Dec 25, 2021·edited Dec 25, 2021Liked by Kelly D Johnston
I love this, thanks for posting it. As an unabashed Francophile who spent a year studying French at a French university in 1973-74 (era of Georges Pompidou and then Valéry Giscard d'Estaing), I can say that the French never lose their sense of exceptionalism, which is actually a good thing because they have given the world, and especially the United States, a great deal of what we are. Judging from Zammour's speech, his election could be very good for both France and the world. Anyone who doesn't understand how Judeo-Christian principles are integral to how the West developed is ignorant of history. And the French motto of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" (Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité) is one that has always driven America as well. The word is "equality", not "equity" as currently pushed by the Left. The Western art that Zammour mentions is largely due to Christianity as well, and is breathtaking in its magnitude and a precious gift to the world. He mentioned Michelangelo's Pietà, and I well remember how stunning it was with almost nothing to match its beauty and message. Also, one of the most important statements in Zammour's speech is this, and it should be considered by all Americans (and other Western nations that are currently under seige once again by utopian, communist zealots: "A civilization that believes heaven on earth doesn’t exist and never will. A civilization that refuses to give credence to utopias and projects for a perfect society-communism, nazism-that destroyed the 20th century and threaten the 21st with a new and still more troubling face." Our Western civilization is truly under seige in a way that I have never seen before, and we must take this seriously.
I love this, thanks for posting it. As an unabashed Francophile who spent a year studying French at a French university in 1973-74 (era of Georges Pompidou and then Valéry Giscard d'Estaing), I can say that the French never lose their sense of exceptionalism, which is actually a good thing because they have given the world, and especially the United States, a great deal of what we are. Judging from Zammour's speech, his election could be very good for both France and the world. Anyone who doesn't understand how Judeo-Christian principles are integral to how the West developed is ignorant of history. And the French motto of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" (Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité) is one that has always driven America as well. The word is "equality", not "equity" as currently pushed by the Left. The Western art that Zammour mentions is largely due to Christianity as well, and is breathtaking in its magnitude and a precious gift to the world. He mentioned Michelangelo's Pietà, and I well remember how stunning it was with almost nothing to match its beauty and message. Also, one of the most important statements in Zammour's speech is this, and it should be considered by all Americans (and other Western nations that are currently under seige once again by utopian, communist zealots: "A civilization that believes heaven on earth doesn’t exist and never will. A civilization that refuses to give credence to utopias and projects for a perfect society-communism, nazism-that destroyed the 20th century and threaten the 21st with a new and still more troubling face." Our Western civilization is truly under seige in a way that I have never seen before, and we must take this seriously.