In the wake of Elon Musk’s hostile takeover bid to acquire 100 percent of Twitter and take the leftist, conservative-censoring Big Tech giant private, investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald made an interesting observation.
This by Mike Miller on redsate.com.
Yesterday was a flagship day in corporate media. It was the day they were forced to explicitly state what has long been clear: they not only favor censorship but desperately crave and depend on it.
Even if Musk doesn’t buy Twitter, never forget what yesterday [Friday, 4/15/22] revealed.
The key, operative part of that last sentence was: Never forget what yesterday revealed.
Yesterday was a flagship day in corporate media. It was the day they were forced to explicitly state what has long been clear: they not only favor censorship but desperately crave and depend on it.
Even if Musk doesn't buy Twitter, never forget what yesterday revealed.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 15, 2022
And what have we seen from other major corporations in America? From Nike, which panders to Communist China while ignoring Uyghur genocide, ever-increasing suppression of freedom and free speech in Hong Kong and Shanghai, increased threats to “reunify”—invade—Taiwan, and aggressive behavior in the South China Sea? Total LeBron James-like crickets—if not outright defense.
The list is long, including Apple, pathetic NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and his equally pathetic league, pathetic NBA commissioner Nate Silver and his equally pathetic league, Disney, Viacom, Marriott, Sheraton, American, Delta, United, Ray-Ban, MGM, American Express, Mastercard, Bank of America, BlackRock, Cisco, General Motors, Levi Strauss & Co., Lyft, Merck, Netflix, and Starbucks.
As reported by The Washington Times, the answer appears to be “yes” to finally waking up. The question is, what will they do? Via the Times:
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a network of conservative private investors and state legislators, recently introduced model legislation that would stop state pension fund managers from introducing “woke criteria” into the investment selection process.
The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative tank in Washington, is telling moderate and conservative investors how to use shareholder proxies to challenge liberal policies in corporate board elections.
The center’s Free Enterprise Project has purchased shares in corporations such as the Walt Disney Co., which it says has allowed conservative proxies to introduce proposals against “woke” ideology at more than 100 shareholder meetings over the past four years.
Richard Morrison, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, is hopeful, per The Times:
Conservative activism is finally beginning to counterbalance progressive activism on issues like identity politics and climate change goals.
As noted by The Times, the Free Enterprise Project last week published a guide titled “Balancing the Boardroom: How Conservatives Can Combat Corporate Wokeness” for investors who are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore—and push back against the woke policies of companies like Disney. Here’s one excerpt:
So if we are to learn anything from leftists, to their credit it’s that counterculture done right can be an effective strategy.
The guide urges conservative shareholders to “vote against every board member” of Nike, Amazon, Disney, Twitter, Apple, Walmart, Microsoft, and several other companies. Additionally, it singles out specific board members, including “global warming” lunatic Al Gore.
Scott Shepherd, one of the guide’s authors, said in a related statement:
Vote against these directors, and then join us in constantly reminding these companies that we sensible people of the center-right will not rest until their companies have returned to making products … and otherwise staying well away from political and social discord.
Conservative America is overdue in their response to the woke crowd. And simply whining (or yelling) on social media, blogs, and various comments sections, and conservative punditry is not getting done what must be done.
Final thought, an observation and a hope: Winning big in the November midterms is being predicted and anticipated by everyone with at least a double-digit IQ score. Election fraud combatted, may we also hope to gain control of both chambers of Congress and stop the legislative madness.
And quite a successful follow-up will include taking on the progressive left in corporate boardrooms across America.
God speed to Conservatism.
