The Monarchist 1.0
Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Go Big or Stay Home
In an open letter (appearing in the Aug. 5 National Post) to the new Governor-General designate, the Dominion Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada, Mr. John Aimers, said something about big tent politics that I thought was quite revealing: "In stating that you wish to be seen as a citizen amongst citizens, may it be that this inclusiveness extends to monarchists - small “m” variety!" Revealing because it amounted to no less than a plea to be accepted and included in the New Canada, a plea for understanding, to be seen as a "small "m"" monarchist, i.e. a "moderate", not to be viewed as an anachronistic figure of fun, but as a relevant fixture in modern society. The League Chairman appeared eager not to be left behind, even if it meant sidelining the true believers and suggesting that Canada's big tent not extend to the outdated, big "M" monarchists like myself.
Which is perfectly fine by me - quite frankly, the last thing any big "M" monarchist would want is to get associated in any way with the big "L" Liberalism of postmodern Canada. At the end of the day, you either believe in who you are or you are nothing. What exactly is to be gained by joining the nonbelievers, even begging to belong? What the soft monarchists don't understand is that we are at the end of the line here; we have nothing left to negotiate, and nothing left to give. We simply cannot adapt the institution any further to become "relevant", to meet the endless needs of false progress and empty, feckless modernity. It is time to either fight or ditch the wagon.
Mr. Aimers' letter to the GG designate was striking because it was an admission that the country has passed us by, that we are now, and have been for some time, a de factor republic. Sure we go through the motions, but let's face it, much of the country no longer believes in the institution anymore, indeed has difficulty not mocking it. And much of those who do support it, believe in it for all the wrong reasons, such as the utter drivel that it makes us distinct from the Americans (note to the identity paranoids: the surest way to accelerate your demise as a country is to embrace your national desire to be contrary to the Americans in all things).
The bottom line: when it comes to the monarchy, you either get it or you don’t. Those who don’t get it probably never will, so no use wasting your time pleading, groveling, begging them to understand. To them, like the nation-state, a constitutional monarchy is incompatible with world community and a multicultural, leftist worldview. They are vandals and as such are intent on destroying what historical links remain for succeeding generations to enjoy. That they are our forefather’s trustees, that the ancient institution was passed down to them from the millennia and does not belong to them to do to it as they wish, matters not a wit to them. By siding with them we have everything to lose. By fighting them we do not. Might as well go big or stay at home.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 10:23 p.m. | LINKS |
In an open letter (appearing in the Aug. 5 National Post) to the new Governor-General designate, the Dominion Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada, Mr. John Aimers, said something about big tent politics that I thought was quite revealing: "In stating that you wish to be seen as a citizen amongst citizens, may it be that this inclusiveness extends to monarchists - small “m” variety!" Revealing because it amounted to no less than a plea to be accepted and included in the New Canada, a plea for understanding, to be seen as a "small "m"" monarchist, i.e. a "moderate", not to be viewed as an anachronistic figure of fun, but as a relevant fixture in modern society. The League Chairman appeared eager not to be left behind, even if it meant sidelining the true believers and suggesting that Canada's big tent not extend to the outdated, big "M" monarchists like myself.
Which is perfectly fine by me - quite frankly, the last thing any big "M" monarchist would want is to get associated in any way with the big "L" Liberalism of postmodern Canada. At the end of the day, you either believe in who you are or you are nothing. What exactly is to be gained by joining the nonbelievers, even begging to belong? What the soft monarchists don't understand is that we are at the end of the line here; we have nothing left to negotiate, and nothing left to give. We simply cannot adapt the institution any further to become "relevant", to meet the endless needs of false progress and empty, feckless modernity. It is time to either fight or ditch the wagon.
Mr. Aimers' letter to the GG designate was striking because it was an admission that the country has passed us by, that we are now, and have been for some time, a de factor republic. Sure we go through the motions, but let's face it, much of the country no longer believes in the institution anymore, indeed has difficulty not mocking it. And much of those who do support it, believe in it for all the wrong reasons, such as the utter drivel that it makes us distinct from the Americans (note to the identity paranoids: the surest way to accelerate your demise as a country is to embrace your national desire to be contrary to the Americans in all things).
The bottom line: when it comes to the monarchy, you either get it or you don’t. Those who don’t get it probably never will, so no use wasting your time pleading, groveling, begging them to understand. To them, like the nation-state, a constitutional monarchy is incompatible with world community and a multicultural, leftist worldview. They are vandals and as such are intent on destroying what historical links remain for succeeding generations to enjoy. That they are our forefather’s trustees, that the ancient institution was passed down to them from the millennia and does not belong to them to do to it as they wish, matters not a wit to them. By siding with them we have everything to lose. By fighting them we do not. Might as well go big or stay at home.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 10:23 p.m. | LINKS |
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