True believers are incapable of accepting disconfirmation. The
reason for this is their individual identity becomes so entangled in the cause,
that anything contradicting the cause is viewed as a personal assault. That’s
why Progressives react to contacts with reality as if they have been violently
assaulted. For them, there is no line separating themselves and the cause. An
assault on the cause, even just contrary facts, is felt like a kick to the
groin. It’s why Progressive women equate free speech with violence.
There’s another product of this and that’s the inability to
adapt to political reality. They set off on a course, with a pleasing narrative
in their head, and stick with it no matter what happens. This delusional
determination is why the Left keeps at their pet causes with a great deal of
success, but it is also why they eventually burn themselves out in an orgy of
recrimination. They can’t let go of the dream, even when the cause is lost, so
they look for people to blame. You see that in this Atlantic piece.
Remember “this is not normal?”
A year ago, it was the motto of the self-styled “Resistance”—the
coalition of liberals, Democrats, and a few wayward conservatives who were
implacably opposed to the Trump administration. The endless refrain represented
the refusal to countenance Trump as an ordinary political actor. Doing so, they
feared, would eventually lead to the acceptance of racism, xenophobia,
corruption, and authoritarianism as a regular and unremarkable feature of
politics and society.
People articulating such views were easy to find—online,
on the front pages, and on the streets. The day after President Trump’s
inauguration, the Women’s March turned into one of the largest nationwide
demonstrations in American history. A week later, tens of thousands of people
turned up at airports to oppose and obstruct Trump’s Muslim ban. By harnessing
this unqualified opposition, Democrats were able to score shocking political
and policy victories: stealing a Senate seat in Alabama, saving Obamacare,
winning deep-red districts in state races, and coming close to taking the
Virginia House of Delegates in the face of heavy gerrymandering.
And yet, today, in the highest circles of Democratic party politics, resistance is waning. “This is normal enough,” many key Democrats seem to be saying. When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in advance of Trump’s State of the Union several weeks ago, he focused on finding ways to “work with” the president, such as infrastructure.
And yet, today, in the highest circles of Democratic party politics, resistance is waning. “This is normal enough,” many key Democrats seem to be saying. When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in advance of Trump’s State of the Union several weeks ago, he focused on finding ways to “work with” the president, such as infrastructure.
The lunatics are sure they are winning. It is written in the
prophecies. How can their elected leaders not see this? Why are they quitting
just when victory is at hand? Of course, that’s not reality, but reality is far
too unpleasant to accept, so they are re-imagining the present in order to hold
onto the dream. The Democrat leaders, especially Chuck Schumer, they know
what’s happening. Thanks to Trump’s political maneuvering, white voters now see
the Democrats as the Brown Party.
The outcome of any final immigration deal is unknown, in part
because Democrats voluntarily relinquished much of their leverage by striking a
bargain on the budget. But there can be little doubt that many in the party
were prepared to make serious—and politically unpopular—policy concessions to
Trump. At one point, that reportedly included funding for a wall along the
U.S.-Mexico border (opposed by 60 percent of Americans). As it stands,
Democrats in both houses appear to be on the brink of dropping demands to
protect the “Dreamers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children
(protections that are supported by 74 percent of Americans). “He’s not asking
for the kind of money that would build a wall sea to shining sea,” reasoned
Missouri’s Claire McCaskill. “He’s asking for the kind of money that can say he
built a wall.”
The reality is the Democrats got a better deal from the
seditious Mitch McConnell than they were ever going to get from Trump, so they
cut a deal with the treacherous wing of the GOP. That was smart politics, even
if the lunatics in the Democrat Party refuse to accept it. As it stands,
spending for the wall is now off the table for two years and there is no reason
for the cucks to bring immigration issues to a vote. Basically, the cucks are
doing the heavy lifting for Team Brown to undermine the patriots.
That’s depressing, but the good news here is that Chuck Schumer
suddenly realized that the whites are waking up to what’s happening and they
are prepared to act accordingly. That means the midterms could very well be a
referendum on Team Brown’s plan to turn America into Brazil. More important,
Trump seems to have figured this out too and he is now talking about making the
midterm a referendum on immigration. That’s a huge change in the political
culture. It speaks to just how fast things have changed in the last year.
The better news is the mouth breathers of the “resistance”
movement have decided to go full jihad over immigration. They see their leaders
as insufficiently enthusiastic for the great brown future. They will want to
make the midterms about immigration and send a message to their
leaders. For decades, immigration patriots like John Derbyshire and Peter
Brimelow labored just to get politicians to mention immigration. Now we appear
to be heading a big political fight about serious immigration reform.
It’s just a symbolic fight. Chad and Stacy are now talking about
chain migration and wondering if it makes sense to be importing Somalis into
Minnesota. Up until recent, most Americans have known nothing of visa
lotteries, chain migration and visa abuse. Now the granular details of the
issue are circulating in polite company. People are waking up to the fact that
the nice Hindu at the 7-11, also means a village of his kinsmen settling in
your town, going on welfare and turning your town into a squalid mess.
It’s
a long war, but Team White has gained some ground on Team Brown.
