A heated debate is currently sweeping through the political
landscape in Norway. The subject of this frenzied verbal mass brawl is whether Norway
has a unique culture or not, and as expected prominent individuals from the hard-left
are frantically trying to silence their opponents by heavy handed use of ridicule,
derision and bullying tactics. They are desperately trying to intimidate others
into accepting their point of view which is that there is no such thing as a unique
Norwegian culture and that what is commonly referred to as such is simply a
mishmash of foreign ideas and imported traditions that Norwegians themselves never
had any control over. To them Norway is simply a terra nullius populated by a
people without roots, customs, history or anything else of any measurable value. The fervour that they display in this
endeavour is on par with that of the rabid communists of the baby boomer
generation who aggressively proselytized about the superiority of communism in
the late sixties and early seventies. And just like the baby boomers before
them they are wilfully engaging in a game of divide and conquer in order to achieve
their insidious political goals at any cost.
They have of course strong ideological reasons for promulgating
such a political hypothesis and try to ram it down the throats of a gullible
populace. They know very well that if they can trick the masses into accepting that
Norway has no unique culture then they can aggressively argue that Norway cannot
possibly be threatened or destroyed culturally by mass immigration. It stands
to reason that if something doesn’t exist then it cannot possibly be destroyed.
If they are successful in their odious endeavour and have their way Norwegian
culture will be rendered obsolete and meaningless and Norway will simply cease
to be Norway. The logical conclusions of their argument is that Norway could replace
its entire population with Pakistani nationals and still continue to be Norway
as there is no distinctive Norwegian culture. Of course most coherent people
would see the irrationality and absurdity of such a statement.
So why do the hard-left choose to convey views that are so
easy to refute?
They do it because they realize that if a message is
repeated often enough it will eventually start to sink in regardless of its preposterous
conclusions, and by highlighting the ‘inhumane’ and ‘despicable’ nature of
their opponents arguments and views they send out a clear and unambiguous signal
that people should stay away from ‘the unpalatable’ or else pay the
consequences. Their goal is to instil fear and that’s why they rely so heavily
on bullying tactics. They want to control people by intimidation and fear plain
and simple. This modus operandi is of
course not only limited to the question of the ‘elusive’ Norwegian culture it’s
also used on issues such as immigration, homosexuality, gun control and pretty
much any other leftwing social issues one can care to think of. They simply
cannot accept a free, civilised and unbiased exchange of opinions because in
such a scenario their views would quickly be picked apart and squashed under
the heel of logic and rationality.
They also rely heavily on ‘benevolent’ and passive aggressive
argumentation in order to win over the uninformed and the young. They question the motives of anyone who has
the nerve to exalt Norwegian values and are quick to point out that such ‘racist’
drivel only creates an unhealthy ‘us versus them mentality’ which breeds
conflicts that will further alienate the immigrant population and galvanize differences
and animosity rather than alleviate them. Strangely enough the hard-left are quick
to lecture others in a condescending manner that the immense and insurmountable
problems associated with third world mass immigration will sort itself when the
immigrants get a chance by the ‘racist’ Norwegians to integrate, which most
people of course would interpret as a willingness to adopt to our culture and
way of life. ...
Most people however realize that cultures exist and that they
are relatively easy to define. To put it bluntly, a culture is the collective sum
of customs, traditions and values that characterises a specific national or
ethnic group. The easiest way to describe the essence of a particular culture is
to compare it with other cultures. The differences found can then be promoted as
the uniqueness or individuality of the culture in question.
The coexistence of different cultures doesn’t necessarily
mean that they will amalgamate and give birth to a new super culture. There are
numerous examples around the world that would contradict such a claim. The
aboriginals in Australia are still hanging on to their culture after almost 250
years of white rule and many aboriginals are to this day very reluctant to immerse
themselves in Anglo-Saxon mainstream culture. Same thing goes with the US and
Canada and their indigenous populations. Even the Sami people in Norway have fiercely
held on to their traditions, customs and language a fact that the Norwegian authorities
recognize along with the majority of the leftwing agitators who fervently deny
the existence of their own culture.
Unfortunately this is
a point that seems lost upon them, or more likely they chose to ignore it as they
see it as a means to an end, which is the ultimate and total destruction of
their own culture and nation.
