tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post4414970722556058723..comments2024-03-27T19:47:13.475-07:00Comments on Dark Buzz: Bird names are racist, just like everything elseRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-78606985769923389002021-08-09T00:10:11.149-07:002021-08-09T00:10:11.149-07:00All the fervor over renaming things because they a...All the fervor over renaming things because they are 'problematic', 'wrong-think', etc reminds me of the good ol' days right after the French revolution when the high minded French elitists decided pretty much everyone, everything, anything that happened previously to themselves offended their new cultural standards. The good news is that they began to cut off each other's heads as they self professed their avant-garde cultural purity and grubbed for further power amongst themselves.<br /><br />The left do so enjoy eating their own. Sadly, they also enjoy taking others along for the ride. Each and every time this cycle repeats you can almost hear the chorus refrain:<br /><br /> "But this time, it will be different!"<br /> If only it was so.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"An 'ideal society' would be the graveyard of human greatness." <br /> Nicolas Gomez Davila<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />“They constantly try to escape<br />From the darkness outside and within<br />By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.<br />But the man that is will shadow<br />The man that pretends to be.”<br /> ― T.S. Eliot, The Rock <br />CFTnoreply@blogger.com