Category: Polarization, Page 15
Thomas Edsall: The Moral Chasm That Has Opened Up Between Right and Left Is Widening
Occidental Dissent - Oct 27th 2021 9:42am EDTThomas Edsall has an interesting new column up this morning. New York Times: “There has been a remarkable erosion in public tolerance of “offensive expression about race, gender and religion,” according to Dennis Chong and Morris Levy, political scientists at the University of Southern California, and Jack Citrin, a political scientist at Berkeley. “Tolerance has declined overall,” they […]
Charlottesville Trial Begins Today
Occidental Dissent - Oct 25th 2021 9:40am EDTI’ve already said all there is to say about Charlottesville. As activists, we were slow to appreciate just how radically things had changed since Trump was elected president in 2016. We had been holding rallies to support of Confederate monuments for years before Charlottesville. The League of the South had just held two rallies over […]
Secular Talk: Russell Brand and Matthew McConaughey Discuss Civil War 2
Occidental Dissent - Oct 19th 2021 1:33pm EDTSecession has arrived in mainstream politics.
Rising: Is Civil War 2 Looming?
Occidental Dissent - Oct 19th 2021 1:22pm EDTIn order for there to be a Civil War 2, all it would really take is for the polarization and political instability to boil over into combat. Secession isn’t even necessary. There is also a key difference. When the North went to war to preserve the Union in Lincoln’s time, it saw Southerners as being […]
Tucker Carlson: Why Is The Biden Administration Hurting Normal People?
Occidental Dissent - Oct 16th 2021 10:07am EDTEditor’s Note: I will be back tomorrow. I’m going to a small secessionist reunion this weekend in South Carolina! I don’t have much to add here. If the Biden administration is as bad as Tucker keeps saying on his show every night and is wielding power like a tyranny, how can the Union possibly continue? […]
National Review: Meritocracy: Does It Exist?
Occidental Dissent - Oct 14th 2021 11:51am EDTKevin Williamson has gone on another one of his famous rants. National Review: “There are not many contemporary phenomena that have one-word explanations, and even fewer that have one-word explanations that are not “gravity” or “whiskey.” But if you want a one-word explanation for the ugly, stupid, vicious populism that has overtaken our politics, try […]
The Democrats Have a Brat Problem
Occidental Dissent - Oct 13th 2021 10:44am EDTThe short answer: yes. Speaking for myself, I actually do hate these people, which is reflected in how much more I write about my dislike of them. David Shor: “Shor observes that “We’ve ended up in a situation where white liberals are more left wing than Black and Hispanic Democrats on pretty much every issue: […]
The Intercept: Facebook’s Secret Blacklist of “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations”
Occidental Dissent - Oct 12th 2021 11:33pm EDTawesome article from @samfbiddle & a good start from FB but they’re missing a few. Lemme help: Vdare, Michael Hill, Brad Griffin, Alexandre Bissonnette, America First, Jesse Dunstan, Stephen McNallen, Matt Parrott, Tony Hovater, Natl Justice Party… https://t.co/jHapJRYTcP — Megan Squire (@MeganSquire0) October 12, 2021 Comrade Megan Squire is upset that I am not on […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Should America Get a National Divorce?
Occidental Dissent - Oct 12th 2021 6:37pm EDTShould America have a national divorce? — Marjorie Taylor Greene ?? (@mtgreenee) October 12, 2021 I have mixed feelings about this. In my head, I always knew that it would end like this. I knew that I had traveled far ahead of public opinion. I knew from studying the antebellum era how frustrating it could […]
Poll: Secession Has Widespread Bipartisan Support
Occidental Dissent - Oct 1st 2021 10:34am EDT
The COVID Vaccine Debate Is Turning People Into Retards
Occidental Dissent - Sep 30th 2021 10:53am EDTToday I got my COVID-19 booster shot—and just like my first and second dose, it was safe and easy. Get vaccinated. Together, can we save lives and beat this virus. pic.twitter.com/gtNAQqmOoj — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 27, 2021 NEW – NY Governor Hochul proclaims, “The vaccine comes from God” and asks those present in the […]
Emancipation Monument Unveiled In Richmond
Occidental Dissent - Sep 23rd 2021 11:48am EDTAm I too cynical and blackpilled on New South conservatism? Richmond Times Dispatch: “It’s as if the ancestral spirits of the men and women whose names were called out into the thick, muggy air cupped their protective hands over Brown’s Island on Wednesday morning, just long enough to shield from the steady rain Richmond’s newest […]
Joe Biden Caught In Lie About Student Debt
Occidental Dissent - Aug 9th 2021 3:24pm EDTAs Jimmy Dore has pointed out, every day that goes by reveals that shitlibs never meant to deliver on any of their popular campaign promises on health care or economics. The most obvious example of this is student loan debt where Joe Biden has the power to do it but won’t do it because he […]
Thomas Edsall: Biden’s Honeymoon Is Over, and He Knows It
Occidental Dissent - Aug 4th 2021 11:11am EDTThomas Edsall is worried. We’re at the point where the COVID relief band aid – the eviction moratorium, unemployment insurance, student loan forbearance, increased EBT – is about to be ripped off. The effect of the one time $1,400 stimulus check which fewer people qualified for has also long since worn off. The child tax […]
Vox: “Progressive Prosecutors” Are Working Within The System To Change It. How Is That Going?
Occidental Dissent - Jul 31st 2021 2:18pm EDTIt is a new progressive era. Yes, how is Larry Krasner who is the most well known George Soros-backed “progressive prosecutor” in the country working out for Philadelphia? Vox: “Still, it was noteworthy when Larry Krasner — perhaps the most famous of all the “progressive prosecutors” elected in recent years — all but ensured his […]
David Sacks: Get Ready For The “No Buy” List
Occidental Dissent - Jul 31st 2021 12:33pm EDTGet ready for a No Buy List? The ADL and SPLC have been censoring the internet and expanding the No Buy List since 2017. Jewish gatekeepers have been doing this for years now. Bari Weiss: “When I helped create PayPal in 1999, it was in furtherance of a revolutionary idea. No longer would ordinary people […]
Tucker Carlson: Homeless Camps Are Popping Up In Liberal Cities
Occidental Dissent - Jul 31st 2021 11:46am EDTI’ve been growing curious about this. Why do you see so many homeless people and tent cities sprouting up like mushrooms in progressive cities? Why is violent crime spiraling out of control in those cities? Why do the streets smell like urine and feces? Why do you see mobs sacking police precincts and laying siege […]
Sen. Tom Cotton: The BLM Effect
Occidental Dissent - Jul 29th 2021 4:23pm EDT
Vegan Totalitarianism Creeps Into Berkeley
Occidental Dissent - Jul 29th 2021 2:05pm EDTDon’t laugh. Back in early 2017, it was in Berkeley where we got our first taste of the new standard where the feral Left was allowed to riot and deplatform MILO. It was that riot in Berkeley which set off a series of clashes in the months that followed in which it was an open […]
New York Times “Journalist”: Trump Supporters Are “Enemies of the State”
Occidental Dissent - Jul 28th 2021 5:36pm EDTYou are “fascism” and “authoritarianism.” You are a “legitimate national security threat” for opposing progressive activists.
Democrats at a Crossroad: Will They Heed This Data Scientist’s Advice?
Occidental Dissent - Jul 27th 2021 10:46pm EDTNo, they won’t head his advice. Last time I checked, we’re currently up to 25 different fronts in the culture war. We expect that progressive activists will pick at least another 25 fights before 2024. Yated: Yated: So you are saying that the coalition put together by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, which […]
St. Louis and Kansas City Are Experiencing a Police Exodus
Occidental Dissent - Jul 27th 2021 3:34pm EDTIt is a new progressive era. The Biden administration, progressive activists and corporate media have succeeded in their goal of raising the costs of being a police officer in big cities far above the benefits. It looks like St. Louis and Kansas City, Atlanta, Washington, DC, New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Murderapolis, San Francisco […]
MSNBC: Why “Disinformation” Online Is Easy To Produce And Tough To Regulate
Occidental Dissent - Jul 27th 2021 3:00pm EDTDo you trust the news media? Our weekly tracking hit a new low this week with only 37% of Americans trusting the news media. This is the lowest share since we began tracking in mid-October. https://t.co/L3DtIPITkS pic.twitter.com/e7zqipKDov — Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) July 15, 2021 When I want accurate information about the news, I turn to […]
Poll: American Optimism Drops By 20 Points Since May
Occidental Dissent - Jul 26th 2021 4:23pm EDTNew ABC/Ipsos poll – Biden heavily underwater with Independents when it comes to crime, gun violence, and immigration pic.twitter.com/V6qC1v6B7T — Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) July 25, 2021 Biden’s approval/disapproval on the issues (change from last month) COVID: 63/36 (-9/+8)Immigration: 37/61 (-/-)The economy: 53/46 (-7/+8)Gun violence: 37/61 (-5/+4)Crime: 39/58 (-/-)Leaving Afghanistan: 55/41 (-/-) — Ryan James […]
Poll: Democrats’ Drive to the Left Threatens Their Grip on Power
Occidental Dissent - Jul 26th 2021 3:01pm EDTJoe Biden’s approval rating isn’t going to be enough to prop up the Democratic Party in the 2022 midterms. He isn’t associated strongly enough with the Democratic brand. Morning Consult: Speaking of “extremism,” 46% of voters and 46% of Independents see the Democratic Party as being too liberal while only 37% of voters and 34% […]
