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August 13, 2006
Lefty Lexicon
Occassionally the Monk slips his moorings and wanders into the field of unusual blogdom, like the ConservativeHome.blogs.com, the blog for Conservative Party members with something to say. And this one certainly hit the button. The gentleman is named Inigo Wilson, an unusual name to say the least and a very good writer. His piece on the language of the left is worth a read, in fact it should be an essential read for anyone who, like me, feels that the left have highjacked our language and our heritage and tried to advance their agenda by denigrating every effort to raise the English people out of the image of drunken yob football supporter.
I guess you could say that I am an old fashioned patriot, proud of being British, but at the same time proud of my English heritage. I am not a member of any political party and do not intend to be, I believe in exercising my vote to elect the person who seems to offer the best hope of actually representing what I believe to be good for the majority - not for some disaffected minority who don't want to live here or wish to recreate the slum they escaped to come here. I am sick to death of being told that "poisitive discrimination" is good because it "redresses" "Historic" or "Institutional" imbalances in anything from race to sexual orientation and blue eyes versus brown. In my book discrimination is discrimination and totally unacceptable for any reason at all!
It frequently seems that the Scots, the Welsh, Muslims and any other "victim" minority can say what they like and behave very badly towards the English, but heaven help any white male "Englishman" who attempts to assert his right to freedom of speech. No, I think I can be glad of people like Inigo Wilson and his attempt to get a wider awareness of the Left's abuse of our labnguage and the heritage that underpins our entire society.
Posted by The Gray Monk at August 13, 2006 11:44 AM
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You may be interested to hear that Inigo Wilson has been suspended from his job because of the article you link to.
Posted by: The Future's Bright at August 15, 2006 08:50 PM
Big Brother is watching you! So much for our much vaunted freedom of speech and thought. Welcome to Blair's Socialist Republic.
Posted by: The Gray Monk at August 16, 2006 09:03 AM
Ha ha - Blair's Socialist Republic? Blair doesn't have a socialist bone in his body. He's more right wing than Maggie Thatcher was if that's possible. I'm glad Inigo Wilson was suspended - what a bigotted dick. You don't think that the millions of Muslims and anti-racist Orange subscribers would be somewhat offended by the ignorant bile he spewed on that blog? Bye bye Inigo - good luck with the next job and keep your fascistic thoughts to yourself next time.
Posted by: John at August 16, 2006 12:10 PM
Dear John, it helps if you remember that left and right in politics are interchangeable - go far enough in either direction and you wind up closing the circle. We now have more socialist strictures and bureaucracy than at any time in the history of Socialist "democracies" with single parties and rigged elections to keep their "socialist" government's in power. Inigo's list simply hits the flaws in the PC "New Speak" and if it really hurts some peoples sensitivities - it could be because it actually hurts to have some of the cherished mantras exposed for what they are, empty and meaningless.
Posted by: The Gray Monk at August 17, 2006 06:25 AM
I look forward to Inigo Wilson's next article about his insights into the workings of Job Centres.
Posted by: P45 at August 17, 2006 10:59 AM
I do find it very interesting that there are a number of people out there who seem to think it fitting that someone can be fired for expressing a view which evidently differs from theirs. While I do not agree with a very wide range of commonly held views on a number of issues, I am prepared to defend to the death every individuals right to express their view - even where I find that view repugnant. I detest the view in current mode that some nebulous "moral majority" should be allowed to dictate what we say and what we think.
That is morally indefensible particularly as that is the mindset that leads to burning witches!
Posted by: The Gray Monk at August 18, 2006 10:47 AM