Harry Turtledove's "The Road Not Taken" -- Fun, actually un-PC sci-fi where humans are superior good guys; PLUS: My slamming an idiot about it.

Harry Turtledove's 1985 work, "The Road Not Taken," is the story of an alien race with space travel capability, but no other technology much beyond the Revolutionary War period. They land on 21st-century Earth intending to invade, only to--as would be expected--be sounded defeated by our Earth technology. The idea is that they had discovered a simple method of gravity manipulation for travel far in their past, and it had diverted their attention from other scientific advances. Humans, however, had not made this discovery, and so our science advanced us in virtually every other field. The result is ultimately a human race superior to aliens visiting it.

In activist science fiction, which like all areas of literary activism is almost always liberal/Left, humans are generally put down as either inferior or aggressive. When going for social allegory, humans are the stand-in for Whites, with the aliens being other races. By that, Turtledove's story would today be considered "White supremacist" should anyone draw attention to it, albeit with a bit of "Black Panther" in the form of the anti-gravity area. (And it would fit with other PC attacks on Turtledove's other works.)

But, before we hail Turtledove a hero for his Political INcorrectness, let us note he did cover his own White ass. "The Road Not Taken" is a prequel to the previous year's "Herbio-Haro," which is the story of a collapsed Terran empire centuries in the future, built by using that alien technology in conjunction with all we had developed without it. So, of course, humans--i.e., White people--ultimately are depicted as failing conquerors.

Nonetheless, "The Road Not Taken" is a nice relief from the PC CRT.

TEXT HERE: Turtledove_RoadNotTaken.pdf (eyeofmidas.com) (Far quicker to read than listen to.) Here's a snippit:

VIDEO (AUDIO WITH TEXT--over one hour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXhCX7lr2tM

The reader here is, uh, not the most sophisticated. I didn't listen to the whole thing, but apparently he goes on tangents about things, and definitely doesn't understand about pausing a recording during confusion or editing it before posting.

One commenter said it well: "You don't know what a negligee is but spend 5 minutes on the difference between a mag and a clip? P.S. the Garand was clip-fed and some were still in use in Vietnam." He even pronounces it, "negliGEE."

Of course, yours truly had to weigh in on the clip/magazine discussion:

For your information: Back in the '80s, "clip" was often used for "magazine." The obsession some of my fellow gun nuts (said with love) have with drawing the distinction really didn't start until the late '90s-2000s, apparently as an attempt to sound academic. Besides, how the hell do you know that this future rifle doesn't use clips? After reading of your "negliGEE" ignorance, I have to conclude you're a complete idiot.

It's actually simpler than he makes it out -- SHORT VIDEO: "Decolonize: A Translation from the Wokish | James Lindsay."

COMMENT: "'Decolonization': The destruction of White/Western civilization. Just keep it simple."

VIDEO: Lorena (Lorina) Garcia Gordo: "The strange story of the woman who awoke in a parallel universe."

Lorena (Lorina) Garcia Gordo: Spanish woman who allegedly believes she came here from alternate universe. Probably an exaggerated story of a woman who got some memories confused due to a condition. Probably explains some Mandela Effect things.

MY COMMENT: One of the few objective accounts of this story, acknowledging the possibility of it being a giant hoax.

The psychological/psychiatric element is also practical.

REPLY: "Hi Lee!! Thanks so much for this comment. I agree entirely.. I am truly fascinated by the notion that possibly ALL of our paranormal experience can be explained through anomalistic psychology.. especially in the case of poltergeist hauntings.

Thanks so much for watching!

Another case of how "freedom" kills freedom: Point about comedic video ad, "Tuttle Twins - children's books that teach the ideas of freedom."

This comedic ad for a conservative/traditionalist series of book for teaching kids has drawn a ton of critical comments from liberals and Leftists. Two themes from which Tea Party-types can learn emerge:

1. You need to check your symbolism, not just go with something that "jes' kinda seems" to fit. One comment said, "This simply HAS to be some The Onion level satire, it makes no sense otherwise."

2. The big one: One commenter characterizes it as, “To prevent the brainwashing of children, we must brainwash the children!” In other words, the product actually calls for curtailing (at least in the home) a certain "freedom" in order to counter an opposing agenda. Looking at the website linked to where the books are sold, it does indeed read like a Teabrainish--well-meaning, but Teabrainish--effort to combat SJW Wokeness and such. And truly, it is a case of parents pushing their own positions on their children will literally banning (in their home) other ideas. The reality is, of course, that the two detractor observations are correct. On the first point, conservative-types do indeed need to think through their works like this. They don't need to go with the first thing to come to mind, and they can run things through test audiences of people smarter than them (I can be contacted using information along right-hand side of this page, save for the Gab account) in order to get an academic perspective. I posted about a case where this would have prevented a lot of problems HERE.

On the second point, they point up a reality that modern, 21st-century American conservatives can't get through their libertarianism-polluted skulls: "Freedom" kills freedom. When the Globalist/Left, or some element thereof, pushes a Marcusian "Liberating Tolerance" censorship (SEARCH HERE), then it is necessary for Patriots to push their own censorship efforts. When one side in a tug-of-war actually pulls, while the other side simply tries to hold their ground, the pulling side will eventually win. One cannot successfully counter something (an affirmative agenda actively Cancelling opposition) with nothing (a plea for "freedom" and thus NO counter-battery censoring efforts). I have no idea of the quality of the "Tuttle Twins" books. No doubt there's some Teabrainery in them. That's simply a reality of the conservative/Right/Patriotic side today. Irregardless (yes, I know it ain't a word), the liberal/Left/Globalists have, in their attacks on the ad, given the good guys a couple of lessons from which they can learn. And yes, it's okay to be smart in how we act in the Marketplace of Ideas. Now, enjoy the ad. It doesn't hold a candle to the Lume Deodorant ads, especially the "foot odor" one (HEE-larious!), but it has its moments.

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Oh, brother. This outfit has this on their Twitter account. The guys are literally and obviously reading from a book. Off-screen cue cards are fine. This just looks stupid.

Maybe they are indeed an Onion-type thing.

https://twitter.com/tuttletwins/status/1473798082760515588

Another case of Marcusian "tolerance," even as Marcuse was inventing it: VIDEO: "Why didn't the Allies declare war on the USSR when they invaded Poland?"

COMMENT (with addition in bold added here):

Conservatives are harder on the Far Right than they are the Far Left. Even then, Nazi Germany was easier to oppose than the "workers' paradise" of the USSR. And today, some conservatives will openly call for allying with Leftist Socialists to oppose what they label "fascist"--that is, any nationalist movement of a White/Western nation or people not subjecting itself to PC White Guilt. We call these people, "NeverTrumpers."