We Have Met the Enemy, part II

Steyn On-line ^ | May 7, 2021 | Tal Bachman

[Twotone]

I finished part one of this series by mentioning an even deeper level to our current predicament. I want to get to that, but first, I want to set that discussion up a bit more.

I begin with this statement:

Wokism is now the official state religion of the United States of America.

By constitutional standards, this means something has gone wrong. The United States isn't supposed to have a state religion. The First Amendment specifically prohibits the establishment of a state religion. Yet it now has one, and its name is Wokism.

Fuss about my characterization if you want—it won't change anything. Wokism, or some substream of Wokism (like critical race theory), is now celebrated or taught as Absolute Truth in every elementary school class, every middle and high school class, every university class, every corporate training session, every Capitol Hill political chamber, every Hollywood movie or cable show, every civic ceremony, every law, every political speech, every novel, every awards show, every sports league, every everything. It's even become big in churches, as I noted here. The One True Truth of Wokism is preached everywhere now.

Government, its corporate allies, and cultural institutions (they're all one big blob now) all fund Wokism. They, along with their street troops, all demand Wokist belief and perfect compliance with Wokist commandments and rituals. They all punish those who question Wokist orthodoxy, often by completely ruining their lives. They fire dissenters, ban them from social media forever, initiate global social media pile-ons, and even threaten to kill them. Sometimes our officially Wokist government sends in goon squads to scare, or even arrest, those who dare criticize Wokism's Sith Lord thought pontiffs.

[Rummyfan]

We are in a mess, and I don’t know how we get out of it. Peacefully.

[frank ballenger]

Problems include the totalitarian Left’s closing off the peaceful avaenues of free speech (gone to cancel culture and news censorship) and voting (gone to total vote fraud and crushing of anyone who tries to look into that).

They think they are forcing us into a box canyon and they will win by killing us off.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Rummyfan]

Problems include the totalitarian Left’s closing off the peaceful avaenues of free speech (gone to cancel culture and news censorship) and voting (gone to total vote fraud and crushing of anyone who tries to look into that).

If the ballot box and the soap box are removed as means of politically fighting back, then only the ammo box will remain.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

You forgot the jury box, but that one’s not working so well either.

[DeweyCA]

FTA: Wokism is more than a religion, and a state religion at that. It's a political ideology, too. It's a bellicose, uncompromising, ruthless, unself-critical, totalitarian movement entailing both religious and political features. Does that remind you of anything else? If you say Islam, you win. The fact is that Wokism is now well on its way to becoming to American government and society what Islam is to Iranian government and society.

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Too much tolerance created the space for a ruthlessly intolerant ideology to take root and spread. In addition, I suggest too much tolerance is precisely what created the demand for something less tolerant in the first place.

Many men in the black community turned to Islam to give them a structure and a sense of meaning, direction and purpose. I think the same is true of many young irreligious whites who have turned to wokeism as their new religion. It gives them a sense of purpose and meaning. It makes them feel that they are doing something important: seeking justice. They originally preached "tolerance" and many regular people, egged on by the media, stupidly allowed these intolerant people to gain power. Now we all are paying the consequences.

[Glad2bnuts]

‘Many men in the black community turned to Islam to give them a structure and a sense of meaning, direction and purpose. I think the same is true of many young irreligious whites who have turned to wokeism as their new religion. It gives them a sense of purpose and meaning. It makes them feel that they are doing something important: seeking justice. They originally preached “tolerance” and many regular people, egged on by the media, stupidly allowed these intolerant people to gain power. Now we all are paying the consequences.’

You write half a page full of truth right there.

They started off with not tolerating anyone who doesn’t tolerate abnormal behavior, promiscuity, homosexuality in all its forms, and marriage of anyone who loves. Tolerance and intolerance are merged into one meaning. Like the joke about the word F-—. It fits every situation, from Happy to angry. From Sex to disappointment. From success to failure.