Thread by @StephenM

Timely thread. The far-left’s primary political weapon is extortion: the threat that if you don’t conform you’ll be demonized, defamed, vilely smeared, even expunged. They wrap mafia-like tactics in moralistic language(social justice, equity) to pretend it isn’t a shakedown(1/10)

The mafia also used code language. But instead of protection payments it’s CEOs signing letters bashing GA, reporters adopting “progressive” lexicon, institutional surrender to Critical Race Theory, big biz financing BLM, entire subjects (eg biological sex) now off-limits (2/10)

The Left has created a censorious, paralyzing climate of fear that keeps good & decent citizens from honestly expressing themselves—afraid of being ostracized & exiled. People consciously adjust their behavior to avoid reputational slander & professional blacklisting (3/10).

Many GOPers, from young staff to elder statesman, keenly aware of the rules, stay inside their proscribed lanes-taxes/regs/deficits-leaving “culture wars” for others. No one ever lost an advertiser, job, contract, speaking gig, or corp board seat for tweeting abt cap gains.(4/10)

The incentive structure is clear: join the Financial Services committee, become an expert on Dodd-Frank, avoid controversy, and worst case scenario you get a Wall Street job like @EricCantor. They figure: I worked hard, I have a family, bills to pay, why risk speaking out?(5/10)

But when we avoid the issues that affect our lives—high crime, unrestricted migration, hostility to law enforcement, indoctrination in school, gov’t-sanctioned discrimination—we make the Left’s extortion possible. They need to make *examples* out of those who challenge them(6/10)

You can’t cancel everyone who thinks borders are sacrosanct, girls sports should be protected, nat’l heroes should be revered, that crime-afflicted communities need more police. So you target the few who speak out, hoping others get the message. This is how extortion works(7/10)

Leftwing leaders use defamation, not debate, because they know vast majority of ppl want security, drug-free schools, controls on migration, respect for nuclear family, patriotic education & unifying nat’l identity that rejects all forms of racial division & discrimination(8/10).

This climate of fear & cancellation makes our country less happy, more divided, and more anxious. These are not the conditions under which a nation thrives. To end this extortion a critical mass of people must speak the truth. Courage is contagious. Change can happen fast. (9/10)

Expose the radical left’s failures in moral terms: their anti-police anti-borders anti-family anti-history agenda produces great suffering, especially in cities they control.

The Left’s cultural dominance is unsustainable, but only if challenged in the full light of day.(10/10)