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*[[Harvard]] was founded to "know [[God]] and [[Jesus Christ]],"<ref>https://www.allabouthistory.org/history-of-harvard.htm</ref> but was later taken over by [[atheistic]] [[liberal]]s.
 
*[[Harvard]] was founded to "know [[God]] and [[Jesus Christ]],"<ref>https://www.allabouthistory.org/history-of-harvard.htm</ref> but was later taken over by [[atheistic]] [[liberal]]s.
 
*The Rhodes scholarship program was established to reward leadership potential and athletic achievement, but over time has been distorted to advance a [[Leftist]] agenda without even requiring athletic accomplishment,<ref>https://www.revolver.news/2021/11/rhodes-scholar-diversity-laughingstock-part-two/</ref> as in the case of pro-[[homosexual agenda]] [[Pete Buttigieg]] who was awarded this scholarship without any significant athletic achievement.
 
*The Rhodes scholarship program was established to reward leadership potential and athletic achievement, but over time has been distorted to advance a [[Leftist]] agenda without even requiring athletic accomplishment,<ref>https://www.revolver.news/2021/11/rhodes-scholar-diversity-laughingstock-part-two/</ref> as in the case of pro-[[homosexual agenda]] [[Pete Buttigieg]] who was awarded this scholarship without any significant athletic achievement.
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*[[Southwest Airlines]] thrived by giving freedom to its fun-loving workforce, but was apparently taken over by tyrants who then mandated the [[COVID vaccine]] for all workers despite protests by employees.
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*[[Southwest Airlines]] thrived by giving freedom to its fun-loving workforce, but was apparently taken over by [[tyranny|tyrants]] who then mandated the [[COVID vaccine]] for all workers despite protests by employees.
 
*The [[Fox News Channel]] became a puppet for the [[liberal media]], and [[liberal censorship]] in the aftermath of the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 election]], and had drifted leftward earlier as well.<ref>Nolte, John (November 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/19/did-fox-news-cost-gop-orange-county/ Did Fox News Cost the GOP Orange County?] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 19, 2018.</ref>  
 
*The [[Fox News Channel]] became a puppet for the [[liberal media]], and [[liberal censorship]] in the aftermath of the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 election]], and had drifted leftward earlier as well.<ref>Nolte, John (November 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/19/did-fox-news-cost-gop-orange-county/ Did Fox News Cost the GOP Orange County?] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 19, 2018.</ref>  
 
*The [[Drudge Report]]'s leftward drift<ref>Duke, Selwyn (January 17, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/28057-whatfinger-news-what-the-drudge-report-was-meant-to-be “Whatfinger News”: What the Drudge Report Was Meant to Be]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 19, 2018.</ref><ref>Richardson, Valerie (November 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/21/matt-drudge-drudge-report-anti-trump-pivot-alarms-/ Et tu, Drudge? Alarm grows on right over site's anti-Trump pivot]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref> as well as the [[neoconservative]] ''[[National Review]]''.<ref>Byas, Steve (January 18, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/31222-national-review-continues-to-be-a-trojan-horse-inside-the-gates-of-conservatism National Review Continues to be a Trojan Horse Inside the Gates of Conservatism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 18, 2019.</ref> ''See'' [[Drudge Report Alternatives]].
 
*The [[Drudge Report]]'s leftward drift<ref>Duke, Selwyn (January 17, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/28057-whatfinger-news-what-the-drudge-report-was-meant-to-be “Whatfinger News”: What the Drudge Report Was Meant to Be]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 19, 2018.</ref><ref>Richardson, Valerie (November 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/21/matt-drudge-drudge-report-anti-trump-pivot-alarms-/ Et tu, Drudge? Alarm grows on right over site's anti-Trump pivot]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref> as well as the [[neoconservative]] ''[[National Review]]''.<ref>Byas, Steve (January 18, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/31222-national-review-continues-to-be-a-trojan-horse-inside-the-gates-of-conservatism National Review Continues to be a Trojan Horse Inside the Gates of Conservatism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 18, 2019.</ref> ''See'' [[Drudge Report Alternatives]].
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*Christian colleges, such as [[Wheaton College]], which first compromised on [[Biblical inerrancy]] and [[evolution]], then increasingly on other issues like [[abortion]],<ref>Bomberger, Ryan (December 6, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/i-went-to-wheaton-to-talk-abortion-the-student-govt-flipped-out I went to Wheaton to talk [[abortion]]. The student gov’t flipped out]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved December 6, 2018.</ref> [[homosexuality]], [[feminism]], and [[Islam]]. Azusa Pacific University also has drifted far from its Christian roots.<ref>Newman, Alex (December 12, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/30896-even-christian-colleges-falling-to-anti-christian-extremism Even Christian Colleges Falling to Anti-Christian Extremism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> Christians in the West, overall, have become increasingly compromised.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (May 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32461-two-journalists-warn-that-weak-christianity-is-killing-the-west Two Journalists Warn That “Weak Christianity” Is Killing the West]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 29, 2019.</ref> ''[[Christianity Today]]'''s liberal shift is an example of this.<ref>Ellis, Jenna (December 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/christianity-todays-call-for-trumps-removal-does-not-speak-for-most-evangelical-christians Christianity Today does not speak for most evangelical Christians with call for Trump removal]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 19, 2019.</ref>
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*Christian colleges, such as [[Wheaton College]], which first compromised on [[Biblical inerrancy]] and [[evolution]], then increasingly on other issues like [[abortion]],<ref>Bomberger, Ryan (December 6, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/i-went-to-wheaton-to-talk-abortion-the-student-govt-flipped-out I went to Wheaton to talk [[abortion]]. The student gov’t flipped out]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved December 6, 2018.</ref> [[homosexuality]], [[feminism]], and [[Islam]]. Azusa Pacific University also has drifted far from its Christian roots.<ref>Newman, Alex (December 12, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/30896-even-christian-colleges-falling-to-anti-christian-extremism Even Christian Colleges Falling to Anti-Christian Extremism]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 12, 2018.</ref> Christians in the West, overall, have become increasingly compromised.<ref>Duke, Selwyn (May 29, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32461-two-journalists-warn-that-weak-christianity-is-killing-the-west Two Journalists Warn That “Weak Christianity” Is Killing the West]. ''The New American''. Retrieved May 29, 2019.</ref> ''[[Christianity Today]]'''s liberal shift is an example of this.<ref>Ellis, Jenna (December 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/christianity-todays-call-for-trumps-removal-does-not-speak-for-most-evangelical-christians Christianity Today does not speak for most evangelical Christians with a call for Trump removal]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 19, 2019.</ref>
 
*The many [[token conservative]]s who originally held conservative positions but shifted sharply to the [[Left]], like [[Chris Wallace]], whose father Mike Wallace worked with [[Walter Cronkite]] at [[CBS]].
 
*The many [[token conservative]]s who originally held conservative positions but shifted sharply to the [[Left]], like [[Chris Wallace]], whose father Mike Wallace worked with [[Walter Cronkite]] at [[CBS]].
 
*Republican politicians frequently cave on political issues and accept the Left's positions, whether it be on "climate change,"<ref>Duke, Selwyn (March 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31662-empowering-socialism-some-republicans-caving-on-climate-change Empowering Socialism: Some Republicans Caving on Climate Change]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.</ref><ref>Newman, Alex (November 5, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/33942-rinos-join-democrats-in-congress-to-push-climate-hoax RINOs Join Democrats in Congress to Push Climate Hoax]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 5, 2019.</ref> 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.<ref>Multiple references:
 
*Republican politicians frequently cave on political issues and accept the Left's positions, whether it be on "climate change,"<ref>Duke, Selwyn (March 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31662-empowering-socialism-some-republicans-caving-on-climate-change Empowering Socialism: Some Republicans Caving on Climate Change]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.</ref><ref>Newman, Alex (November 5, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/33942-rinos-join-democrats-in-congress-to-push-climate-hoax RINOs Join Democrats in Congress to Push Climate Hoax]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 5, 2019.</ref> 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.<ref>Multiple references:
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See also:
 
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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>
 
*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>
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*European [[establishment]] conservatives, who eventually shifted sharply to the Left, supporting [[Europhile]], pro-mass migration, and anti-Christian policies, such as [[Angela Merkel]].
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*European [[establishment]] conservatives, who eventually shifted sharply to the [[Leftism|Left]], supporting [[Europhile]], pro-mass migration, and anti-Christian policies, such as [[Angela Merkel]].
 
*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]].
 
*[[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.
 
*[[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.
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*Kokx, Stephen (April 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/michigan-christian-adoption-agency-flips-will-place-children-in-lgbt-homes Christian adoption agency reverses policy, will place kids with ‘LGBT’ couples]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
 
*Kokx, Stephen (April 24, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/michigan-christian-adoption-agency-flips-will-place-children-in-lgbt-homes Christian adoption agency reverses policy, will place kids with ‘LGBT’ couples]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
 
*Tennant, Michael (April 25, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32123-michigan-christian-adoption-agency-agrees-to-place-kids-in-lgbt-homes Michigan Christian Adoption Agency Agrees to Place Kids in LGBT Homes]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 25, 2019.</ref>
 
*Tennant, Michael (April 25, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32123-michigan-christian-adoption-agency-agrees-to-place-kids-in-lgbt-homes Michigan Christian Adoption Agency Agrees to Place Kids in LGBT Homes]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 25, 2019.</ref>
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*The media, big business, and the military establishment once were generally conservative though liberal thinking now predominates within them.
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*The media, big business, and the military establishment once were generally [[conservative]] though [[liberal]] thinking now predominates within 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."<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/24/williams-establishment-anything-not-them-far-right/ Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is ‘Far Right’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (December 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30874-another-far-right-party-rises-in-europe Another Supposed “Far Right” Party Rises in Europe]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 10, 2018.</ref>
 
*Positions that once lay in the mainstream of society only a few years previously are being increasingly labeled as "[[far-right]]" or "ultra-right."<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/24/williams-establishment-anything-not-them-far-right/ Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is ‘Far Right’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Duke, Selwyn (December 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30874-another-far-right-party-rises-in-europe Another Supposed “Far Right” Party Rises in Europe]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 10, 2018.</ref>
 
*[[Chick-fil-A]]'s surrender to far-Left activists by ending its donations to conservative Christian organizations in November 2019,<ref>Multiple references:
 
*[[Chick-fil-A]]'s surrender to far-Left activists by ending its donations to conservative Christian organizations in November 2019,<ref>Multiple references:
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*Chasmar, Jessica (November 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/19/lgbtq-groups-still-unhappy-with-chick-fil-a-furthe/ LGBTQ groups still unhappy with Chick-fil-A: 'Further transparency is needed']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2019.</ref> and also donating to the [[far-left]] hate group the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>Multiple references:
 
*Chasmar, Jessica (November 19, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/19/lgbtq-groups-still-unhappy-with-chick-fil-a-furthe/ LGBTQ groups still unhappy with Chick-fil-A: 'Further transparency is needed']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2019.</ref> and also donating to the [[far-left]] hate group the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>Multiple references:
 
*Tennant, Michael (November 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/34179-chick-fil-a-drops-salvation-army-but-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt-groups Chick-fil-A Drops Salvation Army — But Not Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBT Groups]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
 
*Tennant, Michael (November 28, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/34179-chick-fil-a-drops-salvation-army-but-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt-groups Chick-fil-A Drops Salvation Army — But Not Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBT Groups]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
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*Starr, Penny; Dulis, Ezra (November 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/27/chick-fil-a-donates-to-extremist-southern-poverty-law-center/ Chick-Fil-A Donates to Extremist Southern Poverty Law Center]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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*Starr, Penny; Dulis, Ezra (November 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/27/chick-fil-a-donates-to-extremist-southern-poverty-law-center/ Chick-fil-A Donates to Extremist Southern Poverty Law Center]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
 
*Richardson, Valerie (November 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/27/chick-fil-s-donation-southern-poverty-law-center-f/ Chick-fil-A grilled over donation to Southern Poverty Law Center]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
 
*Richardson, Valerie (November 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/27/chick-fil-s-donation-southern-poverty-law-center-f/ Chick-fil-A grilled over donation to Southern Poverty Law Center]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
 
*Tennant, Michael (November 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/34179-chick-fil-a-drops-salvation-army-but-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt-groups Chick-fil-A Drops Salvation Army — But Not Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBT Groups]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
 
*Tennant, Michael (November 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/34179-chick-fil-a-drops-salvation-army-but-not-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt-groups Chick-fil-A Drops Salvation Army — But Not Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBT Groups]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

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Phyllis Schlafly speaks at CPAC in 1988, as William Rusher applauds. At the time of Schlafly's speech, CPAC was more conservative, but in more than three decades since then, CPAC has drifted to the Left and the non-conservative agenda of some of its sponsors.

O’Sullivan’s First Law describes the leftward drift of many politicians, leaders, organizations, and educational materials. 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][2]

One -- and only one -- possible counterexample: Twitter and its acquisition by Elon Musk. The U.S. Constitution uniquely prevents liberal creep from happening to the United States overall, based on federalism, separation of powers, and the guarantee of freedom of speech.

Examples

See also

References

  1. ↑ O’Sullivan’s First Law, National Review
  2. ↑ This law is also known as Robert Conquest's Second Law of Politics. [1]
  3. ↑ https://www.allabouthistory.org/history-of-harvard.htm
  4. ↑ https://www.revolver.news/2021/11/rhodes-scholar-diversity-laughingstock-part-two/
  5. ↑ Nolte, John (November 19, 2018). Did Fox News Cost the GOP Orange County? Breitbart News. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (January 17, 2018). “Whatfinger News”: What the Drudge Report Was Meant to Be. The New American. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ Richardson, Valerie (November 21, 2019). Et tu, Drudge? Alarm grows on right over site's anti-Trump pivot. The Washington Times. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Bomberger, Ryan (December 6, 2018). I went to Wheaton to talk abortion. The student gov’t flipped out. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ Newman, Alex (December 12, 2018). Even Christian Colleges Falling to Anti-Christian Extremism. The New American. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (May 29, 2019). Two Journalists Warn That “Weak Christianity” Is Killing the West. The New American. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  12. ↑ Ellis, Jenna (December 19, 2019). Christianity Today does not speak for most evangelical Christians with a call for Trump removal. Washington Examiner. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  13. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (March 6, 2019). Empowering Socialism: Some Republicans Caving on Climate Change. The New American. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  14. ↑ Newman, Alex (November 5, 2019). RINOs Join Democrats in Congress to Push Climate Hoax. The New American. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  15. ↑ Multiple references: Pro-life response:
  16. ↑ Multiple references: See also:
  17. ↑ Multiple references:
  18. ↑ Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is ‘Far Right’. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  19. ↑ Duke, Selwyn (December 10, 2018). Another Supposed “Far Right” Party Rises in Europe. The New American. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  20. ↑ Multiple references: See also: However, LGBTQ organizations were not satisfied:
  21. ↑ Multiple references: See also:
  22. ↑ Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin, Source Watch. www.sourcewatch.org
  23. ↑ Stratfor and the Privatization of Intelligence, by James Corbett, Mar 14, 2012. corbettreport.com
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