PART 11, AT THE REQUEST OF OUR LOCAL AUTHORS & JOURNALISTS: FORMER NY TIMES BARI WEISS, WOKE CULTURE, FIGHTING BACK, THE MUZZLING OF AMERICA ETC.

One of our most popular series here at Everything Croton.....and now....FIRST UP, from the great Bari Weiss...

I realize the faddish thing to say these days is that we live in the worst, most broken and backward country in the world and maybe in the history of civilization. It’s utter nonsense.

I have a few basic litmus tests in my own life: Can I wear a tank top in public? Can I walk down the street holding the hand of my partner, a (beautiful) woman, in many places in America without getting a second glance? Can I wear a Jewish star without fear?

I do not take those things for granted. I know very well that in many other places, the answers would be different, and my life wouldn’t be possible at all.

America is imperfect. (Does it even need to be said?) There is bigotry toward blacks and gays and Jews and immigrants; there is intense polarization; political violence is becoming more regular; elected representatives believe conspiracy theories. All true here as in many other countries being torn apart by the dislocations of the 21st century.

But there is no gulag in America. There are no laws permitting honor killings. There is no formal social credit system of the kind that exists right now in China. By any measure, we have achieved incredible progress and enjoy extraordinary freedoms. And yet people aren’t acting that way. They are acting, increasingly, like subjects in a totalitarian country.

These people write to me daily. They admit to regularly censoring themselves at work and with friends; succumbing to social pressure to tweet the right hashtag; to parroting slogans they do not believe to protect their livelihoods, like the greengrocer in Václav Havel’s famous essay “The Power of the Powerless.”

These people aren’t crazy. They are scared for good reason. Read the very lengthy article at https://nypost.com/2021/01/31/10-ways-to-fight-back-against-woke-culture

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NEXT:  SENATOR HAWLEY, TIME TO STAND UP AGAINST THE MUZZLING OF AMERICA https://nypost.com/2021/01/24/its-time-to-stand-up-against-the-muzzling-of-america/

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PART 10, AT THE REQUEST OF OUR LOCAL AUTHORS & JOURNALISTS: "BOTCHED" CALIPHATE PODCAST AT THE NY TIMES, MORE ON ALTERING LANGUAGE, HARVARD REFERS TO WOMEN AS "BIRTHING PERSONS; CLICK HERE