Does NYC Need More Daniel Pennys?
with John McWhorter
Last week, a New York City jury acquitted Daniel Penny on all charges in the death of Jordan Neely. John is a frequent subway rider, and he say that, as terrible as Neely’s death is, Penny did the right thing by stepping in. Perhaps he should have loosened his chokehold earlier, but Neely was a threat with a history of violence. There’s no telling what he would have done had someone not taken action. This is not the last time we’ll see an incident like this. As I understand it, and as John confirms, figures like Neely are all too common on the New York City subways. One doesn’t want to condone vigilantism, but clearly the systems and services built to treat, or at least contain, people like Neely are failing. In this clip, we discuss the terrible conundrum that failure poses for the millions of people who ride the subway every day.
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A few thoughts at the limit of my “right” —
The truth that we are only now being able to even speak out loud again: The greatness of our nation has very little to do with the Constitution or our form of government. The greatness of our nation stands because a plurality of strong men who, individually and collectively, taught their strong sons to protect the weak. Our fancy laws are all built atop that structure, and if the base falls, no law can be passed that will keep it standing. All of our cultural hero myths make clear what a man is, and what his duty is.
The consequences of this truth hurts the little ears and feelings of the delusional. The questions we have to answer are these: 1. have we reached the point of pain yet when we stop listening to the crying? 2. Is it too late to reinvigorate the tradition of greatness? 3. Can we convince majorities who are not of European descent to fully join the project? That they ARE welcome, that the race hustlers are lying by seeding the people with the idea that white people would never accept non-whites into our culture.
Aside: I exclude women from this analysis for god reason. Women’s roles in this process should be reinstated by women. As ever, for the common good the sexes should work together, separately.
Why. not. Otherwise just hand your keys to the woke because they will wind up with them eventually anyway.
Remember the American soldiers who stepped in to stop a shooter on a European train? https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/614732/oregon-army-guard-member-stops-armed-attacker-on-french-train/#:~:text=%2D%20An%20Oregon%20Army%20National%20Guard,or%20combat%20with%20an%20enemy.
I hope there are some brave people around if I am ever in a similar situation.