Every conservative should read this article. ESPECIALLY those in power.
Abigail Shrier might be leading the new republican charge if this article gains steam, because those in power have to realize by now that THEYRE LOSING. and have been for DECADES. The culture war is LOST. It's going to take a lot of work to fight back.
And without mentioning it until the end, it actually sort of summed up what I disliked about Trump, while showing what I view to be the right path.
I voted Trump, I liked that he was an attack dog, but I thought he was kinda too much on the "chest thumping," side. Which is satisfying to us, other right wingers and anti-wokes, but it doesn't win arguments. We like to watch the lefties get owned, but we need to win arguments and minds. The simple chest thumping on it's own isn't enough.
Then on the other side, she addresses the "aww shucks" David French types. Who are arguably, even worse than the chest thumpers. They just want to write papers, look intellectual, and let the left trounce all over them. They're tereified of being tarred with lefty attack terms. They're fucking pussies.
The answer is in the middle ground of these two. Which is where I think people like Desantis fit in. Willing to be Stern, willing to fight back, but also making solid arguments and points, and Not just chest thumping. And not wasting time trying to fit the mold, and appeal to the lefty language, because the language is intended to confuse. We don't need their language. We have a language. Use Clear spoken English and be stern and forthright, without the need to necessarily be insulting.
That's what will win things back for us.
Desantis 2024 please.
And now I need to go start digging into what Rufo has been up to