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The sleep of reason: leftist Furies turning on their own, who don’t know what hit them

The New Neo Posted on June 25, 2020 by neoJune 25, 2020

In September of 2018 I wrote a post that began like this: It’s no accident that the Furies were women: “According to Hesiod’s Theogony, when the Titan Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Movies, Violence | 37 Replies

Matt Taibbi is alarmed at the Democrats’ trampling on liberty, but he doesn’t quite get it

The New Neo Posted on May 16, 2020 by neoMay 16, 2020

Taibbi’s only halfway to getting it. But it’s the second half of the mountain, the part he hasn’t climbed yet, that’s the steepest and most difficult to traverse. Here’s Taibbi [emphasis mine]: One had to search far and wide to … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty | 46 Replies

Bret Easton Ellis: political changer

The New Neo Posted on April 8, 2020 by neoApril 8, 2020

Here’s another changer – a recent one, author Bret Easton Ellis – telling his story. I was alerted to this by a helpful reader:

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Posted in Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Political changers | 22 Replies

Conversations with friends: “Trump did nothing”

The New Neo Posted on March 28, 2020 by neoApril 8, 2020

Now that we’re all housebound, I find myself talking on the phone to friends more often. Sometimes they’re people I’m not often in touch with, and – since I don’t ordinarily bring up politics in conversation anyway – most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Me, myself, and I, Politics | 147 Replies

Karlyn Borysenko of New Hampshire walks away

The New Neo Posted on February 15, 2020 by neoFebruary 15, 2020

A number of people sent me links to this article by Karlyn Borysenko entitled “After Attending a Trump Rally, I Realized Democrats Are Not Ready For 2020,” and subtitled “I’ve been a Democrat for 20 years. But this experience made … Continue reading →

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Lawfare: admitting you were wrong

The New Neo Posted on December 28, 2019 by neoDecember 28, 2019

The Horowitz Report dealt a blow to Lawfare: …[T]he ‘Lawfare’ blog…[is] a site that’s placed itself at the center of the operation to legitimize and push Trump-Russia conspiracy theories throughout the Trump presidency. Their specialty has been to claim the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging and bloggers, Law, Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Me, myself, and I, Politics, Press | Tagged Horowitz Report, Russiagate, Steele dossier | 16 Replies

What happens when you step outside the circle: “real friends”

The New Neo Posted on August 6, 2019 by neoAugust 6, 2019

I’ve often written about the social aspects of personal political change from left (or liberal) to right (or conservative). It often has negative repercussions socially and will cause some people to shun the changer, a little or a lot or … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Me, myself, and I | 53 Replies

Actor/host Mario Lopez driven to apologize for remarks that are completely reasonable…

The New Neo Posted on August 3, 2019 by neoAugust 3, 2019

…and that just a short while ago would have been considered completely acceptable. Not any more. In a discussion with Candace Owens on her show, here’s what actor and TV personality Lopez said: “A lot of weird trends come out … Continue reading →

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On leaving the circle dance

The New Neo Posted on August 2, 2019 by neoAugust 2, 2019

Don’t underestimate how emotionally difficult it is. I know precisely what “Jan in MN” is talking about here: Self-image shouldn’t be underestimated as a reason to close one’s mind to facts. I remember, in my change process, how frightening it … Continue reading →

Posted in Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Literature and writing, Me, myself, and I | 57 Replies

Straka sues

The New Neo Posted on June 18, 2019 by neoJune 18, 2019

Brandon Straka is the founder of the #WalkAway movement. A gay man and former liberal, Straka recently left the Democratic Party and made a YouTube video about his defection and the reasons for his change of mind. The video went … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Liberty, Race and racism | 36 Replies

Here’s a brave person

The New Neo Posted on June 14, 2019 by neoJune 14, 2019

As part of the series of #WalkAway videos on YouTube, here is a trans woman who discovered a lot about the left when she decided to voice the idea that maybe, just maybe, Donald Trump wasn’t the devil incarnate. She … Continue reading →

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Human nature and political left vs. right

The New Neo Posted on June 13, 2019 by neoJune 13, 2019

Commenter “Snow on Pine” makes the following excellent observation about the differences between left and right: The fork in the road occurs at the crossroad named Human Nature. Believe that humans are innately good and that it is just their … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Liberals and conservatives; left and right | 57 Replies

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