I have been struggling to comprehend why leftists are defending radical Muslims.
They are essentially antithetical to everything the woke stand for and it made no sense at all.
Then... it dawned on me 🧵
They are essentially antithetical to everything the woke stand for and it made no sense at all.
Then... it dawned on me 🧵
When I say "antithetical" I mean truly POLAR OPPOSITES.
a) Woke ideology: gender fluidity, LGBTQ+ affirmation, secularism.
b) Islamist extremism: fixed binaries, compulsory modesty, theocracy.
They are quite literally the FURTHEST each side could get from each other...
a) Woke ideology: gender fluidity, LGBTQ+ affirmation, secularism.
b) Islamist extremism: fixed binaries, compulsory modesty, theocracy.
They are quite literally the FURTHEST each side could get from each other...
I could go on and on...
a) Woke = speech codes to protect feelings.
b) Islamist extremism = blasphemy laws with prison
a) Woke: “all religions oppress,”
b) Islamist extremism: religious supremacy in everything
...so why the strange bedfellows?
a) Woke = speech codes to protect feelings.
b) Islamist extremism = blasphemy laws with prison
a) Woke: “all religions oppress,”
b) Islamist extremism: religious supremacy in everything
...so why the strange bedfellows?
Then it dawned on me that two have literally nothing in common... other than a common enemy:
The enemy: Western Civilization
I can think of no other explanation than that both sides will tolerate each other's inherent worldview contradictions to gain power and destroy the West.
The enemy: Western Civilization
I can think of no other explanation than that both sides will tolerate each other's inherent worldview contradictions to gain power and destroy the West.
Why do both sides “hate the West”?
I believe the short answer is: the West’s core values.
Free speech, freedom of religion, equality under the law, free market choice, etc.
All of these are a wall against any movement that wants total moral control...
...which BOTH sides do
I believe the short answer is: the West’s core values.
Free speech, freedom of religion, equality under the law, free market choice, etc.
All of these are a wall against any movement that wants total moral control...
...which BOTH sides do
In America, no one gets a monopoly on truth or power.
We have elections. We have free speech.
For the Leftists who want a cultural revolution...or Islamists who want sharia rule...that’s an existential crisis.
The West must be destroyed for the movement to survive.
We have elections. We have free speech.
For the Leftists who want a cultural revolution...or Islamists who want sharia rule...that’s an existential crisis.
The West must be destroyed for the movement to survive.
They have different scriptures, but essentially the same structure:
Both sides treat disagreement as a sin... both have speech codes, taboos, purity tests, and "prophets".
Both believe that ends-justify-means in this alliance.
But...the alliance is temporary.
Both sides treat disagreement as a sin... both have speech codes, taboos, purity tests, and "prophets".
Both believe that ends-justify-means in this alliance.
But...the alliance is temporary.
I find the irony so rich.
Between the two, the Islamists will win.. and the VERY FIRST people outlawed will be the very same liberal activists who defended them.
Woke will not win because they have no children... but if they did, they’ll ban Islamists’ speech.
Oh the irony.
Between the two, the Islamists will win.. and the VERY FIRST people outlawed will be the very same liberal activists who defended them.
Woke will not win because they have no children... but if they did, they’ll ban Islamists’ speech.
Oh the irony.
One side wants drag queen story hour for kids... the other side wants the de*th penalty for it.
They cannot coexist.
They can only band together long enough to weaken the West’s foundations and destroy it together.
They cannot coexist.
They can only band together long enough to weaken the West’s foundations and destroy it together.
...and my concern is the we are letting them
Trump won the popular vote.
There is a silent majority.
That silent majority assumed the norms and institutions would always hold.
But they absolutely won’t.
When normal people check out, the zealots check in...
Trump won the popular vote.
There is a silent majority.
That silent majority assumed the norms and institutions would always hold.
But they absolutely won’t.
When normal people check out, the zealots check in...
Silence is asymmetric.
The Leftists and the radical Islamists treat your politeness as PERMISSION TO KEEP GOING.
To push harder.
The silent majority doesn't want to offend... so the quiet voids sounds a lot like "a consensus" and they rewrite the rules accordingly.
The Leftists and the radical Islamists treat your politeness as PERMISSION TO KEEP GOING.
To push harder.
The silent majority doesn't want to offend... so the quiet voids sounds a lot like "a consensus" and they rewrite the rules accordingly.
It's why so many people, I think, come up to me and say "I agree with all of this... but I cannot say a thing."
They whisper it.
They know they will be punished.
Self-censorship has seemed to metastasize.
People are not, and will not, tell the truth in public.
A free society can’t survive that.
But eventually it won't be just you.
This will reach your kids.
Curricula, hiring, scholarships, speech codes... rules that decide what they learn and how.
Neutral rules NEED US TO DEFEND THEM.
They won't defend themselves.
The silent majority needs to get loud, or we are going to lose everything.
It's now or never.
They whisper it.
They know they will be punished.
Self-censorship has seemed to metastasize.
People are not, and will not, tell the truth in public.
A free society can’t survive that.
But eventually it won't be just you.
This will reach your kids.
Curricula, hiring, scholarships, speech codes... rules that decide what they learn and how.
Neutral rules NEED US TO DEFEND THEM.
They won't defend themselves.
The silent majority needs to get loud, or we are going to lose everything.
It's now or never.
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