He also wrote on social media, later adding, “Note to liberals; I’ll accept ‘Gay Pride’ when you accept ‘White Pride.’”

Ummmmm… blocky-wat

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    This is my impression of the current state of US right wing politics.

    Had to travel to US for work a couple years back and accidentally tuned into a right wing radio show while driving. It was too good to stop listening.

    There was some local election going on. The hosts and some guest commentator were openly calling for people to vote for an Asian immigrant candidate running on a conservative/“anti-woke” platform against a woke leftist (read: white liberal Democrat).

    “This man is a true American patriot I can get behind! He’s more American than the woke leftists who hate our country!”

    Then the conversation pivoted to some news that Biden was ramping up tension against China. They all laughed it off: “Starting a war with China? Are they serious? We’re gonna get our asses beaten by the Chinese easily! Do you think our woke military can defeat China? Obama’s been allowing transgender ideology to be taught in the army for years! Our military is no longer the fighting force it used to be! It’s all about wokeness and transgenderism these days!”

    The American right is obsessed with “wokeness” these days. It’s so bizarre and entertaining at the same time.

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        It’s funny because the origins of political correctness (PC) go way the fuck back to the 1930s as a reference to Nazis, but the modern usage of it was born out of leftists saying it ironically about themselves as far back as the 1970s and then finally in the late 80s and into the 90s the rightwingers picked it up as an insult or whatever