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First proper piece of my "Black Belonging" series. My legacy to the next generation. See following tweet for full piece.

Years of primary school assemblies. That's how. 😂 Next chant will be based of the "This Old Man" melody etc.

@buffsoldier_96 😂

The 'anybody but England' crowd are beginning to sweat a little bit more nervously. 😆

WC Semi’s next! 🤍 Thank you Jesus. 🙏🏿

@Babs_SP Yep. I wrote about this recently. spectator.com/article/englan…

This is why Jude is such a significant sporting figure in our lifetimes. Because onlookers and observers will learn to stop putting players and especially black players in binary boxes.

@willfran @commontruth_ If it were simply a political programme, I would expect it to appeal to a particular political constituency. Instead, its assumptions have spread across the political spectrum.

@willfran @commontruth_ I see politics as downstream of culture. Postmodernism first shapes epistemology, how we understand truth, identity, language and power, before it shapes policy. It is not merely a political ideology, but a way of seeing reality.

If we want to save the West, a good intellectual and cultural starting point would be the total rejection of postmodern thought. The idea that everything must be deconstructed, that beauty and exceptionalism are power structures to be dismantled, is insidious. Equality is a myth. There are no equal humans and no equal cultures. There is the best and the worst. The West has been infiltrated by the idea that it is moral to lower ourselves to meet the worst in a self-defeating pursuit of an equality that can never exist. Pride in ourselves, our skills and our achievements has become negatively coded. This has seeped into art, politics and culture, fostering a permanent sense of guilt and deserved decline. The modern West is the product of self-imposed enshittification. Postmodernism is the root of that cancer.

@commontruth_ I think, in politics/activism, the distinction is often intentionally blurred, and that is where the real damage is done because those spheres shape cultural consciousness. The problem is that modern politics thrives on narratives of heroes and enemies, not careful distinctions.

@OBEhizele Totally agree. The failure to grasp distinctions is responsible for so much. Both sides deliberately blur them all the time. It is incredibly frustrating.

@commontruth_ Affording people equal dignity regardless of race, sex or social status does not mean every aspect of life must be uniform. Equality of worth is not the same as equality of outcomes, preferences, roles or cultures. Many struggle to grasp this distinction.

@OBEhizele I can accept that all innocent human life is equal. I cannot accept the pursuit of equality across all areas, at all costs, as a positive endeavour for society, even if, at first glance, it appears to be to someone who hasn't thought deeply about it.

@commontruth_ Postmodernism sits above politics. It is an account of reality before it is a political programme. That is why it has come to shape parts of both the left and the right. The politics differ; the underlying assumptions about truth, identity and power increasingly do not.

@commontruth_ Equality was never meant to mean all people are equal in ability. It meant every human being possesses equal dignity. I think postmodernism has subtly blurred that distinction, and its influence now extends well beyond the left, shaping parts of the right too.

I genuinely don't understand getting offended by people you don't even rate. If you don't respect someone's judgment, why give them so much power over your emotions? Just move on.

@I_Am_Ilemona "Divisive soloist". 😂

Aged like milk.

Jude is who is he thinks he is

@mimitheblogger 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

MY SUBSTACK IS FEATURED ON J COLE’S FALL OFF MAGAZINE WHATTTT ?!?!!???????

@PoojaMedia Oh wow. May he RIP. My condolences to his family and friends. Tragic.

🚨 SAD NEWS South African midfielder Jayden Adams has died aged 25, just a fortnight after competing for his nation at the World Cup. The Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder started South Africa’s first two matches of the tournament against Mexico and Czech Republic.

@iAmCroe The impact of this is honestly immeasurable. May God continue to uplift your efforts.

Blagapé has brought so many couples together and if I were a cryer I would cry.

And yes, we should confidently call out nonsense, but doing so well requires collective wisdom, humility and sound judgment.

We really struggle with this as a society, when the distinction should be simple. Everyone has the right to express an opinion. That is different from their opinion carrying authority.

I write on how Jude Bellingham is illustrating another way of being English. ✍🏿 @spectator

It's fine to have a political affiliation, but viewing civilisation through a purely political register has been deeply unhelpful. Too many people are attached to abstract principles they like, rather than asking whether those principles can actually be lived in the modern world.