Dear Gregg Keller
For officially deciding that GOProud can’t take part in an “official” capacity at CPAC, I would like to say to you the following:
A shame. I was actually hoping to attend this year.
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- Dana: I'm not exasperated. It's a subject worth exploring and I'm glad for the opportunity to do so. I think a large part of the problem is, on both sides of the aisle, is that the pendulum has made a sizable lurch since Trump has been in office. The left has swung hard left. The right has swung hard right. Both have revealed dangers to this transition. I believe the pendulum is always in motion and that it will eventually swing back toward a more reasonable position. But, if the GOP leadership does not wake up and grow a collective spine, the motion could be impacted and slowed. While I obviously disagree with the new hard left (AOC, Talib, etc.) that are seemingly now in control of the party, or will be soon, I admire that these newcomers are not backing down in their beliefs. They hold a tenacious belief that their leftist ways are best, and to hell with the old guard always hedging their bets. Obviously it's difficult to govern with such absolutist views and they terribly misguided, but the backbone is admirable.
- DRJ: I am sorry I exasperate you but you even call them "remnants" of conservatives. There is a point when they are just a few lonely voices, not The Resistance, and look at how few GOP political leaders oppose Trump -- on anything but The Wall, ironically, the one thing I want! Someday conservative thought will be important again but I don't think it will be until Trump is discredited or loses an election.
- Dana: Not only does #MeToo (Hollywood edition) seem to focus primarily on female victims and therefore there may be a double-standard because the victims in this are white, one should also consider that Streisand takes this tact because not to would be to accuse a black man. And that too is a no-no to the left. It's identity politics at play no matter how you look at it. That and a non-functioning moral compass.
- Dana: Of course I know it was you who linked to the article at The Bulwark. It seems like you are resisting acknowledging that the new publication is the direct result of meaningful remnants taking action because of Trump. Pro-active people still exists. Honestly, I haven't had time to look around and see if the piece has been linked elsewhere. I'll take your word that it hasn't. That could be due to it still be in its nascent stages, not a big readership yet, or that it is a result of there no longer be an interest in dissenting voices. I don't know. I do know that Christian Vanderbrouk, who wrote the article, has a bit of a reputation in offending people on both sides of the aisle (mostly on the right), so it's also possible that his reputation precedes him.
- DRJ: I am the one who linked a Bulwark article so I am familiar with that website. I am also the one who pointed out how quickly the mainstream/Trump political bloggers dismissed it. Have you seen it quoted or linked anywhere else? I also doubt many people read that website. Patterico has had influence in the past when others quoted and linked his ideas. That is how ideas make a difference. Conservatives don't get quoted or linked now so how will conservative opinions get noticed enough to change things?
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