I got an email with the following comment on this Substack video. It seems to have disappeared, maybe that a tech issue or the author deleted it? Either way, without mentioning the author by name, here's the comment and my thoughts...
(1) Comment
"I think it would be good for me to respect borders and cultures more, rules of law. I can understand people, with illegal immigration over the southern border of the U.S., look at them as poor and downtrodden and needing to be brought in; same with refugees, which is different from a traveler. Maybe if a naton was anthropomorphized as a woman, like used to be done with ships... "America, she is beautiful"... entering without acceptance would be psychologically similar to violating a woman, in the language. Sorry, I know that is a strange thought. When I look up the subject there are articles that say "Why are countries referred to as she." But I guess that is not acceptable any more, if it mattered."
My thoughts:
What a cool analogy. And, the feminine characterization of many things, including ships and the motherland is real along with masculinized nouns that exist, including sometimes the Fatherland.
The same Americans who react strongly to "Russia violating Ukrainian Independence and Violating Ukrainian Sovereignty" seem to have no attention span for International Crime Syndicates (aided and abetted by foreign nations) as they flood our southern border with a wild blend of people being trucked and bussed from myriad staging areas right up to our leaky border by the millions over the Biden Years.
For those of us who can only imagine how it feels to be poor enough to consider selling ourselves down the river and hoping for a long drawn out life of hiding from another country's government and living/working in the shadows -- we may be able to actually cross borders for real and then notice:
"Do we respect those border officers and the sovereign rights of the people as we are a guest in their homeland? Or do we believe they owe us entry?"
One's personal and private answer to that question will be enlightening and may help us better understand our thoughts on the same issue here at home, when we are the ones having our sovereignty challenged by massive globalist agendas...
I've enjoyed the new thoughts, and while I don't have a new, firm opinion -- I have new ideas to explore and consider.
Hi!
I got an email with the following comment on this Substack video. It seems to have disappeared, maybe that a tech issue or the author deleted it? Either way, without mentioning the author by name, here's the comment and my thoughts...
(1) Comment
"I think it would be good for me to respect borders and cultures more, rules of law. I can understand people, with illegal immigration over the southern border of the U.S., look at them as poor and downtrodden and needing to be brought in; same with refugees, which is different from a traveler. Maybe if a naton was anthropomorphized as a woman, like used to be done with ships... "America, she is beautiful"... entering without acceptance would be psychologically similar to violating a woman, in the language. Sorry, I know that is a strange thought. When I look up the subject there are articles that say "Why are countries referred to as she." But I guess that is not acceptable any more, if it mattered."
My thoughts:
What a cool analogy. And, the feminine characterization of many things, including ships and the motherland is real along with masculinized nouns that exist, including sometimes the Fatherland.
The same Americans who react strongly to "Russia violating Ukrainian Independence and Violating Ukrainian Sovereignty" seem to have no attention span for International Crime Syndicates (aided and abetted by foreign nations) as they flood our southern border with a wild blend of people being trucked and bussed from myriad staging areas right up to our leaky border by the millions over the Biden Years.
For those of us who can only imagine how it feels to be poor enough to consider selling ourselves down the river and hoping for a long drawn out life of hiding from another country's government and living/working in the shadows -- we may be able to actually cross borders for real and then notice:
"Do we respect those border officers and the sovereign rights of the people as we are a guest in their homeland? Or do we believe they owe us entry?"
One's personal and private answer to that question will be enlightening and may help us better understand our thoughts on the same issue here at home, when we are the ones having our sovereignty challenged by massive globalist agendas...
I've enjoyed the new thoughts, and while I don't have a new, firm opinion -- I have new ideas to explore and consider.
Thank you!