19-03-2010, 06:29 PM
Adrian Mack Wrote:Jim's expert said:
Quote:Eustace Mullins who just died used to say...Are you serious? Who's your expert, Jeff Rense?
I don't hold with Eustace Mullins either. He was far too much on the right, the extreme right even, for my personal tastes.
However, over the years I have come across a number of people who were able to provide clarity and detailed insights in areas I was researching, simply because they were experts, or at least very knowledgeable, in their field - and many of them also shared politically right views. Some even admired Mullins.
In my experience a great many individuals who operate in the intelligence field seem to naturally lean to the political right. Many are on the far right. One might be forgiven for thinking that this political attitude is almost mandatory for employment in these areas, and when we consider the cold war era, it was a requirement.
The fact is that political correctness is no measure of a person's skill or expertise - it is rather a judgement one makes about their political leanings. You don't have to like them, or get teary together, to acknowledge their professional skills.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14