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Post by cato on Apr 10, 2019 20:14:44 GMT
The so called UK "conservative" government have today fired England's most influential living philosopher for hate speech , racism bla bla blah etc uttered in a New Statesman Article. Scruton had strangely been given a job on a state junket set up to beautify British buildings and was fired for his extremist views.
Scruton talked about George Soros and anti Jewish prejudice in Hungary - this got him convicted as a jew hater and by characterizing the Chinese government as creating robots among its citizens he proved he was a sinophobic racist!!
This nonsense is similar to the deceitful twisting of remarks that led to the expulsion of Kevin Myers into the desert. Scruton has had a long history of persecution from real Marxists in the Soviet bloc and later their craven disciples in the free west.
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Post by Tomas on Apr 12, 2019 7:28:58 GMT
The most silly low mark news of the whole week. How can they even want to do such a thing? Nastiness knows no boundaries. So unfair.
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Post by cato on Apr 12, 2019 11:10:57 GMT
The sly nastiness in twisting remarks about the evils of Chinese communism which has created uniform masses with no historical memory is simply wicked. This has nothing to do with "racism". China has various nationalities and languages among its population contrary to popular stereotypes.
I wonder has the author ever penned a piece on the viliest tyranny in existence today or does he doff the cap to the new Empire on the global block as do most of our politicians and media types?
The author of the New Statesman piece ambushed Scruton who wrote a Wine column for the N.S. in the past and then toasted his sacking with a photo were he held up a glass of champagne. Real classy. Being a thuggish creep is no longer frowned on alas.
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Post by cato on Apr 12, 2019 11:14:46 GMT
The most silly low mark news of the whole week. How can they even want to do such a thing? Nastiness knows no boundaries. So unfair. Of course the wider agenda is to silence all critics on the right and to create ideological uniformity. Turning us all into left wing robots to slightly misquote Rodger Scruton. |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Apr 12, 2019 13:06:59 GMT
It's surprising Scruton received his (well-deserved) knighthood. I was even surprised at the time. I wonder does this show some dissent from the consensus at Buckingham Palace?
Much of the time Scruton is treated like a kind of protected species, even rather affectionately, by the chattering classes. He does have plentiful access to the media. Obviously this is not viewed favourably by some of the more extreme progressives, and they wanted to take him down in some way.
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Post by Tomas on Apr 12, 2019 13:17:25 GMT
The most silly low mark news of the whole week. How can they even want to do such a thing? Nastiness knows no boundaries. So unfair. Of course the wider agenda is to silence all critics on the right and to create ideological uniformity. Turning us all into left wing robots to slightly misquote Rodger Scruton. Power PC may get away with murder and wage hate (sic) against those who make common sense statements against maddening agendas and vile machinations. But to what gain? If Power itself be an all compassing motive, how does that win mainstream voting points in the long run? Strange unintelligible evil. Emptiness in motion... |
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Post by cato on Apr 12, 2019 17:18:20 GMT
Among his various qualifications Scruton is , if memory serves me right, a qualified barrister. He's probably too much of a gentleman but if I was in his shoes I d sue the pants of the New Statesman for libel.
These creeps who like to bully sack and excommunicate those whose views they dislike are usually cowards who should be hit financially and socially for their devious nastiness.
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Post by Tomas on Apr 12, 2019 21:32:01 GMT
Among his various qualifications Scruton is , if memory serves me right, a qualified barrister. He's probably too much of a gentleman but if I was in his shoes I d sue the pants of the New Statesman for libel. These creeps who like to bully sack and excommunicate those whose views they dislike are usually cowards who should be hit financially and socially for their devious nastiness. Junk press may be upsetting but the main problem must be the political PC sacking itself and not the press (if politicians blame the press it can hardly excuse their own decisions since there is no necessity or legal force against taking a solid stance without faking regard to lowly PC opinion storms). Simply impossible to see any reason for sacking him, other than nasty "popularity points". |
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Post by cato on Aug 1, 2019 15:12:59 GMT
In a postscript to the above debacle I hear that the relevant UK minister James Berkshire who sacked Scruton originally has now written to him asking him to return to his advisory role. Sir Rodger has equally graciously accepted. All's well that ends well.
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Post by cato on Aug 15, 2019 9:37:13 GMT
Rodger Scruton has announced he is seriously ill from cancer. I am sure he would appreciate prayers at this difficult time.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Aug 15, 2019 9:38:32 GMT
Rodger Scruton has announced he is seriously ill from cancer. I am sure he would appreciate prayers at this difficult time. Very sad news! |
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Post by cato on Jan 12, 2020 22:17:30 GMT
Roger Scruton died earlier today. May his soul rest in peace.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jan 15, 2020 12:35:48 GMT
Roger Scruton died earlier today. May his soul rest in peace. I liked this quotation from the BBC obituary. I think it goes to the heart of conservatism.
"He told the Guardian he became a Conservative when visiting Paris during the 1968 student protests, which he saw as an "unruly mob of self-indulgent middle-class hooligans" professing "ludicrous Marxist gobbledegook".
"I knew I wanted to conserve things rather than pull them down," he said.www.bbc.com/news/uk-51084248 |
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Post by cato on Jan 21, 2020 12:18:46 GMT
I was moved by the death of Sir Rodger Scruton , a man I never met in real life. He always struck me as larger than life and a character to admire.
He wrote around 50 books mainly philosophical but also on music , wine the environment and fiction. There are one or two books due to be published this year so we may have a Scruton book for every week of the year. Most of his works demand serious attention. They are thought provoking and stretch the mind , not always easy to read but well worth the struggle. He was a good and wise teacher.
Unlike many activists Scruton put his own life at risk by helping freedom in Eastern Europe during Marxist tyranny especially in his beloved Czechoslovakia.He was a man of wry humour, who valued high culture in a barbaric age were trash is king. His dignified response to his reputation mugging by a leftist thug from the New Statesman showed true chivalry still exists.
Strangely he was not a unionist believing Britishness to be a construct. He held England and Scotland were distinct nations.Despite being called Thatchers favourite philosopher there is no real evidence for much influence on her outlook or policies.
His work remains after his body has been laid to rest. Thanks to technology we can watch and listen to his wisdom and wit. His books will be read for decades to come and will please God inspire many to rediscover tradition , virtue and the truth . It's a good legacy to leave behind. I trust he has now found a little patch of earth that is forever England. A place to enjoy nature , good conversation , good wine and fine music.
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