

The undercurrent of tyranny has been festering for decades and the Dems are making a bold attempt to invoke it nationally. A few years ago, before the worst of this bulls4!t, I worked in a gun shop after retiring and was surprised by the number of applicants volunteering "I know you are probably a conservative and I'm a liberal, but what's coming is too much to ignore".

Regardless of how one reaches this conclusion, I think the conversation is at least an important early step in the dialogue.Īs noted, the woke culture, the willingness to allow violent civil unrest, hindering law enforcement's ability to contain it, etc., hasn't gone unnoticed by these "classic liberals" (I love that descriptor). "But if the dynamism of the West, the productivity, the ingenuity, and the quest for fairness can only be protected from tyrants at the point of a gun, then so be it." Interesting mindset but the conclusion/outcome is encouraging. However Bret is also a symbol of the great divide that is now occurring on the left as extreme progressivism and wokeness push to purge the democrat party of traditional liberals and free-thinkers. Intents an purposes a self identified Liberal. His career there was abruptly ended a few years ago as he was targeted by the Woke Cancel Culture, even though he is for all For those who have never listened or read his work, he is an evolutionary biologist and former professor at Evergreen State College. I find some of his topics quite interesting. I was introduced to Bret Weinstein’s podcast through one of the discussion threads here. It’s his story of how a liberal became a 2nd Amendment supporter and now advocates for it’s value and preservation. So I was a bit surprised when I found this OpEd article he just posted. While I have listened to many podcasts I haven’t ever heard any mention of firearms or the 2nd amendment within any of those discussion topics. However, Bret is also a symbol of the great divide that is now occurring on the left as extreme progressivism and wokeness push to purge the democrat party of traditional liberals and free-thinkers. His career there was abruptly ended a few years ago as he was targeted by the Woke Cancel Culture, even though he is, for all intents an purposes, a self identified Liberal.
