I keep looking for signs of sunlight breaking through the clouds in the gloomy cultural landscape.
There are a few rays, but it’s hard to know whether the dark clouds are parting or whether there are just occasional thin spots in the general overcast.
One bright spot is that all the polls show the public has turned on Joe Biden.
According to the polls, Donald Trump is winning the presidential race right now, and it’s not even close in public opinion. On the one hand, it’s good that the public has seen through Biden’s BS, but on the other hand, the only cultural issue on which we have seen a decisive shift in opinion is illegal immigration.
Trump is winning because people rightly see the country is moving in the wrong direction. But do they understand that it is the underlying cultural rot that the Left has created as the root of the problem?
Other issues I care deeply about, which can all be put under the broad umbrella of “truth” and “freedom,” are less obviously catching on with the public. Trust in the government and the media has plummeted, which is good, but I don’t yet see a big backlash against the censorship complex.
There is an anti-gender ideology movement, but it has yet to reach a critical mass. People are beginning to doubt, but too few will stand up and fight.
This means that as little as the public trusts officialdom, they still buy the propaganda put out by the blob that opponents of the alphabet movement are hateful jerks. They don’t want to seem to be a hateful jerk, so they keep their heads down.
This all comes down to the persistent cultural power that the MSM and Big Tech retain. In theory people know that they are being gaslit, but they still haven’t acquired the instinct to distrust what they are being told on incendiary issues instantly.
A great example of this is how persistent the belief is that Nex Benedict, the “nonbinary” girl who died for unknown reasons after a scuffle in school, was the victim of a vicious hate crime. The story is false, and we know that because we have the video of her interview in the hospital by a responding police officer. She was, apparently, unharmed, and she had actually started the fight.
Police released bodycam footage of the Oklahoma teen’s de*th.
A few things to note:
1. Her mom refers to her with a different name and she/her pronouns. Either Nex wasn’t nonbinary or the school was hiding that information from her parents.
2. Nex and her mom do not appear… pic.twitter.com/Jq27uEzd56
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 25, 2024
While the cause of death has not been released, the police have already said that it was unrelated to the fight. Nex’s mom refers to her as “she,” and if the media didn’t tell you that she was nonbinary, you would never know from any of the evidence. It’s not even clear she considered herself nonbinary.
In other words, every bit of evidence tells us that there was no hate crime, that she wasn’t beaten up for being “nonbinary,” that the fight had nothing to do with her death, and that even the “nonbinary” status may be fake. It’s pure narrative.
Laura Bellis, a city councilwoman for Tulsa, Oklahoma, gave a speech at last night’s candlelight vigil for Nex Benedict.
She stated that “words can kill” and “The propaganda machine will try to paint over the truth.” She admonished policymakers, saying that “this is part of a… pic.twitter.com/lp0F55H4ZM
— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) February 26, 2024
Yet I see several articles a day being pumped out with the approved Narrative, and chances are that almost everybody who hasn’t followed the story closely assumes the original narrative was correct. Even though people distrust the MSM, they still implicitly accept what they are being told.
“That Could Have Been Me”
Trans and queer youth tell Rolling Stone they’re hurt, angry, and scared after the death of Nex Benedict.
More: https://t.co/ZjhcpojF0O pic.twitter.com/nIUNSKmgc0
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 26, 2024
Our job in the coming years is to get people to instantly doubt any story that fits The Narrative™. Not reject, because sometimes there is truth in such stories, but it is so rare as to inspire doubt until all the evidence is in. Assume it is false until it is proven to be true.
The recent death of nonbinary student Nex Benedict, who died one day after a physical altercation inside a school bathroom, has sent shockwaves throughout Oklahoma’s LGBTQ+ community. https://t.co/Z1knTEOpEj
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 2, 2024
Think Covington Catholic. The press lies.
With criminals, we presume innocence until proven guilty. With hate crimes, we should assume it’s bulls**t until proven otherwise. The MSM are liars, and liars gonna lie.
Now you know why I do Sunday Smiles. I need them.
Now for the best of the Bee
Hunter Biden Jealous After Don Jr. Receives Envelope Of White Powder https://t.co/403c1yNR4C pic.twitter.com/H8IHBLhPNI
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 2, 2024
Facing Low Approval, Biden Promises To Start Pretending To Care About The Border https://t.co/cTjM6wUCba pic.twitter.com/YQHPTzJtaB
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 2, 2024
Ronna McDaniel Hired As DNC Chair Due To Extensive Experience Defeating Republicans https://t.co/vsRIb8rFNo pic.twitter.com/bB3MyV725Y
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 2, 2024
Excited Netflix Writers Turn To Google Gemini For New Show Ideas https://t.co/EUkpkLfykN pic.twitter.com/koPH1hwDxS
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 2, 2024
Angels Switch From ‘Fear Not’ To ‘Bro, Chill’ When Appearing To Gen Z Audience https://t.co/3nlz3eDYC4 pic.twitter.com/SFr5bPwXH1
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 2, 2024
Women’s History Month Canceled For Implying There Is Such A Thing As ‘Women’ https://t.co/1e95CkoPLX pic.twitter.com/c1tdNfWUiU
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 2, 2024
Little Girl Dreams Of One Day Being Fat And Ugly Enough To Be Target Model https://t.co/uh89XUwfCg pic.twitter.com/NH3oKHfOvT
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 2, 2024
Wife Begins Molting From Layers Of Blankets In Preparation For Spring https://t.co/58vODb90Ya pic.twitter.com/CLAdC99Ona
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 1, 2024
Congress Members To Wear Barcodes So Lobbyists Can Scan Prices, Self-Checkout https://t.co/O9qG2KGoHr pic.twitter.com/5mDEgRuPSN
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 1, 2024
Shocking Study Shows More Kids Identifying As Members Of World’s Most Celebrated, Popular Group https://t.co/qMk1RXewx3 pic.twitter.com/Y9oLcjd5jX
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 1, 2024
Newsom Announces Sweepstakes Where 5 Lucky Winners Get To Move Out Of California https://t.co/hN7puIVVRc pic.twitter.com/6L7zkz0jyG
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 1, 2024
To Improve Trustworthiness Of The Hosts, ‘The View’ To Replace Whoopi Goldberg With Alex Jones https://t.co/6JHa3yNpKK pic.twitter.com/mxW2NgwyyW
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 1, 2024
Biden Arrives At Border To Cut Ribbon For Official Border Grand Opening https://t.co/M11TtV7xWz pic.twitter.com/p0m75O63Un
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 1, 2024
The next stuff
Want to see my kitties?
This is Tigger and Turtle back when they were kittens, a few weeks old.
This is Mickey, the stray cat I adopted, nursing her litter a few weeks after birth. The kittens are Tigger, Turtle, Little Mickey, and Smudge. We adopted out Smudge to a friend, and then we didn’t have the heart to part with any of the others. So they have lived with us for 10 years so far.
This is Little Mickey in the front and Turtle looking over his head at me. They love me very much, of course!
This is Turtle and his mom taking a nap together. He was a year or two old back then.
Husky makes fun of the owner’s injured leg..🐶🐾🤕😅 pic.twitter.com/2ALs6FSkn8
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) March 1, 2024
The world’s smallest wildcat
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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 29, 2024
cute puppies loves kiss 🐶💖 pic.twitter.com/0PW6beCJzx
— dogs so cute that could save the world (@dogssaveworld) February 29, 2024
— Cute Cats 🐱 (@cutecats_____) February 27, 2024
Oh, it’s on..🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/A6IaLy8g0d
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) February 27, 2024
This elephant pretends to eat this woman hat, but then gives it back.pic.twitter.com/qUjb09AeJz
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 25, 2024
Kitty massage..🐈🐾😍 pic.twitter.com/0pWdfScIB4
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) February 25, 2024
Should lock the door! 😂pic.twitter.com/bJIfcZZHRM
— Figen (@TheFigen_) February 27, 2024
Day 4. They suspect nothing. pic.twitter.com/pDeIUEeZfb
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) February 25, 2024
And Finally…
Credit where credit is due: SNL’s gambling ad spoof is well done. pic.twitter.com/YSIXllElBs
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 25, 2024