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Josh Slocum's avatar

I think it's important to disambiguate what is meant by "this works" or "this doesn't work."

What is the context? What is the goal?

Example:

-In the context of being trapped at dinner with people like this, refusing all participation can "work" in the moment. For you, the individual, with the goal of getting through dinner.

-In the context of broader society, no, simply refusing/being silent does not "work." Joe Duarte is correct. Obvious and vocal objection, drawing of boundaries, and YES, tit-for-tat retaliation against those who initiate aggression is necessary.

Pacifism--which I think is the main dynamic that informs your prescription-simply does not work at scale. No, Ghandi sitting placidly is not the one and only thing that liberated India from British Rule. It's just not true.

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Jenny Marie Hatch's avatar

Each individual has to determine how much human capital can be spent in a given situation.

I am MUCH more inclined to take this approach with my adult children who are in varying stages of woke because I value tremendously our relationships and want to enjoy our time together when we gather.

That being said, they all know where I stand politically and even though I mostly take the silence pacifist approach when we are together, it has been worth it to me to listen quietly to “keep the peace”, as the varying struggle sessions have played out over the years.

I know as they mature they will shake off the propaganda and Maoist tendencies and gradually move to the right.

I have heard it been said that a Conservative is a parent with a 12 year old child.

It is while nurturing a 7th grader through that most difficult year that many moms and dads start to grasp how important all of this is. It is in the 7th grade that most people decide how they are going to engage with the world. I believe it is the ideal year to homeschool, especially a son, so that he can fortify himself for the harshness of engaging with mean girls.

And if that child decides to spend a year lying in the fetal position sucking his thumb, parents should not despair. Males, particularly white males, have truly been slayed by cancel culture. As a mother to three white males I have done everything in my power to help my sons navigate this mosaic of feminist hell as they have taken their place in adulthood.

It is NOT easy. Boys are expected to hand their nuts over to their wives, so she can tuck them in her purse for safe keeping as she makes all decisions, both how they will spend the money and how they will engage socially. And if he deviates politically or religiously from whatever is important to her, there is hell to pay.

I have been heartsick over all of the divorces being reported as lefty wives abandon their families because husbands voted for President Trump.

Sick and demoralizing.

As we slowly start to recover from the Marxist era, I pray many of these families will reconcile and heal.

So much needless suffering, especially for the children in these broken homes.

Jenny Marie Hatch

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