Saturday, August 16, 2025

The Multi-CultY Paradox of Race and CultURAL Essentialism...

Which Identity/ Affinity Group Should I Hate or Shame This Week?
Which is YOUR god, America?  Poseidon or Athena?

from Google AI:
In Greek mythology, Cecropia was the original name of Athens, named after its legendary first king, Cecrops. Cecrops was depicted as a man with a serpent's tail, and he is credited with bringing civilization to the region by teaching the people important skills like marriage, writing, and burial practices. The city was later renamed Athens in honor of the goddess Athena, after she won a contest against Poseidon to become the city's patron.
The contest involved each offering a gift to the city. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident, creating a saltwater spring, while Athena planted an olive tree. The Athenians chose Athena's gift, the olive tree, as it provided them with food, oil, and wood, symbolizing peace and prosperity. Consequently, the city was renamed Athens in her honor, and Poseidon, angered by the decision, cursed the city with a water shortage.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Water represents Chaos, the Land, Order... the heroes quest is often to challenge the chaos and create order ...Theseus, however challenged the Minotaur's "ordered" labyrinth whereas Alexander the Great simply "cut" the Gordian knot.  One required mind, and knowledge, the other force lacking knowledge.  Which was the greater hero?

What Hero Can Weave the Peplos of Diverse Multi-and-Mono Cultures into One Nation?  Is it possible or even desirable?

9 comments:

Les Carpenter said...

The Truth They Tried to Erase Forever

Les Carpenter said...

When Enough Is Enough

Joanne said...

Jasmine Crockett is just another Democrats who speaks lies with no facts to back them up and these people are like the rats that follow the sound of the pied pipers flute right off the cliff. No substance, no sense, no shame, just selfishness, just a loud mouthed POS.!

Anonymous said...

Every single Democrat who used holocaust comparison and inversions and distorted the history will remain absolutely silent about this. Something that actually echos what the Holocaust was. A starving emaciated suffering Jewish man being forced to dig his own grave because he is Jewish. And NONE of you will speak up for him. Everyone who exploited my history will stay shamelessly silent on this. Too scared to speak up for jews like the complicit people In Europe who came before you.
“I didn’t know this was happening”. Your ignorance is not my problem. Ask yourself why you don’t know this was happening, why the media doesn’t report on it, why you social justice causes and Instagram accounts you follow don’t bring attention to it and Demand better. And by the way, that's exactly the reason why I switched from a Democrat, to a Donald Trump Supported. and I now vote Republican.

Joe Conservative said...

A bit heavy on the Lion-No-Nihilism side... could use more "child" (Affirming 'Yes').

Joe Conservative said...

Not bad overall, though.

Joe Conservative said...

Better... but still a bit too heavy on the "temperance" angle for my taste. Silence is often taken for affirmation or consent, especially from those lacking the "authority" that the former video extolls in defying.

There's Cleon (after Oedipus)... and then there's Antigone.

"Custom is like a King, and the Law, like a Tyrant"
- Dio Chrysostom (Natural Law being adopted by custom, not novel Legislation)

Joe Conservative said...

I like the Pause/breath thing though. Socrates had the same "voice" that advised him whether or not to respond during a dialectic (Plato, "Phaedrus") with praise or censure.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

It's definitely not White men as you idiotically claim. FYI, it is the same groups every week.