7 thoughts on “Independence Day”

  1. He talks about new and old principles which I believe to be a profound misunderstanding of what principles are. Principles are like the question: is math discovered or created?

    Principles exist as a foundation. They don’t change. They are often forgotten.

    This is why it’s pointless to argue with the left. They have no principles, so they can’t be pinned down. An argument can never end because they simply do not accept ‘your’ reality as if reality were something they can switch by magic.

    Rules can be manipulated but principles can’t which is why the left likes rules (and waving them) but can’t abide principles.

    Let the 4th be with you (can’t let May have all the fun.)

    1. This is why it’s pointless to argue with the left. They have no principles

      Oh, they have them. Self loathing of our country, culture, history, and capitalism are widespread principles on the left. Many Democrats don’t have these principles but I always wonder why they support Democrats then?

      I think a lot of it is the identity of Us vs The Racists and viewing Democrats as cool and wanting to be cool.

      1. Loathing our country isn’t really a principle and they don’t really believe in capitalism which with regard to principles is a level playing field. The left plays the rules (not by the rules) and all rules, unlike principles, have cracks in them which they can exploit.

        They don’t play fair and are outraged if you don’t either.

  3. That was awesome. I was particularly struck by

    It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.

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