Marriage: Love or Stability

Marriage: Love or Stability

If the individual is the supreme being in a Liberal society, where does that leave marriage? 

A Marriage is a bonding of two people, one man and one woman for life, or at least that is what it was and it is still how most people think of marriage. Marriage exists to provide the stability that no other human institution can provide. A stability that is important to society and the individual. Of course we all want to be in a loving relationship but that isn’t why marriage exists. It’s quite possible to have a loving relationship outside of marriage. 

So why is marriage important? Because it announces the seriousness of the relationship to the entire world, it announces that they are exclusive to each other, the desire that it last forever as well as the desire to produce children in a stable family. Marriage is the anchor that secures families, making the family, the building block of society.

What marriage is not, is perfection, it is a human institution which means that it has the failings that humans have. But the first of many Liberal attacks against marriage was the idea that marriage is primarily about love and not about the stability of society. Once love is put forward as the primary reason for two people to get married it implies that happiness is the goal of marriage. We all want to be happy, but what happens when you find yourself married but unhappy? Logically you must unmarry. 

Of course people being people life is more complex than that. But life, people and a marriage change over time and the things that are important today may be less important tomorrow. Which means that what makes us happy today may not make us happy in a years time, but might again in the future. Happiness and unhappiness are rarely permanent, circumstances change and we must live through those changes. But if marriage is about happiness why would you stay if you are unhappy?

The benefits of marriage are discarded, benefits which can include companionship, monogamous sex, economy, friendship and mutual support amongst other things. Marriage is a picnic, you go on a journey with a friend and eat good food. Of course sometimes arguments break out, the food goes bad, ants get on the sweets, you sit on a prickle all of those things are a part of life. Life happens in marriage and outside of marriage, it is a mistake to think that the life that happens inside of a marriage can be fixed by ending a marriage. 

Liberalism and it's belief in the individual, planted the seed, that if marriage does not fulfill than it should be discarded. 

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The First Month

The First Month

I had been thinking about starting a blog for months but a month ago I decided to stop thinking about it and just start it. My plan was to post every day, well that hasn't quite worked but this will be my 21st Post so I'm not going to be too hard on myself. What I have found encouraging is seeing that people are looking at the site and both seeing visitors from the same countries as well as seeing visitors from new countries.

I thought I would give you a view of this site, the view that I get from looking at the stats that Blogger provides me with. I basically get 4 indicators showing me who is looking at the site.

1. What time someone looks at the site
2. What country that person is in
3. What browser is being used &
4. What operating system is being used

But I get each piece of information separately so the only way I could know that was all about the same person was if only 1 person looked at the site within a 24 hour period, which has never happened.

I started the site on the 11th of March and got 6 views, my worst day was the 16th of March when I only got 4 visitors. The best was 19th of March, two days after Mr. Mark Richardson linked to me from his Ozconservative site, that day I received 109 visitors. The average now a month later is roughly 20 visitors a day.

Here is the visitors list for the top 10 countries this month

 

Entry	Pageviews
Australia	299
United States	264
Germany	75
Canada	37
Bulgaria	26
United Kingdom	23
New Zealand	16
South Korea	13
Russia	7
Indonesia	6

Australia and the United States have consistently been the biggest countries for visitors, Thanks!

Germany started small but has grown big as the month wore on, interestingly when I have received big numbers from Germany on a particular day, I noticed that there was also a big jump in people looking at the site at the same time. Which makes me wonder if it is a class or group looking at the site at the same time. Anyway glad to have you on board!

I must admit I never thought I would have a readership in Bulgaria nor in South Korea. South Korea has been consistent so I think it's return visitors. Bulgaria has doubled since the start of the month. To the visitors from both countries I say good to see you here!

Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand have been a little disappointing to be honest. They jumped on early and jumped off again quite quickly. Slowly some visitors from my fellow Commonwealth realms have turned up, to which I say good stuff, keep it up!

Russia gave me 6 visitors in one day and another today, I hope it continues to grows!

Indonesia gave me some visitors this week and I've received some more visitors, not sure if it's the same people or new ones but the more the merrier.

I have also received some visitors from Ireland, Sweden, Brazil, South Africa, China, Malaysia and Singapore for a total of around 820 visitors (both one time and returnees) for the month.

I hope I have provided some food for thought with my posts. As well as the knowledge that there are Traditional Conservatives around and that we share a common cause regardless of where we live. Love your Nation but never forget that we are in an International fight and we need to build local, national and International networks that are mutually supporting to stand a chance in this very long war.

Back to normal posting in a day or so.

Yours Sincerely

Mark Moncrieff

Racist, Sexist, Homophobe

Racist, Sexist, Homophobe

When someone is called a racist, sexist, homophobe or similar, many think it is used as a description, to describe that person’s attitude or opinion. But the reality is a supporter of Liberalism has noticed that race, sex or sexual orientation has been noticed. You’re not supposed to notice those things, you are only supposed to notice the individual. 

The fact that every person is noticed by every other person by their sex and race is an inconvenience that must either be ignored or denied. The aim is to be able to ignore the opinion of the “racist”, “sexist”, “homophobe”. To shut them up and shame them, to put doubt in other people’s minds about the accuracy of what was said. 

If you can, challenge the supporter of Liberalism, ask them to physically describe you. Make sure they include your race and sex, if they don’t put the description in yourself. If they do ask them why it’s ok for them but not for you. 

You don’t even need an answer, in most cases you will have done to them what they tried to do to you.



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The Stages of Liberal Reform

The Stages of Liberal Reform

A new and controversial idea or policy is being debated:

No-Fault Divorce

Multiculturalism

Homosexual Marriage

Etc.

Step 1

“Everyone should support this….what can it hurt!”

Then we find out it does hurt and in fact causes serious problems, the Liberal replies:

Step 2

“How were we to know!”

First the denial of the problem, then we are left with finding an answer, but the Liberal has that covered as well:

Step 3

“We didn’t go far enough in our reform! What we need now is more not less”

Step 4

Repeat Steps 1, 2 & 3 until the money, public support and/or the effects are so bad that the Liberal is stopped.



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Who wins when Liberalism wins?

Who wins when Liberalism wins?

When the individual is supreme, society as we understand it will not exist. The individual will be their own religion, society, political unit and family. How will that work?

 In short it cannot work.

 So what would Liberal victory look like? Liberalism is unworkable and it is only the ability to make “unprincipled exceptions” that give it the illusion that it can work. Liberalism will produce unstable economies and therefore unstable military power. If the individual is King, who in the Army can be the General? If an Army cannot have a General how exactly would you fight wars, let alone win wars? 

Here we see the unprincipled exception again. 

Liberalism will ignore Liberalism simply because it must. That’s leaves the rest of us with no support, not even Liberalism to pretend to fall back on. The end result will be the triumph of some other political system, again simply because it must. The only question is how long that takes.



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The Unprincipled Exception

The Unprincipled Exception

The Conservative writer Lawrence Auster wrote about the Unprincipled Exception. Were by Liberals say one thing but live their lives in a totally different way. For example the fact is that many supporters of Liberalism are married with families, how can they oppose the family if they are so eager to marry and have children? 

Here is a big problem because while they live very traditional lives their backing of Liberalism supports policies that seem nice on the surface but that are very destructive. The lack of full time jobs is a major factor in the decline of marriage, how do you support a family without a regular income? 

They support their family but not other families, they support their marriage but not the institution of marriage. To support Liberalism is to support policies that are destructive to the family. How can someone support Liberalism and have a family? 

That’s why it’s called the Unprincipled Exception. 

Now have a look around and notice how common it is.



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The Essence of Liberalism

The Essence of Liberalism

The essence of Liberalism is that the individual is supreme and if something is good for the individual and bad for society, then society loses. The problem is that everyone is a member of society, Liberalism in effect says “everyone loses" . 

Liberalism believes that the individual can create their own society, therefore they can reject conventional society. That is the road to loneliness and the atomisation of our Civilization, it’s breaking apart, it’s balkanisation. 

The constant need to build a society that the individual can be part of, the constant agitation that would be our life, never resting. How can that be the victory of the individual?



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