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  • American History Series: Cosmopolitanism and the Postwar Consensus

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 20th 2020 5:26pm EDT

    Conservatives must take a stand on Demographics @NickJFuentes pic.twitter.com/FMisovfV0q— Zoomer Patriot (@PatriotZoomer) July 20, 2020 I see that Nick Fuentes is banging his fists against the postwar consensus. Have you ever wondered why American conservatives are unable to defend themselves from the -isms and -phobias which are critiques and therapies which grew out of the […]

  • The Sovereignty of the Individual

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 20th 2020 2:41pm EDT

    We’re covered in shit. As I started at this graffiti covered statue of Robert E. Lee while dipping my feet in a swimming pool on a hot summer day, it hit me. It seems like this is all we do now. It has become a routine. We wake up in the morning, check the news, […]

  • American History Series: George Fitzhugh on The False Philosophy Of The Age

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 19th 2020 5:48pm EDT

    Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress. As we wait for the Portland riots to resume tonight on the West Coast, I am continuing to reread and reflect upon George Fitzhugh’s book Cannibals All! or, Slaves Without Masters: “The moral philosophy of our age, (which term we generically use to include Politics, Ethics, and […]

  • Anarchy, Plus a Street Constable

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 18th 2020 4:56pm EDT

    These scenes of chaos coming out of Portland continue to bring to mind Thomas Carlyle’s famous quip about the future of America: “Anarchy, plus a street constable”: that is also anarchic to me, and other than quite lovely! I foresee, too, that, long before the waste lands are full, the very street-constable, on these poor […]

  • “Civil Rights Icon” John Lewis Is Finally Dead

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 18th 2020 3:44pm EDT

    A giant. A legendary leader. A civil rights icon. A human saint. Here’s how friends, colleagues and admirers are remembering John Lewis, who died on Friday at 80. https://t.co/TqYSgLL5ex pic.twitter.com/RJYsWeM6ZR— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 18, 2020 We are made in the image of God, and then there is John Lewis. He was truly […]

  • Why The Conservative Party Conserves Nothing

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 17th 2020 7:03pm EDT

    Conservative liberalism is a worldwide failure. It is the same way here and stems from the same causes.

  • Andrew Sullivan Resigns From New York Magazine

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 17th 2020 3:01pm EDT

    We live in a strange world. In this world, I am the “bigot” and “extremist” and the underground “hate group.” And yet, I have read Andrew Sullivan over the years and it has never occurred to me to hate or despise the man or to whip up a mob to silence him. Sure, he is […]

  • Liberalism and Leftism

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 16th 2020 8:08pm EDT

    It is hard to say which is worse. I want to draw a distinction. This might be confusing to some readers. When I criticize “woke supremacy,” I am referring to Woke people whose worldview is based on Critical Social Justice Theory. These people are leftists and their intellectual roots trace back ultimately to the Frankfurt […]

  • Southern History Series: George Fitzhugh on The Sickness of Free Society

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 15th 2020 11:14am EDT

    After the events of the last month and a half, I am continuing to reread George Fitzhugh whose critique of liberalism and free-market capitalism have shaped my views toward our current social order. We’re moving on now to his second book, Cannibals All! or, Slaves Without Masters. “My chief aim has been to shew, that […]

  • The Tory Tradition

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 14th 2020 9:02pm EDT

    I’ve long hated the word “conservative.” I have never identified with mainstream conservatism in the United States. More recently, I have started using the term “conservative liberal” to describe these people in order to better contrast them with my own worldview. I’m a natural conservative but not in the same sense as those people. I […]

  • American History Series: Review: Sociology for the South, or, The Failure of Free Society

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 13th 2020 6:51pm EDT

    George Fitzhugh, Sociology for the South, or, The Failure of Free Society The 1840s and 1850s were a time much like our own. In the wake of the Second Great Awakening, an endless tidal wave of moral condemnation of the South poured forth from the Eastern press and Eastern politicians. Inspired by George Bancroft’s vision […]

  • Patrick Deneen: Liberalism Has Failed

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 11th 2020 9:41pm EDT

    Editor’s Note: Eventually, the woke mob will topple the Statue of Liberty for being offensive after blowing up Mount Rushmore and the Washington Monument. Yes, I have healthy Old English Tory sympathies which used to be present in the Old South, being brought here by way of Colonial Virginia, Barbados, Colonial South Carolina, etc. pic.twitter.com/uJyiNUehwc— […]

  • John Locke and The American Founding

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 11th 2020 4:52pm EDT

    Jonah Goldberg makes an important point. The Dispatch: “Embedded deep in this idea is a recognition that talking about freedom is a winning issue with Americans because Americans actually value freedom a great deal. This goes to the heart of one of my main disagreements with Deneen and Hazony, who seem convinced that John Locke […]

  • McCloskeys Served With Search Warrant

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 11th 2020 12:22pm EDT

    BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We’re told weapon(s) seized. We’ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p – PLUS, Missouri @AGEricSchmitt joins us LIVE @FoxNews @FoxNewsNight— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) July 11, 2020 How dark is this country about to get? […]

  • Trans Effie: The Progressive Ideal of Beauty

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 10th 2020 10:15pm EDT

    In the final issue of The Charleston Mercury, Robert Barnwell Rhett described our regional cultural divide this way: “The South, a more tolerant and congenial region, did not like change and revered the past, while the North, “fond of novelties, misnamed “progress,” was the slave of its own dogmatism.” This was a common refrain in […]

  • The Anti-Racism Crisis, Explained

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 10th 2020 5:59pm EDT

    The Economist is worried that this anti-racism obsession has begun to spiral out of control and is devouring liberalism. The Economist: “Liberalism—the Enlightenment philosophy, not the American left—starts with the assertion that all human beings have equal moral worth. From that stem equal rights for all. Libertarians see those principles as paramount. For left-leaning liberals, […]

  • Response to Thomas Main 3

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 9th 2020 10:48pm EDT

    Editor’s Note: I’m running this in its entirety. I am pretty sure that I have copied and pasted the whole thing this time. My response is below. Dear Mr. Wallace: For a second time you have not honored my stipulation that the material I sent you “be run in its entirety and without edits.” In […]

  • Southern History Series: George Fitzhugh on The Conservative Principle

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 8th 2020 11:38pm EDT

    The following excerpt comes from George Fitzhugh’s essay “The Conservative Principle; or, Social Evils and Their Remedies” which appeared in the April 1857 edition of DeBow’s Review. “Society requires “reversed action.” All its chords are unstrung; they must be screwed up to greater tensity. Visionary schismatics and speculative philosophers seized upon the reformation, and have […]

  • Response to Thomas Main

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 8th 2020 3:17pm EDT

    Thomas Main has responded to my challenge and emailed me response to my article, “The Left Hates The American Founding.” “Dear Mr. Wallace:Thanks for the invitation to respond to your comments on my post about “All Men Are Created Equal.” We live in interesting times! The Far Left has launched the most brazen assault on […]

  • San Francisco Supervisor Introduces The CAREN Act

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 8th 2020 5:38am EDT

    City officials in San Francisco are introducing the ‘CAREN’ Act to outlaw racially motivated 911 calls.It stands for “Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies.” pic.twitter.com/YemlHB08ks— UberFacts (@UberFacts) July 8, 2020 Racist 911 calls are unacceptable that’s why I’m introducing the CAREN Act at today’s SF Board of Supervisors meeting. This is the CAREN we need. Caution […]

  • Martinez Residents Charged With “Hate Crime” For Covering Up Black Lives Matter Mural

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 8th 2020 5:16am EDT

    In case you didn’t already know, the message is far more important than the medium. Painting over a street gets you arrested. Putting up a sticker gets you arrested. Standing on a building gets you arrested. But violent rioting, looting, vandalism? Oh well, that’s just how it is. https://t.co/SKfox1wvK9— Ashley Rae Groypenberg (@Communism_Kills) July 7, […]

  • The Left Hates The American Founding

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 6th 2020 7:51pm EDT

    I had a good laugh reading this article by Thomas Main. I don’t think I have read anything more shamelessly dishonest and hypocritical in my life. “This past Saturday was the 4th of July, the day that all Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence and its most iconic phrase “all men are […]

  • New York City Charges Central Park Karen

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 6th 2020 3:22pm EDT

    Lawlessness in NYC pic.twitter.com/zZjg14PcqN— Clark Pena (@ClarkPenaEH) July 6, 2020 Mugged by a pack of teens while waiting for the bus in Manhattan pic.twitter.com/RVpdPNWigU— Pete Varela (@VarelaPete) July 6, 2020 Lawlessness in NYC ! pic.twitter.com/llLeqm7C1R— Clark Pena (@ClarkPenaEH) July 6, 2020 101 NYers were shot last week. 18 were murdered. The chaos isn’t the result […]

  • Letter From a “Racist”

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 6th 2020 12:21pm EDT

    I know what you think of people like us. I have watched you nearly every day for the past 20 years. In your view, we are “racists” and “white supremacists.” We are the “Alt-Right.” We are “White Nationalists.” We are “extremists.” We are skeptics and reactionaries wedded to the past. In contrast, you are not […]

  • Frederick Douglass Statue Toppled On Anniversary Of His Famous Rochester Speech

    Occidental Dissent - Jul 5th 2020 7:14pm EDT

    Frederick Douglass statue removed at Rochester park https://t.co/NZgPq1RNgm— FOX2now (@FOX2now) July 5, 2020 The woke mob had already torn down monuments of Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Hans Christian Heg and vandalized the 54th Massachusetts Memorial on Boston Common. Democrat and Chronicle: “On the same weekend in which famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass 168 years ago […]