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− | *The [[Drudge Report]]'s leftward shift.<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> To some extent, also | + | *The [[Drudge Report]]'s leftward shift.<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> To some extent, also that of [[Fox News]]<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> and the ''[[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> |
− | * | + | *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> |
*The many [[token conservative]]s who originally held conservative positions but shifted sharply to the Left | *The many [[token conservative]]s 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,<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-wing'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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*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> | ||
− | *The media, big business, and the military establishment once were generally conservative though liberal thinking now predominates them | + | *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 | + | *[[Chick-fil-A]]'s surrender to far-left activists by ending its donations to conservative Christian organizations in November 2019.<ref>Multiple references: |
*Freiburger, Calvin (November 18, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/chick-fil-a-moving-away-from-contributions-to-groups-tarred-as-anti-lgbt Chick-fil-A pulls support from Christian groups branded by LGBT lobby ‘anti-gay’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 18, 2019. | *Freiburger, Calvin (November 18, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/chick-fil-a-moving-away-from-contributions-to-groups-tarred-as-anti-lgbt Chick-fil-A pulls support from Christian groups branded by LGBT lobby ‘anti-gay’]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 18, 2019. | ||
*Ng, David (November 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/18/chick-fil-a-will-stop-donating-to-salvation-army-christian-athletes-following-lgbt-pressure/ Chick-fil-A Will Stop Donating to Salvation Army, Christian Athletes Following LGBT Pressure]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2019. | *Ng, David (November 18, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/11/18/chick-fil-a-will-stop-donating-to-salvation-army-christian-athletes-following-lgbt-pressure/ Chick-fil-A Will Stop Donating to Salvation Army, Christian Athletes Following LGBT Pressure]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 18, 2019. |
Revision as of 23:51, November 23, 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][3] To some extent, also that of Fox News[4] and the National Review.[5]
- Christian colleges, such as Wheaton College, which first compromised on Biblical inerrancy and evolution, then increasingly on other issues like abortion,[6] homosexuality, feminism, and Islam. Azusa Pacific University also has drifted far from its Christian roots.[7] Christians in the West, overall, have become increasingly compromised.[8]
- 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,[9][10] 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.[11] 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.[12]
- 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.[13]
- 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."[14][15]
- Chick-fil-A's surrender to far-left activists by ending its donations to conservative Christian organizations in November 2019.[16]
See also
References
- ↑ O’Sullivan’s First Law, National Review
- ↑ Duke, Selwyn (January 17, 2018). “Whatfinger News”: What the Drudge Report Was Meant to Be. The New American. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Nolte, John (November 19, 2018). Did Fox News Cost the GOP Orange County? Breitbart News. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bomberger, Ryan (December 6, 2018). I went to Wheaton to talk abortion. The student gov’t flipped out. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑ Newman, Alex (December 12, 2018). Even Christian Colleges Falling to Anti-Christian Extremism. The New American. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ↑ Duke, Selwyn (May 29, 2019). Two Journalists Warn That “Weak Christianity” Is Killing the West. The New American. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ↑ Duke, Selwyn (March 6, 2019). Empowering Socialism: Some Republicans Caving on Climate Change. The New American. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ↑ Newman, Alex (November 5, 2019). RINOs Join Democrats in Congress to Push Climate Hoax. The New American. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Bolton, Alexander (May 16, 2019). Senate Republicans running away from Alabama abortion law. The Hill. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- Daugherty, Owen (May 16, 2019). Tomi Lahren says Alabama's abortion law is 'too restrictive'. The Hill. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- Wise, Justin (May 16, 2019). House GOP leader says Alabama abortion ban goes 'further than I believe'. The Hill. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- Freiburger, Calvin (May 16, 2019). ‘Conservative’ naysayers to Alabama law double down on pro-life failure. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Hawkins, Awr (August 7, 2019). Gov. Mike DeWine Pushes Universal Background Checks After Dayton Attack. Breitbart News. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- Hanchett, Ian (August 5, 2019). 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.
- Stimson, Brie (August 7, 2019). Republican congressman representing Dayton says he supports assault weapon ban. Fox News. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- Venker, Suzanne (August 7, 2019). Gun control won't cure the underlying moral disease. Washington Examiner. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Daugherty, Owen (April 23, 2019). Christian adoption agency in Michigan reverses LGBTQ policy. The Hill. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
- Kokx, Stephen (April 24, 2019). Christian adoption agency reverses policy, will place kids with ‘LGBT’ couples. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- Tennant, Michael (April 25, 2019). Michigan Christian Adoption Agency Agrees to Place Kids in LGBT Homes. The New American. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ↑ Williams, Thomas D. (June 24, 2018). Williams: For the Establishment, Anything Not Them Is ‘Far Right’. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ↑ Duke, Selwyn (December 10, 2018). Another Supposed “Far Right” Party Rises in Europe. The New American. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ↑ Multiple references:
- Freiburger, Calvin (November 18, 2019). Chick-fil-A pulls support from Christian groups branded by LGBT lobby ‘anti-gay’. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- Ng, David (November 18, 2019). Chick-fil-A Will Stop Donating to Salvation Army, Christian Athletes Following LGBT Pressure. Breitbart News. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- Halaschak, Zachary (November 18, 2019). Chick-fil-A to end donations to groups that oppose gay and transgender rights. Washington Examiner. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- Chasmar, Jessica (November 18, 2019). Chick-fil-A ends donations to Salvation Army after years of LGBTQ backlash. The Washington Times. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- Miguel, Luis (November 19, 2019). Chick-fil-A Caves, Drops Funding to Christian Groups After LGBT Protests. The New American. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Mainwaring, Doug (November 18, 2019). Chick-fil-A betrays Christians, surrenders to LGBT forces. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- Van Maren, Jonathon (November 18, 2019). Chick-fil-A caved in, gave the rainbow mafia the victory they wanted. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- Dreher, Rod (November 18, 2019). Why Chick-fil-A’s Surrender Matters. The American Conservative. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Dreher, Rod (November 18, 2019). Chick-fil-A Surrenders To LGBT Bullies. The American Conservative. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Nolte, John (November 19, 2019). Nolte: Chick-fil-A Sells out the Christian Faith for Greed. Breitbart News. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Parke, Caleb (November 19, 2019). Mike Huckabee: Chick-fil-A 'surrendered to anti-Christian hate groups' and 'betrayed loyal customers'. Fox News. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Berry, Susan (November 19, 2019). Mike Huckabee: Chick-fil-A ‘Betrayal’ Will Have ‘Far Broader’ Consequences Than the Company Itself. Breitbart News. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- Mainwaring, Doug (November 19, 2019). Amid Chick-fil-A controversy, pro-family and LGBT groups find rare agreement: ‘Gays have won’. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Mainwaring, Doug (November 19, 2019). Chick-fil-A HQ forbade two restaurants to host me, says conservative author Todd Starnes. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Mainwaring, Doug (November 22, 2019). Chick-fil-A was already moving left, but nobody noticed until it caved to LGBT lobby. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- Dulis, Ezra (November 19, 2019). GLAAD: Chick-Fil-A Cave Not Enough, Must Disavow Itself. Breitbart News. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Chasmar, Jessica (November 19, 2019). LGBTQ groups still unhappy with Chick-fil-A: 'Further transparency is needed'. The Washington Times. Retrieved November 19, 2019.