Entropyrian

I feel like I should explain my participation in this expose of bad behavior. I have known Megan to some degree for around four years and have been friendly, even distantly, professionally friends. She did what looked like very good work in 2022 on issues of Woke in Christianity, and I was impressed and grateful. Later, skipping ahead a bit, I met Megan in person, and at a dinner with five or six of us at the table, we got to know each other some. We were pretty quick friends. I'm trying to remember what year this was--2024, I think--and it was in West Palm Beach. In between, like several other associates of mine, I saw Megan being pulled into the recruitment of the very Christian Nationalists and New Right guys I was dedicated to warning about, upon which I have been strongly vindicated. I spent some time, but less than others, in long conversations with her (overwhelmingly by text/DM), trying to explain why I thought these guys were trouble and would lead her to playing into a deceptive dialectic. One such frustrating conversation was in early spring 2023 while I was in the St. Louis airport waiting for a flight. I spent much of that time, if you can believe me, trying to explain to her what the dialectic is, and my explanations were simply inadequate. Some of the spiral graphics you've seen me and others share about the dialectic were ones I created specifically for her to communicate what it is and how it works. I watched her drift further and further into this, more to the frustration of my Christian associates than my own, but I found it disappointing. Later, when I met her, I found her likable, despite the disagreement, which was not significant between us. Some time later, she shared with me that she considered me a friend but was "done" with the others at one point because of their attempts to talk to her about the issues, her colleagues, the path she was on, and problems in her book. I kept communication open, though it was always infrequent, like normal. Her accusation was always the same when it came up: these people, who were trying to steer her away from the path she was on with those colleagues, were trying to ruin her career, which is simply untrue and unfair. It might have been the case that the people who had made her would destroy her if she changed course (ask me how I know), but the intentions were never malicious or harmful like that. Later, however, she got further into this line of thinking than I could tolerate, but she had also fallen seriously sick. I had no intention of criticizing a friendly while she was dangerously ill, so I didn't. I was distantly supportive but made no particular efforts one way or the other. She said many things I normally would have said something about, but I left it out of respect, even though it kept getting beyond my own tolerance. Finally, though, the behavior documented in this thread, which has been a constant for many months and especially through the last month, crossed enough of a line where I said something. Thus, I became implicated. I tried to be firm but gentle and respectful, maintaining a solid boundary: no misrepresentation. That's it. The reason I stepped in was, in fact, that. She would frequently pile on smaller accounts, many who respected her, many others who had become critical but who are good people doing good work, and go full attack-dog. I abhor unfairness. It was extremely frustrating to watch, but I stayed out of it, trying to maintain friendship and peace. The moment I stepped in, which was in response to further vigorous misrepresentation of people she was arguing with online--again, mostly good people with small accounts--it was immediately my turn. The public record is available. I set the boundary in advance and asked her not to do it with me. She said something to the effect of "we're going to do this." Ok. Since then, I have been questioned many times, in person, on the phone, and my message, about why I "attacked" Megan, which means someone is telling that story because I most certainly did not attack her. Another misrepresentation. It's intolerable. When this thread appeared, I therefore shared every one of the posts and many of the posts by people who have chimed in. That's my story and my explanation. I tried to dissuade her from taking a bad path, but it failed. I made a friendship and kept it, and I tried to keep the peace for a long time, even after it crossed several red lines. The moment I said anything, I became the bad guy. Like I said, ok. So be it. That's my piece.

When I went to DC around Trump's inauguration, everyone was calling it "Conservative Disneyland." In my opinion, the Republicans have been operating under something I call the Conservative Disneyland Effect ever since, and now they're rediscovering reality exists. Disneyland, as it turns out, is fake. It's fun, but it's fake. When you go, you have a good time, and when leave, you go back to reality. Reality was always there, though, and if you stay too long, it piles up on you. A huge part of the Conservative Disneyland Effect has been believing that we could just get away with anything, say anything, push anything. More and more and more "right-wing" stuff, increasing "boldness," more and more anti-Woke and New Right "edge," ridiculous financial policies that don't work. Reality is back. If the Right decides that more of that nonsense is the way, it's lost. If they decide we can just tolerate any excess from within our ranks without drawing hard and clear lines that say "that's not us," it's lost. Americans want common sense. They want stuff to work. They want politics to be normal, not crazy. The sober Republicans need to stand up and set an inspiring course forward now. Not this New Right foolishness, not the Bush-doctrine "RINO" crap everyone got sick of. Just good, straight leadership rooted in common sense and success for the American people.

Remember all those times people told me the Woke Right has no power and to stop talking about it. Lol 🤡

The change agents. I. Told. You.

They literally keep telling you the plan, but you refuse to hear them. They keep telling you the plan is to make America suffer under Democrats until their would-be dictator is ready in 2032 to finish off the American Experiment. They work constantly for this goal.

Do you understand? Trump sold the Iran War perfectly clearly, but the population not only refused to listen, which is on them, but was absolutely misled into confusion, anger, and madness by a highly coordinated messaging apparatus that likes Vance better than it likes Trump.

How Republicans should go forward: fire consultants, purge New Right, ditch Vance and Vanceguard. Then, Balls of Trump Results-orientation of DeSantis Messaging of Spencer Pratt

A dynamic, if you will: Trump's tariffs get directly in the way of creating the price relief desperately needed after Biden's inflationary regime and Covid. They are unpopular, but no one will really contradict him, and we hear things about long-term utility that no one understands or cares about. Much of this deflection comes from the New Right economic gurus from American Compass, who are part of the odd Vanceguard. Iran gets dangerously close (again) to nuclear weapons (upwards of 11 of them, maybe) and has demonstrated long-range ballistic missile technology. It has to be dealt with. Israel steps in to stop Iran, and Trump, fulfilling a contradictory campaign promise that Iran would never have a nuclear weapon, joins the effort (twice, actually). Iran gets wounded but responds by holding the Strait of Hormuz and therefore global oil flows hostage. The entire right-wing commentary class ("Trashcaster Inc."), which aligns with the Vanceguard, proceeds relentlessly and ruthlessly (and truthlessly) to blame Trump and "Israel's war" for raising prices, which have more to do with the tariffs and Bidenflation, and never once try to get people to understand the real situation or its contingencies. A difficult policy choice gets turned into a noose by conflating it with a bad economic policy, both of which are advanced by the same radical new wing of the Republican Party, which simultaneously makes absolutely no secret of their ambition to destroy the GOP we have and replace it with themselves. Election Night 2026 goes badly.

Lol time to kick out this demented demoralization cult.