The Beginning of the End of Progressive Domination?

Frontpagemagazine ^ | October 16, 2017 | Bruce Thornton

[JimRed]

Progressives...can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em...YET.

[ConservativeMind]

This is a decent synopsis of recent history, but the author is not providing any new insights.

The first thing that was needed was a hammer at Policital Correctness (PC). Only Trump cared to push back against this, and he REALLY took it on his chin for all of this time. Without that, no conservative could have successfully uttered conservative thought to the populous.

Second, Trump was the only candidate that used a ready means to get around the State-controlled media (Twitter). This was absolutely needed, as well. The MSM as a filter has perverted every conservative’s words for many decades.

That people still saw hypocrisy and joked about PC and the insanity of Liberalism (and were becoming scared of it) was key to what Trump saw and unleashed. When he uses yet another readily-available event to hallmark what Liberalism has wrought (normally due to the need to have a very public “cover/distraction” from another needed policy change (i.e - 0care and Iran tweaks), his now unleashed forces of good throughout the country independently fight liberals using the tools of the Internet. This has allowed two recent events (Weinstein and the NFL) to stand out publicly and let the anger bring down more than just those few protesters (NFL) and Weinstein, himself. Instead, they properly smear Liberalism and bring it down, not unlike all of the anti-PC work Trump has been doing, all along.

It’s just a continuation of “Trumpism.” Think “Crooked Hillary” times ten, and this will continue to negatively affect Liberalism for some time to come.

Trump unshackled our country. What we do with this blessing, is up to us.

[Theophilous Meatyard III]

FTA: “The spectacle of a rich feminist and progressive icon like Jane Fonda whimpering about her own moral cowardice has destroyed the credibility we foolishly gave to Hollywood’s dunces and poltroons.”

Many of us had a revelation about how ugly liberalism is all the way back her behavior during the Vietnam war. (relating my experience regarding Churchill’s quote about not being liberal when young, not having a heart; not being conservative when older, not having a brain.) We left that war but I don’t believe we’re going to leave this war. It’s too close to home.

[bert]

Your ignorance places your post in jeopardy sir. The BSA is far from unraveling.

Your gross misunderstanding should prevent you from posting on the subject

[Alberta's Child]

The BSA had 4.8 million members at its peak in 1970. They’re down to 2.2 million now — even though the U.S. population has grown by more than 50% since 1970. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t see that as a complete disaster.

[bert]

Troops and packs still thrive. The statistic has a parallel in the decline in church attendance.

The problem is not BSA, it is liberalism. It is winning

[robowombat]

Bingo.

[SJackson]

Not holding my breath, but hopeful.

[SJackson]

This generation will go down in history as the Crotch Generation. The loudest voices do not know what they are. They are unable to look down between their legs. They don’t know where to urinate. And the rest of us are forced to listen to them.

That's the level the radical left has arrived at, but no, the rest won't be forced to listen.

[SJackson]

they will always be there in the wings planning That is their strength. They are incredibly devoted to their leftist ideas. Every time there is an opening they squeeze in. Many conservatives on the other hand seem to not have a plan.

That is their strength. I'm not sure conservative don't have a plan, rather that they don't act in unison like the left. Irrespective of individual issues. Not sure that's a weakness, though it can be in the short run.

[SJackson]

This is a fancy way of pointing out that they will run out of other people’s money. We are getting to the point where our debt service is so hight that our payments don’t even cover the interest. This will plunge us into Venezuela territory. And because of our size on the world stage, the collapse will be worldwide.

That is a major risk, and there's no way of knowing if the values which made this country great will emerge on the other side. If it comes to that. Turmoil often begs for toltarian solutions.

[amihow]

Tillerson deserted the Boy Scouts too, didn’t he?

[generally]

Great observation. Agree!

[Louis Foxwell]

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[I_be_tc]

Later. Thanks

[Vigilanteman]

The racial good will that got a polished mediocrity like Barack Obama twice elected president . . .

Polished, for sure when well scripted and with his handlers. Mediocrity, not even close. Isn't his sole experience in the private sector one summer working at Baskin-Robbins? There isn't a single major party presidential candidate ever with a shallower resume, is there?

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[GOPJ]

The spectacle of moral preening coming from the entertainment industry––one that trades in vulgarity, misogyny, sexual exploitation, the glorification of violence, and, worst of all, the production of banal, mindless movies and television shows recycling predictable plots, villains, and heroes––has disgusted millions of voters, who are sick of being lectured to by overpaid carnies.

BINGO!

[GOPJ]

Speaking of ‘straws that breaks the back of progressive ideology’ check this out

“Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report used to be a big progressive. He even had a show with The Young Turks! But now he’s not a progressive. He has left the left. Why? Dave Rubin shares his story.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiVQ8vrGA_8

[GOPJ]

... ‘straws that breaks the back of progressive ideology’...

“Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report used to be a big progressive. He even had a show with The Young Turks! But now he’s not a progressive. He has left the left. Why? Dave Rubin shares his story.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiVQ8vrGA_8