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Al Benson

The Yankee as Control Freak

6/16/2022

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Years ago now Dr. Clyde Wilson wrote an article called The Yankee Problem In America* if I recall the title of it correctly. He dealt with the Yankee mindset and pointed to the fact that Hillary Clinton was the quintessential example of a Yankee. I couldn’t agree more. St. Hillary embodies all those qualities that make up what I call the Yankee/Marxist because the two types are so very similar.

Please note here that when I use the term “Yankee” I am not referring to all Northern folks. I grew up in the North and I knew lots of good, solid Northern folks that would never qualify for the term “Yankee” because they did not and do not think like Yankees. I had to be educated to understand this and it took a Southerner to do it.

Years ago I lived in Indiana. At some point while there I began reading the Southern Partisan magazine and noted all the comments about Yankees. At that point, still thinking I was one, even though I was strongly sympathetic to the South, I took offense. When it came time to renew my subscription to that good magazine, I wrote to the editor telling him how much I enjoyed the magazine but that I was not resubscribing due to his comments about Yankees, which I felt even included those Yankees that had strong Southern leanings. Surprisingly, I got an answer back from him. His answer resolved my dilemma. He explained to me that, contrary to my opinion, I was not a Yankee and he told me that his use of that term did not include all folks born in the North. He explained that being a Yankee was referring to a particular mindset rather than where you were born and that “We’ve got plenty of them (Yankees) here in the South too with Southern accents” or something to that effect. It’ has been something over 30 years ago now so I don’t recall his exact words.

Since that time, I have had opportunity to study the Yankee mindset and have come up with some conclusions regarding it. The Yankee, like the Marxist, is a thoroughgoing control freak. He believes that everyone should think like he does and he has small use for those that don’t or won’t. But, even for that, he is not above trying to force them to change their minds. In his eyes thinking differently than he does is a blasphemous act that needs to be corrected, and he will use whatever means are at his disposal to correct that–public education, the mainstream “news” media, or congressional action if necessary.

You see, to the Yankee it is vitally important that you learn to “love Big Brother” and he will leave no stone unturned to make sure you learn to do that. After all, it’s all for “the salvation of the state” and to the Yankee, like the Marxist, the state is the new secular god. It must be worshipped at all costs and the Yankee is there to make sure you understand that–or else!

The Yankee’s theology does not allow for worship of any other “god” but national authority and though he cannot, at this point, force you to stop attending church, not to worry, he is working on ways to discourage that outmoded activity, one of which is forbidding church services during so-called “pandemics.” Then he gets to arrest preachers who will not kowtow to this infringement on their rights. That’s been happening in Canada. Look for it to make its debut here when the time is right.

Like the Marxist, the Yankee believes solidly that “the ends justify the means.” For the Yankee that means that he has complete authority to lie, cheat, steal and do whatever else it takes to bring you non-Yankees into total compliance with his edixcts and he is not above using any and all of these things to “help” you to comply with his most devout wishes–all of which he assures you are “for your own good and protection.”

As you may have guessed by now, the current Biden/Obama Regime in Washington is the epitome of classical Yankeedom in living action. They mean to totally rule us with the iron fist or ruin the country trying, which may have been their plan all along. One thing the Yankee does not appreciate is opposition–and that may well be one reason to give him as much of it as possible. After all, in the final analysis, with what he has planned, he deserves nothing less than our total resistance to his anti-Christ objectives!

This article was previously published at RevisedHistory.com on June 10, 2022.
*The referenced article by Clyde Wilson was expanded into a full-length book The Yankee Problem: An American Dilemma which is available through Shotwell Publishing.
5 Comments
Jeb J Smith
6/17/2022 07:08:27 am

As a life long Vermonter living in the center of Yankeedom, I can attest to the truthfulness of this article. Spot on.

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Bill Hill
6/17/2022 06:05:51 pm

I have been informed more times than I can count that Yankee is a mindset and not a race.

I have been informed more times than I can count that Southern is a mindset and has nothing to do with race.

I have been informed more times than I can count that ethnic diversity is our greatest strength.

I have been informed more times than I can count that women are indeed fit for military combat.

I have been informed more times than I can count that men can get pregnant and deliver babies.

All of these things I believe wholeheartedly. (Why would people keep repeating such claims if they were not true.)

My only questions are these:

Suppose the settlers to New England and the settlers to Virginia and Carolina came from two easily identified groups, coming from different parts of Britain and for different reasons. Suppose those two groups formed two separate lineages (aka races/ethnic groups) in North America, subduing two different regions, one commonly called New England or The North, and the other called Dixie or The South. Suppose these ethnocultural regions were quite prominent and widely recognized and suppose these separate genetic lineages are easily confirmed by DNA tests. Suppose like all other races, these two groups evolved sets of stereotypical traits unique to their respective groups and that just as with every other ethnic/racial groups, these traits were not demonstrated by every individual within the group, but nevertheless occurring with enough regularity within their respective groups to warrant the stereotypes. Suppose like most traits, these traits were governed by complex combinations of genes, such that these stereotypical traits could “skip generations” like many other traits and that intermarriage between those groups would mix those traits into the receiving group, even if the in-marrying individual passed a subjective character assessment and mouthed a few platitudes to gain acceptance by a few bleeding-heart members (who self designate themselves as the authoritative gatekeepers of their race) of the receiving group who insist that the doors be opened.

1) What would be a good name for the racial/ethnic group arising in the Northern region?

2) What would be a good name for the racial/ethnic group arising in the Southern region?

3) How can we make sure that these ethnonyms are never conflated with Yankee, Southern, Liberal, Conservative or any other wholly ideological identity that has nothing at all to do with race or place of birth?

4) How should we deal with those people who try to confuse us into thinking our ethno-racial identities were not real and were nothing more than ideologies, or otherwise tried to disarm us against intra-ethnic solidarity against identity usurpation?

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Jeb J Smith
6/18/2022 06:02:46 am

Dear Bill,

I assume you did not direct your comment toward me; further, I could be misunderstanding your questions, but I wanted to comment on something you have said.

You seem to be saying that the southerner and Yankee are of different races and derive from distinct people groups who vary in race, culture, religion, etc. This, you argue, explains the differences between North and South. And I agree with you to a great extent.

However, all people derive from Adam and eve, and while we are distinct, we are also similar. Blacks dominate the NBA, yet there are white players in the NBA. Differences in race play, but that does not prevent some whites from being good enough to play in the league. There are genuine differences between the people of the south and the north, but they are all human beings. I find it hard to believe that no southern-born bred individual derived from "true" ancestors is not a Yankee. I have met southerners in New England who left because they did not fit in. Likewise, when I visit rural Virginia, I am home. I return to my residence in the north unwillingly (for financial reasons). But this is not my home nor my people.

You might be underestimating the importance of indoctrination (which is far stronger up here) on people's mentality and beliefs. At one point, I thought Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president, but I now see him as our worst. Did my race change? Of course not; my reading did, which changed my mind and what I belived was true. Vermont kids have no chance; they are propagated by media, schools, politician's curricula etc. If you change the mind, you change your behavior, beliefs, religion, culture etc.

Christ can change the heart and mind of any race as he did mine.

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Bill Hill
6/20/2022 04:24:37 pm

Dear Jeb,

How did the propaganda get so much worse in Vermont?

It’s obvious your services are needed in Vermont. Why don’t you just focus on changing the mind, behavior, beliefs, religion, culture etc of those Vermont kids rather than usurping another ethnic identity?

Why didn’t you just answer the questions I asked rather than trying to weaponize my faith against me? No, wait, let me give it a try… Even though you enjoyed your time in Virginia, fellow Christian, it seems God is leading you to a mission field that you are uniquely qualified to reach. We make our plans, but sometimes the Lord makes better plans. You seem to understand that it is just a question of changing minds, and who better to relate to those Vermont kids but you? I for one could never do the job as I would simply dismiss them as yanks being yanks. As a lifelong Vermonter with your conversion experience it appears your whole life has been preparation for such a time as this. Your genuine selflessness and sweet spirit will open their hearts for sure. Be blessed, my Yankee brother!

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Jeb Smith
6/21/2022 12:43:44 pm

Dear Bill,

Thank you for the response.

Like most propaganda, several influential interest groups and politicians conditioned "normal" people to become a "Yankee." Now we can say in general, the "race" of Yankees were less reistant and even more prone to accepting and utilizing propaganda than a southerner. Still, the truth is many Vermonters were not of either mindset.

I have "usurped" another "identity" because, as a rule, I fit in with most southerners while I do not Yankees. I believe there are fundamental racial differences. My point was that not all are one way or the other. You can find a limited number of Yankees in the South [putting carpetbaggers and the like aside], while you can find "southerners" in Vermont. Because I believe it is a mindset, not a race. But neither do I deny a robust racial component to it.

Why do I not change the mindset of Vermont kids? I do; I home school the kids God gave me direct control over, my own. They will not be like their peers in this state. My oldest son is about as independent-minded as you find. Having said that, I married a Yankee, and he has regrettably inherited some of those racial traits you speak of. Yet as a libertarian and a Christian, he is more southern than Yankee. But among public school students, you will find almost nothing but Yankees.

I did not directly answer your questions because I did not think you directed them to me, but also because I think they derive from what we are speaking about, race vs. indoctrination. Or because I agree with what you are saying. I don't dismiss what you say; only I think you are putting too many eggs in one basket that should be spread among two.

I had no intention of "weaponizing" your faith against you in any way; I apologize if I came across in such a manner.

I do pray God delivers us from this moral depravity, the absurdities and ungodliness we call new England, but perhaps you are correct. Unfortunately, I think I can do the most damage here. Sometimes the closer you are to hell, the closer you are to God.




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