"Massacre at Fort Mimms" Illustration from the Tennessee State Library and Archives.‘To Conservatives’ by Carl Hildebrand The Society June 11, 2019 Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry 2 Comments To fight a fight on ground of your own choosing, To force the foe to battle at your pleasure Is feasible so long as you’re not losing— And so you have, so long as you remember. The Right alone as straight as sword to wield And spurn the arms and stratagems of sin: “Muh principles!” and all that in the field Are shot to shit by men who fight to win. To make a fine, free speech (before deaf list’ners)— Replete with Founding Fathers’ wit and fame (Whilst they move out to kill and take no pris’ners)— Is what you call “discourse”—I call insane. The war you lost, at last, will you realize, Was not for an “Idea”—but for your very lives? Carl Hildebrand is a Latin Old Calendarist. His poetry has also been published on Social Matter and the Sydney Traditionalist Forum. Under another name, he is a scholar and teacher of ancient and medieval history, specializing in the history of the Church. NOTE: The Society considers this page, where your poetry resides, to be your residence as well, where you may invite family, friends, and others to visit. Feel free to treat this page as your home and remove anyone here who disrespects you. Simply send an email to mbryant@classicalpoets.org. Put “Remove Comment” in the subject line and list which comments you would like removed. The Society does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or comments and reserves the right to remove any comments to maintain the decorum of this website and the integrity of the Society. Please see our Comments Policy here. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) 2 Responses Joseph S. Salemi June 11, 2019 Mr. Hildebrand realizes what too many polite and decorous “conservatives” have failed to understand: We are IN A WAR. And in combat, niceties and etiquette and fine speeches don’t count for anything. My only criticism is of line 5, which is not completely clear in its syntax. Reply Dave Whippman June 12, 2019 Neat work with a telling point. Sometimes right is useless without a bit of might. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Joseph S. Salemi June 11, 2019 Mr. Hildebrand realizes what too many polite and decorous “conservatives” have failed to understand: We are IN A WAR. And in combat, niceties and etiquette and fine speeches don’t count for anything. My only criticism is of line 5, which is not completely clear in its syntax. Reply
Dave Whippman June 12, 2019 Neat work with a telling point. Sometimes right is useless without a bit of might. Reply
