tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post7004711226143509641..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: The Side of CivilizationDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-64910197386959586262011-08-13T10:54:03.166-04:002011-08-13T10:54:03.166-04:00Excellent post. It is a genuine service to look at...Excellent post. It is a genuine service to look at things as they really are, on the ground -- whether the motive is to blow off steam or something else. We can't see things in the conceptual fog that rises so thickly in modern civilization.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-19352653622763901662011-08-10T15:47:39.676-04:002011-08-10T15:47:39.676-04:00(aaaand forgot to subscribe)(aaaand forgot to subscribe)Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-82373763653677593462011-08-10T15:47:20.076-04:002011-08-10T15:47:20.076-04:00TOH- I do that, too. Lowers stress levels, and my...TOH- I do that, too. Lowers stress levels, and my folks' arguing with media taught me to actually <i>think</i> about what they say, instead of just accepting it.Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-64046289160696812412011-08-10T14:45:33.590-04:002011-08-10T14:45:33.590-04:00Yes, more or less what I said to the radio (I yell...Yes, more or less what I said to the radio (I yell at the radio in the car, to the amusement/ shame of the Offspring). Except my thought was more, "The right-wing only thinks they're criminals; the British left apparently thinks they're outright Evil."The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-38466539201511924682011-08-10T12:55:50.441-04:002011-08-10T12:55:50.441-04:00but that others had reflected more deeply, and wer...<i>but that others had reflected more deeply, and were coming to understand that the youths are members of a subculture that rejects the standards and morals of the dominant surrounding culture.</i><br /><br />LOL. <br /><br />Yes, this post was mostly to relieve the head of steam I'd built up while reading facebook postings from some of my more idealistic young friends who had come to a similar conclusion.<br /><br />What, I think, these commentators are missing is that among retrograde right-wing circles such my own, "a subculture that rejects the standards and morals of the dominant surrounding culture," is what we refer to by the somewhat shorter phrase, "criminals".Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-68827018681600330012011-08-10T12:32:39.247-04:002011-08-10T12:32:39.247-04:00I was listening to some BBC coverage, and the inte...I was listening to some BBC coverage, and the interviewee was explaining how, to some "right wing" elements in UK society, these youths were just criminals, and that's all there was to it; but that others had reflected more deeply, and were coming to understand that the youths are members of a subculture that rejects the standards and morals of the dominant surrounding culture.The Opinionated Homeschoolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998448933609444830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-43177530626379797432011-08-10T11:57:15.551-04:002011-08-10T11:57:15.551-04:00Well said, Darwin Catholic.Well said, Darwin Catholic.Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.com