Tea at Trianon: An Epidemic of Ungrateful Americans

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Thursday, July 18, 2019

An Epidemic of Ungrateful Americans

From Dr. Sebastian Gorka:

Right now, two of the biggest controversies in America are tied to two of the most prominent women in our society today, and the backlash they have rightfully earned. Representative Ilhan Omar, ever since being elected to Congress last year, has done nothing but preach about how America is an “evil,” “racist,” or “oppressive” society. She shreds our history and traditions so as to portray our country as the boogeyman that she believes it to be, even if this flies in the face of reality.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has called her out for the most obvious sin she has committed with this attitude: Ungratefulness. As an immigrant from an impoverished nation, rife with real oppression and injustice, Omar came to America and was blessed with all the privileges and happiness that this country has to offer, even being elevated to the United States House of Representatives. Yet she still continues to decry America as racist, oppressive, and unjust, despite all of the good fortune she has received from this nation.

The same can be said of the now-infamous co-captain of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, Megan Rapinoe. She too was able to rise to such fame and wealth because of the opportunity that the United States of America offers to all its citizens. Yet she has used her newfound prominence as a soapbox from which to trash America, disrespect the National Anthem, and even drop our flag to the ground and step on it moments after winning the World Cup.

Yet the FakeNews Industrial Complex would have us believe that such figures as Omar and Rapinoe are fighters for a “just cause,” and that backlash to their anti-Americanism is simply bigotry, racism, or sexism. But it’s none of these things. At the end of the day, it’s as simple as calling out any other whining, ungrateful child who simply has no idea how privileged and blessed they really are, that they have the right to criticize the very country that gave them everything. (Read more.)

julygirl said...: In many countries her rants would not be met with the statement, "If you don't like this country go back to your own country." Instead, one would never hear from her again because she would be locked up or mysteriously disappear.; July 19, 2019 at 3:16:00 PM EDT