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How to beat the woke: Never apologize, rally friends and punch back harder
NY Post ^ | 25 Mar 2021 | Glenn Reynolds

Posted on 03/25/2021 6:20:26 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Americans hate woke culture, as I noted in these pages not too long ago. Black, white, Republican and Democrat, a large majority of Americans oppose it. Even people like former President Barack Obama, Bill Maher and ultra-liberal comedienne Sarah Silverman hate it (Maher calls it “Stalinist”).

But it keeps going. Why is that? And what can you do about it — especially if you or someone you are close to comes under attack? In short, it keeps going because it’s easy and fun — and you have to make it less so.

Lesson one: Don’t panic — and don’t give in. Ian Prior, of Loudoun County, Va., publishes The Daily Malarkey, an Internet humor site that goes after what he calls the “Chardonnay Antifa.” As he recently recounted to Fox News, after he published an op-ed attacking political correctness, he found himself on the sharp end of woke attacks led by a group of teachers, administrators and woke citizens.

According to news reports, the Loudoun Stalinists put together a list of people opposing their policies and planned to “hack” them, “expose” them and “infiltrate” them. Did Prior chicken out?

No. He called them out, he mocked them, and he made sure the whole thing got as much attention as possible. Now there’s a criminal investigation into the group. The publicity not only generated blowback against the people who targeted him, it also brought in lots of new subscribers to The Daily Malarkey. Win-win.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: stalinists; theleft; tyranny; woke
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1 posted on 03/25/2021 6:20:26 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Absolutely right.


2 posted on 03/25/2021 6:22:17 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: Rummyfan

But our companies we work for love woke culture and are making it a mandatory adherence. Not sure how long we can hold out.


3 posted on 03/25/2021 6:22:34 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Rummyfan
When it comes to dealing with “wokeness”.

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4 posted on 03/25/2021 6:32:00 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: Rummyfan
The sane can win.

Thanks, Glenn Reynolds.

5 posted on 03/25/2021 6:32:28 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: Rummyfan

Obozo was against illegal immigration and gay marriage too!


6 posted on 03/25/2021 6:33:15 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: Phillyred
But our companies we work for love woke culture and are making it a mandatory adherence.<<<

I don't think they love it that much...I think they are easily prone to blackmail when it comes to their bottom line...

7 posted on 03/25/2021 6:37:07 PM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: Rummyfan

Maher and Silverman hate it only because they believe it personally hurts them. Otherwise they are leading the charge.

Maher and Siverman only care about themselves, not whether its right or wrong. If it hits their freedoms or financial bottom line, then they are for or against something.


8 posted on 03/25/2021 6:42:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Rummyfan
"Racism" has been a buzzword for a long time, recently it's use as a tactic of the left has amplified 1000X it seems. They use it because it's effective, it's use shuts down all discourse and the recipient of the accusation is immediately branded a pariah by the woke around him or her. The bar for being declared "racist" is ridiculously low now, you can be derided as one for the silliest of reasons. Ridiculous or not, the accused most often hangs his head and acquiesces. The left uses it on the thinnest of pretexts to control the conversation.

They do it because it works and most people are cowards who refuse to fight back when accused. That's got to stop, people have to stand up for themselves or it'll never stop, it's like dealing with a bully on the playground. We need to turn Alinsky's tactics around on them, ridicule them, don't cower. Do as Ted Cruz did today when that childish reporter tried to shame him for not wearing a mask. Don't apologize, tell them (politely or not) to get lost.

We'll never gain control of "wokeness" if we pee down our legs every time the left tries to shame us.

9 posted on 03/25/2021 6:44:30 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: Rummyfan

Personally, I’ll channel my inner Happy Fun Ball.


10 posted on 03/25/2021 6:44:41 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Rummyfan

Start suing people for harassment.


11 posted on 03/25/2021 6:50:21 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Tijeras_Slim

“Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.”


12 posted on 03/25/2021 6:52:37 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Rummyfan

All the rage where I work. It’s scary.


13 posted on 03/25/2021 7:36:42 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Rummyfan

Woke is hate with a hashtag face.


14 posted on 03/25/2021 8:09:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (Will the Younger Dryas Impact you? )
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To: Rummyfan

Treat this bogus insult/accusation like any other: tell the insulter/accuser to shut up and F off.


15 posted on 03/25/2021 8:16:23 PM PDT by KJC1 (Everyone Knows)
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To: Rummyfan

Ridicule:

Woke Supremacy!

Mostly Peaceful Riots!

Abort Covid!

Vax: My body, my choice!

Billionaires for Biden!

Permanent Stimulus! No work ever!

Super Straight!

Trans Black!

(Also tagline...)


16 posted on 03/25/2021 8:53:34 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Trans Undocumented. Anti Woke Supremacist. Covid Abortionist.)
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To: Rummyfan

The new kids coming up can’t stand this crap

My kids all call the women who try to tell him to put on a mask Karen’s

They think liberals are stupid

They think woke Ness is incredibly stupid


17 posted on 03/25/2021 9:37:07 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Fraud !!! Now we’re off the TRUMP TRAIN and on the Swamp express to communist hell !! TRUTH! )
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To: Rummyfan

“Teachers, administrators and woke citizens” live in a fragile house of cards. A simple push makes the whole myth crumble. Global warming? Yeah, right. Gay marriage? Sick. Abortion? Murder is not cool. Biden? Demented. Covid 19? Seasonal flu. Masks? Useless...


18 posted on 03/25/2021 9:39:00 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: nutmeg

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19 posted on 03/25/2021 9:48:47 PM PDT by nutmeg (God bless you and thank you, Rush)
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To: Truthoverpower

Give them a new one to add to it: Don’t trust anyone over 30.


20 posted on 03/26/2021 1:28:58 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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