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• From Cultural Revolution to Boogaloo • Political Correctness and the End of the Age of Reason Welcome to Pineland: From Cultural Revolution to Boogaloo by Michael Blackburn 19 July 2020 It was the best of times; it was the worst of times, as Charles Dickens stated in his famous novel, A Tale of Two Cities. I think most Americans can relate to that quote today as they sit in the relative comfort of their own lives watching the chaos unfold in some of America’s progressive controlled urban areas. Even smaller cities, such as Fayetteville, North Carolina with a population of approximately half a million and its large military presence, are feeling the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. No matter how busy Americans might be these days, the rapidly developing insurgency taking place within our own borders demands immediate attention. And yes, I said it! It is exactly what it is, a communist insurgency. Subscribers to The Pinelander, unlike most Americans, aren’t easily manipulated by the constant flow of propaganda streaming out of the talking boxes found in nearly every home and business in America. Instead, being practitioners and students of Unconventional Warfare (UW), we easily recognize the art of the “Old Game”. |
Like so many others, I’ve been surprised at how easy it was to plant and slowly nourish Marxist ideology in the public education and university systems over the years. Friends, neighbors, co-workers and even family members would quickly dismiss my observations throughout the decades as I watched Fabians and other like-minded individuals steadily spread their toxic ideology. Over time the cancer metastasized and now infects a large percentage of those referred to as Millennials and Generation Z.
Old American Maoists now have a large sympathetic cohort of young, indoctrinated believers to establish solid footings within all major industries. Useful tools and slogans such as "patriarchal colonialism, social justice, man-made climate change, and systemic racism" are used as excuses to shut down freedom of speech and enact Orwellian laws and regulations. Even our oldest and most revered institutions haven't been spared. Americans are shocked today as they watch military officers and police chiefs signal their globalist masters with apology tours. Cancel Culture and Corporate sissy-ism are out of control. The ultimate goal of the Socialists hasn't changed: They WONT stop until they've achieved complete destruction of the American economic system and its religious and cultural underpinnings. |
Commenting purely from an academic point of view, one must admire the Communists’ accomplishments thus far. On the other hand, speaking as a red-blooded American, we ought to all be ashamed for neglecting our inheritance by not vigorously defending and promoting the American idea of free market capitalism for the next generations. Regardless of past mistakes, we are where we find ourselves today. Americans shouldn't worry about which side will ultimately achieve victory in this epic battle between good and evil; that has already been determined. The important thing today is to have a well thought out plan to survive these tumultuous times. If you've been feeling anxiety, it's most likely caused by not fully comprehending what is happening around you. We're here to help ease the anxiety.
The Pinelander exists to provide valuable information needed in difficult times. We aren't going to waste our readers' precious time with needless propaganda, trying to convince you, “there aint nothing to see here, just move along”. Any media outlet attempting to convince you that what is going on today is just your typical Republican versus Democrat, conservative versus liberal, rich versus poor, urban versus rural, black versus white, machination for political power is lying to you. Worse yet, they are intentionally lying to you. Continued on page 2 |
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All Legacy Media outlets are partnered with Big Tech and the Intelligence Community, feeding us a daily dose of propaganda, contributing to the larger pre-planned psychological operation. How do we know? This isn't rocket science. This is part of the "Old Game." Anyone that has spent any amount of time serving with, or supporting our Special Operations Community knows this is done routinely in other countries. Unfortunately for us, traitors of this country are now exercising these "dark arts" for domestic consumption in order to achieve total control.
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Here at The Pinelander, we’re going to give you the TRUTH. We know we’re getting closer than ever to “Boogaloo;” a term that refers to the potential for a second Civil War. Boogaloo is NOT a far-right militia movement, even though a bunch of guys kitted up wearing Hawaiian shirts makes great Kabuki theater; rather, it is simply an online meme. According to an article by Kyle Shideler in American Greatness (30 June), the term is derived from the 1984 break-dancing movie, “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.” Boogaloo memes often take the form of hypothetical discussions about what one would do "when the boogaloo", meaning, when civil war begins.
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Contributors to The Pinelander are better prepared than most Americans and are knowledgeable at surviving hard times. We recognize we may not be as savvy as our grandparents, or those ancestors that lived through the Great Depression, but we believe by banding together and sharing what we know and have, we can overcome any adversity, especially the current insurgency. Therefore, we will focus our efforts in five fuctional areas: (1) Faith, (2) Family, (3) Food, (4) Firearms and (5) Finance. We believe by assisting our readers with valuable insight and expertise in these areas, patriots and their families will not only survive, but hopefully thrive these uncertain times. Enjoy the articles contained within The Pinelander, and if you decide to take action, please do so, even if it means a little work or discomfort in the near term. In times like today, complacency could mean unnecessary hardship for your family or even death.
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Political Correctness and the End of the Age of Reason
by Paul LeFavor Winter 2020
There is hardly an aspect of life that is not impacted by political correctness. Political correctness (PC) began as an effort to extend equality and respect to everyone. Being "PC" involves avoiding words, expressions or actions that might be perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult particular groups of people who are disadvantaged or discriminated against. Often political correctness begins with good intentions. Ideas such as treating others the way we would like to be treated, and avoiding insulting others. For example, when I was growing up in the 70s, as a general rule, one avoided discussions pertaining to race, religion or politics. There were things you simply didn't talk about in polite company. It's what you did. When such topics came up, as they often did, you were allowed to disagree. A common expression that acknowledged such a toleration in the exchange of ideas was "it's a free country." You could vote your conscience, speak your mind and hold to your own cherished notions and worldviews without the threat of being shamed, ostracized or even attacked. But, as it so often happens, the pendulum swung too far; and keeps on swinging.
Don't get me wrong here. The social justice pendulum swung in a healthy direction regarding many important issues. However, what began as an effort to extend equality and respect to everyone has now become a line that must be "toed," a slogan that must be chanted, and a mental acquiescence that must be adhered to, that is, at least if you value your job. Moreover, political correctness is highly adaptive. Things change rapidly. You have to keep up. You have to stay up on all the latest banned words, expressions or actions for fear you'll be deemed "chauvinistic," "bigoted," "patristic," or even "racist." For instance, some words that were considered PC even ten years ago are no longer tolerated. To disagree with someone, at least some people, is now considered intolerable. People get offended and triggered over words they don't like. So much so, if you trigger them, they will become physically violent and may attack you or your family and property.
What was the source of all this extreme PC business? For starters, universities have been the breeding grounds; at least in large measure. Political correctness prevents people like Ben Shapiro from speaking at certain colleges. Universities are supposed to champion the free exchange of ideas. Extreme political correctness leads to the rewriting of history so that it's in accordance with modern sensibilities. Simply put, the modern version of political correctness prevents the rational exchange of ideas and even makes us more stupid. It may even be said, I know this is a stretch (or is it?), that the movie Idiocracy was mockumentary that has become a documentary. It may be genuinely said therefore that political correctness has corrupted our institutions of higher learning to the point that they are beyond recovery.
Another source of this extreme PC business is undoubtedly the fact that Americans have become far too sensitive. In a 2016 Pew Research survey, 59% of Americans believed this to be true. Further, as the survey demonstrates, being PC is also bipartisan, not just a phenomenon on the left. And this was four years ago. To put it philosophically, Descartes once said, "I think therefore I am." It seems the expression today would be, "I feel therefore I am." This is demonstrated in virtually every YouTube video where a snowflake is triggered, the facts and logic are ignored and feelings are what carry the day. In so many of these "conversations," reason is simply not part of the exchange of ideas. Normally, the verbal interchange comes to an abrupt end when the snowflake becomes emotionally charged and begins yelling obscenities and labelling the one they disagreed with as "fascist" or "racist." Such instances remind one of George Orwell's "Thought Police" in his prescient novel 1984.
As goes the ancient axiom, "He who pays the piper calls the tune" ...which means the one who pays decides how things go. As such, political correctness has become weaponized. It's used as a tool by various social groups and especially the media who leverages it to gain moral capital and control over people's minds. Like the ferocious propaganda apparatus in Orwell's novel, Big Brother is always watching. These sycophantic suck-up talking heads genuflect to the latest Big Brother talking points. Thought crime is punished with shame. Guilt is a powerful weapon in the media's arsenal. Offenders are vilified and even called racists without any evidence. Invariably, we give ground to those who are offended about everything. Likewise, if you were to follow Big Brother's little minions long enough, one can readily note their moral flexibility. And in the end, political correctness leads to an Orwellian nightmare.
What guides any such discussion as this is values. It has been rightly said that values are like the rudder of a ship. It's small, it's below the surface but it guides the ship. Likewise, as politics are downstream from culture, the media is likened to a ship that floats along in the stream of the people, carried along with even the wildest of waves. What's the trajectory of this extreme political correctness if it's not guided by reason? The end of the PC rainbow can only be totalitarianism - prohibiting opposition on all levels of society, and restricting individual freedoms. As 2020-21 continues to surprise us, it seems that people don't want equality, they want revenge. This is illogical as it is immoral. To cite just one rational objection: No one is alive today who was a slave and no one is alive today who owned slaves. All of this concludes one to ask: Is this the end of the age of reason?
No discussion of this type can rightly conclude without reminding ourselves of one of the great freedoms enshrined in our Constitution - freedom of speech. "If liberty means anything at all," said George Orwell, "it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." It's therefore distinctively American to be okay with someone who disagrees with you. Besides, as Shakespeare once wrote, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Thus, you can become offended at anything when you're constantly looking for an offense. And so, political correctness has become the opposite of how it began. Political correctness is good to the extent where it's reasonable and logical. The problem is, today's extreme political correctness is no longer about being equal, it's about being in or being out. In the series House of Cards, there's a scene that underscores this very point. Kevin Spacey says, "Welcome to the death of the age of reason. There is no right or wrong. Not anymore. There's only being in and then being out."
Don't get me wrong here. The social justice pendulum swung in a healthy direction regarding many important issues. However, what began as an effort to extend equality and respect to everyone has now become a line that must be "toed," a slogan that must be chanted, and a mental acquiescence that must be adhered to, that is, at least if you value your job. Moreover, political correctness is highly adaptive. Things change rapidly. You have to keep up. You have to stay up on all the latest banned words, expressions or actions for fear you'll be deemed "chauvinistic," "bigoted," "patristic," or even "racist." For instance, some words that were considered PC even ten years ago are no longer tolerated. To disagree with someone, at least some people, is now considered intolerable. People get offended and triggered over words they don't like. So much so, if you trigger them, they will become physically violent and may attack you or your family and property.
What was the source of all this extreme PC business? For starters, universities have been the breeding grounds; at least in large measure. Political correctness prevents people like Ben Shapiro from speaking at certain colleges. Universities are supposed to champion the free exchange of ideas. Extreme political correctness leads to the rewriting of history so that it's in accordance with modern sensibilities. Simply put, the modern version of political correctness prevents the rational exchange of ideas and even makes us more stupid. It may even be said, I know this is a stretch (or is it?), that the movie Idiocracy was mockumentary that has become a documentary. It may be genuinely said therefore that political correctness has corrupted our institutions of higher learning to the point that they are beyond recovery.
Another source of this extreme PC business is undoubtedly the fact that Americans have become far too sensitive. In a 2016 Pew Research survey, 59% of Americans believed this to be true. Further, as the survey demonstrates, being PC is also bipartisan, not just a phenomenon on the left. And this was four years ago. To put it philosophically, Descartes once said, "I think therefore I am." It seems the expression today would be, "I feel therefore I am." This is demonstrated in virtually every YouTube video where a snowflake is triggered, the facts and logic are ignored and feelings are what carry the day. In so many of these "conversations," reason is simply not part of the exchange of ideas. Normally, the verbal interchange comes to an abrupt end when the snowflake becomes emotionally charged and begins yelling obscenities and labelling the one they disagreed with as "fascist" or "racist." Such instances remind one of George Orwell's "Thought Police" in his prescient novel 1984.
As goes the ancient axiom, "He who pays the piper calls the tune" ...which means the one who pays decides how things go. As such, political correctness has become weaponized. It's used as a tool by various social groups and especially the media who leverages it to gain moral capital and control over people's minds. Like the ferocious propaganda apparatus in Orwell's novel, Big Brother is always watching. These sycophantic suck-up talking heads genuflect to the latest Big Brother talking points. Thought crime is punished with shame. Guilt is a powerful weapon in the media's arsenal. Offenders are vilified and even called racists without any evidence. Invariably, we give ground to those who are offended about everything. Likewise, if you were to follow Big Brother's little minions long enough, one can readily note their moral flexibility. And in the end, political correctness leads to an Orwellian nightmare.
What guides any such discussion as this is values. It has been rightly said that values are like the rudder of a ship. It's small, it's below the surface but it guides the ship. Likewise, as politics are downstream from culture, the media is likened to a ship that floats along in the stream of the people, carried along with even the wildest of waves. What's the trajectory of this extreme political correctness if it's not guided by reason? The end of the PC rainbow can only be totalitarianism - prohibiting opposition on all levels of society, and restricting individual freedoms. As 2020-21 continues to surprise us, it seems that people don't want equality, they want revenge. This is illogical as it is immoral. To cite just one rational objection: No one is alive today who was a slave and no one is alive today who owned slaves. All of this concludes one to ask: Is this the end of the age of reason?
No discussion of this type can rightly conclude without reminding ourselves of one of the great freedoms enshrined in our Constitution - freedom of speech. "If liberty means anything at all," said George Orwell, "it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." It's therefore distinctively American to be okay with someone who disagrees with you. Besides, as Shakespeare once wrote, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Thus, you can become offended at anything when you're constantly looking for an offense. And so, political correctness has become the opposite of how it began. Political correctness is good to the extent where it's reasonable and logical. The problem is, today's extreme political correctness is no longer about being equal, it's about being in or being out. In the series House of Cards, there's a scene that underscores this very point. Kevin Spacey says, "Welcome to the death of the age of reason. There is no right or wrong. Not anymore. There's only being in and then being out."
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