๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ.
๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ.
The constant reference and retreat to ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ or โ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌโ and ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ is something worth a bit more thought.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ โ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌโ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌย ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ.
๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ.
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ-๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐.
We all intuitively know and understand what is meant by values in the Australian and Western context mean.
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ ๐จ, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฎ๐ฆ, โ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค โ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ.
But when people, playing vague and dumb, pretending not to know, ask about or make reference to values, we immediately know where the conversation is headed and itโs time to move on because youโre about to be embroiled in an argument over cultural and moral relativism.
Think, how theyโve tried to inject values and moral relativism in to any discussion comparing the moral turpitude and barbarity of Hamas with Israelโs right to surgical retaliation.
Itโs quite apparent that for many years there has been, as part of the cultural wars and the attack on Western civilisation and Christianity, an agenda to erode, break down and redefine our very own commonly understood, core values and principles.
The main drivers in this have been the creation of a confected sense of entitlement and victimhood derived from and turbo charged by, identity politics and the all embracing virtues of the left, ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ as embodied in the holy doctrine of DEI.
These twin virtues hold that all cultures are equal, when theyโre clearly not, and therefore all cultural practices and concomitant values are also equal and entitled to respect and automatically accepted and adopted as part of our own core values without scrutiny, comment, judgement or criticism.
We see tolerance as a virtue. As a willingness to accomodate temporarily.
Ideological opponents see and understand it as capitulation. As surrender.
There is no latitude or tolerance for total rejection of any or all such values no matter how offensive. This is where tolerance gets you.
As Karl Popper noted, โ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒโ
This casual, redefinition and race too the bottom of the values barrel is well underway in the west and most people arenโt even aware.