RE: Hillbilly Elegy
December 1, 2020 at 4:42 pm
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2020 at 4:45 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Mongrels at the gates theory. If the hilljacks are white mongrels we can absolve ourselves of the responsibility to help our fellow americans. We can refer to real or imaginary defects in their character (or the character of their parents, or the character of their culture) as justification for our own decision to act, not act, or act in a certain way towards them and towards their interests.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
