Obama’s anti-American One-Worldism

(Note: As I discuss here, the rest of the inaugural address is very different from the passage analyzed in this entry.)

Of larger import than Joseph Lowery’s anti-white prayer/ditty is what Obama said in his speech about America and its place in the world. I have not yet read or watched the speech. But the Canadian leftist Ken Hechtman has brought the passage to my attention:

Ken Hechtman writes:

I’m surprised you missed this bit:

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus—and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

Twenty years ago, even ten, you wouldn’t see rhetoric like that coming from a liberal who hoped to get elected to anything. You’d see it in a No One Is Illegal leaflet (or you would have if anybody in NOII could write).

LA replies:

I don’t get your point. He’s embracing the standard “we are all one” liberalism.

Ken Hechtman replies:

Mainstream liberal politicians didn’t used to say it that explicitly.

They’ve never ever acknowledged non-believers as a legitimate part of the American nation before.

And while they’ve talked about the American melting pot for a hundred years, the suggestion that tribal lines can and should dissolve worldwide is a new tone.

LA replies:

This is something for you to celebrate, not me.

Ken Hechtman replies:

Oh, indeed. I just expected you’d have something to say about it.

And I’m restraining my celebration for now. Bill Clinton also gave a good inaugural speech. Within three months his own supporters were wishing for a recount.

LA replies:

I only glanced at the passage before. Now I’ll go through it sentence by sentence and comment:

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.

[He’s downgraded the familiar slogan, “Diversity is our strength,” to “Our patchwork heritage is our strength.” He sees our nation as a patchwork. What a contemptuous way to talk about his own country. But he has to do that, to make America fit himself. For Obama, America is a “mutt nation,” a reflection of himself, since he’s called himself a mutt. ]

We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus—and non-believers.

[Now Muslims, who number about three million in this country, and who only began immigrating here in large numbers 40 years ago, are of equal importance in America as Christians. We are no more a Christian society than we are a Muslim society. A religion that has been at war with Christendom since it was founded 1,400 years ago, a religion commanded by its god to our enslavement and destruction, is of equal importance and deserves equal respect with the historic religion of America.]

We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth;

[more patchwork imagery; America has no coherent identity and existence of its own.]

and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation,

[He’s turned the Civil War—the central, tragic event of American history—into “bitter swill.” Swill in my dictionary is “Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.” That’s what Obama thinks of America and how much feeling he has for American history. Can you imagine Lincoln, Obama’s supposed model, using Obama’s disdainful, vulgar put-down of America? In Obama’s hands, Lincoln’s, “this mighty scourge of war,” would become “this bitter swill of war”; Lincoln’s “The fiery trial through which we pass,” would become, “The bitter swill through which we pass.”]

and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass;

[So, the passing of hatred is now only a hope for the distant future! But Obama’s election was supposedly the certification that the old hatreds (hatred meaning white hatred of course) have passed, and that we’re now beyond race. I guess not. I guess we still have a lot of work to do to extirpate white hatred, as per Joseph Lowery’s prayer, whites have got to “get right.”]

that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

[By juxtaposing “the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve” with “as the world grows smaller,” he is clearly expanding his theme of ending of black-white divisions in America to the idea that all tribal divisions in the world, i.e., all national divisions in the world, must end. He’s calling for the disappearance of all nations and their merging into one humanity, which he calls a “new era of peace.” And America, the multiracial nation, is to lead to the way to this One Humanity.]

So, I see why you are so enthused about that passage in Obama’s speech. It represent your own ideal, as my questioning of you got you to state clearly at VFR last summer:

LA replies:

Yes, yes, of course, all kinds of influences can temporarily weaken Islamic practice and change customs and manners in Islamic countries. But as long as Islam remains Islam, there is always the potential and the likelihood that it will return in force, as has happened over and over in history.

So what’s the advantage of bringing them here? Why do this thing that requires all this social engineering and may fail? Why not just leave them where they are? What is it that drives you?

KH replies:

Because at the end of the day I want one world and one people, not 200 mutually suspicious nation-states and 5000 mutually suspicious tribes. The Brotherhood of Man and all that …

So Obama’s inauguration is a great day for you leftists who seek to destroy the nations of the West. I hope that some day you will get, not what you want, but what you deserve.


Posted by Lawrence Auster at January 21, 2009 01:21 PM | Send
    

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