This Adam Serwer essay that everyone's talking about and sharing is packed with insights. Listening to him on the Bulwark podcast made me go back to these two. He writes:
McFarland’s remarks reminded me of something Stephen Miller, the Trump adviser, had written: “Migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands.” In Minnesota, the opposite was happening. The “conditions and terrors” of immigrants’ “broken homelands” weren’t being re-created by immigrants. They were being re-created by people like Miller. The immigrants simply have the experience to recognize them.
The federal surge into Minneapolis reflects a series of mistaken MAGA assumptions. The first is the belief that diverse communities aren’t possible: “Social bonds form among people who have something in common,” Vance said in a speech last July. “If you stop importing millions of foreigners into the country, you allow social cohesion to form naturally.” Vance’s remarks are the antithesis to the neighborism of the Twin Cities, whose people do not share the narcissism of being capable of loving only those who are exactly like them.
The Clurichaun Princess of C.R.C Tydfil McFarland (2020)
Kirby's cousin, Hywel's niece, and Uinseann's daughter, Tydfil. An Irish-Catholic woman living in Wales and an intelligent, book-smart and quick-witted mother. She spends her time out of the ring with her head in a book.
"Strategy is a form of intelligence, and you can always be smarter."
Name
Full Legal Name: Tydfil Fiadh Bébinn Méabh McFarland (Née Rhydderch)
First Name: Tydfil
Meaning: Anglicized form of Welsh 'Tudful', of unknown meaning
Pronunciation: TYD-fil
Origin: Welsh
Middle Name(s): Fiadh, Bébinn, Méabh
Meaning(s): Fiadh: Means 'Wild, Wild Animal, Deer' (Modern Irish 'Fia') or 'Respect' in Irish.
Bébinn: Means 'White Woman', from Old Irish 'Bé' and 'Finn' 'White, Blessed'.
Méabh: Modern Irish form of 'Medb' meaning 'Intoxicating'
Origin(s): Irish. Old Irish, Irish Mythology. Irish, Irish Mythology
Surname: McFarland (Née Rhydderch)
Meaning: Variant of 'McFarlane', the Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic 'MacPhàrlain' or Irish Gaelic 'MacPharlain' meaning 'Son of Parthalán'.
(Rhydderch: From the given name 'Rhydderch' from the Old Welsh name 'Riderch', derived from 'Ri' 'King' and 'Derch' 'Exalted')
Trainer: The C.R.C Wrestling School, Uinseann Rhydderch
Managers: Keith McFarland
Wrestlers Managed: Keith McFarland
Debut: 2006
Debut Match: Tydfil Rhydderch VS Odharnait Rhydderch. Tydfil won via pinfall
Retired: N/A
Retirement Match: N/A
Wrestling Style: Technician / Powerhouse
Stables: The Rhydderch Clan (2006-)
Teams: No Team Names
Regular Moves: Back Body Drop, Bearhug, Bearhug Into A Thrust Spinebuster To The Ring Post, Big Boot, Chokehold, Corner Clothesline, Flying Clothesline, Rebound Clothesline, Arm Twist Ropewalk Chop, Over The Top Rope Suicide Dive, Reverse STO, Running DDT, Running Elbow Drop, Running Leg Drop, Running Leg Drop To An Apron-Hung Opponent, Sidewalk Slam, Snake Eyes, Standing Dragon Sleeper, Arm Drag, Dropkick, Headscissors Takedown, Knee Lift, Running Crossbody
Backstory: Tydfil McFarland (Née Rhydderch) of the C.R.C (Welsh Wrestling League / Cynghrair Reslo Cymru) owning Rhydderch Family. When Uinseann dies Tydfil will have a 1/40th ownership of the promotion. Tydfil is a 'Clurichaun Style' (Technician mixed with Powerhouse) trainer. She's a quarter-Welsh and three quarters-Irish
