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1. Do you think the left is currently more dangerous than the right? Is it part of this judgment that you see a worryingly large chunk of the left captured by an ideology that unfairly demonizes whites as a group?
2. If so, then this remark by Trump, cited by NYT, CNN, WaPo, Forbes et al. as further support for Trumpâs (shock horror) racism, is a big deal. https://ix.cnn.io/projects/2020/trump-woodward-audio-embeds/index.html?src=./data/audio-transcript-07.json
3. It shows (again) that Trump possesses what @greenhall18 here calls âred religion immunityâ: the willingness to reject or slough off â-istâ and â-phobicâ charges rather than submit in fear of their power. https://medium.com/deep-code/situational-assessment-2017-trump-edition-d189d24fc046
4. This immunity spread as awareness grew that leftists used these slime-terms in bad faith â as political cudgels. Its possession distinguished those recognizing the need for Trump from conservatives who didnât in Michael Antonâs âFlight 93 Electionâ (2016):
5. âFor two generations at least, the Left has been calling everyone to their right Nazis.â
âThere is nothing the modern conservative fears more than being called âracist.ââ They âdesperately want absolution from the charge of âracismâ.â https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/digital/the-flight-93-election/
âThere is nothing the modern conservative fears more than being called âracist.ââ They âdesperately want absolution from the charge of âracismâ.â https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/digital/the-flight-93-election/
6. I quoted and discussed Michael Lindâs immunity in the âwhy they call us -phobesâ section of this: https://humanevents.com/2020/02/11/joe-rogan-fans-should-vote-trump/
7. Possessing immunity is a sine qua non of being a âwartime conservativeâ ( @willchamberlain). Wartime cons say failing peacetime cons â establishment cons, Never-Trump cons â havenât wised up to the nature of the modern left.
8. Peacetime cons donât recognize the bad-faith use of the leftâs â-istâ and â-phobeâ terms. The difference between the two species of conservatives is patent in wartime Tuckerâs interview with peacetime @SenatorBraun.
9. @SohrabAhmari calls wartime cons âwokeâ conservatives â conservatives who are âwokeâ to the wartime and bad-faith ways of the left. https://spectator.us/right-after-trump-woke-conservatives-2024/
10. @jackmurphylive's transition âfrom Democrat to Deplorableâ is, among other things, a personal account of the events that led to the author developing immunity. The final and most theoretical chapter makes brilliant use of @greenhall18âs thought. https://www.amazon.com/Democrat-Deplorable-Million-Democrats-Embraced/dp/1981062521/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KW9574BHAG1&dchild=1&keywords=democrat+to+deplorable&qid=1599681121&s=books&sprefix=democrat+to+%2Cstripbooks%2C132&sr=1-1
11. @JackMuphylive podcasts today with Anton about âThe Stakesâ â Antonâs new extremely wartime book. https://www.amazon.com/Stakes-2020-Survival-American-Democracy/dp/1324003650
12. With 2014âs GamerGate, the rise of the Tumblr Left (see Nagleâs Kill All Normies), and more ordinary ways of wising up, immunity spread to an electorally sufficient size. How did Trump get elected, with the MSM denouncing him as racist? His 2016 base had developed immunity.
13. To be sure, immunity was most paradigmatically present in the (at least in part) actually racist alt-right. But contra MSM thinking, it wasnât limited to them: immunity also became a defining feature of the IDW:
14. @BretWeinsteinâs response to the Evergreen mob exemplified immunity. His record of sacrifice in fighting racism allowed him to stand down their âracist!â charge in the public sphere. They tried to strike him down and he became more powerful.
15. @EricRWeinsteinâs 4-quandrant model, Russell conjugation, etc., are all immunity-bequeathed concepts. Cf. his understanding of Trump: we wanted a panther in the China shop, but only a bull was available ( @RubinReport).
16. Ericâs immunity is expressed in how he sees a need for some such animal to smash MSM & aligned institutions.
The Weinsteins are (old-school) progressives. Theyâre not on the (old) right, let alone on the racist right. Yet immunity is one of their key characteristics.
The Weinsteins are (old-school) progressives. Theyâre not on the (old) right, let alone on the racist right. Yet immunity is one of their key characteristics.
17. Thus I wrote here,
âWhile the IDW is not the alt-right, they are both reactions against, and responses to â one racist, one not â the âMSMâsâ overreach in accusing Americans of bigotry.â https://arcdigital.media/eric-weinstein-mistakes-an-enemy-for-a-friend-47454255a500
âWhile the IDW is not the alt-right, they are both reactions against, and responses to â one racist, one not â the âMSMâsâ overreach in accusing Americans of bigotry.â https://arcdigital.media/eric-weinstein-mistakes-an-enemy-for-a-friend-47454255a500
18. The mass spreading of immunity is a key element in the explanation of Trumpâs 2016 victory. (That there are others doesnât negate this.) In 2016, such insight was still somewhat esoteric â thus @greenhall18âs essay went viral.
19. The popularity of the IDW signals immunity going more mainstream. And now, of course, the most popular cable-news show in history is â not coincidently! â hosted by a man thoroughly confident in his immunity: âItâs RaCiSt!â is now one of Tuckerâs recurring speech acts.
20. AND YET, to this very day, the MSM remains unable to even conceive this concept (immunity). The outlets named in 2. canât abandon the inference,
âx denies white privilege exists --> x is racist.â
âx denies white privilege exists --> x is racist.â
21. They canât countenance the possibility that the far leftâs concepts have been applied beyond their legitimate range of applicability. They thus canât argue against our charge that they have.
22. They can only double down and say weâre racist for resisting. https://twitter.com/derocrates/status/1281388594645565440
23. This is one reason why @greenhall18 says of the MSM (âblue churchâ) that,
âItâs noise. No truth is broadcast on that signal... Itâs no longer an adaptive strategy to tune in to be a blue church radioâ (1:14:58-15:09).
âItâs noise. No truth is broadcast on that signal... Itâs no longer an adaptive strategy to tune in to be a blue church radioâ (1:14:58-15:09).
24. To the MSM, Trumpâs âKool-Aidâ response thus contradicts his acknowledgement that racism exists: cf. Forbesâs âTrump somewhat shifted his tone.â https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/09/09/wow-no-in-audio-tape-trump-rejects-notion-he-has-white-privilege/#d0adcd563e1a
25. No contradiction: Trump recognizes that both (1) racism exists, and (2) âracismâ et al. slime-terms are overused by the left as political cudgels. Recognizing (2) is possessing immunity.
26. In the current political environment, only possessors of immunity are fit for office. What explains the silence of well-meaning folk not condemning riots? A lack of immunity.
Sure Joe, you donât look like a radical socialist. But youâre not immune to their weapons.
Sure Joe, you donât look like a radical socialist. But youâre not immune to their weapons.
27. You show why youâre not the man for the job in 2020 in this very speech where you say,
âThe country is crying out for leadership â leadership that can unity us; leadership that brings us togetherâ (1:04).
âThe country is crying out for leadership â leadership that can unity us; leadership that brings us togetherâ (1:04).
28. Yes, we need âleadership that recognizes pain and the deep grief of communitiesâ (1:11). Thatâs (1) (see 25.) Thatâs necessary but not sufficient. Our leader must also recognize (2) the weaponization of these things.
29. What weâre âcrying out forâ is a leader who will stand the insanity down, not someone whoâll coddle and cave to it â exactly as you do in this speech.
So thanks, but no thanks.
Weâll stick with the bull.
So thanks, but no thanks.
Weâll stick with the bull.
Sorry it's @jgreenhall not @greenhall18 I meant to tag (in 3., 18. and 23.)
@realchrisrufo argues here that Trumpâs order will help spread Red Religion Immunity:
âOn the bright side, as the president and others begin to push back, the accusations [of racism] will begin to lose their power.â https://nypost.com/2020/09/15/federal-agencies-still-pushing-insane-critical-race-theory/
âOn the bright side, as the president and others begin to push back, the accusations [of racism] will begin to lose their power.â https://nypost.com/2020/09/15/federal-agencies-still-pushing-insane-critical-race-theory/
