Top Three Takeaways â January 15th, 2021
- Talkers. Doers. Fighters. Those are my three takeaways today as we wrap up what I feel is one of the most consequential weeks in American history. Throughout the week Iâve illustrated in numerous ways the connection between the cancel culture, the censorship culture and those leading the charge in Washington who are about to assume power. If youâre tuning in today and youâve missed my work this week. Go back and read or listen to it. Itâs likely the most important work of my career. Thatâs because thereâs no more important issue in our society than freedom of expression. And weâve never had a bigger threat to that freedom than whatâs been presented to us over the course of a week. The coordinated effort by the woke left to reign in speech through political correctness backed up by the biggest technology companies in the world outright censoring wide sways of speech in a matter of hours, starting with the President of the United States, is culminating with an impeachment of a president after he leaves office because Democrats donât want to leave open the possibility that you could vote for him again. Think about all of this for a moment. The threat to our greatest freedom and founding principal is under an unprecedented assault. The left wants control of culture through speech. They want control of what can be expressed politically. They want to ensure you canât vote for the current President of the United States again. And itâs all happening right now. Why? Because when it comes to political change most people are talkers. Incidentally, this includes most politicians, most of the time. That stands in contrast to...
- Doers. Two questions. One thatâs easy, one thatâs not. Hereâs the easy one. Would the United States have ever existed if all of our founding fathers were talkers? While thereâs a place for talkers within movements to help communicate, set the stage, advocate, etc. Meaningful societal change has never occurred with words alone. Even the best diplomacy, a la Reaganâs message to Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall was only effective because heâd built up the military, including an unparalleled nuclear arsenal that the communists couldnât keep up with and were going broke attempting to. Hence peace through strength. Nothing meaningful in life will ever be accomplished without doers. These are the people that carry out the necessary work to exact change. That leads me to the second and more difficult question. There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. How many can you name? And thatâs the point. Most doers arenât household names but theyâre the ones that make it happen. How successful do you think the American Revolution would have been if the only principals were those you could name? And that takes us to the...
- Fighters. This requires no explanation. We know who the fighters are. We know what their role is in exacting meaningful change. If talkers set the stage and doers lay the foundation itâs fighters who carry out the mission. Now let me present you with a few names. I want you to identify them as based on if theyâre talkers, doers or fighters. George Washington. Which was he? Margaret Sanger. What was she? How about Adolf Hitler or Martin Luther King Jr. As weâre readying to observe MLK Day? Itâs a trick question. Theyâre all three. Those who are the most effective among us, those who are able to change the world are all three. For good or for bad. But also note something else they all have in common. Theyâre targets. Now, let me throw one more name your way. Donald Trump. Is he a talker, a doer or a fighter? Or is he the rare combination of all three too? Heâs been compared to Hitler by some on the left. Heâs been compared to Washington by some on the right. Clearly, heâs all three as well. And thatâs why heâs been a target since prior to taking the oath of office. Thatâs also why the left is bent on targeting him even after heâs out of office. Iâll leave you with the rhetorical question Iâve asked all week. If you donât stand for freedom of expression, what do you stand for? But understand something. This has never been about targeting Donald Trump. This has been about targeting you. Donald Trump was the vessel as a talker, doer and fighter but you were always the target. Thatâs why the censors banned a platform Trump was never even on and why they want to take away your option to vote for meaningful change. The action item for you is this. Provided you a well-intended person, never cave to political correctness another day in your life. And never vote for someone who supports limiting your voice ever again. Thatâs where this next movement starts.
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