I scrolled my top ten sources for people furious about various left wing 2020/21 cultural absurdities, particularly as it pertains to gender, life, and other traditional conservative values issues … those loudest about being principled and angriest about evangelicals who were silent in that moment requiring cultural courage. I scrolled them and went back as far and deep as I could to see their boldness now in the face of HHS sanctioned support of Planned Parenthood, and the barrage of predictable RFK moves against traditional values re: life and marriage etc (many other places of compromise and capitulation besides HHS). You know how many incidents I found of “courage” and “people calling out” such things? Zero. I found zero. We live in a day and age of tribalistic cowardice. If I ran this same test around economic principles most of the culture war zealots of 2020 would actually be SUPPORTING the state-sanctioned moves to central planning of the last year. I will be clear as can be: those who were quiet and cowardly in 2020/21 deserved scorn - it was a despicable assault on our values. Those silent (or even cheerleading) now, also deserve scorn - not just for the same cowardice they once accused others of, but for rank hypocrisy. The future belongs to the truth-tellers.

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