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)
Monday, October 31, 2005
Briser Les Solitudes
Why I am not a multiculturalist
If multiculturalism merely referred to a free expression of one's personal culture and identity (which I totally support), which in the aggregate viewed each culture or sub-culture in a society as contributing unique and valuable cultural aspects to the whole culture, then I would have no issue. But since the official policy uses state power and intervention to preserve the distinctions between cultures at the expense of social integration, of establishing cultural solitudes at the expense of national solidarity, of accentuating—instead of overlooking—our differences through political programs so that politicians can cavort across this country and engage in a quite detestable game of ethnic pandering, then we are talking about something intentionally destructive to the social order and good. In this sense, multiculturalism is just a cleverly concealed name for an ethno-culturally segmented society—apartheid, in other words.
The latter notion is an affront to the pluralistic ideals and traditional values of our country, “glorious and free”. Civically, we are a great nation because we are a free, open, diverse and prosperous people. But this reality has nothing to do with multiculturalism, which is not a civic value and right like freedom, but a utopian ideology that views all cultures equally. The problem with such an ideology is that it requires us to be morally neutral, to tolerate the intolerable, such as abiding by the oppression of women in Islamic cultures. It requires us to eschew our common set of beliefs and assume a posture of indifference. It requires us to forget our shared history because immigrants of Japanese or German ancestry might be offended to learn what we had to do as a people to defend our values. It requires us to forgo traditional Halloween festivities in the classroom because it might offend Wiccans, who might interpret dressing up for trick or treating as a "Christian sexist demonization of pagan religious beliefs". It requires us to lose our Sovereign because "hereditary monarchy is inconsistent with the egalitarian values of a multicultural society". It requires the English to shun their flag so as to not upset British-Muslim prisoners with the Cross of St. George. Eventually, it requires us to lose our identity altogether; to look in the mirror and see the world instead of our country.
The Governor-General doesn’t support this ludicrousness. Her coat of arms was deliberately designed and intended to break apart the solitudes (“briser les solitudes”). Maybe we should take her lead and reaffirm our patriotic loyalty to the one. God save Her Sovereign Majesty the Queen.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 3:00 p.m. | LINKS |
Why I am not a multiculturalist
If multiculturalism merely referred to a free expression of one's personal culture and identity (which I totally support), which in the aggregate viewed each culture or sub-culture in a society as contributing unique and valuable cultural aspects to the whole culture, then I would have no issue. But since the official policy uses state power and intervention to preserve the distinctions between cultures at the expense of social integration, of establishing cultural solitudes at the expense of national solidarity, of accentuating—instead of overlooking—our differences through political programs so that politicians can cavort across this country and engage in a quite detestable game of ethnic pandering, then we are talking about something intentionally destructive to the social order and good. In this sense, multiculturalism is just a cleverly concealed name for an ethno-culturally segmented society—apartheid, in other words. The latter notion is an affront to the pluralistic ideals and traditional values of our country, “glorious and free”. Civically, we are a great nation because we are a free, open, diverse and prosperous people. But this reality has nothing to do with multiculturalism, which is not a civic value and right like freedom, but a utopian ideology that views all cultures equally. The problem with such an ideology is that it requires us to be morally neutral, to tolerate the intolerable, such as abiding by the oppression of women in Islamic cultures. It requires us to eschew our common set of beliefs and assume a posture of indifference. It requires us to forget our shared history because immigrants of Japanese or German ancestry might be offended to learn what we had to do as a people to defend our values. It requires us to forgo traditional Halloween festivities in the classroom because it might offend Wiccans, who might interpret dressing up for trick or treating as a "Christian sexist demonization of pagan religious beliefs". It requires us to lose our Sovereign because "hereditary monarchy is inconsistent with the egalitarian values of a multicultural society". It requires the English to shun their flag so as to not upset British-Muslim prisoners with the Cross of St. George. Eventually, it requires us to lose our identity altogether; to look in the mirror and see the world instead of our country.
The Governor-General doesn’t support this ludicrousness. Her coat of arms was deliberately designed and intended to break apart the solitudes (“briser les solitudes”). Maybe we should take her lead and reaffirm our patriotic loyalty to the one. God save Her Sovereign Majesty the Queen.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 3:00 p.m. | LINKS |
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