Western Resistance

It seems like some of these psychiatrists would have found the menacing situation that was developing in Germany worth a paper or two; the propaganda machine, the youth camps, the growing intolerance to dissent, the general population growing increasingly unsympathetic and hostile towards gays, Jews and the sick. But no, the good doctors didn't think to jump all over the Third Reich until after the smoke cleared and the mountain of bodies were piled up to the sun. Then we get to hear all about how such a sophisticated society like Germany could have gone down such a dark road. We get to hear all about the psychological phenomena of scapegoating and appeasement. Really, what would we do without the learned professionals?

How could the professional healers be so willing to pick on the weak, the people they should have been helping, while remaining so blind to the sicknesses of the greater society? These are the very people you'd expect to recognize sooner than anyone the menace that was right before their eyes.

Well, it's human nature, I guess. We're naturally programmed to go along with the strong current, the strong leader or the general attitude or sentiment of the society we're brought up in. It's safer and easier. It might be an evolutionary advantage. The people who learn to follow along with society survive. We don't have to learn to go with the flow, we don't have to actively think about it. It's automatic behavior. Next we soak in our societies attitudes and values growing up. Once we're stamped with society's template, we're off on autopilot for the rest of our lives, blind to everything but what our society taught us to see. Then a charismatic leader comes along with a mission. He pushes the right buttons and targets the right people. And people fall in line. It doesn't matter how intelligent or educated you are. It doesn't matter how much training you have in the human psyche. It clearly doesn't matter.

But there were people who saw what most of the medical community couldn't see. There were educated elites who did concern themselves about the ethics of eugenics. There were people who had a moral compass and resisted the message they were being fed by their society. People put their lives on the line to resist the growing pathologies of their society. It was a minority, but still! Proof that people are not merely slaves to the template they had been stamped with by their society.

When I was in middle school we watched some interviews of some holocaust survivors. One of the survivors said that we are no different today than what we were 40 years ago. Another holocaust could still take place during our generation or the next generation. My instinct told me he was right but I couldn't work out why. Don't most of us now know that racism is evil and everyone is the same? Haven't we seen all the horrifying videos of the concentration camp prisoners? How could there be a repeat?

Our generation has the same human nature as the WWII generation. It's our society's template we post-WWII generations have been stamped with that is different. We are now taught that Western civilization is no better and often worse than other civilizations. All religions are basically the same. We Westerners should be ashamed of ourselves for imperialistic past and that no other civilization is capable of the same level of evil. The rest of the world would not be in the pitiful state it is in if it weren't for our actions. We soak up this message in a million different ways since birth. And we know well the consequences for not towing the politically correct line range from being fired, jailed, assassinated, booted from Pajamas Media, or just branded as evil, racist and neo-nazis.

Some people today are realizing there's a flaw or two in the template that's been handed down to us. They're realizing the chief reason Western society is again hurdling down the road to destruction is that the politically correct template has hampered our ability to address legitimate problems like unrestrained immigration or Islam's rather destructive influence on Western society. They're stepping out of the comfort zone and taking on the subjects that have been taboo for so long. I encourage this not just on the grounds of supporting a free exchange of ideas. I encourage it because I think we need to erase or at least lessen the stigma associated with going outside the bounds of politically correct thought.

So, Dymphna, from Gates of Vienna, one of my favorite bloggers, is taking a break from GofV. She stopped in reaction to Shrinkwrapped's posting assessing El Englis as having signs of "regressive response to anxiety" because of the piece exploring genocide as a possible outcome of the current situation in Europe. Well, I think that was just the final straw. Since the beginning of rift between the anti-jihad blogs back in October she and GofV has been on the receiving end of attack after attack from Charles Johnson of LFG and his minions. She is a character and she really knows how to compound a problem, but she's a clearly a good person and she always has interesting things to say. I'm very sorry to see her go.

I think the blow that really stands out in my mind is the blow she received from her supposed friend, and member of the healing community, Dr. Sanity. The Sanity Squad was to address the conflict between the anti-jihad blogs that had taken place due to the October conference in their November 19th podcast. Sanity accidentally let the podcast running during a private conversation where she noted Dymphna's voice "quivered" during the interview and she wondered if she was afraid of something. Well, let me clue you in, Dr. Sanity. In the world we live in today, we can be branded a racist for the most innocuous of criticisms. There are certain trigger words that instantly create deep suspicion and tarnish your reputation. Once you're accused of supporting White supremacy or having neo-Nazi connections you're already in a distinct disadvantage, you're already placed on the defensive, trying to break through psychological barriers that keep people from giving you a fair chance. Added to that there seems to be an amazing level of obliviousness amongst the professionals among us as to just how vicious and relentless Charles is with his attacks that would put anyone on the defensive. He's the big man on the block tearing down the reps of the smaller blogs. And Shrinkwrapped called it a "family squabble"? I would have been upset too during that interview in the face of such obtuseness.

You'd think that the professional healers at least would have recognized that the role Gates of Vienna had been cast in put them at a significant enough disadvantage that some research beforehand to sort out the issues is necessary so they can make the podcast about a rational discussion on the goals of the conference, the role Vlaams Belang had in the conference, what Gates of Vienna understands about VB's past, what Gates of Vienna sees as the role of VB in the future. You'd think they'd recognize that if they don't do the necessary research on this sensitive subject beforehand, then the participants run a high risk of fostering more misunderstanding and creating more hurt feelings. And yes, creating more fear. The discussion would naturally descend into the realm of irrationality and one side especially would faced with the psychological barriers that go along with defending against vicious attacks by a more influential blog and the stigma associated with having White Supremacy ties. All that gushing compassion Dr. Sanity claimed to have had for both sides means zip when she demonstrates how little thought and care she's willing to devote to the handling of this rift in the anti-jihad community.

An already shaken Dymphna then discovered the 23 minutes of private conversation that made it on the podcast made for the public that hurt her even more. She sent a series of e-mails to Siggy and Sanity that were over emotional and her demands to delete the podcast that included threats of exposure of negative information were more than a little ill-advised.

Frankly, I would have thought Dr. Sanity would have been happy for an excuse to delete the podcast since that bungling, badly researched and careless performance reflects very badly on all the professionals involved. She choses to leave the podcast up but you'd think she'd at least have the humility and compassion to recognize that she made a mistake that hurts someone. And that recognition would be reflected in how she handles this problem. But no. Dr. Sanity proceeds to make the private e-mails Dymphna sent to her and Siggy public claiming she was FORCED to do it due to threats and blackmail. Well, no, Dr. Sanity. You most certainly were not forced to make those emails public. You might have told Dymphna privately that you know she's acting out of strong emotions and advised her to take a step back and think things through. You might have given her a chance to back off of her threats, before you publicly humiliated her more and gave that creepy Charles Johnson more ammo to attack. There are any number of approaches you could have taken that might have salvaged a friendship and help foster some trust that could have help eliminate some of the fear that keeps this whole affair alive. If not for the sake of friendship, then for the sake of your profession as a healer? It's yet another example of a member of the healing profession choosing destruction over healing.

Shrinkwrapped doesn't make much better of a showing for his profession either in this latest anti-jihad flair up. It seems like Charles The Enforcer Johnson has been just begging for a good, long psychological write-up for quite some time now. He obsessively targets his ever growing list of enemies for constant smears and humiliation. He bans people right and left simply for disagreeing with him. There's practically a whole club of Charles Johnson's ban victims. And they aren't neo-Nazis. I think Charles Johnson is a malicious person who cloaks himself with politically correct thought so he can appear righteous when attacking his victims. Well, there are about a dozen different ways you can go with the whole Charles Johnson, LGF influence in the blog community. But no, there's silence on that meaty subject. I don't blame him. Nobody wants to risk getting put on Charles Johnson's hit list. But Shrinkwrapped will, however, unleash his mad analytical skilz on regressive El Englis, a guy who doesn't have the wherewithal or the inclination to damage his reputation in the blog community the way Charles Johnson demonstrated he does. And what has Shrinkwrapped really shown us about genocide in his piece? Except that he is going to act as Charles Johnson's willing arm to stifle discussion.

I don't think it's at all difficult to see why the professional healers in the blog community seem to shake Dymphna so. These are the people you'd expect to get it better than anyone. These are the people you'd expect more than anyone to chose healing over destruction. But it turns out that the professional healers of today are just as blind and destructive and lacking in a moral compass as their colleagues of the past were.

My position is that it is not the few brave voices out there willing to take the hits for exploring the subjects society feels too uncomfortable to discuss who would be responsible for enabling genocide. It's the people who go along with stronger current and blind themselves to the real menace before them.