Monday, June 05, 2023

Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up? - Victor Davis Hanson

Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up? - Victor Davis Hanson 
"...Traditionalists often feel they have no time for politics. 
They prefer to focus on their families, jobs, communities, and churches. 
Until recently they shunned organized boycotts. 
They abhor massing outside the homes of left-wing politicians and judges.
...conservatives are awakening from their slumber. 
And they are discovering that they too can boycott, agitate - and roar...
  • The woke Target corporation in just a few days has suffered a more than $10 billion loss in its stock value...
  • Anheuser-Busch came up with the bright idea that it would highlight Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender performance activist, to hawk its Bud Light brand...
  • Ditto the defiantly woke Disney Corporation...
  • Sometimes traditionalists prefer simply to drop out rather than boycott wokeism. One result is that the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards now have a fraction of their previous televised audience.
  • In 1998 - when the United States had a population of 275 million - the NBA finals earned on average 29 million television viewers. This year the NBA bragged its finals averaged a pathetic 4 million viewers in a contemporary America of 335 million.
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team reinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - a self-identified performance art "queer" group - to headline the team's "pride night."..

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