Malcolm Robertson

“Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

You're using words he understands when he quite obviously longs to be insulted and not know it.

So, for example, instead of calling him "oatmeal flavored pussy," you should employ the phrase "pusillanimous porridge."

He'll take it as a compliment and think you're the second coming of Nabokov.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@monsterhunter45 The cliche used to be the opposite.

Republicans were evil because they wanted to cut benefits to the poor and elderly so they could give that money to the rich in the form of tax breaks.

Democrats were dumb because they didn't realize their supposed flowery idealism had cost.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@Jringo1508 Buckley and his brother-in-law wrote "McCarthy and His Enemies" in supposrt of McCarthy. And he never backed off of his support.

However, McCarthy got his intelligence from Frenchy Grombach, so CIA involvement McCarthy's discrediting is still likely.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

I love America.

I was born in this country, and - according to Ancestry(dot)com - my family has roots going back to the War for Independence. While I'm blessed by this heritage, I think it sometimes blinds me to the beautiful gift of being born in this country.

When politics doesn't go my way, it's easy to get despondent, and focus on the fact that other Americans don't agree with me. When elected officials do dumb things and get praised, or when they do the right thing and get booed - all along party lines - it's easy to throw my hands up and say, "Done!" And this makes it easier to hate my fellow Americans. It's a natural reaction, but like many things about human nature, it's also stupid.

I'm something of an underachiever and that path has led me to driving rideshare. Financially, it's challenging, but it comes with blessings too. And chief among those blessings are immigrants and foreigners.

I asked a Kenyan trucker who'd legally immigrated how he liked America and he said, "I love America. I can make over a hundred thousand a year driving a truck here if I work hard. I couldn't make that in my lifetime in Kenya."

I asked a Nigerian trucker I picked up at the airport the same question and he said almost the same thing but he added that he had just returned from Nigeria after his father's funeral, and that while it was good to see his family, through the whole time there, he couldn't wait to be back "home."

I asked both of these men if American racism was a problem for them and they both laughed. To them it was a minor annoyance compared to the lives they led in Africa.

I asked a Saudi student how he liked it here. His reply? "I love America. Here I can say 'F*ck the King' and the worst that happens is people ignore me. In Saudi Arabia, they would chop off my head."

From 2021-2024, half the country was chanting "F*ck Joe Biden!" and not a single one had to fear for their life. And now half the country says the same about Trump, and does so with impunity.

I asked the same question of a Chinese businessman who, by his dress, seemed like he wasn't hurting for money. He got very animated and told me me, "I love America! It's the only place I can find out what's going on in China."

Now think about that. He has to fly to the other side of the world to find out what's going on in his own country.
"I love America." It is the refrain I hear constantly from foreigners and immigrants. They see the blessings that we're blind to.

We get caught up in our disagreements. Almost no one likes our healthcare system now. Republicans hate Obamacare, and Democrats think it doesn't go far enough. But we don't live in a country where criticizing our healthcare system means prison.

Even during the height of social media censorship, we didn't have to worry about the government showing up at the door with an axe. The most we had to worry about was not keeping up with our high school friends if we quoted an inconvenient Bible verse.

Yes, we all disagree, and everyone likely agrees that this country isn't perfect, but open your eyes and see that while she isn't perfect, America is pretty good. In fact, she's still the best of countries.

So as we approach our 250th, happy birthday, America, you magnificent beast. May God bless you, and make your name a blessing to the other nations.

[Jay W. Richards 🇺🇸 @DrJayRichards]

Populist conservatives (which I use descriptively not pejoratively) have spent the last 10 years taking rhetorical shots at "neo-cons," "Boomer Cons," "Con. Inc.," etc. But just now, with the deranged triad of Tucker, Candace, and Nick, we're gonna complain about purity tests?

[Wrigley Field @ofcwrigleyfield]

Rest easy, old friend.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@BradRTorgersen I wanted to reply earlier, but money has been tight and I wanted to do some in-depth exposition since I respect you enough to spend time on it. Sadly, money has only gotten tighter.

I take Corporate Sponsored Moral Depravity Month off social media, but I'll reply in July.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@BradRTorgersen Sorry to necro the thread here.

Alright. You don't believe that we're born damned.

I can defend my view with scripture starting with the opening of Romans where Paul explains why we are all under condemnation.

Show me the scriptural basis for your belief.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

Sammy Hagar on his most lucrative hit and why he didn't ruin Van Halen https://t.co/TZOlwNvyJV

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

Trump’s Nonemergency Tariffs https://t.co/KZFkpB8ra9

"And, a future progressive president will surely pick up where Trump left off. What’s to stop President Ocasio-Cortez from declaring a climate emergency?"

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@BradRTorgersen @plutarch_tx I'm curious when that quote was made. Thurber and E.B. White did pretty well.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@monsterhunter45 The most amusing thing is the number of people pretending they'd even heard of USAID before last weekend.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@BradRTorgersen I'd rather see Ford work on its quality control first.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@BradRTorgersen Do you think Amanda Palmer will be remembered as victim or enabler? The feminist enabler is the one that always seems to escape notice in MeToo.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@monsterhunter45 Awfully bold of you to assume that anyone at EW has a dick.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@BradRTorgersen @ArInstructor Stalin likely planned to backstab the Nazis, he just wasn't as quick as Hitler. They were rivals for the same ideological audience, so they couldn't tolerate each other for long.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@TexasAmd @BradRTorgersen A 2010 Tundra with 75k miles in perfect running condition would still be sold as an "As Is" vehicle even if you could reasonably expect for it to run another 125k miles.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@TexasAmd @BradRTorgersen I used to sell cars. The type of "As Is" vehicle we're talking about are usually cars that aren't eligible for a warranty due to a combination of age and miles. This doesn't make them bad vehicles, but third party warranty providers won't cover them.

[Malcolm Robertson @MalcRobertson]

@BradRTorgersen Respectfully, Matthew 7:13-23 is a pretty explicit denouncement of a "Big Tent" Gospel.