Posted on 10/24/2025 11:06:21 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
We have created a demoralized right, perpetually apologizing for existing while the left advances unimpeded.
Historically, the American left has operated under an unspoken rule: “no enemies to the left.” This principle, intended to preserve internal unity in the face of political threats, discourages public criticism of even the movement’s most radical elements so long as they advance the left’s overarching goals of acquiring and maintaining political power, winning elections, and discrediting conservatives and Christians in the cultural sphere.
This strategy is visible in the Democratic Party’s response to any scandal that affects their side.
When leaked text messages revealed that Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones once wrote that a Republican legislator deserved “two bullets to the head” and that his children should “die in their mother’s arms,” prominent Democrats have continued to offer their full support.
The right, by contrast, has no such instinct for self-preservation.
Conservatives not only face rhetorical and physical attacks from the left, as evidenced by continued violence from Antifa, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and witnessing the subsequent celebrations of his murder, but also constant moral policing from self-described “classical liberals” and “moderate” Republicans who demand ideological purity within the GOP while opposing many of the policies of MAGA and the America First movement.
While Democrats enthusiastically rally behind candidates like Jay Jones who openly fantasize about political violence, Republicans like JD Vance or conservative commentators like Matt Walsh are treated as if they are complicit in extremism when they refuse to publicly condemn young Republican members of a leaked group chat over a handful of offensive jokes or the controversial opinions of right-wing media personalities like Tucker Carlson and Candace...
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>> We have created a demoralized right...
that BS ended years ago, and now the Left is losing it because their malevolence is finally being confronted
I think that rule applies to public figures/politicians/pundits who shape opinion. It should NOT apply to private citizens discussing issues, principles, and politics among themselves.
We should always strive for open and honest discussion, otherwise we're just lying to ourselves.
I believe Ronald Reagan said to not speak ill of a fellow Republican. Not a lot of difference.
The proboem is that so called fellow republicans like Murkowsky never reach out to moderate democrats but always cow tows to the radical visible ones, ie typical behavior of closet communists, and in her case feminist communist.
Reagan made clear, critical statements of the John Birch Society, and publicly rejected their participation in the party.
“Let me make one thing plain: I am not a member of the John Birch Society. I have never attended a Birch meeting, nor have I had any association with the organization. There is no room in our party for those who see conspiracies in every shadow.”
“I have no brief for the John Birch Society… They have every right to express their opinion, but I disagree with many of their views — particularly the suggestion that President Eisenhower was a Communist. That kind of statement is ridiculous.”
He didn’t make it a public cause, but made it clear where he stood. We need that Reaganesque stand now against the Candice Owens type nutters.
Very good article. Thanks for posting.
I realize that this is an opinion column, needing words; but a better way of saying it (and there was no hint of it) is this:
RALLY around Trump while we have him. He is the one most responsible for depriving our mortal enemy, the Left, of the one thing they value most deeply — power. Lay aside those nuances of political philosophy for private discussions and college classes.
Bfl
On the contrary: McCarthy was right.
Did McCarthy say Eisenhower was a communist?
I’m specifically responding to the sentence that I quoted.
And McCarthy was right.
“If You Care More About Policing The Right Than Fighting The Left, You’re Part Of The Problem”
bullshit: that all ended with the ascent of Donald J. Trump, who went on the offensive and never looked back; apologizing for existing was a Bush/Romney/McCain gutless “strategy” ...
Did Reagan reject McCarthy?
Reagan had the brains to understand the difference between a clear threat, and kooky conspiracy theories, and then to reject the purveyors of conspiracy theories.
CCP spies infiltrating the military and tech companies is not a conspiracy theory. Candace Owens claiming Donald Trump orchestrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination is is kooky conspiracy theory. If you can’t tell the difference, and can’t tell Owens to GTFO, then you are part of the problem.
Reagan knew of and fought commies in Hollywood. He also helped actors overly black listed for silly crap.
He could see the difference.
You act like you don’t understand that comment has context and you act like Reagan didn’t speak out against Nixon’s excesses.
So, no, they’re not the same.
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