Naomi Wolf, a lifelong strong liberal, has embraced the 2nd Amendment. In a Substack essay she does a grammatical analysis of its wording and original intent, and she praises its wisdom. She now sees the need for firearms for the defense of self and others, and for the defense of individual rights against government usurpation.
This is quite astounding. We are watching in real time the erosion of longstanding political alignments, as people on both sides wake up to the reality of the present danger. The New World Order is entering its end game in taking over the lives of everyone on the planet, and is dangerously close to success. This is not merely “meet your new boss, same as your old boss”, it is a magnitudes-worse shift in the values, attitudes, and way of life, even to changing the literal DNA of the human race.
And so we see unlikely players, such as Wolf, RFK Jr, Dore, Straka, et. al. suddenly sounding more like conservatives than many who have worn that label for years. They are showing extraordinary courage, because in doing so they are alienating much of their support base, a base known for its vicious cancellation of anyone who disagrees on any point. But they see the truth and they see the dire threat against the nation and the world.
If Naomi Wolf can see the common sense of letting people arm themselves to protect against criminals and those who would abuse power, then anyone can see it once their indoctrinated blinders are taken off.
I suppose things had to get as bad as they are in order for people to wake up. That’s happening, thankfully, and not a moment too soon.
https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/rethinking-the-second-amendment?s=r
I read her piece last night and was talking to my husband about it this afternoon. i found it incredibly well thought out and well-written. It is worth reading.
Her main "shtick" has always been feminism, and I really appreciated her argument that as an advocate for women she should be advocating that women arm themselves. It's the most empowering thing they can do. She said that as a mother she feels it is her duty to be armed in order to protect her children when her husband is away for work.
I'm really happy to see her come around. I think it takes courage to admit you were wrong for so many years. I think there is too much of a "purity" test done by conservatives, and it does a real disservice to us to reject anyone who doesn't meet the incredibly high threshold set by so many on our side.
Well said, and I agree on all points. She really was pretty far out there on the Left, but she saw the light and has been doing yeoman's work on the pandemic response, as viewers of Bannon's Warroom have seen. Now this.
I still am shocked every time she mentions War Room, I can't believe she's working with Steve Bannon. I went to hear her speak back in the 1990s after her first book came out (I was in college) and to go from that to this - it still blows my mind.
I know. She was indeed radical the wrong way. It's been a wonderment to me to see her on Warroom, and to listen to RFK repeatedly knock it out of the park, and wonder, how did these people vote for Hillary, or even for Biden not long ago? Where is the line on their being awake? Is it static or are they moving in a general direction? With this piece I think we have a partial answer. Their awakening is genuine and therefore it affects everything in due time. We have to give people room to grow, but without compromising our own first principles. We have the truth, we have the pleasing ways of life. But it takes time for it to wend its way through the culture.
Well said.
I never thought I'd listen to a Kennedy but i bought RFK Jr's Fauci book. He has been such an important voice these last 2 years.
Times of crisis really reveal people's character, and you can see who is willing to accept new evidence and analyze it clearly for the truth and who isn't. You can see who truly has integrity. Neil Oliver was on Bret Weinstein's Dark Horse podcast (someone else I never thought I'd listen to), and he talked about how painful and awful the awakening is but how much better it feels to go through it and realize you can survive, and you're better for it. Well worth listening to.