{"id":2253,"date":"2022-01-12T05:07:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T05:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/12\/diversity-worth-having\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T05:07:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T05:07:23","slug":"diversity-worth-having","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/12\/diversity-worth-having\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Worth Having"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diversity worth having presupposes a principle of unity that controls the diversity. Diversity must be checked and balanced by the competing value of unity, a value with an equal, if not greater, claim on our respect.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Example. ONE language only in the public sphere makes possible MANY voices to be heard and understood by all. To communicate our differences we need a common language.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Talking with<\/em> one another is preferable to shooting at<\/em> each other. Polyglot 'cultures' are more conducive to shooting than to talking.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I predict more shooting and less talking as the nation declines 'thanks' to the destructive leftists who have infiltrated the once-respectable Democrat Party.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Gun and ammo are flying off the shelves, even in the toniest enclaves<\/a> of the bien-pensant<\/em>:<\/span><\/div>\n
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In Beverly Hills, even the purchase of a firearm comes with certain\u2026<\/span>expectations. The city\u2019s only gun store, Beverly Hills Guns, is a \u201cconcierge <\/span>service\u201d by appointment only, for a largely affluent clientele. And business is <\/span>booming.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Since opening in July 2020, the store has seen upscale residents from <\/span>Santa Monica to the Hollywood Hills increasingly in a panic following several <\/span>high-profile smash-and-grab and violent home invasion robberies. The <\/span>apparent siege has brought in a daily stream of anxious business owners and <\/span>prominent actors, real estate moguls and film execs, says owner Russell <\/span>Stuart. Most are arming themselves for the first time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning I sold six shotguns in about an hour to people that say, \u2018I <\/span>want a home defense shotgun,\u2019\u201d says Stuart, whose store is discreetly <\/span>located in a Beverly Hills office building, with no sign on the doors, down the <\/span>hall from a diamond dealer. \u201cEveryone has a general sense of constant fear,  <\/span>which is very sad. We\u2019re used to this being like Mayberry.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You know things are getting bad when the super-rich who can easily afford the best in private security are buying firearms. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diversity worth having presupposes a principle of unity that controls the diversity. Diversity must be checked and balanced by the competing value of unity, a value with an equal, if not greater, claim on our respect.   Example. ONE language only in the public sphere makes possible MANY voices to be heard and understood by … Continue reading “Diversity Worth Having”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,321,180,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms","category-dark-thoughts","category-decline-of-the-west","category-language-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}