Traditional wife and mother, descendant of Revolutionaries and Rebels. Be so wise and strong that you disgrace your enemies.
The Blue Ridge of Virginia
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Alice Teller retweeted
Male language matters. If you want to understand why classic male prose is fundamentally Anglo-Saxon, look at the physical architecture of the English language. Anglo-Saxon is the language of action, boundary, and physical reality—the domain of male classical literature. 🧵1
Alice Teller retweeted
On this day in 1861 — November 5 — Confederate Major General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson arrived in Winchester, Virginia, to take command of the Shenandoah Valley District.
Fresh from his stand at First Manassas that earned him his famous nickname, Jackson established headquarters in the town that would later become what he and his wife Anna called “our war home.” With limited forces of militia and a handful of regulars, he faced a difficult strategic situation: Union forces held Romney to the west and threatened the Valley, the Confederacy’s left flank and vital breadbasket.
From this modest beginning grew the legendary 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Jackson’s rapid marches, use of terrain, and ability to defeat larger Union forces in detail tied down tens of thousands of Federal troops that otherwise could have reinforced McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign against Richmond. His “foot cavalry” became the stuff of military legend.
Winchester and the Valley would see hard fighting in the months ahead, but the foundation of Jackson’s fame was laid on these early autumn days when he took the field in earnest.
Remember the history.
#StonewallJackson #ShenandoahValley
#OnThisDay #WinchesterVA #ConfederateHistory
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Alice Teller retweeted
Oh, but history says this is wrong.
Man has always been the kinder, gentler, more nurturing sex. It is HE who tends the land & animals- it was HE, who braved the unknown to secure things for his brood at home, willingly giving what's his to those he loves.
My preference is to believe women are the kinder, gentler, more nurturing sex. Alas, we have proof that women are the irresponsible, baby killing, selfish sex. Sad.
This is a good day to block politics, it is all too sad. Virginia legalizing abortion until birth means we deserve what we get. Shame! Shame! Shame!
Alice Teller retweeted
I don’t recognize my own state anymore. Virginia has been taken over by a satanic death cult.
November by Thomas Hood
No sun — no moon!
No morn — no noon —
No dawn — no dusk — no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member —
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! —
November
For Americans this is a great month to celebrate gratitude. Count your blessings.
Alice Teller retweeted
Instant classic post. teapaw.org/ArtemisConsort/status/…
The White underclass is a miracle, and probably why the West has succeeded.
Thomas Frank wrote “What’s the Matter with Kansas” to explore why poor Whites don’t vote for socialist policies that would (narrowly, in the short-term) benefit them. Of course he concluded it was about racism, as he was predetermined to do by his ideology.
But I actually think he highlighted an incredibly important fact: poor White Americans, uniquely among underclasses globally, don’t vote for socialism.
The typical dynamic is rich people trying to keep what they have and poor people trying to take it. But the American lower-class White does not behave this way, because he has a deontological aversion to government interference. The collection of attitudes and beliefs described as “rugged individualism” are often assessed in terms of how they impact the individual, but I think it’s much more important to consider how they impact a nation.
(White) America has the world’s least resentful or grasping underclass. This is a treasure. They should be preserved and rewarded. Many might be net-negative fiscally in a narrow sense, but they are hugely net-positive if you consider their votes. Trump famously said “I love the poorly educated.” He was right to say this. Every nation has an elite. No other nation has such a high quality of virtuous common people.
Alice Teller retweeted
My eyes were opened when my old professor Clyde Wilson explained to us that Sleepy Hollow was a story of the old Dutch families resisting the encroaching Puritans.
Don't fall for any phony ghosts like @PorphyCoon this Halloween. Only children get candy!
Alice Teller retweeted
When the Romans met the Germanic raiders of the North Sea and Rhine, they called them Saxones, or Knife-People, after their signature seax longblades.
When the Iroquois met Virginians 1,500 years later, they called them Assarigoe, or Long-Knives, after their cutlasses.
