“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction”—Ronald Reagan
When I grew up, Great Britain was exotic. There were the red telephone booths, Buckingham Palace, black cabs, and, of course, the Bobbies (police) and...
It is incongruous that he laudes the Norman invasion
“when William the Conqueror crossed the English Channel and put the finishing touches on a unification that had been evolving since the Romans abandoned the island in 410 AD.”
which put a foreign power in charge of England including permanently altering the native language with French yet condemns modern immigration because they aren’t English.
In political science, a reactionary or a reactionist is a person who holds political views that favor a return to the status quo ante—the previous political state of society—which the person believes possessed positive characteristics that are absent from contemporary society. As a descriptor term, reactionary derives from the ideological context of the left–right political spectrum. As an adjective, the word reactionary describes points of view and policies meant to restore a status quo ante.
Anti-intellectualism is a central tenet of reactionary movements. The truth literally doesn’t matter; it’s what is in their hearts that counts.
And what is in their hearts is a hatred for people who want to make the world a better place for everyone instead of just their sad, weird little tribe.
It is incongruous that he laudes the Norman invasion
“when William the Conqueror crossed the English Channel and put the finishing touches on a unification that had been evolving since the Romans abandoned the island in 410 AD.”
which put a foreign power in charge of England including permanently altering the native language with French yet condemns modern immigration because they aren’t English.
Anti-intellectualism is a central tenet of reactionary movements. The truth literally doesn’t matter; it’s what is in their hearts that counts.
And what is in their hearts is a hatred for people who want to make the world a better place for everyone instead of just their sad, weird little tribe.