David Frenchism

Here’s a strange article at The American Spectator: The Kiss of Death for French-ism?

This is a long and convoluted journey in an attempt to criticize David French. As one reviewer pointed out:



This wanker is indeed complaining about the fact that he stumbled across a porn site while trying to find a web site for the band, Kiss. This all then runs through a tortured and convoluted diatribe of blaming French and blaming Christianity for the Idol of Personal Autonomy that is often (perhaps rightly) blamed for so much that is going on.

Another commenter wrote:



I bring this to your attention only to note that as yutes move up through the ranks, “conservatism” is proving as flexible as Silly Putty. Remember when Mark Steyn was fired from NRO for re-telling of an old Bob Hope joke? Well, just the other day they featured a praising article of one of the most fowl-mouthed comedians of the day, Bill Burr. And it’s not that Burr (I’ve heard some of his stuff) isn’t sometimes funny. And I do like some of his politically incorrect takes on things. But Burr is a vulgar man, a sign of the times.

Yet he is praised and Mark Steyn was given the heave-ho. This is why the Left is winning. No one is willing to stand athwart. And those who poke fun at the Left are often already pretty far left themselves. It’s an absurd comedy playing out in the conservative press.

As for David French, he’s in the position of Trump on this one: The beneficiary of unhinged enemies. I might call Irving Berlin or Bing Crosby all-American. But the band, Kiss, is representative of the worst part of American culture.

That writer could not find those words. But that sums it up very well.

And “personal autonomy” is in danger of becoming a phrase that means anything and thus means nothing. I sure as hell want “personal autonomy” when it comes to independence from a smothering state. But when “personal autonomy” means harassing Christian bakers because they won’t consecrate a homosexual wedding, count me out.

What I got out of that article is how convoluted much of the thinking is out there. The article did make one salient point:



I agree with that. But then “nice” reputed Republicans and conservatives who won’t do anything as impolite as actually materially opposing their enemies are a dime a dozen. David French didn’t invent this. He didn’t invent the “persuade them by belly-rolling” style of conservatism.

The issues can be complicated. What is conservatism? What is Christianity? What should the limits of the state be? What should people do for themselves? Just how much of an existential threat is the Left rather than being just a David Frenchistic gentleman’s disagreement across a mahogany-grained table?

Articles such as this one muddy the waters. But they are instructive for just how lost the people are. I mean, if the band, Kiss, is the definition of all-American then the only definition of “American” is a stupid culture-wide fad that lasts long enough that people forget that they are the goldfish in a bowl swimming in cultural waters.

An article outlining this (which I just kinda-sorta wrote) would be more enlightening.

Here at Reviews-and-Things we use less bellicose language. We call them “Fishbowl Conservatives.” Please get with the program and show more sensitivity and respect for the idiots.



I sense some waffling here on your views toward Kiss. Could you clarify that? You’re definitely not a fan then?



Okay, seriously. That’s a pretty good paragraph. I expect to read none finer today, perhaps the entire week. It rings true, especially after having watched 3/5ths of a Dave Chappelle stand-up act (“Sticks and Stones”) on Netflix. I may describe that later. But, in short, it’s about people celebrating their debased state.

And equating “Gene Simmons” with “All-American” works only if you redefine “All-American” with a heavy slant toward “Caitlyn” instead of “Bruce.”



Absolutely. Over the cliff. Too much gravity for the booster rockets of ideological conservatism to overcome crashing at the bottom.

Israel would be annihilated 10 minutes after the United States announced that we were no longer allies. American Leftist Jews might celebrate that. Even the worst anti-Semetic president — such as Obama — is (was) not their worst enemy.

Most Jew are morally baffled and still wandering in the wilderness.

I frankly wouldn't care if they nuked the whole lot.

This lays out the clear paranoia, (fed by continuous propaganda on how bad things are) and resentment it breeds. This is a huge motivating factor of left-wing Jews; sadly most of those in the USA. Of course, for these fools and scoundrels, criticism of any kind equals hate speech. Racial bigotry is to them, questioning anything they say and those of North European extraction being proud of their culture and heritage.

As my wife, who is Asian and chose to become an American says about all these bums who tear down the USA, "If they think America is so bad, why don't they leave?"

Never forget that these people want fundamental change in America. They have no love of our traditions or heritage. They hate Trump because they see in him a figure around whom traditional Americans are rallying. That is, people who believe things like, there are two sexes, deviants of the same sex should not be able to marry each other, our Founding Fathers were great men who helped create the greatest nation in history, hate crimes are merely a way to punish the left's political opponents and sixteen year old autistic girls should not be taken seriously on national policy.

The old Aesop fable applies here. Their intent is to "divide and rule" or at least "divide and keep everyone confused."

Jews should ask themselves: Do they really want to align themselves with a party whose central dogmas are based on race, some more deserving than others? Is the effin Mosaic law pretty much colorblind? Do they not see the Nazism inside of Progressivism?