Sunday Flotsam
Musashi Motivation
A quick motivational picture with one of my favorite quotes from the novel Musashi:
A Constitution Meme
Another Loyalist Meme
A combination of historical reading and skimming a few contemporary and near-contemporary political essays led to this image taking form in my mind:
Friday Flotsam: World War II, Political Theory, and Tarzan
1. My US History class finished up the Second World War this week. There is really nothing like that event in all of history, certainly not in living memory. The whole world goes to war, and against an incredibly evil ideology on one side of the globe and what might be described as a civilization … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: World War II, Political Theory, and Tarzan
Vote Lincoln: Resistance is Futile
Prepping for my pre-Civil War lessons this week, this came to mind: For the record, I'm pretty neutral when it comes to the Late Unpleasantness, in that I think both sides had a pretty good argument as far as it went, and both did a lot really stupid or immoral things. But I do tend … Continue reading Vote Lincoln: Resistance is Futile
Meme – Conservative vs. Loyalist
I can't remember if I posted this one before, but it's one of my favourites of the ones I've made.
Columbus Day Post
Once again, behold the Admiral's response to his critics And some suitable music (I haven't heard anything good about the film itself, but the music is great): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26dlYEzOtog&t=929s
Serpent's Den 