Cultists and their obsessions

Created
Mon, 16/01/2023 - 11:30
Updated
Mon, 16/01/2023 - 11:30
They’re selling “anti-wokeness” (whatever that is) as the new anti-communism I think way more than half the country doesn’t have the vaguest idea what they’re going on about. Basically, it’s all about preserving white nationalist patriarchy by obsessing over youthful cultural changes they don’t understand. Here’s Banks’ formal announcement of the “anti-woke caucus.” A congressman proposes a bold approach to pushing back against the Progressive infection in our institutions. We no longer live in a normal America. The issues that Congress used to take up, like healthcare, the economy, or our withdrawal from Afghanistan, all regrettably pale in comparison to the creeping tyranny which nearly all Americans now feel. The nation’s most powerful forces—our intelligence agencies, corporations, the press, our universities, and even our military—are all pressing further and further into uncharted territory from which it’s not clear America can return. For the time being, saving America rests in the House of Representatives. The most toxic part of this tyranny is its doctrine—“wokeness.” Everyone has by now heard this word but it means something very specific. It means that all the so-called oppressor groups must be punished for their past and present alleged sins. There are many steps to punishing them: inducing self-hatred through indoctrination, stripping away their rights by not enforcing the laws on their behalf, public humiliation, hatred, expropriation, and ultimately violence. That’s what the Left has done so far. It’s not exactly clear yet how far this can go. And what does wokeness mean for the so-called…