#4 AFKANNow | 2008-06-27 23:49
in reply to Dave, and mrpelding:
"Poise" is an element that White Nationalism has long abandoned as being, well, too soft - too "nice."
This, from people who, all too often, are essentially failures in any social setting other than a bar where PBR is the best choice, and the only choice.
"Poise," as Dave defined it, is what I am working at for my Nephews - their skills at the martial arts, and their understanding of social graces, which have been derived from USMC OCS Manuals - the "Knife and Fork Course" - has gone a long way to help establish extraordinary competency, and allows them to deal with their peers as equals - AT LEAST as their "equals."
The best manuals on the limits of "diplomacy" is the movie "Fight Club"; as for the proper harnessing of the Spirit of Rebellion, VNN's Linder had it best - "Excellence Is The Best Rebellion" - and this quality, "excellence"( and its social Aspect, "poise,") has long been absent from any White Nationalist social ordering, with the possible exception of the AmRen crowd.
I suspect they subtly mocked the late Dr. Sam Francis for his lack of the social skills required for attendance at their elegant parties, and Francis responded with, well, less than "poise."
That aside aside, the most effective diplomats know they are engaged in warfare under a different name, and act accordingly.
For the most part, we don't.
We are rational with the irrational, and accept the Hegelian salami-slicing with gracious courtesy, even as they pull out the gelding knife.
It's The Greatest Battle Ever Known, and we are late to the party.
This is part and parcel of the Training I am providing for my Nephews - how to be skilled diplomats from the White Nation, modeled on Covington's Northwest Republic, to a society that has all but declared open warfare on them, their Family, and their Posterity.
"Fight Club."
For all of the praise for "Birth Of A Nation," much more praise is due the wonderful movie, "Fight Club," as it provides a part of the key to the Restoration of Masculinity, and a Positive Theory of Race.