As Thomas Sowell succinctly observed:
‘What multiculturism boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture – and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.’
Arguably, that quotation could be comfortably extended by adding the words ‘White culture’ to ‘Western culture’. For currently, it appears wholly acceptable for every other culture in the world, no matter the colour of their skin, how infamous their past, how depraved their present, to openly and loudly honour their history, heritage and traditions. Apparently, they are just ‘proud peoples’ celebrating their culture.
But should any historically white races do the same, they are accused of being ‘racist’, ‘white supremacists’, ‘nationalistic bigots’ or, that most insidious of imagined, catch-all sins, ‘possibly causing offence to other ethnic groups’. In fairness, rarely do these accusations come from the ethnic groups themselves. They usually come from militant, activist organisations and individuals using them as weapons for their own subjective political ends.
To add insult to injury, in the United Kingdom we are also expected to accept blatantly racial criticisms of our organisations and institutions as being ‘too white’, and even ‘too male, pale and stale’; and this in our own country where over 80% of the population is white.
The evident, anti–white racism of those remarks is flagrantly ignored, whilst we, in practical terms, are prohibited from complaining at the obvious unfairness that entitles organisations to name themselves ‘the Black Police Federation’, ‘the Black Students Union’ and ‘Black lives matter’, when no equivalent ‘White’ named organisation is permitted.
Ignorant foreign students, here on temporary sufferance, feel they have the right, with manifest impunity, to insult us personally, attack our ancestors, and reinterpret our historical heritage, with all the uninformed arrogance of their limited experience and racist bias.
In shameful contrast, while our own history is neglected and distorted in our schools, we and our children are now subjected to homage for ‘Black History Month’ each October. History is rewritten and we are burdened with absurd pretences similar to that in which Mary Seacole is supposed to be comparable with Florence Nightingale!
It prompts the plain questions – why all this anti-British malice? Why all the lies about British history? Why all this anti-white hostility to the white nations of the world? Why all the perverse anti-white racism? Is it simply that those from the less developed and insecure continents of the world cannot forgive Britain and the Anglosphere for their historic success and political, social and economic stability?
Rather like it has been suggested that General De Gaulle may never have forgiven Britain for saving France during the Second World War, why have our country’s amazing historical achievements spawned antipathy in parallel to gratitude? For the aggrieved beneficiaries of Britain’s ingenuity and innovation, have we become the unforgiven?
At its peak, in the early part of the 20th century, the British Empire was huge. It included approximately a quarter of the world’s population at that time and covered a similar proportion of the earth’s land area. The largest empire in history, it dwarfed the Roman Empire of old; that same mighty Roman power that had once dominated primitive Britain.
Who could have foreseen that the small island nation invaded and subjugated then, in the century leading up to the birth of Christ and, over a thousand years later conquered again, this time by the Normans, would rise in the fullness of the second millennium to become for a substantial period the world’s foremost global power.
On the face of it, all over the world, there were certainly much larger, long-established civilisations, more technically advanced than Britain, which would have seemed far more likely candidates to achieve such a position. Ancient dynasties in China, India and the Middle East would have seemed plausible contenders, but Africa, although thought by some academics to be ‘the cradle of mankind’, would not. Indeed Africa, that beautiful but troubled continent, continues today to languish in a mire of conflict and corruption.
As Daniel Hannan wrote in his book ‘A Doomed Marriage: Britain and Europe’:
‘It would have seemed a safe bet that the Asian powers would dominate Europe for the rest of the millennium, that the Chinese would sail around Africa to plant trade missions in Portugal rather than the other way around’.
But it was not to be. And it was not just Britain that spread its influence out across the world. Other European countries like France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, and the aforementioned Portugal also established territories far and wide. But it was the British Empire that became the most significant. And it was the British Empire that bequeathed to the world the wonderfully beneficial legacy that is the Anglosphere.
But, will Britain, Europe and the Western World ever be forgiven for bringing order, development, productive free markets, the rule of law, and prosperity to lawless and previously ungovernable, chaotic societies; indeed, in many cases, for bringing freedom and ‘civilisation’ to disruptive turmoil?
I wonder, is the palpable anger and visible resentment of other peoples simple envy? Google informs me that Aristotle defined envy as ‘pain at the sight of another’s good fortune’ stirred by “those who have what we ought to have”. Is it merely jealous discontent that prevents admiring acceptance of Britain’s achievements?
To return to the words of Thomas Sowell:
‘Freedom, wherever it exists in the world today, owes much to developments in Britain. These include not only the historic evolution of a free society in the United Kingdom itself, providing political models for other societies around the world, but also Britain’s key role in destroying the international slave trade in the 19th century, and its crucial role when the survival of freedom was threatened in the early and dark days of World War 2.’
The simple truth is that, throughout the millennia, there has always been varying, intermittent and overlapping rates of achievement among different civilisations, races and cultures. What else would you expect?
But sadly, in an ungenerous return for what our ancestors gave to the world, have we become ‘the Unforgiven’?
It looks like some characteristics of Europeans (even if they are leaving elsewhere in the world) are seen as an obstacle to create NWO paradise. Too stubborn to reject an idea of national countries, often choosing personal freedom over some vaguely understood well-being of society, questioning authorities and gospels and overwhelming impact on development in the world for last few hundred years. This may be the reasons to impose the “white guilt” and under its cover to replace “problematic” population with the one easier to manage (Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi and co.). Worldwide white people are minority (7%-14% of overall population depending on source) but we do not hear about lack of diversity in Asia or Africa. We should be smarter than native Americans.
I think you highlight a very sinister reality Snow Elephant.
I cannot find more plausible explanation for this self-destruction. .
GREAT ONE FROM FLYER, WHERE DID ALL THE LEFT LOONS COME FROM ,I THINK ITS SCHOOLS AND THE WHOLE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN BY THE LOONS. BEST LEFT WING FOOL ON THE RADIO IS JAMES OBRIEN ON L.B.C SO FAR UP HIS OWN BACK END, THIS CLASSIC IDIOT IS THE TROUBLE WITH THIS COUNTRY,THAT PEOPLE DIED TO SAVE IN THE WAR.
Multiculturalism fills that gap that religion once occupied in many middle class lives. It allows them to claim ‘human values’ that they can display and celebrate. It allows an unspoken enjoyment of superiority over those less educated and less articulate than themselves. It offers a common bond of identity between believers and you don’t have to sit in a draughty church to show your committment. It appeals to romantics and requires little thought or study. If you buy into this utopia you can be sold lots of other dud ideas like hate crime and gender fluidity. It’s a dead end because ultimately one culture will emerge dominant. Multiculturalism is not a culture just an empty theory for those with no confidence in their own culture or a tool for those wishing to destroy a culture. Just saying.
Interesting article.
Thanks Matt. Good points.
Too right.
But if the Global Compact for Migration (aka Marrakesh Declaration) gets any further enshrined in our law, the publishing of such an article would comprise a criminal act, and truth would be no defence.
Your options would be:
(1) Praise and extol the virtues of mass migration, and
(2) Shut up.
Yep freddy what i have just written would put me in the naughty corner. Scary.
Not only this, there is “Online Forums Bill” going through parliament (second reading on 23th November this year) and it is possible that soon not only migration will be taboo but a lot other topics you not really hear in MSM. Few quotes:
“Make administrators and moderators of certain online forums responsible for content published on those forums; to require such
administrators and moderators to remove certain content;”
“A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine, or to both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years, or to a fine, or both.”
forums will have to be provide various information as per requirement from The Secretary of State,
““illegal content” means content which a reasonable person considers involves a breach of the criminal law of England and Wales”.
The last one along with our hate crime laws probably will make majority entries here illegal.
One of the MPs pushing this bill forward is no other than Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg, protector of our freedoms.
Full text here:
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0263/18263.pdf
While I can still say it, Mogg is a snake, as is Soubry and all the other sponsors of this attack on our freedom of speech but they are in good company in that nest of vipers.
On a positive note, the Commonwealth is not colour biased, nor racist; it treats all members the same. This is not to say that individuals do not exhibit the unpleasant traits described in the article: the institution itself promotes equality, inclusion, fairness and cooperation.
Lest you should think I am making a naive claim, remember that the Commonwealth Games have long been described as “the friendly games”.
Hopefully we shall see such friendliness at the next Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham in 2022.
And it would be no bad thing to celebrate Commonwealth Day on March 11th 2019. It is held on the second Monday in March every year, but for all you hear about it you would never know.
For the last few years I have tried to get UKIP to promote Commonwealth Day, with only trivial success. 2019 would be a good time to reverse the trend, being shortly before we leave the EU and are then able to re-engage properly with the Commonwealth. Commonwealth policy is “trade not aid”, and with all the different and various Commonwealth countries around the World there is a marvellous opportunity to work collaboratively to the benefit of all concerned.
Howard, it’s the “stale” part of “male, pale and stale” that’s the key, and the truth. The self belief and assurance that took the mix of democracy, individualism, rational Christian jingoism, however you want to package it, around the planet is long gone. All that’s left is a stale, empty run-on of Quakerism – directionless, pacifist, universalist, non-judgemental. With the heroic virtues gone all people can see or comprehend is the villainy and incompetence.
Nobody can stand staleness. Better a confident autocracy than a cringing, apologetic shell of a democracy. Which is to what we are now reduced.
I don’t say that as a recommendation, but this seems to be the direction of travel, either self-imposed by social shaming, or imposed from above by a strongman.
When I hear people say “there are too many whites in the police” or “there are too many whites in parliament” or “there are too many whites in universities” etc, I am too afraid of being locked up for “hate speech” to say what I am thinking, which is: “Well of course there are, because whites INVENTED that particular institution, and in case you hadn’t noticed, whites are in fact the indigenous peoples of this part of the world. Your family may have been here for two or even three generations, at a push, but MY family has been here since the last Ice Age! My colour/culture built modern society. My colour/culture invented the shirt and suit and shoes you are wearing, and the spring mattress you will sleep on tonight, and the car or bus or train you came here on, and the tarmac road you drove here on, and the spectacles you are wearing, and the TV you will be watching later today, and the newspapers you read, and the light bulb in this room, and the mobile phone in your pocket, and the operation your mother had, and Civil Service that pays you your benefits or State Pension. What, pray, did your own colour/culture contribute to British or Western society? Anything at all? And if, whatever it was that your own colour/culture invented or built is so great, why aren’t you living in your own country/culture enjoying the benefit of it? What the hell are you even doing here?”
But of course I am not allowed to defend my own culture for fear of a knock on the door.
Had the same sort of experience several times myself recently, I just give them ‘blank looks’ now and ask about their health problems, usually shuts them up. Can’t be bothered actually anymore to have any sort of contact with these people, mostly full of themselves and usually have done very little and even less for anyone else.
Funny that this article should be published after the day that I just had. My wife and I were invited to a dinner, unfortunately most of the people there were lefties and virtue signalers.
I had to listen while one particular Indian woman blamed me, my race and countrymen for stripping the world of resources during the British Empire and the racist nature of Brexit.
The bloody people can’t understand facts, they just repeat sound bites and media propaganda. I did tell her that I know my countrymen and one day soon they’d be pushed too far and she’d know why we conquered half the world, we know a thing or two about violence.
Anyway, I had a bit of a rant and told them that the world is an evil place, live with it, don’t expect it to be fair. I also told them that if they stopped breeding to excess they wouldn’t be so desperate to escape the sh*t*oles of their own making.
You should have seen the looks of horror and disbelief on their faces, I don’t expect I’ll be invited to dinner again.
LOL. Good for you Mr Flyer (or is it Ms Flyer?)
Wish I had the balls to do that when I’m out and about, leafleting.
Well done you. Wish I’d been there to see it. On a visit to India not so long ago we were told by the local guide that India is self sufficient, it has everything it needs and doesn’t need to import any raw materials. We also know it is one of the largest rising new economies. I think I would have ask her why if she is so against the UK she is not living somewhere else. God I hate these self satisfied smug squawking lefties.
Vera, I agree with your well done to flyer. On the subject of India I cannot understand why we give £100m in foreign aid to them when they are self sufficient. They also of course have their own space programme.
> On the subject of India I cannot understand why we give £100m in foreign aid
Most Indians to whom I mention this simply don’t believe it.
When I prove I am why, they are flummoxed as to why, and say the UK should stop doing it immediately.
By the way, and perhaps this has stopped in 2017, we also give (much smaller amounts of) foreign aid to Russia and China !
flyer, the problem is that these are “lefties”, not where some of them were from.
Years ago, after GE2015 where I was a UKIP PPC, I attended a London dinner for 6.
2 of the people at the table were Indian, 4 at the table (including those 2) were pro-UKIP, and one of the Indians signed up to UKIP around that time.
The other 2 were, however, lefties (and white British). It was these lefties, who’d never been to India, who decried the British Empire, called it “all evil” and UKIP “racist”.. you simply couldn’t make it up.
One of the loony lefty pair blamed Nigel and UKIP for her daughter getting preggers and the biological father, who was African, swiftly scarpering. When I, in disbelief, asked what Nigel or UKIP had to do with any of that, and she said it all happened in South Thanet. I laughed out loud, and she left, declaring she would assault me if she stayed/
FFS. I routinely meet cats with far more brains and logic.
And Brits travelling in India almost invariably find they are warmly greeted and treated as friends. Some oldies (80+) still today speak warmly about the days of empire, and some others of their parents’ reminiscences.
Of course, India, like Britain, is plagued with lefties who have to cast everything into their warped mould.
The problem is the left.
Communism and extreme socialism are responsible for upwards of 100,000,000 deaths in the last century. But the infected teaching profession rams its virtues down the throats of vulnerable kids. They are mental rapists.
Freddy – thanks for that, very good points, particularly the one about: not where they’re from it’s that they are lefties. I think this is true, the left promote racism. Lefties usually feel sophisticated and informed when in reality, they’re morons that are incapable of critical thinking, are not in possession of the facts and just keep repeating the same old mostly false mantras.
I’m getting very good at winding lefties up though and although I complain, I quite enjoy spending the odd afternoon winding them up. These lefties get furious with me but there’s not much they can do about it because of my physical size and fitness.
Like I said, I probably won’t be invited to any more dinners though.
I completely agree Freddy.
Well said Flyer. Please keep socking it to them.There are a lot of slow learners out there.