I mentioned in a recent Substack that I have abandoned the concept of having a political ideology in favor of preferences that align with how I wish to live my life. I realize that many people who claim not to be of the Left have built a moral framework out of their political ideology. This is exactly what the Left does, and it’s what makes them so dangerous, especially given the Left's anti-human and anti-God political beliefs. Now, imagine the morality of those who believe there is nothing wrong with prostitution, drug use, etc., and defend the right of junkies to shoot up in the parks your children play in because of their political ideology. One side wants to mutilate your child's genitals against your will, and the other defends your parental rights to do the same.
As a moderately culturally conservative (atheist) libertarian, I am currently attracted to the idea of intellectually battling those who push odious ideologies like feminism, cultural Marxism (but I repeat myself), CRT (again), such that we get some positive political downstream effects.
If there are multiple people threatening you, hit the biggest one with as much force as possible. It has a domino effect on the psychology of the others
Paul Gottfried pointed out on the Cotto/Gottfried podcast that the GOP alienated many voters by being fanatically anti-abortion, i.e., instead of stressing “let the states decide”, it was “ban abortion everywhere!”. So some strategy is needed. I mean, it’s not as if anti-abortion folks are going to launch John Brown-style raids in Massachusetts to stop abortion, so why not be a little more subdued about it?
I could not agree more. In fact, I believe this rhetorical approach would not only bring numbers and support, but frame the group in the most advantageous position on other matters. Supplanting federal authority with that of that states is the pressure from the top in a pincer move. From the bottom we pressure local physicians, school administrators, teachers, county councils, sheriffs, state officials, etcetera.
My instinctive response was to make an “it’s not enough to not be a leftist, one must be actively such-and-such” joke, but then it occurred to me that I recently left an uncomfortable office chair to buy an established roofing company and that what I really care about is the birth of my second child in a few months.
Before we can fight, we must have something worth fighting for. Ideology is big gay.
Ideology is nothing but a box to be used by leftists to trap us in.
As a moderately culturally conservative (atheist) libertarian, I am currently attracted to the idea of intellectually battling those who push odious ideologies like feminism, cultural Marxism (but I repeat myself), CRT (again), such that we get some positive political downstream effects.
If there are multiple people threatening you, hit the biggest one with as much force as possible. It has a domino effect on the psychology of the others
Paul Gottfried pointed out on the Cotto/Gottfried podcast that the GOP alienated many voters by being fanatically anti-abortion, i.e., instead of stressing “let the states decide”, it was “ban abortion everywhere!”. So some strategy is needed. I mean, it’s not as if anti-abortion folks are going to launch John Brown-style raids in Massachusetts to stop abortion, so why not be a little more subdued about it?
I agree. We have to start somewhere and abortion wouldn't be at the top of my "hit-list"
I could not agree more. In fact, I believe this rhetorical approach would not only bring numbers and support, but frame the group in the most advantageous position on other matters. Supplanting federal authority with that of that states is the pressure from the top in a pincer move. From the bottom we pressure local physicians, school administrators, teachers, county councils, sheriffs, state officials, etcetera.
My instinctive response was to make an “it’s not enough to not be a leftist, one must be actively such-and-such” joke, but then it occurred to me that I recently left an uncomfortable office chair to buy an established roofing company and that what I really care about is the birth of my second child in a few months.
Before we can fight, we must have something worth fighting for. Ideology is big gay.
This approach is heartening. https://open.substack.com/pub/public/p/normies-of-the-world-unite?r=b5zww&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Back when CBS/60 Minutes promoted fascism: https://youtu.be/X4AxSG2iiI4