Welcome to my weekly digest for June 3, 2022. For new subscribers, this contains a roundup of my recent writings and podcasts, as well as links to the best articles from around the web this week. You can control what emails you get from me by
I thought Jake Meador's piece was trash. His argument against the idea that America previously had a more positive view about Christianity: don't you know some Christians were racist?
I also very much hate his dumb attempt to associate William Wolfe's obviously true contention that one can only whisper about "black supremacy" with Dabney's assertion that blacks are incapable of self-governance. (And, by so doing, Meador proves Wolfe correct: one can't even mention the idea without being accused of horrible racism.) And it seems incredible that his argument that black people are obviously capable of self-government is because a black slave invented mac and cheese.
Wax writes, "One could make the case that, on this issue, we’ve moved the other way—from negative to neutral to positive, where society now favors a view more favorable to biblical Christianity: that all human beings, regardless of ethnicity, are worthy of respect and dignity and equal protection under the law."
Have we, though? It is true that some things are better, but the prevailing view of the world is that white people are necessarily oppressors, and they can legally be discriminated against (as well as Asians applying to elite colleges). Ironically, Wax seems to not see 2014 as a negative turning point for Christianity, but a positive one; when hating whitey became much more socially acceptable. When he talks about the Southern Pastor praying for the victim of racial discrimination, would he even think of a white person being prayed for?
Aaron is correct; this mindset is only consistent with adopting the woke view of race.
I thought Jake Meador's piece was trash. His argument against the idea that America previously had a more positive view about Christianity: don't you know some Christians were racist?
I also very much hate his dumb attempt to associate William Wolfe's obviously true contention that one can only whisper about "black supremacy" with Dabney's assertion that blacks are incapable of self-governance. (And, by so doing, Meador proves Wolfe correct: one can't even mention the idea without being accused of horrible racism.) And it seems incredible that his argument that black people are obviously capable of self-government is because a black slave invented mac and cheese.
Wax writes, "One could make the case that, on this issue, we’ve moved the other way—from negative to neutral to positive, where society now favors a view more favorable to biblical Christianity: that all human beings, regardless of ethnicity, are worthy of respect and dignity and equal protection under the law."
Have we, though? It is true that some things are better, but the prevailing view of the world is that white people are necessarily oppressors, and they can legally be discriminated against (as well as Asians applying to elite colleges). Ironically, Wax seems to not see 2014 as a negative turning point for Christianity, but a positive one; when hating whitey became much more socially acceptable. When he talks about the Southern Pastor praying for the victim of racial discrimination, would he even think of a white person being prayed for?
Aaron is correct; this mindset is only consistent with adopting the woke view of race.