Making the Case for Tribalism
THE liberal-leftists at the Guardian newspaper are known for their hypocrisy, not least when they bemoan Third World starvation and yet send their journalists to the poshest restaurants in London to scribble down a few platitudes about the declining standards of cordon bleu. Several years ago, Fiona Watson told us us that the last surviving member of an Amazonian tribe - captured on film after a period of 13 years - should be left in peace. This particular journalist is not all bad, I must admit, and has capably exposed those who wish to exterminate the final vestiges of tribal life in South America, and it is certainly hard to disagree with her statement that
"there is no greater symbol of our rich human tapestry than uncontacted tribes. To know they are out there gives me hope, simply because of who they are and what they represent. Who are we to judge how they live? We don’t need to know their name, their language, their religion, their history. They are humans; they are there and they have a right to exist. Let them live."
Uncontacted tribes are one thing, but what about the modern European tribes that have become subject to mass immigration, or who may follow lifestyles the Guardian finds unpalatable and who have seen their linguistic heritage undermined? Indeed, Fiona goes on to say that she
"believes the choice whether or not to make contact with mainstream society must only be made by the people themselves; it is never up to others to decide for them."
Is she making the case for separatism? Are the territorial aspirations of a Brazilian tribesman more important than those of an English teenager who has been forced to grow up in a town riddled with Pakistani sex-predators? I would like to think that the Guardian has finally been swayed by the incontrovertible logic of National-Anarchism, but I fear that it's a case of one rule for those who have been decimated by European colonialism and another for those of us who are now facing the same fate within our own lands. In the meantime, I wish this man - the very last of his tribe - great peace and happiness. May he live long and prosper.