During a subsequent district DEI training, the instructor told our staff that “all white people are racists,” and urged attendees to write “I’m a racist” on a sign, wear it, take a photo, and post it on social media as an act of acknowledgment. He even showed a photo of a participant who had done so.
Man if they even suggested I do that when we had our CRT, I’d have lawyered up immediately.
Gallego basically confirms it in the leaked article and says he felt betrayed by his friend of 20 years.
“It’s very heartbreaking that someone that I served with and have known and have been really good friends with for 20 years decided to leak some of these messages,” said Gallego.
Though he does have a point. When did the left become “lame” and the right become “cool”? That’s not my perception (I think they’re both kinda lame), but that seems how Gen Z males view it.
Yeah. And becoming overly sensitive and overly obediant to government authority also wasn’t cool. Plus, the rise of podcast bros basically coopting right talking points and helping the medicine go down with memes and jokes.
The right sort of co-opted counter culture cool, even as it became mainstream, possibly starting with the meme culture of 4chan and discord. Joshua Citarella talks about it.