I'm having a conversation with an acquaintance tomorrow who just went to CPAC and seems to think they are all in upside-down world. I agree with him on a couple of his points but am mostly going to need to counter him on a lot of them. He noted in a recent Medium piece on his visit to CPAC that he encountered a lot of Orwellian language. I'm thinking have you not been listening to your own side, but I'm also forgetting a lot of the particular instances in which we have seen that take place. Could you guys help me think of some good instances?
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Our very own @YayRain (after having imbibed some golden nectar), shares with us yet one more problem with CRT....
I appreciated how they tried to parse their positions on free speech, getting people fired, extremism/violence, tribalism. I do agree we need to be judicious and not act merely out of emotions. https://pca.st/episode/c0aa125f-f44b-47c0-948f-e93cc6cdeb97
From the piece:
If Charlie Kirk’s horrific assassination hit you in a deeply personal way, maybe in part it was because he was doing what you are too afraid to do but knew you should. Maybe you’ve been cowering when you could be more courageous, and you know you are enabling the very tyranny that intimidates you. No system reforms when those who wish for change hold their breath and hide. Maybe it’s time that you stop whisper-shouting behind your keyboard and put your money where your mouth is while you still have a voice.
Before it's a war.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theradicalcenter/p/are-you-cowering-behind-the-courageous
