The destruction of family is the goal of many on the democrat left. Political fanaticism existed in the 60s and 70s with Marxist-communist minded radical left youth chanting "kill your parents" and Obama's radical Hyde Park, Chicago friends bombing government buildings. Many of these far left Marxist radicals chose to drop out of society leave their families behind and live in communes. The Marxism-communist doctrine fueling the left today, is based on elevating a centralized political regime above family and friends which is the opposite of what those who actually fought fascism in the 1940s strove for. Every male in my family put their lives at risk and went to war in order to protect their families not a centralized authoritarian government that wanted to run their lives like sheep. What you're seeing on the radical left today is old failed hippy boomers like Bernie Sanders and ignorant kids indoctrinated by radical left schools with funding/support of billionaires who are at the top of the new transnational progressivism Ponzi Scheme. There doesn't need to be a civil war in the USA and the simple long term solution that needs to start ASAP is education reform to teach kids to put family above state. Kids need to learn at an early age about the dangers and historical failures the Marxist-communist revolutions that relied on the destruction of families. Take a poll of people and you will find that a vast majority put family above the state (politics). The anti-family Marxist-communist fanatics on the left are the tail wagging the dog but the majority of Americans will never support their war against the nuclear family structure of the USA. Teach the kids about how Mao knew he had to destroy the family unit to become a dictator and establish a totalitarian government that put the state above the family and turned humans into sheep owned and controlled by the state.
I am pretty much agree with everything you say, the enormous problem is how do we now rest control of education away from the teachers unions universities, etc. etc. It’s a daunting task.
Start with the school board. Back candidates which put family and parent into the equation and who have values consistent with that. Go to school board meetings.. find out what they’re teaching your children and fight back when it is obviously gender grooming, county hating, or racial hatred etc. And teach your children. Homeschool if you can.
Obama’s Chicago friends were Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. Obama launched his first campaign in their front room parlor in Chicago with a small gathering of communists. Bill Ayers was a Weather Underground bomber who escaped prosecution and went on to became a university professor of EduMAkashuns, teaching college kids to hate their parents, western culture, and especially the USA. Bernadine was a groupie for Charles Manson and celebrated the murder of Sharon Tate in Los Angeles area by Manson’s “Family”. Manson had a Nazi swastica tattooed on his forehead. All of them learned political theory and tactics at the knee of Saul Alinski, communist author of the book “Rules for Radicals”, which was actually dedicated to Lucifer (Satan). Hillary Clinton was also trained by Saul Alinski and the Democrat Party still uses Alinski tactics in their political campaigns. Example on targeting enemies with Alinski tactics. Identify the target, freeze it, polarize people, destroy it. Expand the target list. Now they elected a communist Islamist who wants to destroy NYC, capitalism, Jews, and anyone who is to the right of Bernie Sanders. Self hating Jewish people voted this man in and soon they will understand more about his intentions. By the way, I love Jewish people and have been to Israel many times.
Don't forget Barack Hussein Obama, Kamala Harris, Valerie Jarrett and Pete Buttigieg are all the children of Communists. I posit BHO and Valerie Jarrett (and continuing under four years of O'Biden's Administration), have engaged in "asymmetric warfare" - and BHO/Jarrett have embedded the DEEP STATE with Marxists/Socialists who are "down for the revolution". Our enemies are determined. They are relentless. They have a plan and are executing it every day. A hot civil war between red and blue states is not an impossibility.
And somehow ALL of these communists have become wealthy slogging “poor little me victimhood” while looting our Treasury and hitting up billionaires for cash bribes.
Mamdani's father is a bit of a Third World Marxist. It might be worth reading "Why Mamdani’s Ugandan Roots Matter" in Compact magazine. This new NYC mayor should have some surprises for that city yet.
As a foretelling of future events in the USA; look at what happened to London when Ishmael's posterity became Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan. As a result, Londoners are unsafe after dark and fear Islamic gangs and gang rapes. And now a 34-year-old Islamic communist, that wasn’t even a U.S. citizen a decade ago, is going to be the next mayor of New York City. What could possibly go wrong?
Accurate summation of what we have lived and are living through. Read Xi Van fleet’s “Mao’s America” for a firsthand account of life in Mao’s China. Families were destroyed so that the government became the family. Are Civics and History even required in our schools anymore? The progressive left needs to take those classes out of the curriculums so the horrors of socialism and communism are not taught to our youth. Do what you can to get History back in the classroom. Wake up and smell the coffee America!
You can thank the Frankfort School, Columbia University in NYC, and Bill Ayers for that. In the year 1900, Americans were the most educated people in the western world thanks to small community schools, think “little House on the Prairie “ and no federal or state government interference. Then came the German education system to dumb down the children to make them suitable for factory work. Keep em dumb and never let them rise. Thank you Thomas Dewey.
And the now the sad, old man, who reported on his mother to the Mao regime, regrets being used as a tool to end his mother’s life. He was just a boy. I believe I saw the story in Epoch Times.
I constantly remind myself that it used to be illegal to use military grade propaganda on American citizens. Yet “Divide and Conquer” has always been the goal. The law against military grade propaganda being used against us was tossed in the trash under Obama. Now, Americans don’t know what hit them, and half the people consider the other half inhuman, in both directions. If you can find people who pay no attention to the “news” at all, as I have in my work, you will see the difference, and it’s stark and shocking. Americans have been brainwashed.
You’re referring to the Obama admin “amending” of the Smith-Mindy act (original 1948). It had prevented the US govt using propaganda against its own citizens - but “the great and powerful” Obama made it possible to totally propagandize US citizens. Think, for instance, the COVID lies - or Russia Gate nonsense… and so much more…
I agree with your premise but it's not a military style subversion strategy it's more accurately a CIA psyops subversion used against the US public. What you're seeing is the tactics that CIA used to remove elected leaders in foreign countries that the USA did not like. The phony Steele Dossier used to prop up the phony Russiagate Hoax is an example of CIA psyops used against the American public. Obama approved of it which allowed Clapper and Brennan to move forward to implement it. Honest Independent Journalists like Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger were targeted by DNI agencies for censorship/cancellation. This is why journalists like Sasha Stone, who are willing to risk retaliation for printing the truth, are more important than ever.
I had a 14 month old ‘relationship’ collapse because of this type of lefty, transgressive attitude and thinking. (I am a recovering Dem, I left the ‘party’ over 14 years ago and never looked back. I registered as a ‘decline to state/unaffiliated voter.)
I am not young and neither was he, we are in our 70’s. At the beginning of our deal he bad mouthed Trump and I requested of him that we not discuss Trump or ‘politics’. I knew of his “political bent’ at the get go and I wasn’t interested in what he had to say about Trump. I told him that we had so many other things going for ‘us’ and to talk about it would not bring anything good to us. We managed to keep this up for 14 months with little “news watching” on his part, and focusing on TV sports. Then he went away in June to NC to visit his white, privileged, lefty Dem brother and cousins in NC and GA. For ten days he watched nothing but sports and mainstream media MSNBC, CNN, PBS TV. They talked about politics and how bad Trump was for ten days! He came back from this trip a totally changed mindset. He couldn’t stop bashing Trump, what a horrible person he was, that he was ruining our country and democracy and so on and so forth. He bashed the Big Beautiful Bill , lamented about the “poor migrants” and old people who were going to “loose their benefits”. He jumped on the Indivisble.org bandwagon, and joined the other privileged, white, lefty geezer “protestors” out on the street corners of Napa, CA where he lives, waving lame signs and shouting stupid slogans.
I finally lost it, and told him why Trump was elected by an overwhelming majority, that the people were sick of the way things had been handled over the past four years and they wanted someone new. That his thinking was so off based and delusional, lacking little substance or facts. That I didn’t even recognize this person I was talking to, compared to the one I had shared a lot of fun times with all over California and Mexico over the previous 14 months.
All he could do is call me a “Trumper, a right wing conservative”. (Of which I am none of those, never voted for Trump, and certainly wouldn’t consider myself a conservative.) He couldn’t take what I had to say, that what I had to say didn’t support or match up with his crazy ass thinking, so he blocked me on texts and email, and POOF we were done, just like that. It was so WEIRD. One of the strangest ending of a relationship or friendship that I have ever experienced in my life. To end a caring and loving friendship/relationship over stupid politics!
In The Lord of the Rings, the Morning Star and Evening Star both refer to the star created from a Silmaril, which is the Star of Eärendil.
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Eärendil, a mariner, carries a Silmaril on his ship, Vingilot, and is set in the sky by the Valar to shine as a beacon of hope. He is most often seen at morning or evening, which is why the star has two names.
It occurs to me that as sad /grief stricken, as those of us on the right are about the loss of these friendships and family on the left , these same friends and family feel entitled ,compelled , and even smug about cancelling us from their lives. They don't miss us. They are proud that we are dead to them.
Unfortunately true. Try correcting them when they state incorrect information and see what happens. I've frankly given up. I read both sides of issues every day. I have plenty of intellectual ammo to lob if I want, but it's just not worth the effort. To paraphrase an old saying-you can lead someone to knowledge, but you can't make them think.
You can't even provide article references. The Left just accuses the writer of being a Trump ass-kisser. There were conservatives WAYYY before Trump, who only became a conservative himself around 2012. Why does everything revolve around him? Because he is who gave conservatives the power to stand up for themselves against the Obama takeover and militarization of liberal America. Think about it: were we at each other's throats under Bill Clinton? Oh, for those days.
Kimmel is a lowlife and has been for a long time. His nasty behavior on "The Man Show" proves that. Giving him a platform for those kinds of mean-spirited activity shows poor decision making by network brass.
He was implying that assassin WAS one of them, duh! And the truth was that "Republicans" as a whole, weren't "scrambling", but we did want to know and a few were delving into the info. to find out, since we all knew the leftists would blame the right if it couldn't be proved otherwise.
Not how I remember it. The only time I heard a Republican even mention the background of the shooter was in response to a claim like Kimmel's. Cause that is ALWAYS the first place the media goes.
I agree with you completely. These people would rather poke out their own eyes than admit they were wrong.
I have seen this very dynamic after the Covid jabs. I was ostracized and given the silent treatment by my own husband for months when I refused the jab. When the subsequent jab related cancers and heart issues became irrefutable, there was no apology. Not even a hint of "I should have listened to you,"
And now that there is talk of "refunding" Americans perhaps $2000 each from tariff income, I wonder how many of these rabid Democrats will refuse the money.
Perfect example is the NYC election. What utter folly after what has occurred in London to elect someone with such obvious disdain for mainstream American culture and traditions. Already the "free" grocery stores aren't going to sell some common items like cigarettes and lottery tickets. That's fine, I'm not a fan, but I know that keeps many small neighborhood bodegas afloat financially as grocery profits are only 1 to 2 percent at best. And if things progress, a similar ban on sales will be applied city wide so that privately owned stores are held to the same limits as the city run stores. There will be more to come. I guess some people only learn the hard way-you can't tell New Yorkers anything.
The electronic media is busy about brainwashing people worldwide, BUT, but if those people HAD the HolySpirit on them, IF they had not rejected GOD, embracing unrepentant sin instead -- they would know the truth and not be vulnerable to brainwashing. Yes, pray for them, and pray for American Spiritual revival and worldwide revival, that people may repent of sin and receive the peace and life-giving salvation of JesusChrist. The 'lies' of the world have people by the throat.
I believe the secularization of society has been so very detrimental, but the people did not know they were being so indoctrinated. I believe it was a gradual thing that slipped in through our education system at least a couple generations back so that the young today know no better. They had nothing to compare to.
I lost 2 male friends after 45+ years. And the irony is that I'm not a Trump supporter, just said I couldn't vote for the Dems in the last election and was therefore voting for RFK. That's all it took for them to write me off despite my attempts to explain my views. I kept saying to one "I don't vote based on personality but on policies. Let's talk policies..." but he was so amped up on righteous outrage, he couldn't even hear me. Now my stance is that I can't support either party and the only difference between us is that I apply my moral values to both parties while my former friends are stuck in naive loyalty to the Dems. In my mind I've taken possession of the moral high ground. And that's what I'm proud of.
Exactly. And what I find interesting as well is that they have no issue with hitting you with a politically-charged insult right out of the blue. (pun intended). I've often been in the company of TDS family members, maybe watching a football game, or something totally unrelated to politics, and out of nowhere, someone will bring up Trump, how horrible this country is, those poor immigrants, etc. It's certainly on purpose, and intended to "start something". Meanwhile, most of us are just trying to enjoy the game, or gathering, and avoid politics. But they are driven, and like you say, really don't seem to concerned about not having us part of their lives. They enjoy it.
SPOT ON! No matter what is going on, no matter what the conversation is about, these people find a way to bring TRUMP into it. To denigrate him. These people are miserable in their all-consuming hatred for him and let's be honest, US. This is their reason for living. And as an aside, can you imagine what the kids in these households have "learned" from all this hatred?
And the undeniable fact is that it's always the left who bar entry to family meals, who excommunicate over politics. You never hear of conservatives doing that. We're always willing to break bread and talk.
No, I fear I might not be much more than the old man who didn't stand up in Cabaret. Or maybe the old man who told Loki there's always men like you in the Avengers. Or maybe the one who was shot in the opening scenes of Escape from Sobibor.
Eh, I'm not that old, but there's only so much my heckling can accomplish.
Your honest doubts remind me of one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies, Equalizer 3. Robert McCall asks the wise old doctor “what do you see when you look at me?”
The doctor reminds McCall of his own response to the question “are you a good man or a bad man?” McCall’s response had been “I don't know.” The doctor replies, “only a good man would have say that.”
The scene is available on YouTube under Equalizer 3 “only a good man would have say dat.”
Jonah, any honest man would admit that he doesn't know how he would stand up to Nazi death threats. I don't. We can only hope we would have the courage to stand for what is right. One of the scariest movies ever is “The Conspiracy” about the Wannsee conference where the Final Solution was planned. All Star cast and riveting dialogue. Kenneth Branagh brilliantly plays the part of Hitler's bully.
Well I'm still willing, Kidbuck, and my guess is that you are as well? My family all lean left and voted for the least qualified presidential candidate in US history a year ago.
Three of my four adult children will share a meal with me as long as I don't mention politics, but at least I get to spend time with them.
I've not yet been threatened with excommunication and don't expect to be, though I'm sadly aware that others have suffered that indignity.
Yes; my wife and I had that indignity put on us after President Trump was elected the first time. The estrangement between our nephew and his wife continues today.
Other relatives on the left are more like your experience, and we appreciate it.
As Rush Limbaugh (“Maha Rushi”) accurately stated thirty or so years ago; “we conservatives come to our beliefs through our intellect, while the left comes to theirs through their hearts”.
Confession, I didn't vote for either candidate in 2016, because I was too fking lazy to find out what Trump stood for. When the impeachment efforts started in 2019, I did my research and discovered to my delight that he was a champion of the working class AND hated unnecessary involvement in war.
My boyfriend once asked me if i was going to wear my MAGA hat on an outing. I said, “heck no! I don’t want to get stabbed!” I’m a closet Trump supporter in a deep blue state.
Given the violent proclivities of some on the Left, I do not blame you. I remember being one of three conservative teachers celebrating Trump's election over Hillary in a locked classroom. This was out of a staff of 200 high school teachers in Texas. If things are so bad in Texas we have to hide, I can't even imagine how bad it must be for conservatives in places like California, Illinois or New York.
...right, well, cities....and even suburbs in TX are FULL of transplants, carpetbaggers who did not grow up with TX values. They do congregate in school districts. The midsize to small and rural towns is where you find thick conservatism, as you probly know. This URBAN vs RURAL thing plays out in every state really....and it is an ongoing struggle to keep TX RED. (see also, truetexasproject.com )
Well, my daughter works for an Illinois high school. After Trump won the first time, she reported that teachers and students were crying in the hallways. The second time, not so much! Many if not all teachers who lean conservative need to be in the closet to keep their jobs here in this leftist haven of Illinois.
Same. Though I haven’t bought a hat yet because my husband hates Trump and, as you said, wearing it out in a bright blue area is like wearing a target. I have children to think about.
Me too! Once you admit you support Trump you will be shunned and ostracized. I live in a condo community in the Portland metro area, and a few years ago I got into a discussion with a neighbor who started to sneer about Trump's idea of building a border wall. I said, as a legal immigrant, I thought a wall was a great idea, and that immigrants should be properly vetted as I was. She hasn't spoken a word to me since that day and gives me dirty looks when I see her walking her dogs. I still say a cheery "hello!" if I pass her but she doesn't respond.
Do you really need this neighbor as a friend? It’s sad to say, but this person really isn’t worth your time. Keep your chin up and be happy that you can and do live your truth.
Absolutely not - I find her ridiculous. But when you live in a condo community and see people every time you leave your unit to go for a walk, to your car, or to pick up your mail, you don't want to be despised! Also, as you say, better to retain the moral high ground by not letting these people defeat you.
It’s bothersome because isn’t this how they win? They bully people into silence. When we are too scared to wear a hat or shirt in support of Trump, the masses get the false impression that most people don’t support him. That’s been their playbook forever. They have created a severe climate of fear on both sides.
It will take doing that thing we don't want to do.
And that means getting into a confrontation with them *every single time* they push, and taking it as far as they're willing to go. The implied threat is that they'll go farther than you're probably willing to, and they're probably right. You have more to lose than they do, and that's by their own design.
As Sasha illuminates, they have stripped themselves largely of all connections outside their tribe, all roots and foundations. They don't have families that they would be taking themselves away from by going to prison or dying for their cause. They have nothing they're trying to build that would suffer from their absence. They have the luxury of attacking everything because they have nothing they're trying to defend. They're the kind of people who turn into suicide-bombers with the right grooming.
I find what you say so true and you can put it into words which make so much sense! I have a whole family who literally hate Trump and have absolutely nothing good to say about him ever. They always come back to the convicted felon, or pedophile rhetoric. I guess they are referring to his acquaintance with Jeffry Epstein for that although they have absolutely no proof. It’s quite impossible to have an actual discussion with them. It becomes nasty. A lot of yelling goes on and my BP goes up! I try to avoid any discussion anymore. I try to just let them rant and just not say anything rather than try to argue. It’s very frustrating but it’s the only way I can handle it without completely alienating them! I wish I had an answer. This past week with the Democrats doing so well in the races they were running in certainly didn’t help matters! Now I think they are even more emboldened! I just can’t imagine what we are going to get in the midterms and then the 2028 presidential election. I cringe when I think of these races! Anyway your writings and Podcasts often help me through this and make me feel a bit better! So I say thank you for that. I so look forward to reading and listening to what you have to say!
My husband and I have a group of friends that we know are on the opposite side of us regarding politics. When we are with them politics never come up because they know what side we are on. It’s better that way because we love our friends and we believe our friendship is worth more than being divided because of politics. We would be sad to lose their friends. If by chance a comment is make by them we stay silent. We’re not going to get into an argument that won’t be resolved and possibly destroy our friendship. Our silence speaks louder than words anyway.
You are lucky. I cannot speak to my family members for more than 10 minutes without them losing their minds about something Trump. Even after I have started explicitly for years not to bring up politics to me. And I work in a medical environment where my coworker is constantly bringing him up to customers! TDS is strong in my environment.
Same here, except when one of my friends makes a comment like that. I come right back with why that comment is (often) incorrect. That stops the conversation, but we stay friends.
Actually New Jersey is not as blue as you would think. It’s much more like Pennsylvania. In the governor’s race , there are already many anomalies popping up that are reminiscent of 2020. Sherrill got way more votes than any NJ candidate in history while Cittarelli got more votes than he did in 2021.
The recent elections weren't that bad - they were in deep blue areas and concerning NYC, fully half the people who live in Queens DON'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH, so of course they are going to vote for the foreigner hater of the USA.
After a decade of vile treatment (insulting, dismissing, smearing, screaming at me, including in public), which he would then deny and project; and after several attempts to reconcile out of the belief that it was better to have some kind of relationship with him than none at all; my brother physically attacked me on the street, over and over.
I then realized our relationship was over. The Left has turned him into a sociopath, and my life is better without him in it. And whereas it used to pain me to entertain such thoughts, it doesn't anymore. I've simply accepted it.
I'm so sorry, but I hope you filed charges. That's domestic violence or assault and only someone really deranged behaves like that. I think the combination of the isolation of COVID and social media indoctrination has severely damaged many in this country.
I didn’t call the police. There are a number of admittedly fucked-up reasons why, including that it could have cost him his career—and that my family, who all have varying degrees of TDS, would’ve blamed me. But in hindsight I’m ashamed that I let those considerations even subconsciously prevent me from holding him accountable.
It’s been months since the attack, and he hasn't mustered the courage or clarity to apologize or express even the slightest regret. I’ve learned from this episode and so many others that there will never be any apologies or even acknowledgements. He immediately rewrote the story of what happened in his own mind so as to rationalize the attacks and maintain the delusion that he’s a good guy doing good things. He spent the hour after the attack writing me a nasty email, subject line “Read it and weep.”
Needless to say at this point, he’s a massive piece of shit and functionally psychotic.
It has ZERO to do with values and everything to do with power. The people who claim it's about values are the same people who advocate aborting babies up to delivery.
There are those who take party over family.
I had a cousin who would come with her husband from another state to visit my mom and me. She and her family are diehard Dems. Her 2 daughters are rabid Dems; one daughter is married to a trans. They are all grifters.
Around 2011, my cousin and her husband came to visit and stay all night. They were saying such ludicrous things about whomever was POTUS that I had to respond.
My cousin came back agai a year later. My mom said, "The moment she stepped into the house she asked me which news program I watch." She always watched Fox, but didn't say.
Fast forward another year. My mom called and said she was SO nervous about her coming because she never knew what she would do to trap her in a political argument. I asked if she would like for me to handle it and she said yes.
I called my cousin, told her my mom was anxious for her to come, BUT I had a rule: ZERO POLITICS. I said, "If you feel you need to talk about politics to my mom, you are uninvited. Talking politics, or arguing, is far too hard on my mom at her age." What I said shocked her, but she complied.
After my cousin left, my mom said she never talked politics and it had been one of the best visits they had ever had.
I have begun setting boundaries. If I'm friends with liberals, or those who hate Trump, I say, "I refuse to talk politics with friends in order to stay friends."
“You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization -- including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility and all the other basic things that the clever intelligentsia disdain -- without ruinous consequences to them and to society at large.”
― Thomas Sowell.
Leftists enjoy their debauchery & don't want be held to consequences for their actions. They relate to other mentally / criminally ill in society so support them, elevate them, vote for them. Is it any surprise they cut off those who know what we know & desperately want US silenced, demoralized & dead? That they agitate for relentless immigration from other parasites to outnumber US?
Black Africans would be astonished at the "values" of Black Americans.
The culture of Black Africans is fully and thoroughly shot through with "Whiteness". I once read a book on some Bantu language where the vocabulary and the exercises were simply overflowing with "Whiteness". Why? Because that is the default. Farmers have to believe in "Whiteness", or they don't get to eat. Slave Culture and Fatherless Sons Syndrome have introduced horrible distortions into the culture of Black Americans. That is the problem, and only moving away from such distortions will really solve the problem.
Our neighbor and friend is from Kenya. He's an engineer and is openly puzzled at the behavior of American Black citizens. He said in his culture things like respect for elders, manners, courtesy are considered signs of high status. None of those things seem to be valued by American Blacks within the realm of celebrity, athletic or political circles. It didn't used to be that way.
I went to college with 2 men from Zaire (no longer a country in Africa and I don't know if I got the spelling correct). They were both polite and kind and were Christians. I remember once that one of them told me that "snow is of the devil"- Ha!.
Well-stated. Conservatives and traditional liberals, the kind who lived and spoke out in America in the 1950s and early 1960s, said much the same thing.
I am pretty sure LBJ meant well. As his biographer Caro notes, the country where he grew up, being more western than eastern, had almost not Blacks, so that there was not (unlike the true Old South) any reason for Blacks to be regarded as a threat. Despite his dialect, he was more like a Californian than a Southerner. All who knew him knew that he was sincerely trying to help. In his days as a school-teacher, he spent a lot of time trying to help some poor Mexican boy.
But the fact is that he did not *do* well. In fairness to him, it was not well-understood at the time how damaging Fatherless Sons Syndrome would be, though perhaps Moynihan's work was a good strong hint ...
I think any socialist program is never "meaning well" because they always fail in a super free (more free back then) society, because of fraud, abuse and corruption. And if he meant well and didn't just mean to get lots of power by locking up the Black vote (which just prior, had many decades when they voted Republican), why was he rumored to say after signing Welfare and Medicaid into law: "Now we'll have those n****** voting Democrat for the next 200 years"?
He also said he had lost "the Solid South", which had been the bedrock of the Demos presidential prospects, for the foreseeable future. (Yes, Clinton was to some extent an exception.)
My mother's mother, born and raised in Dallas, routinely employed "the N-word" without any negative implications at all. By contrast, my mother's father, born in South Carolina and raised (from age 4) in San Franscisco, was as racist as racist gets. He was a descendant of Governor Stephen Decatur Miller, who was famous for advocating something like "the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box" as remedies to keep slavery going forever. Little did I know, when I heard about that in my history class, that there was any connection between Stephen Decatur Miller and Orr Lee Miller ...
Not true. Such people -- and it has happened to me as well -- WERE friends in all the usual senses; they were solicitous, kind, generous, giving, listening, there for you, supportive, and I and others like Sasha returned all of those qualities in the relationship of decades. Then one day -- POOF! it all amouted to nothing; and these friends turned on a dime and were happy to become enemies. What do you think a civil war is like? It's about friends versus friends, brothers killing brothers, families divided, marriages ruined. A good friend of mine came to America as a war refugee from Bosnia when the war in Yugoslavia broke up his parents marriage when his father, an Orthodox Serbian, repudiated his mother, a Muslim. It never mattered before under Marshal Tito, when religious differences were swept under the rug because of communism; but when communism collpased it all resurfaced. Did they not love each other? Had they not started a familiy? Of course they did, but HISTORY pulled them in different directions. We all live in the flow of events, in history, but we are unaware of it until suddently it matters, it forces itself upon us, and then we realize that being a Jew in Germany in the 1930s is suddenly a big problem for you and your family, or being a Muslim in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s is suddenly a similar big problem, and your life is turned upside down by events totally outside your control. It's when you realize that friendship, or even family, is not the gold standard, humanity is. It's an eye-opener.
It did matter. Tito just covered up the tribalism that was always there. So how did that end? As I have said before, tossed babies caught on bayonets, eyes gouged out with spoons. Celebrate diversity!
No. Drawing lines around "communities", which is Left-Speak for "tribes", *always* increases hostility. Is that what we want? It *is* what they want. The whole ideology is just one pretext after another justifying hate. Every argument ends with "Therefore we are justified in violating their rights". That conclusion is their objective.
And now we have tribalism in the guise of Islamic culture being pushed upon us. Muslim clerics in Houston promise protests if stores don't conform to their beliefs and ban pork, alcohol and gambling (lottery). Long time residents of Minneapolis are being pushed out by demands for the daily call to prayer to be broadcast in areas where church bells have been banned.
I remember long ago deciding that Muslims regard themselves as "the super-tribe of the faithful". Some years later, I saw that that phrase was used in the Encyclopedia Brittanica's article on Islam. Part of the religion is that it has the right to make itself "established" whenever it has *the power* to do so. Nice mesh with Neo-Communist ideology. And Preview of Coming Attractions ...
Don't misunderstand me when I say it didn't matter. It didn't matter to them (my friend's parents) at the time; but it mattered to History, and to others who, when given the chance re-commenced a war that was only halted by a temporary "truce", as it were. I am not in any way condoning communism, but it did put a halt to the rabid tribalism of the Balkans, just as Saddam Hussein and Bashar al-Assad put a lid on it while they were in power in Iraq and Syria. Yes they were mere Band Aids which did not and could not address the underlying problem, which is the clash of civilizations.
It did not help that the Turks (which is what the Christians of the area call Muslims) explicitly divided their subjects into "communities". Tribalism works its will. My father was a (secondary) expert on such matters. I remember him saying something like "The more attention is drawn to differences between groups, the more hostile they become". Unfortunately I do not know where he got that from. Maybe the Tajfel Experiment.
And that was Obama's roll in our country: to draw more and more attention to the differences (and blame it on Republicans and conservatism/our fundamental principles). I remember during the last year or so of the Bush administrations, I read an article about Nepal or northern India and how there were Muslims and Hindus living in the same villages/towns and the Hindus did an evening prayer ritual where they went from house to house (hut to hut) to do the prayers, throughout the village. But the Muslims had started to show up and attack them, so that they had to have armed guards with them when they did it and I remember thinking "Thank God we don't have that "out front" (and even much behind closed doors) hatred here between religions and races. Much due to the 1st Amendment protection for all religious and we respect our Amendments and individual rights". I never imagined we'd go so far backwards (regressed, not "progress", as Dems are always saying) in such a short amount of time.
Some are insignificant acquaintances but the loss of those is not painful. But I have also experienced the loss of a close friend of many decades due to his extreme TDS and that has been very painful. But as painful as it has been for me, it must be even more painful for him to live with having TDS. He also talks about his "values." I think that these are a subconscious attempt to substitute for the biblical values that he has long ago rejected, along with rejecting the God of the Bible. I pray for him.
I have strained relationships with family members too. I have not lost any democratic friends as I never had any. And, republicans? Not sure I had any of those either. I chose Libertarians at a young age but even those I don’t agree with a lot anymore. More though on a philosophical way.
No I have been surrounded with the apathetic people who claim it does not matter - politics therefore voting does not affect anything in their lives!🙄 head in the sanders. Who refuse to talk current events because they are afraid to support Trump and be banished or politics is too overwhelming for them as democrats now are delusional communists.
Back in 1978, a boyfriend and I agreed to give a ride to a friend (of his mostly)
We drove from Illinois to Virginia to drop him at a commune he wanted to escape to. We called him cowboy because he always wore a dirty cowboy hat.
Cowboy was rather odd. He never really fit in well and girls did not trust him.
I had just discovered Ayn Rand so a commune was not to my taste- at all.
The people there were all full of themselves and believed they had reinvented the wheel of love, sex and drugs. My take was a they were all high on some drug or another. Their food was very bland and rigidly controlled. They had new buildings where anyone who joined had to give their belongings to the commune. A large room with a giant pile of clothes and another with a giant pile of books.
I have never felt more out of place in my life. They all walked around selling their utopia with a confident smile of how evolved they were.
I spent alot of time with the giant piles of books where I found Atlas Shrugged - I stole it believing these schmucks did not deserve the book and would never understand.
They made hammocks to support their endeavor.
I wonder what ever happened to them? Are they the seniors we see at No Kings rallies?
Are they the Virginians who voted for the guy who fantasized about murdering Republican children?
I always thought it was interesting that in Bernie Sanders' personal history he was kicked out of a commune for not contributing his fair share to working. And I think that's the key to most of his politics. He seems to be the guiding elder to the progressive Left.
When I see rage puppets from TikTok talking about looting stores if they don't get their SNAP benefits, it makes me wonder when grifting became a virtue. Every group project I had in school featured that one person who did nothing and was content to let others contribute effort and materials.
💯I say they are counting on the apathetics to do nothing. And is exactly why we have ended up where we are. If you don’t stand for something-you’ll fall for anything!
There is that. Even though we live only five miles away, we only see our daughter five or six times a year, if that. It's sad, but the walking on eggshells is exhausting.
“They believe they are doing their moral duty because ‘it’s about values.’”
Nobody captured this thought better than C.S. Lewis when he said, it’s the moral busybodies who are the worst tyrants because “those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
But what if the other person in the relationship goes on and on about how vile and awful Trump is every time you get together. They can't keep their views to themselves and respect the other person's opinion even after you tell them it's becoming an issue. Good riddance!
Thank you Sasha for being a bright beacon of light in the darkness of leftest righteousness and hatred of half the country. Your Fredrich Nietsche quote is a most appropriate reminder of avoiding a similar outcome in response to such abuse. You offer hope and assurance to many people with your shared experiences and insights.
Molly also let Jimmy use their infant son as a prop during the debate over repealing Obamacare during Trump’s first term. That’s all you really need to know about her character.
Yeah, that was gross. He used this really emotional time as a parent to present himself as an expert on healthcare economics. Of course, he knew that didn’t make him an expert, but it did make him untouchable. Who is going to openly disagree with a frightened parent? He used that to his advantage. Sick.
Forgive them, for they know not what they have been twisted into. Seriously, NLP/deep psychology/narrative identity theory mind control, layered atop the herd-pecking-order-conformity programming from elementary school on. Only people who are strongly individuated, and realize how they are being manipulated by media (and cut the cord) seem to be able to escape. "RealityWar" Literally, they are victims of the culmination of the most advanced mind control techniques in human history, further reinforced by (AI) technology. Seemingly (observation noted as well by others I converse with), brain damage from the injections that increases emotional dysregulation, and reduces critical thinking. It's all a bundle of negative emotions, a transference and projection of all the imperfections of the world, and their own darkest inner shadows, reduced to simple splitting black/white thinking without nuance. Failed individuation, cowardice, and shame, projected. All directed by the 10 minute hates they have been conditioned to gleefully participate in, wrapped in self-righteousness. "We're the good people, fighting for what's right, we're on the right side of history!". Hmmm really now. Have you really stopped to think that through? If we really lived in a fascist dictatorship, don't you think the "gestapo" would have rounded you up by say 2018, so we didn't have to keep hearing you bitch and moan and whine like a rage toddler about this patently absurd nonsense?! I mean really, where are these nazis, and why aren't they doing their nazi thing?! Even they don't really believe it, they still seem to sleep soundly, with little worry of real jackboots coming for them, for their "grand resistance" LOL. If you want to call pretentious, performative self-righteous whining in a soggy diaper for a decade "resistance".. well... ? Can you really get through when someone doesn't want to think, or question what may not even make logical sense? People who mindlessly parrot carefully crafted narrative talking points from their TV sets, hammered so thoroughly by repetition into their heads and anchored by NLP, which they mistake for their own "deeply held beliefs and highly considered opinions". Could they ever admit they know (if they are even that self-aware) they are the ones actually promoting the hatred and venom (that they project on others) they claim to "fight"? "They Thought They Were Free". No better prison than the one in your mind you can't even begin to perceive, when it's been cleverly integrated into your very identity as a "good person". Maybe if they get unplugged.. an EMP strike wipes out power for 4 years straight, along with the mind control system. Maybe. In the meantime. Yeah, almost all my friends are gone, even my best friend from 2nd grade. Everyone from high school. Everyone from college, bar maybe one. And I have to be careful and avoid politics to not trigger my mom, my sister or my daughter. I ignore the sporadic TDS programmed outbursts, for they are so programmed they can't help themselves, and reactance does nobody any good. Of all the people in my personal life, I am down to about 3 people who seem immune to this mass psychosis, and with whom I can actually openly and frankly discuss just about anything straight up, on the reals.
All those other people, they are gone for good. Like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, they have changed. It's on them to exercise their own free will, and try and regain consciousness. That's a statement about them, and the state of their perception. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink....
They "thought" they were "Free": Methods of mainstream media and social media narrative control that are being used on the mostly unaware public
or Why you should cut the cord, cancel tv, and delete your social media accounts, so you can start thinking your own thoughts and drawing your own conclusions
As a teacher I was aware that repetition is a key method of instilling ideas. When you watch network news, the first thing you notice is that almost the same wording, gleaned from press releases, are used in news stories. Back when I wanted to be a journalist, the goal was to be original. Now the idea is to conform. No original research is done, instead relying on whatever insider sources or desirable press releases are available. As a result, many of the "news" shows are opinion based and hold and promote ideas that are absolutely untrue. If you want proof of this, look at the shutdown. Most news outlets are blaming Trump, who cannot force a Senate vote and if he called in senators to berate them, would be further vilified. But the reality is that the Democrat written 60 vote rule exists and only 53 senators are GOP. That forces a bipartisan effort for most issues, something none of the newscasts bother to address. For those who only watch network news, this leaves them blaming Trump yet again.
Your column linked above is so comprehensive and useful I have printed it out to a PDF file for future reference. And I am subscribing to your Substack. Thank you!
Barack Obama instituted a Ponzi scheme. What is called a zero-sum game from Nash's game theory. He robbed Peter to pay Paul. To see what what Barack Obama was doing, research Robert Mugabe's failed experiment in Zimbabwe, and the further destruction under Mnangagwa.
Who controls (owns) the means of production is the pure communist platform. That is supposed to determine who reaps the benefits of production. Barack just sidestepped the issue by insisting blacks and other minor players must share in the wealth that they didn't help create. He forced the government and private firms to hire hundreds of thousands of underqualified blacks and gay men/women only because they were black or gay. This forced "ownership" the way Mugabe forced white farmers to relinquish their lands to blacks under the supposition the whites would then have to work for the blacks. The whites left the country and the blacks refused to work, so Zimbabwe's economy cratered.
ZANU-PF is isomorphic to Democrats such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Kimmel and George/Amal Clooney. My good friend Solomon Madzore had to flee Zimbabwe because he was too popular of a politician, and Mugabe feared Solomon being elected President and restoring property rights. Also, MDC party leader Tsvangirai feared Madzore would win, so the evidence is Tsvangirai betrayed Madzore by telling Mugabe's people (including Mnangagwa) that Solomon referred to Mugabe as a "limping donkey." Madzore went to prison without trial for 3 years for that charge, and this story is on the internet. I know Solomon enough to doubt that he would call Madzore a "limping donkey", instead he would use other more explicit and vulgar terms, as did other MDC members.
Trump offered the Americans who founded and defended the country an alternative to leaving. He cut off the gravy train and scum like Senator Schumer shut down the government until insurance company execs and their major shareholders can again steal from the taxpayers.
You've become the North Star of Substack.
The destruction of family is the goal of many on the democrat left. Political fanaticism existed in the 60s and 70s with Marxist-communist minded radical left youth chanting "kill your parents" and Obama's radical Hyde Park, Chicago friends bombing government buildings. Many of these far left Marxist radicals chose to drop out of society leave their families behind and live in communes. The Marxism-communist doctrine fueling the left today, is based on elevating a centralized political regime above family and friends which is the opposite of what those who actually fought fascism in the 1940s strove for. Every male in my family put their lives at risk and went to war in order to protect their families not a centralized authoritarian government that wanted to run their lives like sheep. What you're seeing on the radical left today is old failed hippy boomers like Bernie Sanders and ignorant kids indoctrinated by radical left schools with funding/support of billionaires who are at the top of the new transnational progressivism Ponzi Scheme. There doesn't need to be a civil war in the USA and the simple long term solution that needs to start ASAP is education reform to teach kids to put family above state. Kids need to learn at an early age about the dangers and historical failures the Marxist-communist revolutions that relied on the destruction of families. Take a poll of people and you will find that a vast majority put family above the state (politics). The anti-family Marxist-communist fanatics on the left are the tail wagging the dog but the majority of Americans will never support their war against the nuclear family structure of the USA. Teach the kids about how Mao knew he had to destroy the family unit to become a dictator and establish a totalitarian government that put the state above the family and turned humans into sheep owned and controlled by the state.
I am pretty much agree with everything you say, the enormous problem is how do we now rest control of education away from the teachers unions universities, etc. etc. It’s a daunting task.
Start with the school board. Back candidates which put family and parent into the equation and who have values consistent with that. Go to school board meetings.. find out what they’re teaching your children and fight back when it is obviously gender grooming, county hating, or racial hatred etc. And teach your children. Homeschool if you can.
Obama’s Chicago friends were Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. Obama launched his first campaign in their front room parlor in Chicago with a small gathering of communists. Bill Ayers was a Weather Underground bomber who escaped prosecution and went on to became a university professor of EduMAkashuns, teaching college kids to hate their parents, western culture, and especially the USA. Bernadine was a groupie for Charles Manson and celebrated the murder of Sharon Tate in Los Angeles area by Manson’s “Family”. Manson had a Nazi swastica tattooed on his forehead. All of them learned political theory and tactics at the knee of Saul Alinski, communist author of the book “Rules for Radicals”, which was actually dedicated to Lucifer (Satan). Hillary Clinton was also trained by Saul Alinski and the Democrat Party still uses Alinski tactics in their political campaigns. Example on targeting enemies with Alinski tactics. Identify the target, freeze it, polarize people, destroy it. Expand the target list. Now they elected a communist Islamist who wants to destroy NYC, capitalism, Jews, and anyone who is to the right of Bernie Sanders. Self hating Jewish people voted this man in and soon they will understand more about his intentions. By the way, I love Jewish people and have been to Israel many times.
Don't forget Barack Hussein Obama, Kamala Harris, Valerie Jarrett and Pete Buttigieg are all the children of Communists. I posit BHO and Valerie Jarrett (and continuing under four years of O'Biden's Administration), have engaged in "asymmetric warfare" - and BHO/Jarrett have embedded the DEEP STATE with Marxists/Socialists who are "down for the revolution". Our enemies are determined. They are relentless. They have a plan and are executing it every day. A hot civil war between red and blue states is not an impossibility.
And somehow ALL of these communists have become wealthy slogging “poor little me victimhood” while looting our Treasury and hitting up billionaires for cash bribes.
Mamdani's father is a bit of a Third World Marxist. It might be worth reading "Why Mamdani’s Ugandan Roots Matter" in Compact magazine. This new NYC mayor should have some surprises for that city yet.
As a foretelling of future events in the USA; look at what happened to London when Ishmael's posterity became Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan. As a result, Londoners are unsafe after dark and fear Islamic gangs and gang rapes. And now a 34-year-old Islamic communist, that wasn’t even a U.S. citizen a decade ago, is going to be the next mayor of New York City. What could possibly go wrong?
Oh, I hope you're wrong. It's such a fearful prospect! Well stated. Thanks.
Accurate summation of what we have lived and are living through. Read Xi Van fleet’s “Mao’s America” for a firsthand account of life in Mao’s China. Families were destroyed so that the government became the family. Are Civics and History even required in our schools anymore? The progressive left needs to take those classes out of the curriculums so the horrors of socialism and communism are not taught to our youth. Do what you can to get History back in the classroom. Wake up and smell the coffee America!
You can thank the Frankfort School, Columbia University in NYC, and Bill Ayers for that. In the year 1900, Americans were the most educated people in the western world thanks to small community schools, think “little House on the Prairie “ and no federal or state government interference. Then came the German education system to dumb down the children to make them suitable for factory work. Keep em dumb and never let them rise. Thank you Thomas Dewey.
And the now the sad, old man, who reported on his mother to the Mao regime, regrets being used as a tool to end his mother’s life. He was just a boy. I believe I saw the story in Epoch Times.
I constantly remind myself that it used to be illegal to use military grade propaganda on American citizens. Yet “Divide and Conquer” has always been the goal. The law against military grade propaganda being used against us was tossed in the trash under Obama. Now, Americans don’t know what hit them, and half the people consider the other half inhuman, in both directions. If you can find people who pay no attention to the “news” at all, as I have in my work, you will see the difference, and it’s stark and shocking. Americans have been brainwashed.
You’re referring to the Obama admin “amending” of the Smith-Mindy act (original 1948). It had prevented the US govt using propaganda against its own citizens - but “the great and powerful” Obama made it possible to totally propagandize US citizens. Think, for instance, the COVID lies - or Russia Gate nonsense… and so much more…
Yikes!!
The Smith-Mundt Act!!
I HATE auto spell correct!!
Smith-Mindy did have a nice ring to it, though.
I agree with your premise but it's not a military style subversion strategy it's more accurately a CIA psyops subversion used against the US public. What you're seeing is the tactics that CIA used to remove elected leaders in foreign countries that the USA did not like. The phony Steele Dossier used to prop up the phony Russiagate Hoax is an example of CIA psyops used against the American public. Obama approved of it which allowed Clapper and Brennan to move forward to implement it. Honest Independent Journalists like Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger were targeted by DNI agencies for censorship/cancellation. This is why journalists like Sasha Stone, who are willing to risk retaliation for printing the truth, are more important than ever.
Correction: I’m referring to The Smith-Mundt Act.
I had a 14 month old ‘relationship’ collapse because of this type of lefty, transgressive attitude and thinking. (I am a recovering Dem, I left the ‘party’ over 14 years ago and never looked back. I registered as a ‘decline to state/unaffiliated voter.)
I am not young and neither was he, we are in our 70’s. At the beginning of our deal he bad mouthed Trump and I requested of him that we not discuss Trump or ‘politics’. I knew of his “political bent’ at the get go and I wasn’t interested in what he had to say about Trump. I told him that we had so many other things going for ‘us’ and to talk about it would not bring anything good to us. We managed to keep this up for 14 months with little “news watching” on his part, and focusing on TV sports. Then he went away in June to NC to visit his white, privileged, lefty Dem brother and cousins in NC and GA. For ten days he watched nothing but sports and mainstream media MSNBC, CNN, PBS TV. They talked about politics and how bad Trump was for ten days! He came back from this trip a totally changed mindset. He couldn’t stop bashing Trump, what a horrible person he was, that he was ruining our country and democracy and so on and so forth. He bashed the Big Beautiful Bill , lamented about the “poor migrants” and old people who were going to “loose their benefits”. He jumped on the Indivisble.org bandwagon, and joined the other privileged, white, lefty geezer “protestors” out on the street corners of Napa, CA where he lives, waving lame signs and shouting stupid slogans.
I finally lost it, and told him why Trump was elected by an overwhelming majority, that the people were sick of the way things had been handled over the past four years and they wanted someone new. That his thinking was so off based and delusional, lacking little substance or facts. That I didn’t even recognize this person I was talking to, compared to the one I had shared a lot of fun times with all over California and Mexico over the previous 14 months.
All he could do is call me a “Trumper, a right wing conservative”. (Of which I am none of those, never voted for Trump, and certainly wouldn’t consider myself a conservative.) He couldn’t take what I had to say, that what I had to say didn’t support or match up with his crazy ass thinking, so he blocked me on texts and email, and POOF we were done, just like that. It was so WEIRD. One of the strangest ending of a relationship or friendship that I have ever experienced in my life. To end a caring and loving friendship/relationship over stupid politics!
Wow. Pretty shocking but entirely believable story.
may she be our morningstar, not our evenstar (h/t Tolkien)
Well, the MorningStar is not really a star. It’s the planet Venus and the evening star is Venus again. It’s a confusing galaxy lol
In The Lord of the Rings, the Morning Star and Evening Star both refer to the star created from a Silmaril, which is the Star of Eärendil.
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Eärendil, a mariner, carries a Silmaril on his ship, Vingilot, and is set in the sky by the Valar to shine as a beacon of hope. He is most often seen at morning or evening, which is why the star has two names.
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millions of family and friend relationships have been destroyed by those who sow hatred for political gain
It occurs to me that as sad /grief stricken, as those of us on the right are about the loss of these friendships and family on the left , these same friends and family feel entitled ,compelled , and even smug about cancelling us from their lives. They don't miss us. They are proud that we are dead to them.
Unfortunately true. Try correcting them when they state incorrect information and see what happens. I've frankly given up. I read both sides of issues every day. I have plenty of intellectual ammo to lob if I want, but it's just not worth the effort. To paraphrase an old saying-you can lead someone to knowledge, but you can't make them think.
You can't even provide article references. The Left just accuses the writer of being a Trump ass-kisser. There were conservatives WAYYY before Trump, who only became a conservative himself around 2012. Why does everything revolve around him? Because he is who gave conservatives the power to stand up for themselves against the Obama takeover and militarization of liberal America. Think about it: were we at each other's throats under Bill Clinton? Oh, for those days.
Mimzy, I don't think you've given up any more than I have? And if you have, be like Maverick in the first Top Gun and re-engage. 😊
Not until they realize they left their wingman out to dry. When they come back, so will I.
And if their delusions of their superiority ever ends, they'll never ever apologize. That's for sure.
They'll take it to the grave.
...what the democrat Molly fails to address ... her husband (fighting Trump) used the assassination of another woman's husband as a punchline ...
Kimmel is a lowlife and has been for a long time. His nasty behavior on "The Man Show" proves that. Giving him a platform for those kinds of mean-spirited activity shows poor decision making by network brass.
AND he lied about the assassin being a "Republican MAGA" when the truth was just the opposite! What an evil POS.
Evil POS you say?
How harsh. And how true!
To be accurate, Kimmel said that Republicans spent the weekend scrambling to establish that the shooter was not one of them.
He was implying that assassin WAS one of them, duh! And the truth was that "Republicans" as a whole, weren't "scrambling", but we did want to know and a few were delving into the info. to find out, since we all knew the leftists would blame the right if it couldn't be proved otherwise.
Not how I remember it. The only time I heard a Republican even mention the background of the shooter was in response to a claim like Kimmel's. Cause that is ALWAYS the first place the media goes.
just as you say
...thank you ...
I agree with you completely. These people would rather poke out their own eyes than admit they were wrong.
I have seen this very dynamic after the Covid jabs. I was ostracized and given the silent treatment by my own husband for months when I refused the jab. When the subsequent jab related cancers and heart issues became irrefutable, there was no apology. Not even a hint of "I should have listened to you,"
And now that there is talk of "refunding" Americans perhaps $2000 each from tariff income, I wonder how many of these rabid Democrats will refuse the money.
Democrats refuse money? Surely you jest.
But didn't you hear that Fauci is about to issue a worldwide apology?
No, I didn't either.
But wait...he IS science, remember??
How silly of me… I plumb forgot! 😂
He doesn't have time--he is too busy counting his money.
Sanctimoniously aggrieved dunce
Perfect example is the NYC election. What utter folly after what has occurred in London to elect someone with such obvious disdain for mainstream American culture and traditions. Already the "free" grocery stores aren't going to sell some common items like cigarettes and lottery tickets. That's fine, I'm not a fan, but I know that keeps many small neighborhood bodegas afloat financially as grocery profits are only 1 to 2 percent at best. And if things progress, a similar ban on sales will be applied city wide so that privately owned stores are held to the same limits as the city run stores. There will be more to come. I guess some people only learn the hard way-you can't tell New Yorkers anything.
You made me realize something:
Understand, they THINK THEY are right.
So, don't harbor animosity back on them.
If you pray, pray for them.
Biblically, 'a fool is wise in his own eyes'.
The electronic media is busy about brainwashing people worldwide, BUT, but if those people HAD the HolySpirit on them, IF they had not rejected GOD, embracing unrepentant sin instead -- they would know the truth and not be vulnerable to brainwashing. Yes, pray for them, and pray for American Spiritual revival and worldwide revival, that people may repent of sin and receive the peace and life-giving salvation of JesusChrist. The 'lies' of the world have people by the throat.
I believe the secularization of society has been so very detrimental, but the people did not know they were being so indoctrinated. I believe it was a gradual thing that slipped in through our education system at least a couple generations back so that the young today know no better. They had nothing to compare to.
I lost 2 male friends after 45+ years. And the irony is that I'm not a Trump supporter, just said I couldn't vote for the Dems in the last election and was therefore voting for RFK. That's all it took for them to write me off despite my attempts to explain my views. I kept saying to one "I don't vote based on personality but on policies. Let's talk policies..." but he was so amped up on righteous outrage, he couldn't even hear me. Now my stance is that I can't support either party and the only difference between us is that I apply my moral values to both parties while my former friends are stuck in naive loyalty to the Dems. In my mind I've taken possession of the moral high ground. And that's what I'm proud of.
They have allowed a sick , evil spirit to enter their lives.
Exactly. And what I find interesting as well is that they have no issue with hitting you with a politically-charged insult right out of the blue. (pun intended). I've often been in the company of TDS family members, maybe watching a football game, or something totally unrelated to politics, and out of nowhere, someone will bring up Trump, how horrible this country is, those poor immigrants, etc. It's certainly on purpose, and intended to "start something". Meanwhile, most of us are just trying to enjoy the game, or gathering, and avoid politics. But they are driven, and like you say, really don't seem to concerned about not having us part of their lives. They enjoy it.
SPOT ON! No matter what is going on, no matter what the conversation is about, these people find a way to bring TRUMP into it. To denigrate him. These people are miserable in their all-consuming hatred for him and let's be honest, US. This is their reason for living. And as an aside, can you imagine what the kids in these households have "learned" from all this hatred?
And never forget what the D in TDS stands for.
And the undeniable fact is that it's always the left who bar entry to family meals, who excommunicate over politics. You never hear of conservatives doing that. We're always willing to break bread and talk.
Yes, michael holt. But conservatives willing to "break bread and talk" are becoming less and less because of the extreme violence from the left.
Many of them now simply want us DEAD!
There was a young man who was a conservative who tried to break bread and talk. They shot him in the neck.
There was another "young man" who was Truth itself, and they hung him on a cross. That didn't stop Charlie, nor will it stop me.
And unless I misjudge you, it hasn't stopped you either?
No, I fear I might not be much more than the old man who didn't stand up in Cabaret. Or maybe the old man who told Loki there's always men like you in the Avengers. Or maybe the one who was shot in the opening scenes of Escape from Sobibor.
Eh, I'm not that old, but there's only so much my heckling can accomplish.
Your honest doubts remind me of one of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies, Equalizer 3. Robert McCall asks the wise old doctor “what do you see when you look at me?”
The doctor reminds McCall of his own response to the question “are you a good man or a bad man?” McCall’s response had been “I don't know.” The doctor replies, “only a good man would have say that.”
The scene is available on YouTube under Equalizer 3 “only a good man would have say dat.”
Jonah, any honest man would admit that he doesn't know how he would stand up to Nazi death threats. I don't. We can only hope we would have the courage to stand for what is right. One of the scariest movies ever is “The Conspiracy” about the Wannsee conference where the Final Solution was planned. All Star cast and riveting dialogue. Kenneth Branagh brilliantly plays the part of Hitler's bully.
Btw, I watched Sobibor and it was inspiring. Thanks
Well I'm still willing, Kidbuck, and my guess is that you are as well? My family all lean left and voted for the least qualified presidential candidate in US history a year ago.
Three of my four adult children will share a meal with me as long as I don't mention politics, but at least I get to spend time with them.
I've not yet been threatened with excommunication and don't expect to be, though I'm sadly aware that others have suffered that indignity.
Yes; my wife and I had that indignity put on us after President Trump was elected the first time. The estrangement between our nephew and his wife continues today.
Other relatives on the left are more like your experience, and we appreciate it.
As Rush Limbaugh (“Maha Rushi”) accurately stated thirty or so years ago; “we conservatives come to our beliefs through our intellect, while the left comes to theirs through their hearts”.
...akin to the old saying (psbly Churchill):
"If you're 20 and not liberal, then you have no heart.
If you're 40 and not conservative, then you have no brain."
I think Churchill said "A young man who is not a liberal has no heart. An old man who is not a conservative has no brain." 😊
In your reference to "heads versus hearts," do I detect the influence of Jordan Peterson? 😊
I think it's through emotions more than the heart. Our emotions can betray our true hearts.
Perfectly said! Or at least that's how I understand it, and I never make mistakes! 😂
Confession, I didn't vote for either candidate in 2016, because I was too fking lazy to find out what Trump stood for. When the impeachment efforts started in 2019, I did my research and discovered to my delight that he was a champion of the working class AND hated unnecessary involvement in war.
I've been an enthusiastic Trump supporter since.
In 2016 most of us didn't know "what Trump stood for".
But we sure's in heck knew we DIDN'T WANT HILLARY❕️
Absolutely. I NEVER contemplated voting for Hillary. She was and remains a power hungry witch.
I put her as Macbeth's three witches mummy.
https://alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/2022/03/11/macbeth-the-three-witches-scene/
They shoot horses, don’t they?
Well, but after they shoot em they eat em. Doesn't that at least count for something? 😳
It should bump up your Sustainability score.
Waste not want not, as they say
My boyfriend once asked me if i was going to wear my MAGA hat on an outing. I said, “heck no! I don’t want to get stabbed!” I’m a closet Trump supporter in a deep blue state.
I'm also in a blue state. That's why we also don't put MAGA stickers on our car bumper. These people really are clinically 'deranged'.
Given the violent proclivities of some on the Left, I do not blame you. I remember being one of three conservative teachers celebrating Trump's election over Hillary in a locked classroom. This was out of a staff of 200 high school teachers in Texas. If things are so bad in Texas we have to hide, I can't even imagine how bad it must be for conservatives in places like California, Illinois or New York.
...right, well, cities....and even suburbs in TX are FULL of transplants, carpetbaggers who did not grow up with TX values. They do congregate in school districts. The midsize to small and rural towns is where you find thick conservatism, as you probly know. This URBAN vs RURAL thing plays out in every state really....and it is an ongoing struggle to keep TX RED. (see also, truetexasproject.com )
Well, my daughter works for an Illinois high school. After Trump won the first time, she reported that teachers and students were crying in the hallways. The second time, not so much! Many if not all teachers who lean conservative need to be in the closet to keep their jobs here in this leftist haven of Illinois.
Same. Though I haven’t bought a hat yet because my husband hates Trump and, as you said, wearing it out in a bright blue area is like wearing a target. I have children to think about.
Me too! Once you admit you support Trump you will be shunned and ostracized. I live in a condo community in the Portland metro area, and a few years ago I got into a discussion with a neighbor who started to sneer about Trump's idea of building a border wall. I said, as a legal immigrant, I thought a wall was a great idea, and that immigrants should be properly vetted as I was. She hasn't spoken a word to me since that day and gives me dirty looks when I see her walking her dogs. I still say a cheery "hello!" if I pass her but she doesn't respond.
Do you really need this neighbor as a friend? It’s sad to say, but this person really isn’t worth your time. Keep your chin up and be happy that you can and do live your truth.
Absolutely not - I find her ridiculous. But when you live in a condo community and see people every time you leave your unit to go for a walk, to your car, or to pick up your mail, you don't want to be despised! Also, as you say, better to retain the moral high ground by not letting these people defeat you.
It’s bothersome because isn’t this how they win? They bully people into silence. When we are too scared to wear a hat or shirt in support of Trump, the masses get the false impression that most people don’t support him. That’s been their playbook forever. They have created a severe climate of fear on both sides.
I wonder if this will change for the 2028 race? I think I will be bolder about wearing Vance/Rubio gear - maybe others will too?
YES, Vance/Rubio with a big presence in the ticket of Rubio, because he's a favorite for me, along with Vance.
It will take doing that thing we don't want to do.
And that means getting into a confrontation with them *every single time* they push, and taking it as far as they're willing to go. The implied threat is that they'll go farther than you're probably willing to, and they're probably right. You have more to lose than they do, and that's by their own design.
As Sasha illuminates, they have stripped themselves largely of all connections outside their tribe, all roots and foundations. They don't have families that they would be taking themselves away from by going to prison or dying for their cause. They have nothing they're trying to build that would suffer from their absence. They have the luxury of attacking everything because they have nothing they're trying to defend. They're the kind of people who turn into suicide-bombers with the right grooming.
I have a “Drill, baby, drill” metallic bumper sticker for my car. I don’t use it because I don’t want my car keyed by the psychopathic greenie freaks.
I find what you say so true and you can put it into words which make so much sense! I have a whole family who literally hate Trump and have absolutely nothing good to say about him ever. They always come back to the convicted felon, or pedophile rhetoric. I guess they are referring to his acquaintance with Jeffry Epstein for that although they have absolutely no proof. It’s quite impossible to have an actual discussion with them. It becomes nasty. A lot of yelling goes on and my BP goes up! I try to avoid any discussion anymore. I try to just let them rant and just not say anything rather than try to argue. It’s very frustrating but it’s the only way I can handle it without completely alienating them! I wish I had an answer. This past week with the Democrats doing so well in the races they were running in certainly didn’t help matters! Now I think they are even more emboldened! I just can’t imagine what we are going to get in the midterms and then the 2028 presidential election. I cringe when I think of these races! Anyway your writings and Podcasts often help me through this and make me feel a bit better! So I say thank you for that. I so look forward to reading and listening to what you have to say!
My husband and I have a group of friends that we know are on the opposite side of us regarding politics. When we are with them politics never come up because they know what side we are on. It’s better that way because we love our friends and we believe our friendship is worth more than being divided because of politics. We would be sad to lose their friends. If by chance a comment is make by them we stay silent. We’re not going to get into an argument that won’t be resolved and possibly destroy our friendship. Our silence speaks louder than words anyway.
Sydney Sweeney Stare says all we need.
How much do we Love that!
So, So Much!
You are lucky. I cannot speak to my family members for more than 10 minutes without them losing their minds about something Trump. Even after I have started explicitly for years not to bring up politics to me. And I work in a medical environment where my coworker is constantly bringing him up to customers! TDS is strong in my environment.
Their TDS is stressful on us. But not as stressful if Kamala was our president. We can be thankful for that.
....sounds demonic really.
Same here, except when one of my friends makes a comment like that. I come right back with why that comment is (often) incorrect. That stops the conversation, but we stay friends.
“This past week with the Democrats doing so well in the races they were running in certainly didn’t help matters!”
Well like they say, cheaters are gonna cheat! I’m not kidding.
The Dem victories were largely scored in deep-blue cities and states, so.
Yes, let's hope it gives them a big FALSE sense of security about the 2026 midterms.....
Actually New Jersey is not as blue as you would think. It’s much more like Pennsylvania. In the governor’s race , there are already many anomalies popping up that are reminiscent of 2020. Sherrill got way more votes than any NJ candidate in history while Cittarelli got more votes than he did in 2021.
Exactly!
The recent elections weren't that bad - they were in deep blue areas and concerning NYC, fully half the people who live in Queens DON'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH, so of course they are going to vote for the foreigner hater of the USA.
After a decade of vile treatment (insulting, dismissing, smearing, screaming at me, including in public), which he would then deny and project; and after several attempts to reconcile out of the belief that it was better to have some kind of relationship with him than none at all; my brother physically attacked me on the street, over and over.
I then realized our relationship was over. The Left has turned him into a sociopath, and my life is better without him in it. And whereas it used to pain me to entertain such thoughts, it doesn't anymore. I've simply accepted it.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry, but I hope you filed charges. That's domestic violence or assault and only someone really deranged behaves like that. I think the combination of the isolation of COVID and social media indoctrination has severely damaged many in this country.
I didn’t call the police. There are a number of admittedly fucked-up reasons why, including that it could have cost him his career—and that my family, who all have varying degrees of TDS, would’ve blamed me. But in hindsight I’m ashamed that I let those considerations even subconsciously prevent me from holding him accountable.
It’s been months since the attack, and he hasn't mustered the courage or clarity to apologize or express even the slightest regret. I’ve learned from this episode and so many others that there will never be any apologies or even acknowledgements. He immediately rewrote the story of what happened in his own mind so as to rationalize the attacks and maintain the delusion that he’s a good guy doing good things. He spent the hour after the attack writing me a nasty email, subject line “Read it and weep.”
Needless to say at this point, he’s a massive piece of shit and functionally psychotic.
“It’s about values,” she says.
It has ZERO to do with values and everything to do with power. The people who claim it's about values are the same people who advocate aborting babies up to delivery.
There are those who take party over family.
I had a cousin who would come with her husband from another state to visit my mom and me. She and her family are diehard Dems. Her 2 daughters are rabid Dems; one daughter is married to a trans. They are all grifters.
Around 2011, my cousin and her husband came to visit and stay all night. They were saying such ludicrous things about whomever was POTUS that I had to respond.
My cousin came back agai a year later. My mom said, "The moment she stepped into the house she asked me which news program I watch." She always watched Fox, but didn't say.
Fast forward another year. My mom called and said she was SO nervous about her coming because she never knew what she would do to trap her in a political argument. I asked if she would like for me to handle it and she said yes.
I called my cousin, told her my mom was anxious for her to come, BUT I had a rule: ZERO POLITICS. I said, "If you feel you need to talk about politics to my mom, you are uninvited. Talking politics, or arguing, is far too hard on my mom at her age." What I said shocked her, but she complied.
After my cousin left, my mom said she never talked politics and it had been one of the best visits they had ever had.
I have begun setting boundaries. If I'm friends with liberals, or those who hate Trump, I say, "I refuse to talk politics with friends in order to stay friends."
I have done that with my mother,but she cannot get through a visit or a call without the TDS craziness surfacing.
I KNOW how hard this would be, but have you tried 1) just listen and not respond, or 2) suggest the two of you not talk politics?
Yes, I have been asking since COVID to not talk politics. And I am the black sheep since I did not get the shot as well
People who do that are foolish, in my opinion. They cut themselves off from people who love them.
Politics/politicians come and go. If we were in the hospital, would a politician come to be with us? NO!
“You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization -- including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility and all the other basic things that the clever intelligentsia disdain -- without ruinous consequences to them and to society at large.”
― Thomas Sowell.
Leftists enjoy their debauchery & don't want be held to consequences for their actions. They relate to other mentally / criminally ill in society so support them, elevate them, vote for them. Is it any surprise they cut off those who know what we know & desperately want US silenced, demoralized & dead? That they agitate for relentless immigration from other parasites to outnumber US?
Black Africans would be astonished at the "values" of Black Americans.
The culture of Black Africans is fully and thoroughly shot through with "Whiteness". I once read a book on some Bantu language where the vocabulary and the exercises were simply overflowing with "Whiteness". Why? Because that is the default. Farmers have to believe in "Whiteness", or they don't get to eat. Slave Culture and Fatherless Sons Syndrome have introduced horrible distortions into the culture of Black Americans. That is the problem, and only moving away from such distortions will really solve the problem.
Our neighbor and friend is from Kenya. He's an engineer and is openly puzzled at the behavior of American Black citizens. He said in his culture things like respect for elders, manners, courtesy are considered signs of high status. None of those things seem to be valued by American Blacks within the realm of celebrity, athletic or political circles. It didn't used to be that way.
I went to college with 2 men from Zaire (no longer a country in Africa and I don't know if I got the spelling correct). They were both polite and kind and were Christians. I remember once that one of them told me that "snow is of the devil"- Ha!.
It may help somewhat that football is an inherently conservative sport: it is stylized war.
Well-stated. Conservatives and traditional liberals, the kind who lived and spoke out in America in the 1950s and early 1960s, said much the same thing.
I am pretty sure LBJ meant well. As his biographer Caro notes, the country where he grew up, being more western than eastern, had almost not Blacks, so that there was not (unlike the true Old South) any reason for Blacks to be regarded as a threat. Despite his dialect, he was more like a Californian than a Southerner. All who knew him knew that he was sincerely trying to help. In his days as a school-teacher, he spent a lot of time trying to help some poor Mexican boy.
But the fact is that he did not *do* well. In fairness to him, it was not well-understood at the time how damaging Fatherless Sons Syndrome would be, though perhaps Moynihan's work was a good strong hint ...
I think any socialist program is never "meaning well" because they always fail in a super free (more free back then) society, because of fraud, abuse and corruption. And if he meant well and didn't just mean to get lots of power by locking up the Black vote (which just prior, had many decades when they voted Republican), why was he rumored to say after signing Welfare and Medicaid into law: "Now we'll have those n****** voting Democrat for the next 200 years"?
Being naive is not the same as being evil.
He also said he had lost "the Solid South", which had been the bedrock of the Demos presidential prospects, for the foreseeable future. (Yes, Clinton was to some extent an exception.)
My mother's mother, born and raised in Dallas, routinely employed "the N-word" without any negative implications at all. By contrast, my mother's father, born in South Carolina and raised (from age 4) in San Franscisco, was as racist as racist gets. He was a descendant of Governor Stephen Decatur Miller, who was famous for advocating something like "the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box" as remedies to keep slavery going forever. Little did I know, when I heard about that in my history class, that there was any connection between Stephen Decatur Miller and Orr Lee Miller ...
My point is that LBJ meant it for cultivating power and for a long while and if Blacks were helped, well that was good too.
You think you lost your friends. They weren’t your friends in the first place. This much is self evident.
Not true. Such people -- and it has happened to me as well -- WERE friends in all the usual senses; they were solicitous, kind, generous, giving, listening, there for you, supportive, and I and others like Sasha returned all of those qualities in the relationship of decades. Then one day -- POOF! it all amouted to nothing; and these friends turned on a dime and were happy to become enemies. What do you think a civil war is like? It's about friends versus friends, brothers killing brothers, families divided, marriages ruined. A good friend of mine came to America as a war refugee from Bosnia when the war in Yugoslavia broke up his parents marriage when his father, an Orthodox Serbian, repudiated his mother, a Muslim. It never mattered before under Marshal Tito, when religious differences were swept under the rug because of communism; but when communism collpased it all resurfaced. Did they not love each other? Had they not started a familiy? Of course they did, but HISTORY pulled them in different directions. We all live in the flow of events, in history, but we are unaware of it until suddently it matters, it forces itself upon us, and then we realize that being a Jew in Germany in the 1930s is suddenly a big problem for you and your family, or being a Muslim in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s is suddenly a similar big problem, and your life is turned upside down by events totally outside your control. It's when you realize that friendship, or even family, is not the gold standard, humanity is. It's an eye-opener.
It did matter. Tito just covered up the tribalism that was always there. So how did that end? As I have said before, tossed babies caught on bayonets, eyes gouged out with spoons. Celebrate diversity!
No. Drawing lines around "communities", which is Left-Speak for "tribes", *always* increases hostility. Is that what we want? It *is* what they want. The whole ideology is just one pretext after another justifying hate. Every argument ends with "Therefore we are justified in violating their rights". That conclusion is their objective.
And now we have tribalism in the guise of Islamic culture being pushed upon us. Muslim clerics in Houston promise protests if stores don't conform to their beliefs and ban pork, alcohol and gambling (lottery). Long time residents of Minneapolis are being pushed out by demands for the daily call to prayer to be broadcast in areas where church bells have been banned.
I remember long ago deciding that Muslims regard themselves as "the super-tribe of the faithful". Some years later, I saw that that phrase was used in the Encyclopedia Brittanica's article on Islam. Part of the religion is that it has the right to make itself "established" whenever it has *the power* to do so. Nice mesh with Neo-Communist ideology. And Preview of Coming Attractions ...
Don't misunderstand me when I say it didn't matter. It didn't matter to them (my friend's parents) at the time; but it mattered to History, and to others who, when given the chance re-commenced a war that was only halted by a temporary "truce", as it were. I am not in any way condoning communism, but it did put a halt to the rabid tribalism of the Balkans, just as Saddam Hussein and Bashar al-Assad put a lid on it while they were in power in Iraq and Syria. Yes they were mere Band Aids which did not and could not address the underlying problem, which is the clash of civilizations.
It did not help that the Turks (which is what the Christians of the area call Muslims) explicitly divided their subjects into "communities". Tribalism works its will. My father was a (secondary) expert on such matters. I remember him saying something like "The more attention is drawn to differences between groups, the more hostile they become". Unfortunately I do not know where he got that from. Maybe the Tajfel Experiment.
And that was Obama's roll in our country: to draw more and more attention to the differences (and blame it on Republicans and conservatism/our fundamental principles). I remember during the last year or so of the Bush administrations, I read an article about Nepal or northern India and how there were Muslims and Hindus living in the same villages/towns and the Hindus did an evening prayer ritual where they went from house to house (hut to hut) to do the prayers, throughout the village. But the Muslims had started to show up and attack them, so that they had to have armed guards with them when they did it and I remember thinking "Thank God we don't have that "out front" (and even much behind closed doors) hatred here between religions and races. Much due to the 1st Amendment protection for all religious and we respect our Amendments and individual rights". I never imagined we'd go so far backwards (regressed, not "progress", as Dems are always saying) in such a short amount of time.
Some are insignificant acquaintances but the loss of those is not painful. But I have also experienced the loss of a close friend of many decades due to his extreme TDS and that has been very painful. But as painful as it has been for me, it must be even more painful for him to live with having TDS. He also talks about his "values." I think that these are a subconscious attempt to substitute for the biblical values that he has long ago rejected, along with rejecting the God of the Bible. I pray for him.
I have strained relationships with family members too. I have not lost any democratic friends as I never had any. And, republicans? Not sure I had any of those either. I chose Libertarians at a young age but even those I don’t agree with a lot anymore. More though on a philosophical way.
No I have been surrounded with the apathetic people who claim it does not matter - politics therefore voting does not affect anything in their lives!🙄 head in the sanders. Who refuse to talk current events because they are afraid to support Trump and be banished or politics is too overwhelming for them as democrats now are delusional communists.
Back in 1978, a boyfriend and I agreed to give a ride to a friend (of his mostly)
We drove from Illinois to Virginia to drop him at a commune he wanted to escape to. We called him cowboy because he always wore a dirty cowboy hat.
Cowboy was rather odd. He never really fit in well and girls did not trust him.
I had just discovered Ayn Rand so a commune was not to my taste- at all.
The people there were all full of themselves and believed they had reinvented the wheel of love, sex and drugs. My take was a they were all high on some drug or another. Their food was very bland and rigidly controlled. They had new buildings where anyone who joined had to give their belongings to the commune. A large room with a giant pile of clothes and another with a giant pile of books.
I have never felt more out of place in my life. They all walked around selling their utopia with a confident smile of how evolved they were.
I spent alot of time with the giant piles of books where I found Atlas Shrugged - I stole it believing these schmucks did not deserve the book and would never understand.
They made hammocks to support their endeavor.
I wonder what ever happened to them? Are they the seniors we see at No Kings rallies?
Are they the Virginians who voted for the guy who fantasized about murdering Republican children?
What the heck happened?
I always thought it was interesting that in Bernie Sanders' personal history he was kicked out of a commune for not contributing his fair share to working. And I think that's the key to most of his politics. He seems to be the guiding elder to the progressive Left.
When I see rage puppets from TikTok talking about looting stores if they don't get their SNAP benefits, it makes me wonder when grifting became a virtue. Every group project I had in school featured that one person who did nothing and was content to let others contribute effort and materials.
To those who claim they "don't care" about politics, my wife and I respond, that's fine but politics cares about YOU.
💯I say they are counting on the apathetics to do nothing. And is exactly why we have ended up where we are. If you don’t stand for something-you’ll fall for anything!
Well, I ended things over the other person’s TDS. I got tired of walking on eggshells.
There is that. Even though we live only five miles away, we only see our daughter five or six times a year, if that. It's sad, but the walking on eggshells is exhausting.
“They believe they are doing their moral duty because ‘it’s about values.’”
Nobody captured this thought better than C.S. Lewis when he said, it’s the moral busybodies who are the worst tyrants because “those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
At least that all have that "In This House..." sign that sets the limits of their tolerance so you know who to avoid.
I respect your view. But in my opinion, someone who is willing to dive bomb a relationship on account of political point of view is not a true friend.
But what if the other person in the relationship goes on and on about how vile and awful Trump is every time you get together. They can't keep their views to themselves and respect the other person's opinion even after you tell them it's becoming an issue. Good riddance!
Just smile…
And then there is my poor husband, who has to listen to me go on and on about how we dodged a giant mortar shell when Harris was defeated (YaY!).
Thank you Sasha for being a bright beacon of light in the darkness of leftest righteousness and hatred of half the country. Your Fredrich Nietsche quote is a most appropriate reminder of avoiding a similar outcome in response to such abuse. You offer hope and assurance to many people with your shared experiences and insights.
Molly also let Jimmy use their infant son as a prop during the debate over repealing Obamacare during Trump’s first term. That’s all you really need to know about her character.
Did she marry jimmy before or after he exploited women in his Man Show.
Definitely after.
Yeah, that was gross. He used this really emotional time as a parent to present himself as an expert on healthcare economics. Of course, he knew that didn’t make him an expert, but it did make him untouchable. Who is going to openly disagree with a frightened parent? He used that to his advantage. Sick.
Forgive them, for they know not what they have been twisted into. Seriously, NLP/deep psychology/narrative identity theory mind control, layered atop the herd-pecking-order-conformity programming from elementary school on. Only people who are strongly individuated, and realize how they are being manipulated by media (and cut the cord) seem to be able to escape. "RealityWar" Literally, they are victims of the culmination of the most advanced mind control techniques in human history, further reinforced by (AI) technology. Seemingly (observation noted as well by others I converse with), brain damage from the injections that increases emotional dysregulation, and reduces critical thinking. It's all a bundle of negative emotions, a transference and projection of all the imperfections of the world, and their own darkest inner shadows, reduced to simple splitting black/white thinking without nuance. Failed individuation, cowardice, and shame, projected. All directed by the 10 minute hates they have been conditioned to gleefully participate in, wrapped in self-righteousness. "We're the good people, fighting for what's right, we're on the right side of history!". Hmmm really now. Have you really stopped to think that through? If we really lived in a fascist dictatorship, don't you think the "gestapo" would have rounded you up by say 2018, so we didn't have to keep hearing you bitch and moan and whine like a rage toddler about this patently absurd nonsense?! I mean really, where are these nazis, and why aren't they doing their nazi thing?! Even they don't really believe it, they still seem to sleep soundly, with little worry of real jackboots coming for them, for their "grand resistance" LOL. If you want to call pretentious, performative self-righteous whining in a soggy diaper for a decade "resistance".. well... ? Can you really get through when someone doesn't want to think, or question what may not even make logical sense? People who mindlessly parrot carefully crafted narrative talking points from their TV sets, hammered so thoroughly by repetition into their heads and anchored by NLP, which they mistake for their own "deeply held beliefs and highly considered opinions". Could they ever admit they know (if they are even that self-aware) they are the ones actually promoting the hatred and venom (that they project on others) they claim to "fight"? "They Thought They Were Free". No better prison than the one in your mind you can't even begin to perceive, when it's been cleverly integrated into your very identity as a "good person". Maybe if they get unplugged.. an EMP strike wipes out power for 4 years straight, along with the mind control system. Maybe. In the meantime. Yeah, almost all my friends are gone, even my best friend from 2nd grade. Everyone from high school. Everyone from college, bar maybe one. And I have to be careful and avoid politics to not trigger my mom, my sister or my daughter. I ignore the sporadic TDS programmed outbursts, for they are so programmed they can't help themselves, and reactance does nobody any good. Of all the people in my personal life, I am down to about 3 people who seem immune to this mass psychosis, and with whom I can actually openly and frankly discuss just about anything straight up, on the reals.
All those other people, they are gone for good. Like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, they have changed. It's on them to exercise their own free will, and try and regain consciousness. That's a statement about them, and the state of their perception. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink....
They "thought" they were "Free": Methods of mainstream media and social media narrative control that are being used on the mostly unaware public
or Why you should cut the cord, cancel tv, and delete your social media accounts, so you can start thinking your own thoughts and drawing your own conclusions
https://hypernoia.substack.com/p/they-thought-they-were-free-methods
As a teacher I was aware that repetition is a key method of instilling ideas. When you watch network news, the first thing you notice is that almost the same wording, gleaned from press releases, are used in news stories. Back when I wanted to be a journalist, the goal was to be original. Now the idea is to conform. No original research is done, instead relying on whatever insider sources or desirable press releases are available. As a result, many of the "news" shows are opinion based and hold and promote ideas that are absolutely untrue. If you want proof of this, look at the shutdown. Most news outlets are blaming Trump, who cannot force a Senate vote and if he called in senators to berate them, would be further vilified. But the reality is that the Democrat written 60 vote rule exists and only 53 senators are GOP. That forces a bipartisan effort for most issues, something none of the newscasts bother to address. For those who only watch network news, this leaves them blaming Trump yet again.
Your column linked above is so comprehensive and useful I have printed it out to a PDF file for future reference. And I am subscribing to your Substack. Thank you!
On youtube, today...
It's Not Just You - Something is Changing People's Behavior 📱
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmtT9DvenDI
Barack Obama instituted a Ponzi scheme. What is called a zero-sum game from Nash's game theory. He robbed Peter to pay Paul. To see what what Barack Obama was doing, research Robert Mugabe's failed experiment in Zimbabwe, and the further destruction under Mnangagwa.
Who controls (owns) the means of production is the pure communist platform. That is supposed to determine who reaps the benefits of production. Barack just sidestepped the issue by insisting blacks and other minor players must share in the wealth that they didn't help create. He forced the government and private firms to hire hundreds of thousands of underqualified blacks and gay men/women only because they were black or gay. This forced "ownership" the way Mugabe forced white farmers to relinquish their lands to blacks under the supposition the whites would then have to work for the blacks. The whites left the country and the blacks refused to work, so Zimbabwe's economy cratered.
ZANU-PF is isomorphic to Democrats such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Kimmel and George/Amal Clooney. My good friend Solomon Madzore had to flee Zimbabwe because he was too popular of a politician, and Mugabe feared Solomon being elected President and restoring property rights. Also, MDC party leader Tsvangirai feared Madzore would win, so the evidence is Tsvangirai betrayed Madzore by telling Mugabe's people (including Mnangagwa) that Solomon referred to Mugabe as a "limping donkey." Madzore went to prison without trial for 3 years for that charge, and this story is on the internet. I know Solomon enough to doubt that he would call Madzore a "limping donkey", instead he would use other more explicit and vulgar terms, as did other MDC members.
Trump offered the Americans who founded and defended the country an alternative to leaving. He cut off the gravy train and scum like Senator Schumer shut down the government until insurance company execs and their major shareholders can again steal from the taxpayers.