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So, my mother had this book mailed to me. My mother hadn't suggested a book since the Bible when I was a kid. So it got my attention. That and I believe Dan Crenshaw is one of the most level headed, even-keeled, intelligent, articulate, well-spoken persons in politics today (and makes me worried he's going to die in a horrific traffic "accident"). The dude is also a complete badass. He lost an eye to an IUD while serving as a Navy fuckin' Seal, the other made blind, then recovered through surgery by amazing American doctors, before he went on to serve for two more tours. If the Dems can't pull their thumbs out of their asses to handle the pendulum swinging back their direction by 2023 -- CRENSHAW 2024.
This book was published in April 2020, just before George Floyd. Which makes the points in it hit even harder. Here are a couple of excerpts.
"It's a peculiar thought, this notion that if only you were sufficiently informed, aware, and woke, that you would have a duty to exhibit an intense state of fury. The apocalyptic nature of our unjust reality must surely enrage you. It must! Not only that, but once you've achieved an enlightened state of madness, then you must stay that way. Perhaps forever.
Being a normal person with normal concerns, you may read those headlines with healthy skepticism if not outright confusion. Don't we live in the most prosperous nation on earth with a quality of life and freedoms that are the envy of the world? But, respond the outraged, this is just proof you aren't paying attention! If you only knew the true depths of disaster, despair, and injustice in our midst, you'd rush to join the mob in righteous cultural warfare, scream slogans in solidarity, march arm-in-arm to cancel those who disobey, destroy the careers of those who misspeak, and pile on those who dare to defend anything other than outrage orthodoxy."
"Let's define our terms. What do I mean by "outrage'"? It is a specific term with a specific meaning. Not all forms of outrage are always unjustified -- far from it. There is such a thing as righteous indignation. This book is not about 'proper outrage,' stemming from real tragedy or wrongdoing or injustice. This is not a book about overcoming true grief. It is about outrage culture, and the newfound tendency to reflexively assume the worst of intentions when reacting to news or commentary or political discourse, and default into an emotionally driven hatred of the "other," whoever that may be. It is the petty, weak-minded, and ultimately unproductive response to our neighbors, fellow citizens, and political opponents that has been normalized and even elevated in our culture."
This book was published in April 2020, just before George Floyd. Which makes the points in it hit even harder. Here are a couple of excerpts.
"It's a peculiar thought, this notion that if only you were sufficiently informed, aware, and woke, that you would have a duty to exhibit an intense state of fury. The apocalyptic nature of our unjust reality must surely enrage you. It must! Not only that, but once you've achieved an enlightened state of madness, then you must stay that way. Perhaps forever.
Being a normal person with normal concerns, you may read those headlines with healthy skepticism if not outright confusion. Don't we live in the most prosperous nation on earth with a quality of life and freedoms that are the envy of the world? But, respond the outraged, this is just proof you aren't paying attention! If you only knew the true depths of disaster, despair, and injustice in our midst, you'd rush to join the mob in righteous cultural warfare, scream slogans in solidarity, march arm-in-arm to cancel those who disobey, destroy the careers of those who misspeak, and pile on those who dare to defend anything other than outrage orthodoxy."
"Let's define our terms. What do I mean by "outrage'"? It is a specific term with a specific meaning. Not all forms of outrage are always unjustified -- far from it. There is such a thing as righteous indignation. This book is not about 'proper outrage,' stemming from real tragedy or wrongdoing or injustice. This is not a book about overcoming true grief. It is about outrage culture, and the newfound tendency to reflexively assume the worst of intentions when reacting to news or commentary or political discourse, and default into an emotionally driven hatred of the "other," whoever that may be. It is the petty, weak-minded, and ultimately unproductive response to our neighbors, fellow citizens, and political opponents that has been normalized and even elevated in our culture."
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