America, it is said, is suffering from intolerance – it is not. It is suffering from tolerance. Tolerance of right and wrong, truth and error, virtue and evil, Christ, and chaos. Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the broadminded.
What an appalling speech the Mayor of New York delivered for the 250th anniversary of the nation.
Sadly, it reflects the view of America propagated for years by Howard Zinn and his like-minded colleagues in the universities and believed by armies of the young: a dark, oppressive country where common people are denigrated by tyrants and oligarchs, where immigrants are treated with contempt, where those with “soft hands” hold the wealth created by those with dirty hands.
No sensible person would claim that our country is without flaws, but the relentlessly negative picture painted by Mayor Mamdani is just absurd.
And it is the fruit of the Marxism that, sadly, is all the rage today.
We must never forget that every single person is made in the image and likeness of God, and have an inherent dignity.
However, moving to Western countries is not a human right, it is a privilege, and that privilege comes with certain conditions.
The judge's decision on Brendan Sorsby is indicative of where we are.
We've confused compassion & empathy with excusing behavior. This is what happens when the person who broke the rules is increasingly viewed as the primary victim.
Accountability is now cruelty.
Embarrassing.
Tolerance offers the appearance of peace without the labor of charity. It lets us avoid the hard work of willing the good. It lets us say, “Who am I to judge?” when what we really mean is, “Please do not make me responsible for telling the truth.”
@IMPERATORAUS "For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution."
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn.
The truth is called hateful in Belgium. Therefore speaking it is against the law.
This is more frightening than calling the truth "misinformation". They have stopped pretending completely. They are openly admitting that they have criminalized the truth.
@SharpFootball Agreed, last night was awful. Everything felt rushed and unorganized. No sense of flow and little to no discussion or analysis of the player and/or fit with the team.
@Sachinettiyil John Paul II wasn’t great just for his faith. He was great because he understood what communism really was: not theory, but a system that crushes dignity, family, and freedom.
@PontistGirl For most of my life early Spring was busy season at work and passed by me unnoticed. I’ve grown to love these first signs of life after winter. Something about the white and pink colors against a blue sky amidst the bare trees.