https://t.me/MorgothsReview/1172

Andrew Sullivan is a man who, while claiming to be a faithful Catholic and a conservative, made a career of disparaging social conservatives and advocating for “gay marriage.” He has not once, to my knowledge, regretted his position.

This letter got out of hand. WAAAY too long, and yes, there will be a video recording this week. https://fiddlersgreene.substack.com/p/on-folk-culture-and-the-extended

Can anyone make sense of this Car-crash blog post? It’s insane reaction after insane reaction piling on top of each other until nothing makes sense. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-coming-race-crack-up-critical-race-theory/

This but unironically

The Crowder vs. Ethan Klein / Sam Sedar debacle is instructive about the absolute state of online discourse as demanded by the people who watch YouTube. The unspoken rules about what people want and who “wins” debates. Crowder ran from a fight after his first interlocutor hid behind a pinch hitter. Because of that he “loses” but really if he had done anything else (including just insulting his guest) he would have “won”.

What bullshit is this? Everyone who does YT has people they don’t want to talk to. For example if the same thing happened to me with a debate crashed by a troll (let’s call him “el presidente”), the most rational thing would be to hang up and save everyone’s time since I have nothing to say to that person. But that would be “losing”. Instead however, I could just drop the debate subject and verbally abuse “el presidente” until he left thus “winning” but not advancing the dialectic.

Therefore by YT standards “boundaries + agree to disagree” = losing, “time wasting drama with no point” = winning.

Hard times seem to have fallen on my family (not me directly, and not financial). I would appreciate any prayers.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes and prayers. I am alright, but production is definitely going to be slow for a while.

New video (basically the previous SubStack letter) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egocM2jzLPs

We just had to unenroll our child from daycare because they changed their policy to teach “anti-racism” through “role-playing and creative play”. This is for 2-year-olds.

People make fun of culture warriors but this is serious harm. Losing child care coming into a new community where one doesn’t have friends is a big deal.

People are laughing at this rightly. But I can’t help but think back to the insight of Angela Nagle who pointed out that the Biden administration would very likely try to execute a Thermidorian dial back of their own activist class. For this reason alone, no one should take too much comfort. Better the honest insanity of activist true believers than the cynical lies of the ruling class.

One of my most controversial political opinions corresponds to my wierdest Warhammer 40k sympathy: a strange fascination with everyone's favorite villains, The Word Bearers. Although the original plot decision to put the blame of evil at the feet of a failed religious pilgrimage always felt cringe-fedora-atheist to me, the description of Lorgar and his doomed legion does expose a critical human archetype.

There is a person, a kind of person, who needs something more than crude materialism. They would throw themselves beneath the most depraved idols and insane ideologies because the alternative is so stifling. They would rather be cultists than small-souled bug men with no purpose.

As things darken, there are two types of people who will defect from the establishment. The first, a group who I have no interest in meeting, are the people who are working for the establishment because it is powerful. The second is a group of people who are working for the establishment because it is something to BELIEVE. The second group are the natural followers, but they are also the natural seekers. They make the greatest devils but also the greatest saints. It is hard to admit, but necessary, the most objectionable AntiFa fanatic is likely more capable of focused devotion than I will ever be.

The MorgCast 7: A conversation with Hiraeth

https://odysee.com/@MorgothReviews:5/morgcast7:1?

Lol

The modern left doesn’t even try anymore:

https://youtu.be/b5jg9fk4MeQ&t=21:55

Kinda the mood: https://youtu.be/sqPiIEajrBk

Some members of the community are starting a book club network and they have new groups people could join:

Sun and Steel by Yukio Mishima (weekly on Thursday at 12:30 pm EST; ebook provided; first discussion on July 8th on discord)
The Myth of Liberalism by John Safranek (weekly on Tuesday at 6pm EST; ebook provided; first discussion on July 13th on telegram)
Event, Origin, Center by Adam Katz (weekly on Saturday at 3pm EST; link to article provided; first discussion on July 3rd on discord)
The Philosophy of John Duns Scotus by Antonie Vos (weekly on Thursdays at 5pm EST; ebook provided; first discussion on July 1st on discord)
The True History of the American Revolution by Sydney George Fisher (fortnightly on Saturday at 5pm EST starting on chapter 10; ebook provided; first discussion on July 10th on telegram)

They are also looking for those interested in leading their own groups. Please message Hector R. to get a link to the group you're interested in. He will comment in the trend under this post.

My New video premiers at 19.00 tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC9g2cn7dfk

Pride month teaches us one thing. There is a deep and abiding connection between being “fake” and being “gay”.

Why do people on the right hate Lauren Southern? She seems to be doing pretty good work.

They apparently destroyed this statue today. Good memories there while it stood.