The Woke Right
When Conservatives Discover They Have Feelings (Please Don’t Tell Anyone)
When Conservatives Discover They Have Feelings (Please Don’t Tell Anyone)
Imagine a strange, almost imaginary world – one day you wake up, turn on the news – and there is no new ruling from the High Court of Justice that determines what the government should really do, who is allowed to be a minister, and what kind of coffee is allowed to be poured at government meetings.
There is no petition on security policy, no intervention in the composition of the coalition, no ruling that reinterprets the meaning of the word “law.”
Yes, the destroyers and ruiners are among us — in faculty lounges, film festivals, and NGOs with suspiciously generous grants.
But they won’t win.
Because even if they hate themselves, we love this country enough for both of us.
The left has learned to exploit the channels of the giving audience: morning programs with a progressive angle, talk shows featuring commentators with ideological positions, and airtime that is tailored to high exploitation of viewers who identify with it. The result: the “leftist message” is not only heard—it is replicated within the branches of discourse (cinema, culture, education) and enters living rooms as something that is naturally “free from criticism.” Thus, a media is created that defines what is considered normal—and this is a weapon of consciousness in its political sense.
Once, the political struggle was about borders, budgets, academic obligations. Today? The struggle is about the very ability to say the sentence “Man and woman were made for each other” without a Twitter user coming at you with a digital torch and shouting “Fascist!”
The Western world is in the midst of a progressivist onslaught – a chronic disease of boredom, excess free time, and a master’s degree in gender studies.
But we, sane right-wingers, with tear gas of reason and tefillin in our bag – will not give up easily.