How to beat the woke: Never apologize, rally
friends and punch back harder
New York Post,
by
Glenn H. Reynolds
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
3/25/2021 11:15:12 PM
Americans hate woke culture, as I noted in these pages not too long ago. Black, white, Republican and Democrat, a large majority of Americans oppose it. Even people like former President Barack Obama, Bill Maher and ultra-liberal comedienne Sarah Silverman hate it (Maher calls it “Stalinist”).
But it keeps going. Why is that? And what can you do about it — especially if you or someone you are close to comes under attack? In short, it keeps going because it’s easy and fun — and you have to make it less so.
Lesson one: Don’t panic — and don’t give in. Ian Prior, of Loudoun County, Va., publishes The Daily Malarkey,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 3/25/2021 11:23:15 PM (No. 735341)
I hate to disagree with the author, but Obama Looooves the woke culture, political correctness, racial divisions and all the chaos and hatred that is fomented by it. He lives for it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
canadiandruid 3/26/2021 5:16:28 AM (No. 735437)
i read "rules for radicals" years ago (the progressive bible) and have no problem using (and throwing) those rules back at em
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rinktum 3/26/2021 7:12:13 AM (No. 735492)
“Chardonnay Antifa”? Brilliant! Mr. Reynolds is correct. Never apologize and punch back harder. Think about it. The right is smarter than the left. We rely on facts whereas the left focuses on feelings. We are also more polite. However, that has to end. This is war. We have to use their handbook, Rules for Radicals, against them. We can no longer cower when they throw verbal bombs our way. Ridicule, laugh at them. It is the one thing they cannot abide. We have to harden up and be smart and funny. They are so convinced of their own righteousness that they are a sitting target. Lobbing some bitingly funny verbal bombs their way will deflate their egos faster than any factual argument can.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Clinger 3/26/2021 8:03:59 AM (No. 735535)
Yes, we need to stop surrendering politely as though we can somehow save civility in our crumbling culture when dealing with the saboteurs. But here's what we must do. We must remain polite and civil amongst ourselves and with any and all of the political opposition who dare engage us with ideas opposed to emotion an shaming and slanderous accusations. We can't simply adopt the style of the left as our universal go to mode. Be selective and deliberate. But when called upon to do so we must out Alinsky the left.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Speedypetey 3/26/2021 8:11:50 AM (No. 735543)
I agree but I was frustrated with the dumb___es on fascistbook, how can you be that stupid, and deleted my profile last September along with 4 friends. And this was before Zuckerberg and Dorsey started locking out profiles if you posted an entire range of truths like China virus therapeutics like hydrochloroquine and invermectin or data on ELECTION FRAUD. Another friend in real estate that uses fascistbook to advertise is leaving only because he sees the leftist heap praise on dementia Jo Bi Deng handler's destructive tyranny. How do you correct them with investigative journalism like John Solomon and Sharyl Attikisson when the foreign censors lock you out of the site?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 3/26/2021 8:44:56 AM (No. 735584)
And it isn't hard. FTA - "...Never apologize, rally friends and punch back harder" is a very simple behavior that neutralizes the Alinsky tactic of ridicule. Try it next time you are in the company of a lefty or two. You'll like it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 3/26/2021 8:54:37 AM (No. 735596)
When one talks about the woke culture, the cancel culture has to be included. They both go hand in hand, and are basically mob rule. The only ones supporting them and giving them credibility are the radical left which means the media won't attack them. What is most dismaying is watching corporate America kowtowing to these lefty radical thugs. People need to realize the woke/cancel culture has absolutely no authority, and when they try to tell you to do something, tell them to GTH and refuse to cooperate.
Their favorite MO is to attack people online. This is when people need to understand that they need to protect and hide their internet identity. People are revealing way too much about themselves online.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
gone2pot 3/26/2021 9:41:54 AM (No. 735629)
Right Glenn, but EVERY GOP leader has NO hill to die on yet every elected Marxist (for Rio Lindans, that's every Democrat and RINO) will die on every hill until they get their way. They won the majority. They are implementing their Marxist agenda full tilt boogie fast. What is Mitch doing? He's threatening to do what he should have done between 2017-2019 and made sure did NOT happen, doing everything he could to prevent Orange Man Bad from having a presidency. So Glenn, big talkie-talk now is utterly useless when nothing will stop HR1, HR4, HR8, elimination of 2A, and 64 executive orders that undid everything Trump accomplished. Spare us the courage now. The GOP's courage only results in overfilling their Depends, period.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Mike6 3/26/2021 10:22:39 AM (No. 735657)
I also hate the WOKE Culture.
It reminds me of Lenin Bolshevism.
My NOBLEMAN Russian Grandfather was engineer and nothing more.
He never talked about politics.
The Lenin CHEKA goons accused him "of being an enemy of the working people"!
He confessed because he feared for his family.
Shall I tell you what the CHEKA goons did to him?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Zigrid 3/26/2021 11:13:12 AM (No. 735719)
I agree... I stand with my friends who love America and defend it's freedoms... including free speech and carrying protection...occasionally a family member will challenge me and I make short order of their attacks...not by being rude... but just truthful and to the point...President Trump was the best president in my lifetime... and I'm up there in years...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
NotaBene 3/26/2021 11:48:39 AM (No. 735763)
Yes, but Glenn Reynolds failed to stand in solidarity with the greatest President of our lifetimes. Our duty now is to stop Globalism and the New World Order.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 3/26/2021 1:11:23 PM (No. 735844)
Are WE the ones not punching back, Glenn?
Or could it maybe be the Bushes, McCains, Cheney’s, Murkowskis, Collins’, McConnels, Ryan’s, Romney’s, Roberts’, and all the other traitor turncoat bastids who sold us out, Glenn?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Omen55 3/26/2021 3:42:40 PM (No. 735988)
IOW against dem the best defense is a savage offense.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
tombo 3/26/2021 5:09:15 PM (No. 736041)
We should have learned how to respond to "woke culture" during our formative elementary school years. If not you get a second chance in teen years. Definitely harder during teen years. Peer pressure can be difficult to handle. Stay calm, do not panic seems like sound advice. How to fight back is a difficult issue. Apparently this is where self-control comes into the picture.
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