Idealist At Large

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[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

'They have nothing but successful Jews who made the world better every day they lived'. 👌👏

[Dan Burmawi @DanBurmawy]

What is the difference between those of us who warn the West about Islam and the Nazis who warned about the Jewish threat to Germany, or the woke reich who warn that Jews are destroying America?

Simple.

We have fourteen centuries of evidence; they had nothing but conspiracy theories.

We point to fifty-six Islamic countries, not one of which grants non-Muslims the same rights as Muslims; they pointed to a single Jewish state that is the beacon of democracy and pluralism in one of the darkest regions on earth.

We point to 60,000 Islamic terror attacks across seventy countries; they recast Israel's wars of self-defense as conquest and genocide.

We have Muslims themselves telling the world, every single day, that Islam must rule it; they have nothing but successful Jews making the world better every day they lived.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

It's clear to see, when you know.
"Et celui qui porte le costume sert toujours le même propriétaire : l'idée que tout, absolument tout (la famille, la nation, le mérite, la norme, la frontière, la vérité elle-même) est une structure d'oppression à abattre."

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Posez-vous une seule question, et tout l'édifice s'effondre.

Pourquoi des causes qui n'ont, en apparence, rien à voir entre elles finissent-elles toujours par dire exactement la même chose, avec les mêmes mots, contre les mêmes gens?

Le droit des homosexuels n'a rien à voir avec le climat. Le climat n'a rien à voir avec la question raciale. La question raciale n'a rien à voir avec la théorie du genre. Quatre sujets distincts, quatre histoires, quatre publics, quatre champs d'expertise séparés.

Et pourtant. Prenez le porte-parole le plus visible de chacun de ces combats. Mettez les quatre dans une pièce. Vous obtenez quatre personnes qui votent pareil, qui méprisent les mêmes gens, qui emploient le même lexique (systémique, déconstruire, privilège, inclusif), et qui ne se contredisent jamais. Jamais.

Ce n'est pas une coïncidence. C'est une loi. Elle fonctionne en trois temps, et chacun se vérifie avec des chiffres.

Premier temps. Dans n'importe quel groupe, ce n'est jamais la majorité qui parle. C'est la frange la plus militante.

La masse vit sa vie. Le petit noyau le plus idéologisé s'empare du micro, parce que lui seul a le temps, l'argent et le fanatisme de le tenir. Ce n'est pas une intuition. L'étude Hidden Tribes (8 000 Américains interrogés) chiffre cette frange, les Progressive Activists, à 8% de la population. Un Américain sur douze. En face, une majorité épuisée de deux tiers qui n'a jamais demandé le micro et qui n'a jamais voté pour le porte-parole.

Robert Conquest avait formulé la mécanique dès les années 1960 : toute organisation qui n'est pas explicitement de droite finit, avec le temps, par devenir de gauche. Pas par complot. Par sélection naturelle. Le fanatique reste quand le modéré rentre chez lui.

Deuxième temps. Cette frange ne ressemble en rien à ceux qu'elle prétend représenter, et elle est plus radicale qu'eux.

Voici le chiffre qui devrait clore le débat. Le bloc militant le plus à gauche d'Amérique, celui qui parle au nom des minorités à longueur de journée, est composé à 67% de Blancs. Sept pour cent de Noirs (Pew, juin 2026). Le groupe le plus diplômé, le plus aisé, le plus connecté du pays. Ceux qui hurlent le plus fort au nom des opprimés sont, statistiquement, les plus privilégiés du tableau.

Et ils sont plus extrêmes que les concernés eux-mêmes. 71% des Blancs progressistes veulent couper le budget de la police. Les Noirs américains, eux, sont partagés (53% pour, 44% contre), et seulement 28% ont soutenu le slogan "defund the police". Les Hispaniques y étaient majoritairement opposés (57%). Le porte-parole autoproclamé était donc plus radical que la communauté au nom de laquelle il prétendait parler. Une étude (ANES) pousse jusqu'au vertige : les Blancs progressistes sont le seul groupe du pays à mieux noter les autres races que la leur.

Traduction. Un diplômé aisé a décidé de parler au nom de l'opprimé. Et l'opprimé n'est pas d'accord.

Et ces franges sortent toutes du même moule. Le même appareil universitaire (Foucault, Derrida, l'École de Francfort, dont j'ai raconté la généalogie). Le même écosystème de fondations, qui financent ouvertement, sur catalogue public, l'associatif militant de chaque cause. Le même séminaire, le même lexique, les mêmes formations. On ne produit pas vingt idéologies. On produit vingt antennes d'un seul émetteur.

Troisième temps. Une fois installée, la frange parle au nom de tous et écrase ceux qui, à l'intérieur du groupe, refusent de suivre.

L'homosexuel discret qui ne se reconnaît pas dans le mégaphone. Le Noir conservateur. La femme qui refuse qu'on efface le mot femme. Tous traités en traîtres. Parce que le premier ennemi du militant n'est jamais l'adversaire d'en face. C'est le modéré de son propre camp. Le modéré est le danger absolu : il prouve, par sa seule existence, que le mégaphone ment quand il dit parler au nom de tous.

Résultat. Vous croyez voir une mosaïque de combats pour les droits. Vous voyez en réalité un seul logiciel, installé sur des machines différentes.

La cause n'est jamais la cause. La cause est le costume.

Et celui qui porte le costume sert toujours le même propriétaire : l'idée que tout, absolument tout (la famille, la nation, le mérite, la norme, la frontière, la vérité elle-même) est une structure d'oppression à abattre. C'est la matrice marxiste, qui a simplement quitté l'usine pour l'identité. La lutte des classes ne fonctionnait plus (les ouvriers s'embourgeoisaient), alors on a multiplié les classes : une par minorité, une par cause, à l'infini. Un prolétariat de rechange, renouvelable indéfiniment.

Et voici le test qui ne trompe jamais, le seul qui compte. Une cause sincère accepte la contradiction en son sein. Un costume idéologique, non. Le jour où vous verrez le porte-parole d'une de ces causes défendre publiquement un dissident de son propre camp, contre son propre camp, vous saurez que c'était une vraie cause. Vous attendrez longtemps.

La bonne nouvelle, c'est que ce qui tient par un seul fil tombe par un seul fil. Une frange de 8% ne gouverne que tant que les 92% se taisent. Le jour où la majorité silencieuse de chaque groupe reprend son micro, l'émetteur se retrouve sans antennes. Il n'émet plus que dans le vide.

Ce micro, personne ne vous interdit de le reprendre.

Au travail.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

@WhaleLandUtahni @joshnaa2gez 🤦‍♀️

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

@joshnaa2gez @elonekapisi That was a polite answer to a very rude comment.

[JoshN @joshnaa2gez]

Dear Christians,

I think it’s time for mainstream Christians and Latter-day Saints to lay down their arms.

I enjoy a good theological debate as much as anyone, and I’m not saying that should end, as long as it’s in good faith. But, why are we wasting our ammunition in this stupid holy war? (I’m guilty as well.)

While we squabble over irreconcilable theological differences, we forget we largely share social values and can easily live in peace together, respecting each other’s religious liberty…

Meanwhile, we’ve got…

- Radial leftists poisoning our children with all manner of Marxist, postmodern ideology- gender theory, sexual degeneracy, critical race theory, de-colonization, communism, etc.

- A “woke right” that is pushing antisemitism, conspiracy theories, isolationism, anti-capitalism, and sometimes actual Nazism.

- Muslim Jihadist barbarians who are trying to invade Western civilization and make our nations into Islamic State hell-holes.

-Globalist elitists who are intentionally letting those barbarians through the gate because they wish to commit cultural suicide.

None of these groups will protect our freedom of religion. Western civilization is under attack.

You may not consider me a true Christian… I may consider your creeds to be apostate…

But, morally and culturally, we are all Christians. Western Civilization became great because it had Christian values at its foundation.

We should work together to preserve that heritage, and turn our fire towards our true enemies.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

@AUSNIAN Right. So 'Corpus Christi' refers to the body of Christ, in the literal sense, not the body of the church. Thanks.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

@BYUFlorida Such a pretty building. They had no idea; they never do. They just bring up some concerns based on things they don't know, and then realise how wrong they were. But it affects us into the future.

[Dieter F. Uchtdorf @UchtdorfDF]

Years ago, I flew a brand-new B747 on its first flight from Seattle to San Francisco. It was a clear day, and I was amazed by the beauty of the remarkable lineup of six solitary volcanoes, from Mount Rainier and Mount Hood to Mount Shasta.

Today, along the same route, we find more than six temples proclaiming Holiness to the Lord—the newest being the Willamette Valley Oregon Temple, which I was blessed to dedicate today. The house of the Lord lifts our vision, reorients our hearts, and reminds us who we are and whose we are.

Just as these great mountains mark the landscape, holy temples—and the covenants we make there—mark and connect our lives with the God of the Universe.

When you come to the temple during times of personal trial and great sorrow, you will find sweet peace for your soul. When you come to give thanks and worship God, our Heavenly Father, you will receive a special measure of affirmation and confidence from Him.

The temple will enrich your lives, inspire you to create in your homes and families a spirit of hope and peace, and endow you with blessings from on high.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

My secondhand Church book haul. An older couple moving house brought all their old books to the meetinghouse to share, and I got the best! 💃
I actually forgot a few, & was so worried I went back the next day to see if they were still there.
Very happy with my treasure trove.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

Important reframing of the "you have to accept the creeds to be Christian" claim, specifically the Nicene creed about the nature of God. Well done.

[Brigham's Burner @FiredUpCoug]

When you say I have to accept “the Nicene Creed” to be Christian, could you be more specific?

Do you mean the creed produced in A.D. 325 at a council convened by the Roman emperor Constantine, who was trying to settle the Arian controversy and preserve unity in his empire?

Or do you mean the version most Christians actually recite today, which comes from A.D. 381, when another Roman emperor, Theodosius I, convened the First Council of Constantinople to settle further disputes and more fully define the doctrine of the Holy Spirit?

Because that seems like a pretty important distinction.

One was created under Constantine, a Roman emperor with no priesthood authority, whose interest in Christianity was inseparable from his interest in imperial stability.

The other was expanded under Theodosius, another Roman emperor who used state power to enforce religious uniformity.

And somehow I’m supposed to believe that my faith in Jesus Christ is invalid unless I accept the theological conclusions of emperor-sponsored councils held centuries after Christ and His apostles?

You are free to trust those councils, led by rulers of the same empire that crucified Christ.

But please stop pretending that your post-biblical, politically entangled, imperial committee language is simply “biblical truth.”

And stop acting like you have the authority to decide who is and is not Christian based on a person’s willingness to pledge allegiance to Rome’s preferred definition of the Divine.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

A👌story of ancient is modern.

[Ancient History Hub @AncientHistorry]

Around 1,950 years ago in Pompeii, a weaver named Successus fell in love with a barmaid named Iris.

She did not love him back.

We know this because his rival, a man named Severus, decided to humiliate him publicly. He grabbed something sharp and carved this into a wall for the whole city to read:

"Successus the weaver loves the innkeeper's slave girl named Iris. She does not care about him at all. But he begs her to have pity on him. His rival wrote this. Goodbye."

Imagine walking to work and seeing that with your name on it.

Successus found it. And instead of letting it go, he carved his reply directly underneath:

"Envious one, why do you get in the way? Yield to a man who is better looking and being treated very unfairly."

Severus came back one more time to end it:

"I have spoken. I have written. You love Iris, but she does not love you."

Then, in 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted and buried the wall, the tavern, and the entire argument under 20 feet of ash. The thread was frozen mid-beef for almost two millennia until archaeologists dug it up and translated it.

We will never know who got the girl. We do not even know if any of the three survived.

Pompeii has over 11,000 of these inscriptions. Bar reviews. Bragging. Bad poetry. A bakery wall that says "Welcome, hungry people." Two guys fighting over a girl in the comments.

The technology changes. We do not.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

💯. Same as everywhere. It's the obvious truth the monkeys won't let people say without turning on them in rabid anger.

[🇯🇵SAIGOU🇯🇵郷田剛士🇯🇵 @oidonhagouda]

Bro, let’s stop pretending.

Muslims make up about 25% of the entire world’s population — over 2 billion people across 50+ countries.

Japanese people? About 1.4% of the world. One single country.

Shinto exists only in Japan.

So when people say “Japan should prioritize minorities and be more accommodating to Islam,” who exactly are we talking about?

The global majority is coming to one of the world’s smallest ethnic and religious groups and demanding that Japan change its culture, food, and traditions for them.

That’s not “protecting minorities.” That’s the majority trying to colonize a tiny minority.

Japan has every right to protect its own people and culture first.

If Muslims want to live under Islamic rules, they already have dozens of countries where they can do that. They don’t need to come to Japan and turn it into another one.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

It's atrocious. A travesty of enmity, overweening self-focus, and ugliness.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The West has created an utterly evil state religion where an accusation of “racism” is the gravest offense that can be committed, even worse than rape or murder!

So if police show up at a crime scene and a British boy is bleeding out and an immigrant says the British boy is racist the cops will cuff the dying British boy.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

It's a warning for the free nations of the world. Any people who would be and remain free should heed it. There is so much in this book which parallels our time.

[Kirk Rollins @nicoraytruth]

God gave America the Book of Mormon to learn how civilizations collapse.

The book is apocalyptic in the precise and original sense, not fireworks and tribulation, but apokalypsis, an unveiling, a lifting of the curtain on a pattern most peoples only see when it is too late.

And the pattern is brutally specific.

Prosperity breeds pride, pride breeds inequality, inequality fractures the covenant that held the people together, and the fracture invites the collapse.

The pride cycle is not a moral for a single soul to ponder before bed.

It is a sociology of national suicide, written on the same land America now occupies, addressed to whoever would build the next great society here.

The tragedy is that the Saints were handed the one scripture that is explicitly a manual for civilizational survival, and they have largely filed it under personal testimony.

The heavens are not subtle about this. The book ends with a man standing over the graves of everyone he loved, telling the future to do otherwise.

It is not too late to listen. But you have to first admit who the warning was actually for.

The warning is for America.

[Oliver @FrankHighgate]

Imagine taking the lowest quality people from every single third world nation, collecting them in the many millions and placing them all amongst the native population of what was once the most civilised and high trust country in the world.

That experiment has now been completed.

The country is Britain and it is our home.

The result of that experiment is as would be expected and as Enoch Powell predicted.

The result is complete destruction. I believe it was deliberate.

[Dan Burmawi @DanBurmawy]

Don't condemn Muhammad and his companions for waging wars, raiding caravans, marrying children, owning slaves, degrading women, or engaging in brutal violence.

Raiding rival tribes was standard. Child marriage was practiced. Slavery was the norm. Tribal codes, honor killings, conquest, this was the fabric of life in that time and place.

The real problem isn’t what Muhammad did. The real problem is that what he did was declared sacred.

His every action wasn’t just recorded, it was immortalized, canonized and sanctified.

His tribal conduct wasn’t left in the 7th century, it was elevated as timeless law for the entire world.

He didn’t just live in history, he froze history in place and called it religion.

What should have been contextualized as ancient is now institutionalized as eternal.

What should have been buried with time is now resurrected in legal codes, school curriculums, and acts of terror.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

@Avonleebythesea It is.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

I love this. Real, deep, potentially endless conversations are my favourite thing to do (have) with people, and one of my favourite things, full stop. I love when I can just talk with someone, and it feels easy, natural, and flowing; when we each hold space for the other. ✨

[Rebecca 📖 @Avonleebythesea]

I see so many posts on here about what to look for in someone you want to spend your life with, and I don’t recall who said it, but there’s a lovely quote that a good marriage is just a long conversation. If you find someone like this, whether friend or lover, someone you will converse with long after they are gone, hold onto them, treasure them. They are the most precious thing - life giving - and what is meant by a soul mate.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

@Kirinkier @AHomelyHouse But every so often, when it's desperately needed, the conservative thinkers rise up and fight the risen evil for the right to be left alone - and for everyone else to be. We are the ones who do it, not the 'deconstructionists', who believe in nothing, finally.

[Idealist At Large @idealistatlarge]

@AHomelyHouse I love the calligraphy and design here. Beautiful and creative; really perfect for the scripture.