VDH

VDH asks a very logical question: Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up?



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Let me state that 30 years ago I was leading the bandwagon that the NBA was an unwatchable dog, just a bunch of overpaid street hoods, barely civilized and certainly not worth watching on TV. But I had no idea that the ratings were that bad. To quote Rush, "The Way Things Ought to Be."



There is reason to think that. Admittedly, I remain pessimistic.

That's certainly my point of view as well.

Stick this next thought under your hat. I don't expect either support or criticism. It's just a thought:

You know my general shtick about feminism. In particular, most men (conservative or liberal) are reticent to cross their wives on this subject. And, in my view, this subject is broad because the basic tenets of feminism are shared by other Leftist causes. "We're victims of the white, male, Christian, patriarchy." It works for blacks and is the justification for flooding America with Mexicans and whatnot.

Gays were also supposed victims. And to oppose that wasn't so much to be "homophobic" as it was to question that basic tenets that underlie feminism. Guys certainly don't want to do that and women certainly do not either.

And now we've come to transgenderism, which is just another offshoot of all this. Although few would have predicted Drag Queen Story Hour, transgenderism is a logical outcome. No, we could not have predicted the "social contagion" elements that have spread this thing that is part fad, part mental illness. We could not have predicted this explosion. But it all follows once you accept the basic premises that:

1) All outcomes must be equal (and some more equal than others), or else this is evidence of some kind of insidious "ism" and

2) Every perversion or 'difference' that goes against tradition is to be 'celebrated."

Now, here's where it gets interesting. And VDH, in my opinion, is as clueless about this as nearly everyone else: What happens to this above formula if women come under direct attack?

And we know they are under attack, whether talking the modern feminist man-hating version of women or a more traditional one. All are being marginalized.

If my theory is correct (and I'm pretty sure that it is, although I admit there are other elements and influences), then this releases the men to fight back, as well as it releases the women. Yes, the basic tenets are still there. They haven't gone away. But more overtly we see unequivocally how the transgender are basically parodying women. It may not be the fact that it is excessive (straw the broke the camel's back, and all that) as it is that it is attacking an entire powerful demographic that is PC for men to protect and is a movement even somewhat political correct for women to object to. (Hint: This isn't a conservative backlash as much as it may be the flexing of PC muscles – who gets priority, as it were.)

Granted, I would still say that 80% of women will not fight back against this because they are dumb and programmed to be "sensitive" to this stuff...including the chemical or surgical castration of children. But if you can get 20% of them, and maybe 30% of men, to fight back in a way that couldn't be any more painless or safer than just changing your brand of beer, or theme park, or variety store – then you have an economic weapon.

We'll see. My theory could fall. But I state it so that it doesn't remain fuzzy. Evidence will be presented to refute or support it. What makes it difficult is that no one is likely to talk in these terms.

But if the floodgates do open, there will be reasons for this. Expect much flailing as conservatives (or anyone) try to understand it. In effect, much that we write off as "complacency" could be understood as fear. And no doubt this is also, in part, about that other new Kungian Rule: They love the world more than they do their own values (at least regarding the right). But given that I think any boycott will include those left-of-center (aka "moderates"), this could be a new sort of battle brewing..no pun intended. I think.

Always love VDH's periodic proctology report on the good, ol' used-to-be USA.



Pretty much.

This is one of the reasons I tell friends overseas that the Deep State in America doesn't quite know what to do. They are in a corner and have not yet figured out how to get out of it. And like a cornered rat, they are more dangerous than ever. 

This sums up where we stand today 

amgreatness.com/2023/09/04/what-the-left-did-to-our-country/

It was ironic that while Obama was acknowledged as young and charismatic, nonetheless a cognitively challenged, past plagiarist, fabulist, and utterly corrupt Joe Biden was far more effective in ramming through a socialist woke agenda and altering the very way Americans vote and conduct their legal system.

His handlers, the Obamas, and the Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren radical Democrats, saw Biden’s half-century pretense as a gladhander—good ole Joe Biden from Scranton—as the perfect delivery system to funnel their own otherwise-unpopular leftwing agendas. In sum, via the listless Biden, they sought to change the very way America used to work.

Ok, we know what's wrong. Is anyone going to do anything about it before the bloodbath?

As they say in S.E. Asia, it is all a Wayang. The information which we are hearing today, has been known by virtually everyone in Congress and the relevant bureaucracies for years.

Yes the criminal Biden clan is desperate to save their crooked hides, but this whole farce is only coming about because the deep state has finally found Biden to be more of a minus than a plus. They have to do something because Kamala has turned out to be a complete bust and they need time to prepare the path for someone to take her place in the 2024 election cycle. 

Seems we all turned to the same place this morning

Note this paragraph from VDH's piece. 
Sounds like what I have been saying. I would say that Israel's PR war, to-date, has been pretty bad. Those in power need to up their game and make the world see the barbarity of Hamas and the righteousness of Israel's actions. The world is watching and Israel needs to respond accordingly. 

What you write is broadly true. That doesn't alter the fact that changing minds and hearts is an absolutely indispensable part of winning conflicts. Israel might not change the minds and hearts of confirmed anti-Semites, but every little bit it does to stiffen the hearts of its friends, or even neutrals, must be seen as vital. NEVER AGAIN is well and good, but it will always be easier to achieve with an increased number of friends, and even neutrals, as opposed to increasing enemies.  

To give you an idea of what type of friends Israel doesn't need, one only has to look at Zelensky and the Ukraine. Today, he is spreading propaganda that Russia is secretly bringing in Jews from Israel to settle in Dagestan. What kind of person does that? Yes, he wants to cause trouble for Russia, but by doing so, he is stirring up Muslims in the Caucasus and elsewhere, which cannot be good for Israel.

Trying to expand the trouble in the Gaza Strip to other nations is not to the advantage of Israel. It is only to the advantage of radical Muslims and leftists.