Guest Post by Jeff Thomas
In recent decades, political correctness has been very much on the rise in the countries that were formerly regarded as the “free world.”
It’s important to remind those who live in these countries (North America, Europe, etc.), that political correctness is not by any means as prevalent in the rest of the world. In fact, the further removed a country is from the influence of the EU and US, the less prevalent political correctness is.
The EU and US are, in fact, the epicentre of this movement… This is no accident.
So, should political correctness be forcibly controlled? Well, no. If someone wishes to adopt a belief, regardless of whether we find it silly, pointless, or even offensive, that should unquestionably be their right.
But, is there a point at which political correctness becomes dangerous? Yes, decidedly so. It becomes dangerous when it becomes sanctimonious and aggressive – it then morphs into what I term “sanctimania.”
Sanctimania can be defined as the point at which personal opinion encroaches upon the personal liberty of others; when the other person’s rights are aggressed upon or removed in the name of the opinion being expressed.
Sanctimania is, by its very nature, the point at which anger overcomes reason and force is employed in order to achieve social change.
To be sure, the anger and intolerance that typify sanctimania, taken together, are a most powerful force. As Mahatma Gandhi said,
“Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.”
Anger has a way of taking personal viewpoint to a destructive level. And, in fact, throughout history, we’ve seen political leaders repeatedly whipping their followers into anger in order to seize greater control. Certainly, this was true in virtually every speech given by Adolf Hitler. It was used extensively by Maximilien Robespierre following the French Revolution. And, not surprisingly, it has been employed in political demonstrations and riots throughout history.
Confucius, a fellow who had a reputation for careful reflection, said,
“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
A good point. It’s invariably true that no emotion has the ability to eliminate reason and self-control like anger. And this, of course, is why political leaders so often seek to create anger amongst their followers – so that they can be trained to do the bidding of the leaders without questioning either the validity of their actions or the consequences.
Well, what, then, are the benefits of this anger? Does it achieve its end? Does it typically convert or defeat the adversary? Let’s query Buddha on that one.
“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”
Quite so. Of course, Buddha was referring to the consequence upon the person who is angry, not the consequence upon the person who inspired him to anger. The person who inspired the anger is not harmed at all.
So, is there a difference between anger and sanctimania? Most decidedly so. Sanctimania is a refinement of anger. It’s the better tool for political leaders seeking to control their followers.
Any political leader wishes to create in the minds of his followers a separation of opinion. He creates rhetoric that’s intended to set his followers apart from others. That rhetoric is intended to have the appearance of a moral high ground. Once the followers believe that they’re morally apart from others – once they’ve reached the stage of sanctimony, they’ve fallen under the control of the leader. Whether he’s Vladimir Lenin, George Patton or Jim Jones, both the purpose and the method are the same.
And it’s important to state that it doesn’t matter whether the sanctimonial intolerance comes from the political left or right, although there can be no question that collectivist leaders have historically made greater use of it.
But sanctimania takes the rhetoric to the final stage. Whether it’s as minor as beating up someone for being a ginger in the UK, or whether it’s stoning a woman to death for the crime of infidelity, as in Leviticus, 20:10, sanctimania represents the power of the leader to control the aggression of the follower without question; without reason.
Quite a powerful political tool.
At present, we’re viewing this phenomenon as an extension to political correctness. Whereas ten years ago we might have seen a man being reviled for making a sexual advance to a female co-worker, or using a pejorative with regard to someone of a different race or ethnic background, we’re increasingly seeing these “crimes” elevated to the point that punishment is being called for.
The buzzwords are familiar to us all – racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, hate, etc.
It matters little whether the person being attacked is actually “guilty” of the entire list. If he’s identified as being objectionable for any reason, he’s then tarred with the entire list. Conversely, if another individual has been accepted within the group, should he actually be guilty of any of these “crimes,” this fact is ignored. He’s a “good” person.
Historically, Jews have been made the target of Christians and vice-versa. Blacks have been made the target of whites and vice versa. Conservatives have been made the target of liberals and vice versa.
Whenever in history political leaders have used the media to create a campaign against a given group or groups, the objective has been to create sanctimania as a vehicle by which increased control may be implemented. In the eye of the leader, it truly has nothing to do with one group being superior to the other. (In fact, the group could be chosen at random and the outcome would be the same.)
The objective is to create alienation.
Whether we assess Fidel Castro in his frenzied all-day speeches against the greedy capitalists, the Ayatollah Khomeini railing against infidels, or Al Gore creating fear of global warming from nothing, what we’re witnessing is a leader creating sanctimania.
When we see large demonstrations of people with placards aggressing against others in reaction to such rhetoric, we’re witnessing the intended product of sanctimania.
But, if we’re able to step back a bit and take a deep breath, we’ll hopefully remind ourselves not to fall into the trap of taking the opposing view of the sanctimaniacs just because we find their behavior offensive.
Instead, we’ll hopefully remove ourselves from the field of rhetoric entirely and reach our conclusions through objective reasoning. This is not just a helpful lesson in objectivity – it’s a survival technique, as, historically, periods of sanctimania are often followed by periods of great unrest.
Once sanctimania results in general chaos, the objectivity that we’d practiced may well determine whether we will become casualties of sanctimania or whether we’ll quietly remove ourselves from the fray.
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Can anyone please refresh my memory of just who was that SJW woman in the intro pic of this article? Thanks in advance for your help!
She’s nobody, who’s trying to be somebody. She wants to feel useful, but she wasn’t taught to just reproduce, and to bake lattice-topped strawberry-rhubarb pies and pot roasts. It also appears her buttplug is set to stun.
She’s slender with nice skin, so she has potential – after serious deprogramming, of course. I’d like to contribute to her rehabilitation by giving her an hourly mouthfucking until her morale improves.
That reminds me, this Friday night is sex night with my wife.
The only potential she has is serving kids lunch at a public school.
Okay, I found her myself. Her picture there is the Meme of SJW but incorrectly so. I found this on Youtube, the original video of her in a college protest discussion…
The Truth about the Triggered Feminist
Several years ago she was an associate professor or some such at the University of Missouri. The pic, which seems to have become a meme, was taken at a protest. I can’t remember exactly what the protest was about but I most likely would win if I placed a bet that it was a BLM or some kind of “anti-racist” protest. I’m pretty sure she was fired.
You can be certain she supports unbridled importation of rapists.
https://www.illegalaliencrimereport.com/
Professor in a state job in Missouri. Churning out revolutionaries and queers.
Fox news
On any given day, so few choices on how to get us out of “our predicament”.
My best educated guess is a peaceful seperation before the violence begins (and we have a short time to do this IMHO).
Why has no state (or group of states) advocated leaving the broken “Union” in a serious we need this now demand?
I see no other way to potentially save lives. I do not wish to go down with the ship and
want real options, + So many of our fellow citizens have no intention of waking from their slumber.
We need a new political party (but isn’t enough time).
If I have to move, want to do this 1 time only!
The WEF and DC must be stopped somehow, I pray without millions of additional deaths.
What say you guys & gals?
Every survivor scenario is uniquely informed.
Ur screwed. The borg will find you no matter where you go. That’s what it does. Without pain and suffering you would become weak and worthless. Embrace the suck. In the meantime, pack a rucksack just in case…
NH Exit
https://nhexit.us/
The Constitution must break in order for this to happen, IMO. I say this because, as all of us know here, the laws are written to punish us and protect the predator class. Whatever newly formed state/territory that would materialize from the epic breakup would have to show no respect to any laws – which would require a sacrifice of flesh no doubt on the part of the freedom lovers. It won’t be cheap, but it has possibilities.
Why has no state (or group of states) advocated leaving the broken “Union” in a serious we need this now demand?
The last time that was tried, 1/2 million men lost their lives in the effort. It is the same lesson they want to leave with the people about the Jan 6 protest.
Go into any upper middle class enclave’s downtown and you will see BLM signs and businesses STILL requiring the mask and lots of pro-jab propaganda. The “educated” upper middle class has adopted wokeism as their religion. It’s a cult plain and simple.
Bisbee AZ is like that.
Beautiful photogenic little town.
Full of shops and stores I spend zero dollars at.
Not even a cup of coffee will I buy there.
They were insane mask nazis there during peak faux-vid delusion
Must be something in the water after 100+ years of mining and refining.
I suppose the crazed looking young woman in the photo is channeling Elizabeth Warren…Pocahontas isn’t sane either.
Tell the politically correct to get screwed. If they get violent, fight them . Hunt them down and and make them pay. The government will not protect you. That is the only way this can end with our rights intact. Corporations and government and some religious organizations should be subject to justice actions.
Why invent a new term like “sanctimania” when psychopath pretty much covers these people. Psychopaths lack empathy and remorse, cannot distinguish right from wrong, their behavior conflicts with social norms, they manipulate and hurt others, and they disregard safety and responsibility. In fact, psychopath describes many of our politicians, medical scientists, educators, BLM, trans-freaks, and the all the rest of the radical left. Maybe we should just refer to them all as the psychopath-class (psych-class) in our society.
Groupthink.
Problem is the wokeness religion favors emotions over facts and that’s destroying the country around us.
Not to mention, they’re purposely indoctrinating children to pass their evil onto the next generations.