Why "follow the science" makes no sense

The problem with the whole notion of "follow the science" and if you don't your a denier, a luddite, a fascist far-right nazi is that it's wrong.  Science itself is not supposed to follow the science.  The scientific method is to propose a hypothesis and test it.

If we followed the science in the era of Christopher Columbus, we might still think the world was flat.  Science is meant to question itself.  If Albert Einstein didn't think for himself we wouldn't have a more advanced alternative to Newtonian physics.

We HAVE to question the science, not follow it.  Any scientist who thinks otherwise, or says otherwise, any politician who says otherwise, guaranteed, has an agenda; be it climate change, vaccines or whatever else inevitably comes along that ends up getting leveraged for some agenda.

The more you lean into not questioning anything, the more you end up with cognitive bias. That is the point society has reached, prior to the change we are starting to see now. Many people are waking up to reality.  The frog in the slowly boiling pot of water may have finally realized what is happening to it. 

This nine year old, but still highly relevant video, shows the impact of cognitive bias on thought processes and a sure fire way to avoid falling into that trap.

As Bill Burr so comically put it in one of his routines, "how come you can't ask questions"? That's exactly what we should be doing as human beings, always. Otherwise we will all end up as a cog in someone's agenda, and that agenda could be quite nefarious.

Dave Chappelle vs. the mob was inevitable

It makes sense that comedians are at the forefront of anti-wokeness.  It's part of the job description to make social commentary to some degree. When wokeness has become out of control ridiculous, it is inevitable that this would happen - at least among the funny comedians like Bill Burr, Ricky Gervais or Dave Chappelle.

It makes sense that comedians are at the forefront of anti-wokeness.  It's part of the job description to make social commentary to some degree. When wokeness has become out of control ridiculous, it is inevitable that this would happen - at least among the funny comedians like Bill Burr, Ricky Gervais or Dave Chappelle.

NFL virtue signaling hypocrisy called out

Comedian Bill Burr makes the connection and roasts the NFL or the hypocrisy of their hollow virtue signaling:

Many of these supposedly woke corporations are only in this for the virtue signaling, and in most cases it's a matter of "...don't come after me next!" It's fake. It's hypocrisy in the case of the NFL.

And the solution is not to destroy these corporations as Marxists would have you do.  The solution is to leave politics at the door and let sports be sports.  Let music be music.  Let movies be movies.  Just movies.  They don't need to lecture us.  They are there to entertain, well at least they are supposed to be.  But the left has infected pretty much every part of the culture.  They may be driving us all back to doing more outdoor activities as our only means of escape from their tripe.  Maybe that's not such a bad thing.

Kudos once again to Bill Burr for calling this out.  He's not afraid to not be woke. That's what we need as a role model.

Rules for Patriots in action: the art of persuasion

 In Rules for Patriots Rule #1 I stated:

But knowing your facts is not limited to political issues.  You need to know your audience, you need to know how to speak to them in a persuasive way, which means you have to talk to them in a way that resonates with them. You can't do that unless you know them and understand what makes them tick.

Charisma on Command explains how to express an unpopular opinion (in a way that works).  This is important because the opinion of a patriot is going to be an unpopular one with many people, and we need to make it work when we try to state our opinion. We need to know the art of persuasion.  This video shows comedian Bill Burr performing the technique to near-perfection.

Conservative Comedy - Part 2

Maybe Joe Biden was right.  Buy a shotgun...

Bill Burr is not a conservative but he's right, and funny here.

Warning - some offensive language.