{"id":80273,"date":"2018-07-02T07:51:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T11:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80273"},"modified":"2018-07-02T10:13:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:13:29","slug":"the-walk-away-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80273","title":{"rendered":"The #Walk Away Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Democrat leadership seems hell-bent on unleashing the frothing-mouthed dogs of social war, it appears there is another movement afoot within liberal ranks to unleash some poodles of sanity. A video appearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=51UGcghHZsk\">on YouTube<\/a> by a young, gay New York City hairdresser explaining why he has decided to \u201cWalk Away\u201d from the liberal left and the Democrat party has caught fire on social media, prompting a movement of like-minded leftists who have decided the party has gone too far left for them. In spite of efforts by the mighty gods of the social ether to suppress this trending disaffection, it could take on the momentum of a full-fledged mass desertion, fulfilling the hope of bewildered conservatives that, \u201cThey can\u2019t all be that crazy, can they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51UGcghHZsk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The star of this cinematic declaration of independence, Brandon Straka, makes a heartfelt and compelling case for his rejection of present-day Democrat fascism masquerading as liberalism, albeit his message contains nothing new for conservatives and Republicans who have been making the very same points for years now in their criticisms of the growing lunacy of the liberal left. But do go watch the video, which has now been viewed by more than five million people on Facebook and YouTube, because it is so refreshing to hear our conservative complaints being voiced by someone in the heart of the liberal camp and such a Democrat stronghold as New York City. If the Democrats\u2019 iron grip on Gotham is slipping, they\u2019re in big trouble. <\/p>\n<p>If the #Walk Away movement could spark to life in Manhattan\u2019s gay community, imagine how it could catch fire among the disaffected, ordinary, working class Democrats out there in flyover country who managed to cling to their guns and religion even while voting for Obama twice and then Hillary. If sophisticated members of the New York gay community, with their greater tolerance of bizarre behaviors, are fed up with the Democrats, the flyover folks could turn this so-far small straying from the herd into a political stampede that runs right over the blue wave this November.<\/p>\n<p>We should not, however, smugly conclude that these Democrat defectors will automatically vote Republican. Many may vote Libertarian or simply not vote of all. We should openly welcome them and calmly reassure them we are not the racist, homophobe, Nazi Neanderthals the Democrats have been depicting for the past decade. Many of us have long maintained that the Democrats could not possibly continue to hold together such a disparate coalition of minorities, all with their own, frequently clashing, agendas. It is now coming to pass and as each finds its own leaders and spokesmen we should welcome them to our conservative forums and help them meld their beliefs into our broader conservative views. Notice I do not say we should change our conservative agenda to accommodate them rather we must show them how they can fit into our view of what is needed to continue building a great nation that sets an example for the world.<\/p>\n<p>Here is another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1945356878817544\/permalink\/1989796864373545\/\">#Walk Away video <\/a>that comes at the issue from a very distinctive perspective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <em>When I wrote my piece a few weeks ago announcing my return to TAH, I made an egregious error in reporting the nature of my illness. I stated that I had a 14&#215;14.3 centimeter tumor in my throat. That was a gross error as the correct size was 4&#215;4.3 centimeters. Nothing to sneeze at but still not the monster I described. Hell, they&#8217;d have had to behead me. I assure all of you there was no intent to mislead or over-dramatize. As I said at the time, the chemo and radiation have left the old brain (77 years as of this past Saturday) often confused and fuzzy. Please don&#8217;t cut me slack purely out of sympathy. As most of you know, I will fight stubbornly when I believe I&#8217;m right but can also admit I&#8217;m wrong as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Poetrooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Democrat leadership seems hell-bent on unleashing the frothing-mouthed dogs of social war, it appears there &hellip; <a title=\"The #Walk Away Movement\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80273\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The #Walk Away Movement<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":622,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}