Nick Price

“a society of essential oils and self-esteem has replaced a society of logic.”
― Ben Shapiro, The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great

“But once we begin to rely on other people to recognize and affirm our identity, it becomes uncertain, shifting according to the whims of other people. I think this is why most of us roll our eyes whenever we are encouraged to “accept” ourselves or “believe” in ourselves or “be whoever we want to be.” They are empty self-esteem slogans that don’t reflect the reality that we need some kind of external affirmation. Self-affirmation simply doesn’t satisfy. We need a witness.”
― Alan Noble, You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World

“Once upon a time, the Islamic world was a superpower and its jihad an irresistible force to be reckoned with. Over two centuries ago, however, a rising Europe—which had experienced more than one millennium of Muslim conquests and atrocities—eclipsed and defanged Islam. As Muhammad’s civilization retreated into obscurity, the post-Christian West slowly came into being. Islam did not change, but the West did: Muslims still venerate their heritage and religion—which commands jihad against infidels—whereas the West has learned to despise its heritage and religion, causing it to become an unwitting ally of the jihad.”
― Raymond Ibrahim, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

“Since America is, by all available metrics, incredibly tolerant and open, it has grown more and more difficult to find instances of true oppression in America. When demand for victimization narratives exceeded supply, Disintegrationists mine American history for such oppression, then declare that modern ills can be attributed to historical injustices. Sometimes, to some extent, that is the case. But the outsize attempt to pin modern, continuing ills on events centuries old wears thin for those who would rather solve problems than create them.”
― Ben Shapiro, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps