The Woke Are Activism Evolved
Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

The Woke Are Activism Evolved

The best part about the art of the dialectic is that, by participating, one must pull the head from the ass of emotional attachment to opinions held deeply and look hard at those beliefs. Effectively, you gotta argue with yourself and, because it’s you battling your own shit, honesty is the default (if you do it correctly).

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What I Learned from The Crucible
MT Cozzola MT Cozzola MT Cozzola MT Cozzola

What I Learned from The Crucible

I was recently terrified by the question, “Are the Woke are the new Puritans?” How do I answer that? I mean, as a white, middle-aged woman—

…No wait, I’m not sure I should say that. I don't mean to use age as a value judgment or attempt to apologetically contextualize myself or her. Let me rephrase.

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Validation by Exaggerating Harm is Straight Out of the Propagandist Playbook
Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall Don Hall

Validation by Exaggerating Harm is Straight Out of the Propagandist Playbook

Take Donald Trump for example. His language choices are intentionally hyperbolic. He routinely elevates perceived enemies into traitors to the State and rants on and on about witch hunts and lynchings. The Left takes the bait and wastes time arguing the semantics of his grievances (“Witch Hunts are against women!”) and the Right buys into the faux seriousness of them and responds in outrage.

It doesn’t help that the Left elevates his discourse as assault and his rhetoric as violence. These concepts are simply ridiculous and even the dumbest of his supporters can see that.

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