The Rot in Academia Has a Long Pedigree
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
As an usher at the TLM we have protocols in place to identify and restrain a possible assailant from doing bodily harm to our parishioners and priest. Locking all doors after the start of Mass and having one of four ushers standing at the entrance of the Church during the Mass as a watchman is now SOP.
Prepare for the worst….as they say.
Things are heating up around the world.
Ushers with CCL’s are not looking forward to the possibility of having to use measures of defense but will do so to protect Our Family. The Church family.
Stay on the island. Trust in God. Remember our eternal home and that life on the island is only for a limited time.
The parallels to today’s protests are even more striking when you know what was going on in Suez and Hungary at the time. The Suez Crisis is sometimes dubbed the Second Arab-Israeli War, pitting Israel, Britain and France vs. Egypt for control of the Suez Canal, which had been under British control for decades until Egyptian President Nasser seized it in July 1956.
The protests that Tolkien was referring to would have been against Britain’s involvement in the conflict, and likely also against Israel. Prime Minister Anthony Eden did resign as a result of the crisis despite his “vote of confidence”. Meanwhile, Hungary was attempting to oust its Communist regime, only to be invaded by the USSR and the rebellion crushed.
The British Establishment has long had a fondness for Arabs and a hatred for Jews.
I didn’t realize when I read “The Flying Inn” that Chesterton had reason to predict the British establishment using Muslims against their citizens. Back in 1914.
“What stink and rot is left by liberalism devoid of religion!”
Pure. Gold.
Out of Liberalism, always nothing new.