
“Civilisation is not simply the absence of war or the presence of peace”—Polish Professor Ryszard Legutko
“Vulgarity has become an effective weapon to debunk and downgrade everything that had a higher status based on respect and deference.”

“Vulgarity has become an effective weapon to debunk and downgrade everything that had a higher status based on respect and deference.”

I have repeatedly defended the monarchy against fellow conservatives who feel that it is rapidly becoming another celebrity clique, jumping on the popular ‘woke’ bandwagons. Now, the royals have once again appeared to prove their most cynical detractors right.

My ‘microaggression’ was met with what might be deemed a ‘macroaggression.’ Whereas I was seeking no confrontation and sought not to make her or anyone else feel uncomfortable, she confronted me directly, specifically to make me feel uncomfortable—and she succeeded.