House of Eratosthenes

“There is no more neutrality in the world,” said Black Panther leader, civil rights activist and fun-loving rapist; Eldridge Cleaver. “You either have to be part of the solution, or you’re going to be part of the problem—there ain’t no more middle ground.”

We live in Eldridge Cleaver’s world now, a world with no more middle ground. Where not doing anything does not mean you will be left alone.
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The average American still holds the fanciful belief that, if he isn’t annoying anyone, he should be left alone. To the people running his country, this is as bizarre and unworkable as Phrenology or the Geocentric theory or handing out universal health care without also compelling everyone to buy it.

Hat tip to The Barrister at Maggie’s Farm.

About that: A bit more at Gerard Van der Leun’s American Digest, where the best comment of the year has already been picked out:

Stop looking for The One way to fight back. To make up for not fighting back we imagine we, or someone that will fight on our behalf, will find the one unguarded and vital target where we can attack and win in an instant. Politically, we fantasize about finding the weak spot in The Death Star and firing a kill shot.

The Left didn’t bring the country under their control that way. The Left has published books on how to fight the system. They fought the system. They now own the system. The Left waged a Long March through the culture. We keep engaging in Short Retreats to the next “gated-community” that we hope will protect us from liberal domination.

Start fighting in small ways, anywhere, and it will give you confidence to fight more and the tide will turn IF liberals find they can’t rely on never finding opposition. Use direct language. Call them communists, racists, sexist, traitors, etc. You don’t gain respect by speaking in moderate language about the people that are setting fire to this country. This isn’t Sunday School. This is a Civil War. The Left already knows it. They already fight like it’s a Civil War. You might as well face up to it.

You know their ideas are bad ones, because they’re most likely to look like good ideas when things are left (kept) undefined — when everything remains unclear and vague.

Good ideas stand up to inspection. Theirs don’t even stand up to proper description.

Daniel Greenfield: “There is no more neutrality in the world,” said Black Panther leader, civil rights activist and fun-loving rapist; Eldridge Cleaver.

Of course, Cleaver was proven wrong by the Civil Rights Movement, which united people of good will, from all races, and all walks of life.

Daniel Greenfield: The average American still holds the fanciful belief that, if he isn’t annoying anyone, he should be left alone. To the people running his country, this is as bizarre and unworkable as Phrenology or the Geocentric theory or handing out universal health care without also compelling everyone to buy it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
- Zachriel | 01/02/2014 @ 09:19
Civil Rights Movement…united people of good will, from all races, and all walks of life.

That is not mutually-exclusive from noticing something like “There is no more neutrality in the world, there ain’t no more middle ground.” One could even argue that a common understanding of vanishing-middle-ground is conducive to a newfound spirit of unity.
- mkfreeberg | 01/02/2014 @ 21:02
The lack of a “middle ground” is one of the baseline beliefs of all forms of Socialism. The Socialist worldview separates all of humanity into the Oppressors and the Oppressed and identifies with the Oppressed (while including the tacit assumption that they are much smarter than them and deserve to rule over them after the Revolution). This attitude serves to rationalize attacks on those who have “false consciousness” and do not see the world as consisting of just two classes of people or who simply want no part of this largely illusionary struggle.

The “No Middle Ground” idea is a highly effective tactic for Socialists of all stripes. Believers in a “middle ground” are viewed as initially useful because they dilute the political strength of the enemy, so they are cultivated in the early stages of the conflict. After the struggle is largely won, they can be easily disposed of because they lack political cohesion. This scenario has been played out in political and cultural battles for over a century.

Note that this is completely distinct from the logical realization that some questions (mostly those of life and death) have no middle ground. From a practical political standpoint, it also means that socialist politicians reject the fundamental political idea of compromise, which can be stated as “You won this, I won that, we split the difference on the other two, but wait until next year.”
- ealmasy | 01/04/2014 @ 12:02
ealmasy: The lack of a “middle ground” is one of the baseline beliefs of all forms of Socialism.

“Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” — George Bush
- Zachriel | 01/05/2014 @ 08:11
It’s fun to fantasize that it’s only the other guy doing that.

“Only a Sith deals in absolutes.”

“Do, or do not. There is no try.”

OMG!! YODA IS A SITH!!
- mkfreeberg | 01/05/2014 @ 08:24

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