tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post2727854865247416559..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: Wokery Will Never Die... It Just Changes ShapeAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-86850694023520664262021-05-16T18:49:02.176-04:002021-05-16T18:49:02.176-04:00Rush referred to them once as "permanently of...Rush referred to them once as "permanently offended". He was right of course. I've been around those types all my life. When I was a young airman one of the junior officers referred to us as "violent drunks",,,our AMMO chief told us to take it as a compliment. Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-44384711150155187132021-05-13T11:47:35.739-04:002021-05-13T11:47:35.739-04:00Hi all! Been a long time!
I called simply the Ar...Hi all! Been a long time!<br /><br />I called simply the Arc of a movement. Happens every time. I witnessed this "phenomenon" from within the Tea Party and from across the street during Occupy Wall Street. At first they both were well-meaning sane movements to make a solid focused issues from Centrist on both sides of the political spectrum (middle-left to middle right). The point of the TP was strickly fiscal - demanding accountability and fiscal responsibility from our government (audit the Fed). But then politicians started seeing power they might gain by moving in, pushed out the focused leadership, and the whole movement changed. (my exit point in the TP) and began moving into very conservative views on social issues.<br /><br />Same happened with the OWS with the same result except different goals.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-28102346939089595992021-05-04T19:53:37.271-04:002021-05-04T19:53:37.271-04:00Spot on, both of you, and it really is vile on all...Spot on, both of you, and it really is vile on all levels. What's worse is when you've seen this crap happen enough times, both from studying history and seeing how these things always unfold, you can see where this is frequently the camel's nose under the tent but good luck trying to make that argument without sounding crazy and/or setting yourself up to be attacked as the actual vile person in the equation. It's always bothered me that nobody has ever stuck to a solid "this far and no further" line when they start pushing things farther and farther in the name of social progress and I'm still not completely sure why that's the case. Regardless, let's hope more people get on the ball and get better about watching for and fighting back against this crap soon. The stakes are still too high to be bumbling around.ArgentGalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173296751792700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-20294689035425291512021-05-04T09:07:20.203-04:002021-05-04T09:07:20.203-04:00Not exactly the same thing you're talking abou...Not exactly the same thing you're talking about here, but I have an idea that part of the reason why everything always seems to be going left is because that's how things get defined. Whichever way things are going--up, down, forwards, backwards--we just think of it as "left." It looks a little different depending on the timescale. In the short-term, it takes the form of making whatever idea the left is chasing look popular, and tearing down popular ideas they don't like as "populist," "astroturf," or "rising anti-goodness." In the long term, it takes the form of Democrats claiming the legacy of Abraham Lincoln (and, increasingly, Reagan) and pretending that George Wallace and the KKK were Republicans. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.com