tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post4839246269529525753..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: The Tories should save money by recycling their old election postersScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-4051767227632464572015-01-27T02:45:35.643+00:002015-01-27T02:45:35.643+00:00Plenty of "mean - spirited Marxist goofballs&...Plenty of "mean - spirited Marxist goofballs" at the American academic slum which produced this Communist claptrap :<br /><br /> http://www.dailycal.org/2015/01/20/occupy-syllabus/Colin G Finlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-35797741115838081302015-01-22T20:13:49.277+00:002015-01-22T20:13:49.277+00:00I still shudder at the thought that I might have w...I still shudder at the thought that I might have wound up being taught by some mean-spirited Marxist goofball - great stroke of luck getting Roger!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-4798589094712598962015-01-20T05:16:10.240+00:002015-01-20T05:16:10.240+00:00Before the superlative sourness of Socialism made ... Before the superlative sourness of Socialism made the word 'privileged' a noxious pejorative, I'd have congratulated you, Scott, on being privileged with regard to the opportunity of being under the tutelage of Dr Scruton.Colin G Finlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-74291282833559994252015-01-20T00:44:59.714+00:002015-01-20T00:44:59.714+00:00"I propose to call this state of mind oikopho..."I propose to call this state of mind oikophobia, by which I <br />mean (stretching the Greek a little) the repudiation of <br />inheritance and home. Oikophobia is a stage through which <br />the adolescent mind normally passes. But it is a stage in <br />which some people—intellectuals especially—tend to <br />become arrested. As George Orwell pointed out, intellectu- <br />als on the Left are especially prone to it, and this has often <br />made them willing agents of foreign powers."<br /><br />A brilliant passage from one of my old tutor's most trenchant essays. It's disgraceful that this great Englishman hasn't been awarded a knighthood or a peerage. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-12834312049155307342015-01-18T20:51:21.366+00:002015-01-18T20:51:21.366+00:00Very interesting post.
Your mention of 'oiks&...Very interesting post.<br /><br />Your mention of 'oiks' reminded me of the term oikophobia, a word coined by the great Roger Scruton :<br /><br /> http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs49-8.pdfColin G Finlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-68475801949137063872015-01-18T16:42:29.761+00:002015-01-18T16:42:29.761+00:00...with her friend, Shawneezza, screaming: "L......with her friend, Shawneezza, screaming: "Leave him, Brit! 'E's not worf it!"Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-22943970838985628782015-01-18T16:11:12.080+00:002015-01-18T16:11:12.080+00:00I rather fear Britannia would have to be redrawn t...I rather fear Britannia would have to be redrawn to suit the current mores - perhaps a few dozen piercings, a yard of tattoos and an offspring of indeterminate hue clutching at her skirt (which would end somewhere about her waist).<br /><br />As for the ape... GCoopernoreply@blogger.com