Difference between revisions of "O’Sullivan’s First Law"

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*Wise, Justin (May 16, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444056-house-gop-leader-says-alabama-abortion-ban-goes-further-than-i-believe House GOP leader says Alabama abortion ban goes 'further than I believe']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
 
*Wise, Justin (May 16, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444056-house-gop-leader-says-alabama-abortion-ban-goes-further-than-i-believe House GOP leader says Alabama abortion ban goes 'further than I believe']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
 
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*Freiburger, Calvin (May 16, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/conservative-naysayers-to-alabama-law-double-down-on-pro-life-failure ‘Conservative’ naysayers to Alabama law double down on pro-life failure]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref>
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*Freiburger, Calvin (May 16, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/conservative-naysayers-to-alabama-law-double-down-on-pro-life-failure ‘Conservative’ naysayers to Alabama law double down on pro-life failure]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref> Additionally, after mass shootings, Republican officials increasingly ignore the root of the problem and instead join leftists' assault on [[self governance]] and the Second Amendment.<ref>Multiple references:
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*Hawkins, Awr (August 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/07/gov-mike-dewine-pushes-universal-background-checks-after-dayton-attack/ Gov. Mike DeWine Pushes Universal Background Checks After Dayton Attack]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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*Hanchett, Ian (August 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/08/05/gop-rep-kinzinger-treat-all-political-extremist-violence-as-terrorism-raise-age-to-buy-guns-implement-universal-background-checks/ GOP Rep. Kinzinger: Treat All Political Extremist Violence as Terrorism, Raise Age to Buy Guns, Implement Universal Background Checks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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*Stimson, Brie (August 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-congressman-representing-dayton-says-he-supports-assault-weapon-ban Republican congressman representing Dayton says he supports assault weapon ban]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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*Venker, Suzanne (August 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/gun-control-wont-cure-the-underlying-moral-disease Gun control won't cure the underlying moral disease]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.</ref>
 
*European [[establishment]] conservatives, who eventually shifted sharply to the Left, supporting [[Europhile]], pro-mass migration, and anti-Christian policies
 
*European [[establishment]] conservatives, who eventually shifted sharply to the Left, supporting [[Europhile]], pro-mass migration, and anti-Christian policies
 
*The [[Conservative Political Action Conference]]'s leftward drift, marginalizing social conservatives and pro-gun activists, among other conservatives, while caving to the [[homosexual agenda]]
 
*The [[Conservative Political Action Conference]]'s leftward drift, marginalizing social conservatives and pro-gun activists, among other conservatives, while caving to the [[homosexual agenda]]

Revision as of 17:52, August 7, 2019

O'Sullivan’s First Law describes the leftward drift of many politicians, leaders, and organizations. First coined by John O'Sullivan in 1989, it states: "All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing."[1]

Examples

  • The Drudge Report's leftward shift.[2] To some extent, also to that of Fox News[3] and the National Review.[4]
  • Compromising Christian colleges, including Wheaton College, that first compromised on Biblical inerrancy and evolution, then increasingly on other issues (such as abortion,[5] homosexuality, feminism, and Islam). Azusa Pacific University also has drifted far from its Christian roots.[6] Christians in the West, overall, have become increasingly compromised.[7]
  • The many token conservatives who originally held conservative positions but shifted sharply to the Left
  • Republican politicians frequently cave on political issues and accept the left-wing's positions, whether it be on climate change,[8] ObamaCare, immigration, or some other issue. When Alabama enacted a ban on most types of abortion, many establishment Republican politicians claimed it "went too far" despite it still allowing abortion in several cases.[9] Additionally, after mass shootings, Republican officials increasingly ignore the root of the problem and instead join leftists' assault on self governance and the Second Amendment.[10]
  • European establishment conservatives, who eventually shifted sharply to the Left, supporting Europhile, pro-mass migration, and anti-Christian policies
  • The Conservative Political Action Conference's leftward drift, marginalizing social conservatives and pro-gun activists, among other conservatives, while caving to the homosexual agenda
  • Pat Robertson's shift to the Left on several issues, including abortion, gun control, climate change, and his support for liberal Republican Rudy Giuliani in 2008
  • The Boy Scouts of America's shift to the left on social issues such as homosexuality and gender. Other Christian organizations have experienced a similar shift.[11]
  • The media, big business, and the military establishment once were generally conservative though liberal thinking now predominates them
  • Positions that once lay in the mainstream of society only a few years previously are being increasingly labeled as "far-right" or "ultra-right."[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ O’Sullivan’s First Law, National Review
  2. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (January 17, 2018). “Whatfinger News”: What the Drudge Report Was Meant to Be. The New American. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ Nolte, John (November 19, 2018). Did Fox News Cost the GOP Orange County? Breitbart News. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Byas, Steve (January 18, 2019). National Review Continues to be a Trojan Horse Inside the Gates of Conservatism. The New American. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ Bomberger, Ryan (December 6, 2018). I went to Wheaton to talk abortion. The student gov’t flipped out. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ Newman, Alex (December 12, 2018). Even Christian Colleges Falling to Anti-Christian Extremism. The New American. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (May 29, 2019). Two Journalists Warn That “Weak Christianity” Is Killing the West. The New American. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  8. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (March 6, 2019). Empowering Socialism: Some Republicans Caving on Climate Change. The New American. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ Multiple references: Pro-life response:
  10. ↑ Multiple references: See also:
  11. ↑ Multiple references:
  12. ↑ Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is ‘Far Right’. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (December 10, 2018). Another Supposed “Far Right” Party Rises in Europe. The New American. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
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