The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives’ War on Fun - Noah Rothman
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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
● H.L. Mencken
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GOODREADS: The Left used to be the party of the hippies and the free spirits. Now it’s home to woke scolds and humorless ideologues. “The New Puritans” can judge a person’s moral character by their clothes, Netflix queue, fast food favorites, the sports they watch, and the company they keep. No choice is neutral, no sphere is private. Not since the Puritans has a political movement wanted so much power over your thoughts, hobbies, and preferences every minute of your day. In the process, they are sucking the joy out of life. In “The Rise of the New Puritans”, Noah Rothman explains how, in pursuit of a better world, progressives are ruining the very things which make life worth living. They’ve created a society full of verbal trip wires and digital witch hunts. Football? Too violent. Fusion food? Appropriation. The nuclear family? Oppressive. Witty, deeply researched, and thorough, “The Rise of the New Puritans” encourages us to spurn a movement whose primary goal has become limiting happiness. It uncovers the historical roots of the left’s war on fun and reminds us of the freedom and personal fulfillment at the heart of the American experiment.
AUDIBLE: In Noah Rothman’s view, the left used to be the party of the hippies and the free spirits. Now it’s home to woke scolds and humorless ideologues. From entertainment to food to comedy to family life, there’s no area of society the new leftists don’t want to control, he argues. These new joyless progressives only dislike witch hunts when they’re not the ones running them. Like their puritanical forebears, new leftists do not abide forms of pleasure that distract from the great work of our time—righting the wrongs of America’s white patriarchal heritage. As Rothman sees it, Progressive Puritans are committed to waging a war on decadence, frivolity, and pleasure for its own sake. In pursuit of a better world, these people are making fools of themselves and impoverishing their compatriots. In this hard-hitting critique, Rothman shows no mercy as he uncovers the historical roots of the left’s war on fun and counsels us to rediscover the freedom and joy at the heart of the American experiment.
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Commentary editor Noah Rothman takes aim at the “woke left”, comparing them to stern, joyless Puritans who seek to make every daily choice a matter of life or death and break society down into the saintly or sinful.
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This post has 29 comments with rating of 1/5
July 13th, 2022
Cue whining by the woke hypocrites….
July 13th, 2022
I remember when it used to be fun to be a bigot…then the marginalized all of a sudden just started demanding recognition and acceptance out of nowhere and thus, all the fun is gone. If this keeps up, our God-given right to commit mass murder is on the chopping block next, ruining everything.
July 13th, 2022
We do so enjoy the hypocritical cries of “hypocrite”. Conservative tears just taste so sweet.
July 13th, 2022
“deeply researched” 🤣
July 13th, 2022
Progressive “puritans” raise eyebrows for an insensitive word choice.
Conservative “puritans” force 10 year olds to give birth after being raped; attack teachers for teaching actual facts; place judges who will enforce their sect’s beliefs on everyone.
Yes, progressives are really the worst.
July 13th, 2022
On a historical note: Cromwell cancelled Christmas. Because it was fun, I believe.
July 13th, 2022
Well I agree that title and summary are intentionally provocative.
However, the idea is that both progressive and conservative ‘puritans’ believe that their stand on moral high ground give them right to judge or shun people who don’t agree with their preached values. Fun and joy of life are first victims of such punishing worldviews.
July 13th, 2022
Well I agree that title and summary are intentionally provocative.
However, the idea is that both progressive and conservative ‘puritans’ believe that their stand on ‘moral high ground’ give them right to judge or shun people who don’t think that their preached values are the most important thing in the whole world. Fun and joy of life are first victims of such punishing worldviews.
July 13th, 2022
(although Hollyweird would have you believe the historical precedent was set by Alan Rickman’s excellent, if campy, Shire-reeve of Nottingham.)
July 13th, 2022
@alnilam: Nice assortment of Keywords. Looks like you spent a lot of thought and time on them, lol 🤣
(time to update my block list 😁)
July 13th, 2022
Puritans were conservatives not leftists aka liberals in America.
Unfortunately, the Puritan beliefs and values are still around in America esp. the religious and conservatives.
Claiming Puritanical views on the Woke left is a joke though it’s partially correct that the Politically Correct crowd and Woke crowd does heavily influence American’s left aka Democratic party.
There are both left and right ‘Puritans’ that do imposed their ignorant moralistic views onto others. America is unfortunately a Christian (Protestant) nation even though it’s not ‘officially’ a Christian nation and can not have a ‘official’ religion due to the American Constitution.
July 13th, 2022
Puritans are/were conservatives not leftists aka liberals in America.
Unfortunately, the Puritan beliefs and values are still around in America esp. the religious and conservatives.
Claiming Puritanical views on the Woke left is a joke though it’s partially correct that the Politically Correct crowd and Woke crowd does heavily influence American’s left aka Democratic party.
There are both left and right ‘Puritans’ that do imposed their ignorant moralistic views onto others. America is unfortunately a Christian (Protestant) nation even though it’s not ‘officially’ a Christian nation and can not have a ‘official’ religion due to the American Constitution.
July 13th, 2022
Yes, surely it’s the progressives who are the new puritans and not the hatemongers who scream about the evils of queer people every second of the day.
July 13th, 2022
Progressives: “Don’t have sex with people without their consent. If your use of substances becomes a problem, seek professional help for the problem. Don’t abuse people. Don’t abuse people because of their race, sexuality, or gender. Don’t abuse children. Don’t abuse anyone. Other than that, be yourself, surround yourself with people you love and have fun”
Conservatives: “Don’t have sex for pleasure. Don’t drink or use drugs at all. Do what the police tell you, regardless of whether or not they are following the law. Just work, sleep, do what you’re told (especially if you’re a woman) and look forward to a nice sermon on Sundays.”
Yeah, progressives are so dogmatic and uptight.
July 13th, 2022
Lmao progressives are ruining my ability to have fun by saying the n word and be racist without consequences!! waa! waa!
July 13th, 2022
@Gweilo
> Conservative “puritans” force 10 year olds to give birth after being raped…
“During the past week, in order to push their abortion/sex agenda, Democrats throughout the U.S. widely, and quickly, spread the story of a 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio, who, due to Ohio’s restrictions, had to flee to Indiana to obtain an abortion. The story has yet to be verified and appears to be nothing more than more vile leftist propaganda.”
Democrat Policies Will Create More Pregnant 10-Year-Olds * by Trevor Thomas * July 13, 2022
americanthinker.com/articles/2022/07/democrat_policies_will_create_more_pregnant_10yearolds_.html
On a side note, if the political left really want to protect 10-year old girls from harm, why do they work so hard to make many of them pregnant in the first place?
Some stories can be false, and some can be true.
However, in what universe can such true stories justify the infanticide of 63+ million children in abortions in America, for the last 50 years since Roe v. Wade?
July 13th, 2022
The Bible Tells Us When A Fetus Becomes A Living Being
Many people think that a human being is created at the time of conception but this belief is not supported by the Bible. The fact that a living sperm penetrates a living ovum resulting in the formation of a living fetus does not mean that the fetus is a living human being. According to the bible, a fetus is not a living person with a soul until after drawing its first breath.
After God formed man in Genesis 2:7, He “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and it was then that the man became a living being”. Although the man was fully formed by God in all respects, he was not a living being until after taking his first breath.
In Job 33:4, it states: “The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
Again, to quote Ezekiel 37:5&6, “Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
In Exodus 21:22 it states that if a man causes a woman to have a miscarriage, he shall be fined; however, if the woman dies then he will be put to death. It should be apparent from this that the aborted fetus is not considered a living human being since the resulting punishment for the abortion is nothing more than a fine; it is not classified by the bible as a capital offense.
According to the bible, destroying a living fetus does not equate to killing a living human being even though the fetus has the potential of becoming a human being. One can not kill something that has not been born and taken a breath. This means that a stillborn would not be considered a human being either. Of course, every living sperm has the potential of becoming a human being although not one in a million will make it; the rest are aborted. .
God has decreed, for one reason or another, that at least one-third of all pregnancies shall be terminated by a spontaneous abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy and that a number will be terminated after the first trimester. It would appear that God does not have any more regard for the loss of a fetus than he does for the loss of a placenta or a foreskin despite the fact that these were living tissue as the result of conception.
In a number of versions of the bible, one of the commandments in Exodus 20 that was spoken by God to Moses states: “You shall not kill”. According to the Mosaic text, this should read “You shall not murder” since the bible has commandments stating that people shall be put to death for a number of different offenses. Exodus 21:17 states: “Whoever curses his father or mother shall be put to death.” There are other capital offenses in Exodus 21. Of course, the commandment “You shall not kill” is not present in the commandments written by God on the stone tablets. For those who are not familiar with the commandments on the stone tablets that were placed in the Ark of the Covenant, they are enumerated in Exodus 34. The popular ten commandments that are enumerated in Exodus 20 were spoken by God to Moses who then relayed them to his people; they were never written.
There is nothing in the bible to indicate that a fetus is considered to be anything other than living tissue and, according to scripture, it does not become a living being until after it has taken a breath.
Source: “The bible tells us when a fetus becomes a living being,” by Dr. Joe Schwartz
Many cite the scripture Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” God is omnipotent. He has known all of us since before creation. This scripture is irrelevant as it pertains to when a fetus becomes a living being. The same reasoning applies to Psalm 139:13-14.
Numbers 5 describes “the Lord” ordering an abortion. Many argue that this is a misinterpretation. It is clearly stated in verse 22, “May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
Before extremists turned the issue of reproductive choice into a political football, views on this matter were weren’t nearly so drastic. For some history, read “The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal” Then check out, The Not-So-Lofty Origins of the Evangelical Pro-Life Movement. and How I Lost Faith in the “Pro-Life” Movement.
In 1973, Wallie Amos ‘W. A.’ Criswell, President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968 to 1970, said this:
“I have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person, and it has always, therefore, seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed.”
If you don’t like abortion, don’t have one. But don’t judge others who may be in terrible circumstances that you can’t possibly understand. Especially when your judgements are based on a politically motivated and questionable interpretation of the Bible (at best). When women don’t have personal choice over their own reproductive decisions they end up butchered in back alley abortions or thrown in jail for having a miscarriage. Certain types of birth control are outlawed when a fertilized egg is classified as a “person” as well.
Those who say, “If you’re a Christian, you have to be against abortion, and therefore you must vote republican,” are simply reciting talking points from false teachers.
In the end, if abortion was such a grievous sin Jesus would have mentioned it. He said nothing.
July 13th, 2022
#bamacowboy1-In the end if abortion was such a grievous sin Jesus would have mentioned it. He said nothing.
I’ve noticed that too.
July 13th, 2022
@amlilum: “the infanticide of 63+ million children” … you forgot about masturbation and unfertilised eggs.
Think about the all the sperm cells that died in tissue paper, and unfertilised eggs that ended up in menstrual pads. HORRIBLE!!11!!!1! Those could have been living (human) beings!11!!!!!11elven!!!
😘🌈
July 13th, 2022
Interesting. Both religious & secular arguments can be made for & against abortion, believe it or not. In law, a human person has to have drawn breath in order for murder to be committed against them; the child in the womb does indeed receive oxygen, but does not breathe in that sense. So, in terms of strict jurisprudence, abortion is not murder.
However, anything living can be killed. I think that’s where there was some equivocation - often dissembled by seriously dodgy euphemism. The central question hinges on: are the unborn human? That’s it really. On life: it’s obvious that the viable life in the womb is life, because it’s growing & vital. If it has human parents, then it’s human. And most people agree that human life is valuable. Abortion involves intervening in a pregnancy to end that life in the womb. There are indeed too many tragic cases. The most sophisticated perspective has long recognised the doctrine of double effect, and the principle of avoidance of harms.
July 13th, 2022
Conservatives: How dare you say gay, groomer!
Conservatives: *are literally banning books*
Also conservatives: How dare you infringe on my right to use the n-word!
July 14th, 2022
@ocea “However, the idea is that both progressive and conservative ‘puritans’ believe that…”
No, the “idea” is to attack progressives. Not even both-siding, just hypocrisy.
July 14th, 2022
@alnilam
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/13/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana/10046625002/
The point is not this particular case, but that this is what the law now requires.
“why do they work so hard to make many of them pregnant in the first place?”
You are insane.
July 14th, 2022
Nietzsche said everything that makes life worth living is ‘immoral’ according to traditional morality. Why do most western democracies still cling to fantasies and delusions of moral progress? ‘Morality’ is dead.
July 14th, 2022
“‘Morality’ is dead.”
Ed-gy.
So, if a person can escape formal punishment & censure, you think there’s nothing objectively wrong with abducting you (or a loved one) - then raping, torturing & murdering you (or your loved one)?
There’s nothing objectively, intrinsically wrong with genocide, or torturing a child; that these are merely “things that happen” and entirely morally neutral, devoid of ethical content? Merely dead actions, in that sense? You believe this to be objectively true, factual, and sustainable, for you & for everyone else? This would be necessary in order for objective morality to be dead.
Ah, Nietzsche - we were all adolescents once, all the same, as the man says…
“Morality is dead, mom” followed immediately by “That’s so unfair!” Ah, yes, objectively unfair.
July 15th, 2022
I just don’t see how progressives can be called Puritans.
It just doesn’t make sense historically.
I would say it is more that a great number of people seem mentally ill, no matter their political belief.
Basically, both modern US progressives and Trump supporters are mentally ill and too stupid to see they are different sides of the same coin.
July 17th, 2022
@ nnashnine : don’t”both sides”. Leftie “puritans” call you names on Tw1tter. Alt-right “puritans” ban abortions, threaten to murder teachers for mentioning slavery, etc. They are not equivalent.
May 14th, 2023
When your “fun” is contingent on terrorizing and making miserable the life of anyone who isn’t straight, white, cis or the right religion then your fun isn’t fun but oppression. And you’re losing the war.
November 10th, 2023
Hippies were not “left” - we were apolitical , we wanted sex and drugs and rock and roll. We certainly didn’t want some right wing nut jobs complaining they cannot belittle - Im 85 was a hippie
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