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THE RIGHT WING HAS SURRENDERED TO THE WHITE WING
And They Expect The Rest of Us To Be Next
Language matters. That is why those of us on the right side of history keep winding up on the wrong side of elections. This keeps happening because we struggle to harness and deploy the power of language to our advantage. And we keep witnessing firsthand how those who are consistently on the wrong side of history (and humanity) remain politically viable solely because they do effectively harness and deploy that power.
The very first step in our journey of a million miles back to an aspirational nation is to get our language right. To wit: deprive the bad actors of the labels “conservative” and “Right Wing” from this day forward. This first step is critical because those labels carry the veneer of legitimacy and the gravitas of political tradition. So much so that they successfully mask the wild-eyed radical White nationalists these people actually became under the Trump reign of political terror. To mask that reality, they will cling to these political brands with all they’ve got.