tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post696226641568238914..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Calhoun the Marxist?Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-65374661536171725452017-08-13T15:06:50.460-04:002017-08-13T15:06:50.460-04:00Now I'm somewhat embarrassed to post under it....Now I'm somewhat embarrassed to post under it. He was too great.<br /><br />:)Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-68082017728899331582017-08-13T14:54:22.094-04:002017-08-13T14:54:22.094-04:00Richard Weaver wrote the same praise of the South....Richard Weaver wrote the same praise of the South. He said we nearly reached the levels of Europe's civilisations. He might have used to different wording. We're part of the same civilisation, but Europe was at a higher level in different parts of Europe. The South was nearly there before it was destroyed.<br /><br />I didn't fully appreciate how amazing Weaver was until after I'd adopted this name. Now I'm somewhat embarrassed to post under it. He was too great.Weavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-68928801276279695842017-08-13T13:18:13.080-04:002017-08-13T13:18:13.080-04:00"the South produced the only truly unique and..."the South produced the only truly unique and highly cultivated civilization in American history."<br /><br />That popped out to me also.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-3153796785937684592017-08-13T11:01:27.686-04:002017-08-13T11:01:27.686-04:00Dr. Wilson seems to love Calhoun, so I expect ther...Dr. Wilson seems to love Calhoun, so I expect there's some good in him. I haven't studied him in depth, though I have some of Dr. Wilson's books.<br /><br />Great quote: "the South produced the only truly unique and highly cultivated civilization in American history."<br /><br />That's what I value most about the South: We were civilised, agrarian, and produced an admirable elite. Agrarianism is outdated, but I still like it just as an ideal.<br /><br />And I'm all for decentralisation. I just praise the civilisation aspect first, because that's most important. Before anything we're moral, pious, orderly. Power politics tends to involve evil, but where possible man and a society should aim to serve God and honour his ancestors.Weavernoreply@blogger.com