10." .... the [Progressives/Fascists] group is using the modern Left’s favorite method of debate
: silence the opposition.
The activists and the scientists allied with them are following the twelfth of Saul Alinksy’s “Rules for Radicals”: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” ... the larger campaign to
demonize David Koch and other conservatives, to deny them any public credit for their philanthropy, and to prevent any reputable institution from having anything to do with them. The goal is not only to punish David Koch for his support of conservative groups but also
to intimidate other philanthropists.
....you will be banished from museums and respectable society.
In this fight, the science museums are just bystanders. If their budgets suffer, if their visitors end up paying higher admission fees or seeing fewer exhibits, that’s just collateral damage.
A dedicated leftist can excuse it as a small tradeoff to reach our glorious collective future.
.... the curators and scientists who have signed on to the cause have no excuse for the damage they’re doing. They’re supposed to
give science priority over politics—or at least that used to be the professional ethic. These days, it’s looking as outdated as those dioramas from the 1950s."
Exhibiting Bias
And everything City Journal wrote in this timely essay applies to every poster who tried to disagree.
This is a cautionary tale concerning your self-respect: do you support American values, or Fascism?
Are you a dedicated Leftist, or do you recognize the evil of oppressing your fellow countrymen?
You know the answer.