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Liberals sick of the alt-left are taking 'the red pill'
Fox News. com ^ | September 13, 2017 | Elizabeth Ames

Posted on 09/13/2017 10:00:32 AM PDT by Kaslin

The mainstream media failed to see the rise of Donald Trump in 2016. Now it’s overlooking another grassroots movement that may soon be of equal significance— the growing number of liberals “taking the red pill.” People of all ages and ethnicities are posting YouTube videos describing “red pill moments”—personal awakenings that have caused them to reject leftist narratives imbibed since childhood from friends, teachers, and the news and entertainment media.

You might say that those who take the red pill have been “triggered.” But instead of seeking out “safe spaces,” they’re doing the opposite, posting monologues throwing off the shackles of political correctness.

Their videos can feature the kind of subversiveness that was once a hallmark of the left—before the movement lost its sense of humor.

Candace Owens, a charismatic young African American, posts commentaries on her YouTube channel whose titles seem expressly designed to make PC heads explode.

A sample: “I Don't Care About Charlottesville, the KKK, or White Supremacy.” The commentary calls out liberal fearmongering over white supremacists. “I mean there are, what, 6,000 Klansmen left in our nation. You want me to actually process that as a legitimate fear every day when I wake up?”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: demsfortrump; demswakeup; liberals; liberalswakeup; liberalswakingup; morewinning; redpill; theleft; theredpill; violence
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To: pgkdan

When authoritarians lose control, they seek to destroy.

The PC cultists will seek to destroy before ceding power.


21 posted on 09/13/2017 10:40:41 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: ItsOnlyDaryl

David Horowitz is a great example.
Was a hard core leftist as a youth and one of the most astute thinkers on the right now.


22 posted on 09/13/2017 10:55:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Kaslin

If the 6,000 Klansman in the country is correct that means 120 in each state.

How many of them have actually _done_ anything to anyone?

It is easier to be killed or injured by a lightning strike (or win Powerball) than to be attacked by the Klan.


23 posted on 09/13/2017 11:05:24 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Kaslin

The more draconian the left becomes, the more “supporters” it will throw off.

Its imploding at a faster rate every day.


24 posted on 09/13/2017 11:15:34 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: pgkdan
...nonstop, round the clock and over the top criticism of Donald Trump has turned off millions of people. They've turned Donald Trump into the most unlikely underdog in history...

How democrats could take a multi-billionaire living a Penthouse dream on top a condo in New York City and turn him into the hero of Traditional Americans in Flyover is worthy of a Book... or a set of books... maybe a library...

25 posted on 09/13/2017 11:26:55 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: cgbg
If the 6,000 Klansman in the country is correct that means 120 in each state. How many of them have actually _done_ anything to anyone?

I see you swallowed the red pill years ago...you're seeing the nuances of reality...

Good for you.

When the Klan WAS a threat it was because it was married to the power establishment at the time... NOT because it was a band of losers. Liberals cowering in corners over an unemployed gas station employee is stupid... even if he has 6 friends with him.

When the Klan ruled - men like Senator Robert Byrd were running it... Big powerful men - democrats... just as thuggy as they are toda. Now with an updated new victim to hate ... white conservatives rather than black men - - Democrats - again have shown their true colors... Same tactics. New victims.

26 posted on 09/13/2017 11:34:43 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: cgbg
If the 6,000 Klansman in the country is correct that means 120 in each state. How many of them have actually _done_ anything to anyone?

I see you swallowed the red pill years ago...you're seeing the nuances of reality...

Good for you.

When the Klan WAS a threat it was because it was married to the power establishment at the time... NOT because it was a band of losers. Liberals cowering in corners over an unemployed gas station employee is stupid... even if he has 6 friends with him.

When the Klan ruled - men like Senator Robert Byrd were running it... Big powerful men - democrats... just as thuggy as they are today. Now with an updated new victim group to hate ... white conservatives rather than black men. Democrats - again have shown their true colors... Same tactics. New victims.

27 posted on 09/13/2017 11:35:59 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: redgolum

Progressives are all about chaos.It is the means by which they control.


28 posted on 09/13/2017 11:39:44 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: Kaslin

She is awesome.


29 posted on 09/13/2017 11:50:03 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Kaslin

Good stuff


30 posted on 09/13/2017 12:57:44 PM PDT by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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To: GOPJ

LOL! No kidding. If you read it as fiction you’d think it was garbage!


31 posted on 09/13/2017 1:24:20 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Kaslin

David Horowitz did pretty much the same thing decades ago when he wrote “Radical Son” about his disillusionment with the left after his friend was murdered by the Black Panthers - too bad it takes so many people so long to catch on.....


32 posted on 09/13/2017 9:09:32 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: ItsOnlyDaryl

Winston Churchill

If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart.
If you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.


33 posted on 09/14/2017 3:56:39 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Kaslin

Fake news.. Loretta lynch called for more blood in the streets to advance the leftist agenda. A sitting AG calling for violence.


34 posted on 09/14/2017 5:17:59 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: pgkdan

It’s possible President Trump really did figure all of this out... knew the reactions to reactions five moves ahead on the chessboard... a comforting and scary thought...


35 posted on 09/14/2017 6:27:36 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: Louis Foxwell
Progressives are all about chaos.It is the means by which they control.

You're right Louis - it's also how they manipulate citizens into accepting draconian control measures...

36 posted on 09/14/2017 6:36:52 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: Louis Foxwell
Progressives are all about chaos.It is the means by which they control.

You're right Louis - it's also how they manipulate citizens into accepting draconian control measures...

37 posted on 09/14/2017 6:37:51 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: Buckeye McFrog

They’ve had a lot of success in their endeavor. What passes for reason with some people is truly amazing. What the average person needs to do for a starter is to try to conceive of a world in which no other human exists and then list all the things that would be available to them as a “natural human right.” It would soon become obvious to all but the most idiotic that you do not have a natural human right to anything that requires the participation of another human being, not food prepared by another, not shelter built by or with the help of another and certainly not healthcare provided by another. You don’t even have a natural human right to have lunch with a companion, you only have the natural human right to do so if someone wishes to have lunch with you and if you can provide the lunch or someone else WISHES to do so voluntarily. People who think they have a natural human right to have someone else provide for their needs of any kind are utterly stupid. If they think they have a natural human right to healthcare then they must think they have a natural human right to have someone go to medical school.


38 posted on 09/14/2017 11:58:33 AM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism regardless of the race of the racist)
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To: pgkdan
 
 
Their transition from mere criticism to direct-action violence has turned the trickle of turned-off people into a flood. As a rule people are used to and expect differences of opinion in civil discourse - when it's now a matter of life and death to disagree with an opposing position, that gets people's attention. Then when their heroes in politics and the entertainment sectors jumped in to support, refused to condemn or gave assent through silence, that made people even more uneasy as to who and what it is they are supporting and why.
 
 

39 posted on 09/15/2017 7:58:42 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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